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Hygiene of the Sick-Room
646. When we do all we can on our part to have health, then may
we expect that blessed results will follow, and we can ask God in faith
to bless our efforts for the preservation of health.—
How to Live, 64
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647. Thousands have died for want of pure water and pure air, who
might have lived.... These blessings they need in order to become well.
If they would become enlightened, and let medicine alone, and accus-
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tom themselves to outdoor exercise, and to air in their houses, summer
and winter, and use soft water for drinking and bathing purposes, they
would be comparatively well and happy instead of dragging out a
miserable existence.—
How to Live, 56
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648. If those who are well need the blessing of light and air, and
need to observe habits of cleanliness in order to remain well, the
sick are in still greater need of them in proportion to their debilitated
condition.—
How to Live, 60
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Ventilation
649. It is also of the greatest importance that the sick-room, from
the first, be properly ventilated. This will be beneficial to the afflicted,
and highly necessary to keep those well who are compelled to remain
a length of time in the sick-room.—
How to Live, 54
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650. There is a lamentable catalogue of evils which have their
origin in the sick-room, from which the pure air of heaven is excluded.
All who breathe this poisonous atmosphere violate the laws of their
being, and must suffer the penalty.—
How to Live, 58
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651. Every breath of vital air in the sick-room is of the greatest
value, although many of the sick are very ignorant on this point. They
feel very much depressed, and do not know what the matter is. A
draught of pure air through their room would have a happy, invigorating
influence upon them.... The sick-room, if possible, should have a
draught of air through it day and night. The draught should not come
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directly upon the invalid.—
How to Live, 59
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652. In pleasant weather the sick in no case should be deprived of
a full supply of fresh air.... Fresh air will prove more beneficial to the
sick than medicine, and is far more essential to them than their food.
They will do better and recover sooner deprived of food than of fresh
air.... Their rooms may not always be so constructed as to allow the