Dr. Reid had invented a system of ventilation, by which a constant current of air impregnated with chloride of lime could, by the agency of the steam engines , be maintained through all parts of the vessel, and the medical staff was remarkably able and efficient.
The ships were to steam as rapidly as possible through the mouths of the rivers, where the miasma chiefly prevails.  Dr. Reid had invented a system of ventilation, by which a constant current of air impregnated with chloride of lime could, by the agency of the steam engines , be maintained through all parts of the vessel, and the medical staff was remarkably able and efficient.  Fora little while all was well.