Water Purifier

NZ Truth, Issue 1207, 17 January 1929, Page 15

Water Purifier

MUCH is talked nowadays of the "*■ good of the various disinfectants that science has brought forward m the; last few years, but m straining after- ; new ideas we are apt to overlook many good and simple remedies— such as the use of plenty of cold water. ',\ Fresh cold water is a powerful.. abH^ sorbent of gases,- and therefore it ; should be greatly used m a sick^'.: room, .or m .one . that cannot be frequently ventilated. A bowl of cold water, kept m such . a room, and changed daily, is of -great - assistance m purifying the .air. - - - This, of course, shows, that water which has stood m a close .apartment is thoroughly unfit'fbr,drinking purposes. -..',_ • '^.;;; A* bowl of water, changed " daily; arid placed''\uri'der-'.Va"'-.'patient's.;--beSi;.;^*a.-great preventive ..of bed sores,ja,hj|v^,ißo keeps . the? patient in' bette%'^^B^||li generally-v ; " . ' • " l -;v:^^t?^|^« '' A WesseiVof cold water i>}&cßa*oe&c the head , of a restless sleeper . will; jgJv 6 quiet, and relief. ,/. , , -• . '-. ':.');T.7