FAINTING IN CHURCH.
It seems strange at first eight (cays the ‘ Lancet”), but rot at all wonderful when wo come to look closely into the conditions and circumstances of the case, that fainting in church should be a frequent occurrence, and in some congregations even reach the proportions of an epidemic. There can be no question that the ventilation of many churches and places of worship, which are wont to be crowded, is radically defective, and the vitiated atmosphere inevitably affects the weakly as a powerful depressant. This is a matter which requires attention. Medical officers of districts might bring more influence to bear on churchwardens and the wardens of chapels, that measures may he taken to receive the ingress of pore air without draught and the escape of foul vapors. Meanwhile it cannot be doubted that there is room for a little serious argument on this subject, and ministers might do well to remonstrate from the pulpit with congregations in which the “ habit ” of fainting is prevalent. In some of the chapels attached to lunatic asylums there are special apartments for the accommodation of epileptics who have
“fits.” It would almost seem that in some churches and chapels there should be room* set apart for the retirement of those who contemplate fainting.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2052, 21 September 1880, Page 3
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