Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 64
ce assumed its present economical proportions. The chimney continued to smoke, however, and it was seen that thecure had not as yet been discovered. The first recorded effort to study the matter seriously on a scientificbasis was that of Louis Savot, a physician of Paris, born in 1579, anddied in… … Fig. 28. Fireplace in the Grand Hall of the Palais des Comtes des Poitiers. causes of the disease. But his success was only partial. The treatmenthe administered was quieting and salutary ; but he failed to discover thereal trouble and the secret of its cure. He improved the form of the fire-place…
Fireplaces
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