Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

ooms thoroughly aired. Nothing should remain,
even for a short time, which would destroy the
purity of the atmosphere....
Sleeping apartments should be large and so
arranged as to have circulation of air through them
day and night. Those who have excluded the air
from their sleeping rooms should begin to change
their course immediately. They should let in air by
degrees and increase its circulation until they can
bear it winter and summer, with no danger of
taking cold. The lungs, in order to be healthy, must
have pure air.
Those who have not had a free circulation of air
in their rooms through the night generally awake
feeling exhausted and feverish, and know not the
cause. It was air, vital air, that the whole system
required, but which it could not obtain. Upon rising
in the morning, most persons would be benefited
by taking a sponge bath, or, if more agreeable, a
hand bath, with merely a washbowl of water. This
will remove impurities from the skin. Then the
clothing should be removed piece by piece from
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