To ascertain the number of seconds
which would elapse before the entire air contained in the room
will be contaminated, so that it is unfit for further breathing,
we have only to divide the cubic contents of the room by one thousand.
Multiplying, we have 60*40*15 equals 36,000, the number of cubic feet.
This, divided by one thousand, gives thirty-six as the number of seconds.
Thus it appears that with closed doors and windows,
breath poisoning of the audience would begin at the end of thirty-six seconds,
or less than one minute. The condition of the air in such a room
at the end of an hour cannot be adequately pictured in words,
and yet hundreds of audiences are daily subjected to just
such inhumane treatment through ignorance."
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* "The Living Temple", by J. H. Kellogg, pp. 282 et al.
Published by Good Health Publishing Co., Battle Creek, Mich., U.S.A.
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The above remarks apply not only to churches, lecture rooms, and other
public places, but also with equal force to offices and family houses.
I should like to know how many persons pay even a little attention
to this important subject of pure air breathing? You go to an office,
whether large or small, and you find all the windows closed,
although there are half-a-dozen or more persons working in the room.
No wonder that managers, clerks, and other office workers often break down
and require a holiday to recuperate their impaired health at the seaside,
or elsewhere.
When you call at a private residence you will find the same thing,
all the windows closed.
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