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the lower part of the lungs should have the greatest freedom possible.
The compression of the waist will not allow free action of the muscles
of the respiratory organs.—
The Health Reformer, November 1, 1871
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Unhygienic Surroundings
Causes of Diseases of the Respiratory Organs
711. Many suffer decayed vegetable matter to remain about their
premises.... There is constantly arising from these decaying substances
an effluvium that is poisoning the air. By inhaling the impure air, the
blood is poisoned, the lungs become affected, and the whole system is
diseased.—
How to Live, 61
.
712. If a house be built where water settles around it, remaining for
a time and then drying away, a poisonous miasma arises, and fever and
ague, sore throat, lung diseases, and fevers will be the result.—
How to
Live, 64
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713. Especially in wet seasons the sleeping-rooms become damp,
and those who sleep in the beds are troubled with rheumatism, neural-
gia, and lung complaints, which generally end in consumption.—
How
to Live, 64
.
Poor Ventilation
714. Many families suffer from sore throat, lung diseases, and
liver complaints, brought upon them by their own course of action....
They keep their windows and doors closed, fearing they will take cold
if there is a crevice to let in the air. They breathe the same air over and
over, until it becomes impregnated with the poisonous impurities and
waste matter thrown off from their bodies, through the lungs and the
pores of the skin.—
How to Live, 63
.
715. For invalids who have feeble lungs, nothing can be worse
than an overheated atmosphere.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:527
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716. The heated, oppressed atmosphere, deprived of vitality, be-
numbs the sensitive brain. The lungs contract, the liver is inactive.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:702
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