Show VITIATED AIR impurity of the atmosphere of gleam buildings in an article contributed to the philadelphia record by dr F A adams the inquiry is propounded whether the immense increase of steam heated office buildings in which the majority of rooms have no adequate means for the renewal of the air to be warmed may not in a carpe measure account for the prevalence of pneumonia among middle aged men many of thae buildings dr adams says are admirably constructed to keep out air whether cold or not this very perfection contributing to their in these hermetically sealed office rooms that abound in business buildings the steam heats the atmosphere to a delightfully comfortable degree and the occupant breathes and re breathes the air during zero days when an open window cannot be endured the effect being to silently undermine hiis powers of resistance so that when he goes forth exchanging such tropical air for the keen breeze of unrestricted nature it happens that through some bubble change in his system which has robbed his lungs of their power of resistance their capacity to endure alie onset or transition is g anc and the subtle poison of air does its deadly work in the form of pneumonia |