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Show FEATHER BED IS IN3ANITARY. Doctor Explains Why It Should Not Be Used. "Everybody tells me," sold n Washington Wash-ington business man to a doctor friend on tho car, according to a Star ro- porter, "that you medical men condemn con-demn feather beds. 1 want to know tho answor." "Well," said tho physician. "It's because be-cause tho feathor beds nro highly hygroscopic." hy-groscopic." "And who Is ho?" "That means," laughed tho doctor, "that feathers readily absorb and condense con-dense moisture. Tho body Is constantly constant-ly throwing off wnsto matter through tho skin and lungs. Tho feathers in tho bed will absorb this wasto matter as readily as they will simple atmospheric atmospher-ic moisture. Tho fenthers retain tho wasto mattor during the day whon tho bed Is cold oven when It Is aired, unless un-less also warmed by sunshine during tho time It Is exposed to tho nlr. "At night, when tho body of tho sleeper wnrms the bed tho feathers renew tholr hygroscopic action nnd throw off tho wasto matter absorbed the night before. Tho suscoptlblo body of tho sleeper Is soon surrounded by a denso and highly poisonous atmosphere, at-mosphere, tho accumulative effect ot which cannot help but bo very Injurious. Injuri-ous. "The skin, llko tho lungs, Is continually con-tinually breathing, nnd Is very sensitive sensi-tive to external Influences. Hence arises tho need for nlr baths as well as for water baths. Tho entire body should bo exposed to fresh nlr every day for as long n time as you can make possible, and all beds should bo thoroughly ventilated." |
