Heating Sick-rooms

Where the entiro dwelling is hoatedby . f urnace, or by steam, it will probably bc tmnecessary to havo othor means of ■warming the sick-rooia ; but the iireplaöe should bc always open, and kopt roady for a woofl or coal iiro whenevor the patiënt shall expresa a desire for ono. The fireplaoea aro excellent ventilating fluos oven without a iiro, but aro nearly perfect when supplied with a wood firo, tho brisk blftze of wbioh creutes a strong asoending curren t, and continnally cavries off tbc evor-accuiuulating exhalations of the sick-room. If thore is no fireplace, n window openad a short distance from tho bottoni, in the room in whioh tho patiënt is lying, aiid ono let down frora the top in tho ther largo room, -vvith tho doors opened between thfi two, will form an effectual draught during my but tho warm u;iys sf sunimer, and will not bo too strong for the most delicate patiënt who is protected from tho direot drauglit by the high boad-board of the bed. In cold wcather tLo window opened from tho bottoni will often bo found safficiont. On very cold days we ruay trust to an ontiru change of air several times each day, effected by rftising all tho windows for a few moinents at a timo, during wbich tho pattont must be thoroughly protectml by extra blankets, and a shawl about tho hcad. If stoves aro tho only means of heating tho apjirtment?, a "perpetual burner" !potvi}ïiiay bo used in ono room to koe both at an even teinperatitre, during day and night, but tho sleeping-room should be provided witn a wood stovo, tho brisk Blazo in this msworiug to somo extont tiio purposo of a firo in an open fireplace. Many livea havo boen cut short by cxoggerated notions in regard to fresh air. Air must bo pure, but it ehould also bo warm. To effect this thero should be, day and night, a stoady but gentío hoat in tho room of an invalid, aecompanied by an equaUv stOacW and gentle current of