Sitting up A Swiss doctor, Cottin, found that by letting pneumonia patients sit up in an easy chair for a time every day they were much benefited breathing easier and being generally more comfortable. Presumably this allows the blood to circulate in a different manner than when stretched out in a bed.
Cold air It has been contended that pure, cool or cold air is better for the patient suffering from pneumonia than is the usual warm air of the sick room. Who knows? Perhaps pure air is what is needed and, as in all other sickrooms, air not fouled with disinfectants, which some old practitioners say infect more than they disinfect. Fumigation and disinfection have gone out of date with many of the best men and soap and water, pure air and sunshine come into their own.
