Illustrations of the theory and practice of ventilation : with remarks on warming, exclusive lighting, and the communication of sound (1844)
Reid, D. B. (David Boswell), 1805-1863 · London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans · leaf 360
be arranged with porous materials in the manner represented in Fig. 250. 737. Fig. 251 points out the arrangements adopted for Fig. 251. … ventilation in an hospital where the circumstances were alto-gether peculiar, and where the mortality had been excessive.The hospital had been built for about 15 years. Every thinglooked substantial, fresh, and clean ; but the atmosphere in thevicinity, and the currents of cold air within the…