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Virtues Of Fresh Air

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
May
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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An experiment that proves the valui' of irfsh air In winter, even lor v rj young ;. n.i delica t ;■ children, wo i t rh'd a month or two ago ln'a weü-known iialiics' hospital. All the sickly bables thai were rafferlng trom chronic n.-liu1 :■ - ' ! :i and lack of nutritlon, and v!ki would not Improve in splti ' food, per'ectly ventilated éooms and eareful bathing, were taken t" the top ward of the hospital, where all the wlndowa were open wlde, wrapped as for the street and put In their preambulators. They were k p1 in this room i'rinn i wo to four hours daily and soon showed a marked improvement. Their cheeka b came roey, they gained In weight and nppetite, and would oiten fall asleep and remain 80 daring the w-hole time were In the air. Very delicate children had baga of hot water placed at their feet. it Is recorded In the account oí this experiment that not one ehild took cold as a result of

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier