The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together.
Source: An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies.
-- John Arbuthnot, (Apr 29 1667-1735), English physician; He wrote five John Bull pamphlets, 1712, which popularized idea of John Bull as a typical Englishman.