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WORCESTER.-LUNATIC HOSPITAL. 55
posed, but ascends in a direct column to the ceiling,
and is only there broken and dispersed. It descends
only after it has filled the upper spaces of the galleries.
By introducing it at once at the top, these
spaces are filled'before much of the heat has been
lost, and a warmer air descends, and enters the several
rooms by the apertures above the doors. In the wall
of each room is an opening about five inches square,
into an air-chimney, calculated to maintain a constant
circulation. These air-chimneys open into a
vast garret, directly under the roof of the building,
which contains numerous windows for letting off the
noxious air into the atmosphere. This arrangement
is attended by one considerable advantage. When
the air-chimneys open directly into the external atmosphere,
their action is violently affected by the
state of the wind; and in cold weather, they bring
down cold instead of carrying up heated and exhausted
air. When they open into the garret, they are
altogether protected from the wind; and by opening
fewer or a greater number of the garret windows
in winter, effectual security is obtained against the
descent of cold air. Dr Woodward assured me that
these chimneys are effectual; that in the morning,
the rooms are pure to the senses, while the garret
furnishes abundant evidence that it has received the
effluvia of the night.
At the ends of the galleries, there are two large
corner apartments, two sides of each of which are composed
entirely of cast-iron sashes, one for the women
with the interstices glazed; the other for the men
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/95/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.