Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . cks—are a good form of ventila-tion. By far the simplest system of ventilation, andone most suitable for an ordinary cottage, is to makeuse of the window—a generous use of the windows,chimney, and doors. It is also well1 to flush a room whenit is not being used, to allow the air to pass throughfreely for a time. These, and manv other ways, areopen to us to secure one of the greatest of Godsblessings—fresh air; and we may rest assured that it hasa most important bearing upon the s
Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . cks—are a good form of ventila-tion. By far the simplest system of ventilation, andone most suitable for an ordinary cottage, is to makeuse of the window—a generous use of the windows,chimney, and doors. It is also well1 to flush a room whenit is not being used, to allow the air to pass throughfreely for a time. These, and manv other ways, areopen to us to secure one of the greatest of Godsblessings—fresh air; and we may rest assured that it hasa most important bearing upon the subject of tubercu-losis with which the Womens National Health Associa-tion are dealing at present. I am not going to deal withthe causes of that disease; but medical men will all agreethat one of the best preventatives is to maintain a healthystate of body, to cultivate our powers of resistance to dis-ease, and that these powers are enormously strengthenedby the abundant use of fresh air. A very hearty vote of thanks was moved by FatherMacDonald, seconded by Dr. Hillis, Rathmines, andcarried HEALTHY BREATHING AND NATURES DEFENCES AGAINST LUNG DISEASE By PROFESSOR W. H. THOMPSON. , ; Kings Professor of Institutes of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin. H. E. THE Colntess of Aberdeen in the Chair. It is perhaps superfluous to remind you of the text fromwhich I want to address you to-night— HealthyBreathing and Natures Defences against LungDisease. I want to keep that text before me, and notdepart from it if possible. Now, if one were to take amodern house asunder, in the majority of cases it would,as every one knows, be found to be composed of you were to take the human body asunder you wouldalso find in it parts corresponding to these bricks—namely, the various organs such as the muscles, brains,lungs, and other parts. It would perhaps be frivolousto speak of some of these as breeze bricks; but there isa certain amount of truth in that an
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