The cottages in the open fields are comparatively pleasant to visit, the sweet fresh air carries away Effluvia.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The best antidote yet discovered against this kind of slow poison is exercise; but the advantages of elevation, air, and water, on one hand, and disadvantages of crowd, smoke, and Effluvia on the other, are trifles compared to intemperance.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
If this is not blowing, the atmosphere is loaded with moisture; and this it is, combined with the heat of an intertropical sun, and the Effluvia engendered by the decay of an over-luxuriant vegetation, which makes Western Africa the white man's grave.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham