Show TOO 00 DRY AIR LEADS TO ILLNESS DEATH inject water vapor into the home atmosphere for health and comfort FOOD Is of less importance to life ihan is air according to research engineers of the holland II olland institute of of holland alich we can live many days without food but deprived of air even for a few minutes we die by weight a normal man takes into his lungs dally daily approximately 34 pounds of air this Is almost ten times greater than the weight of the food consumed daily by the average person also it Is more than eight times the weight of water consumed but we are concerned about air not only because we breathe it air Is to the human what water Is to the fish fish could not live in water did it not contain an adequate supply of air and man cannot live in air unless it contains an adequate supply of moisture aside from supplying mans lungs with oxygen the aerial envelope in which man lives plays a vital role from the standpoint of health comfort or existence itself life is dependent upon clean air moist moving air and in a broad sense warmed air it if the air we live in is dry dusty and stagnant it has a detrimental effect upon the delicate membranes in the respiratory tract it causes these membranes to become dry and irritated instead of performing naturally to protect health they become ideal breeding places for disease germs the so called cold Is more common in america than in any other country our cold epidemics usually commence with and continue through the heating ill season health authorities are of the opinion that the dry dusty stagnant air in american homes and places of work Is an immediate cause of respiratory diseases it lacks sufficient chent moisture to offset the lack of moisture artificial humidification must be resorted to in the average six room house 8 gallons of water should be evaporated daily this will supply sufficient moisture in the home air to conserve health it also insures genuine indoor comfort at moderate temperatures of 70 or 72 degrees dusty dry air Is germ laden by keeping the home air in constant circulation cu and passing it over the hot surface of the heater modern warm air heating systems sterilize it destroying ying the disease germs thus by keeping the air adequately moistened ened and by circulating and sterilizing it the heating system to Is of equal or greater importance than the kitchen from a health standpoint artificial humidification is most economically accomplished complis hed by modern warm air heating beating systems of the vapor air type these are equipped with a humidifier that automatically injects into the home air the vapor from 3 to 25 gallons of water dally daily as may be required |