Abstract
The object of experimenting with bed canopies has been to devise a substitute for the sleeping tent which can easily and cheaply be made, by the invalid himself if need be, and which will furnish practically out-door sleeping, yet in a warmed house or bedroom. The invalid may thus, tentatively, inure himself to more and more air; the window may be partly or wholly opened. The sleeper when he arises in the morning, or if he has to get up at night, comes from his tent into a warm room. If economy in room space is a desideratum the canopy when not in use can be pulled up by its frame to overlay the casing of the window and there remain until it is again needed. If the bright sunshine in the morning needs to be shut out so as to prevent waking the sleeper, or greater privacy from the
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