The Manual For Invalids

Author : Mutual Life Insurance Company of N York
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428877217
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Care of Invalids written by Mutual Life Insurance Company of N York and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Care of Invalids: A Manual for Reference Most readers know that the bodies of animals are constantly undergoing changes; the old particles, becom ing worn out and useless, are thrown into the blood and carried away, while new ones are taken from the blood and put in their places. These decaying particles, as soon as they become useless, must be carried away through the blood and out of the body. The chief means by which this end is accomplished is through the use of pure air, which washes away these impure particles from the blood. This air enters pure, through the mouth and nostrils into the lungs, and comes out laden with these poisonous materials. If these decaying particles are taken into the lungs again they not only prevent the escape of the poisonous materials from the body, but really add more poison to it. Soiled air can no more purify soiled blood than soiled water can cleanse soiled clothes. There is one thing that can do it, and that is plefity of pure air. Now, the question is, how much pure air does it require to answer this purpose? You may have some idea of it when you remember that an ordinary man spoils not less than cubic feet of pure air every hour. A sick person needs much more. He should never be put in a room that contains less than cubic feet of air space, i. E., it must be at least 15 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 9 feet high, allowing a little for furniture. Even then the ventilation needs to be very good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.