Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-09-17

gives account of n new fluid discovered
by French Chemist. Its character and
uses are certified by many responsible
men of science. 1t has also been tested
by order of the English Government and
proved to be a genuine discovery. We
copy the following particulars from the
Journal
Is A fluid which possesses the property
of destroying noxIous gasses has been dis
covered by French chemist, and placed
by him, through the instrumentality of an
energetic and patriotic Englishman, at
the disposal of the English Government.
This distinct fluid as it has been named,
Is inexpensive, simple of application, and
without any odour GIFTS own 1t destroys
the putrid smell Of all substances, animal
or vegetable, in any stage of decomposi-
ton. The dead rooms of the hospitals,
oners' inque>ts, or of any postmortem
examination. may, by its presence, be
rendered perfectly inoffensive. Portions
Of human remains, portions of animal re-
mains, of fish. of vegetable matter, so
puirid as scarcely to retain their form suf-
ficiently to recognized. have, by it, been
restored to their natural odor Nightsoil
arrived at that most poisonous pitch Of
stencil which it emts when accumulated
for years in ces>-pools, is, by 1t, nearly de-
prived of all smell that which it retains
being 81 trifling as only to be perceptible
by close observation.
In sickness also, the relief afforded will
be extraordinary. A sick room NAV be,
in the course of two or three minutes, per-
iectly purified by the use of small guam
tity of this fluid, and all that was disa-
greeable to the senses before, replaced by
a sense of singular freshness. The crow
ded wards of hospitals have been not only
purified but the creation of any offensive
smell at all has been prevented by it. In
thinking of a number of sufferers whose
proximity In their state of sickness and
prostration neces sarily renders each Il
cause of offence and additional SUFFERING
10 all, the blessing of this new power 70
prevent this portion of their calamity is
very striking.
But there is more important conse-
quence involved. The generator of all
the classes of infectious disease, the poi
son which, arising from the decomposition
of animal and vegetable matter, becomes
diffiised in the am osphere, aud, being in
halcd into the lungs, causes that dreadful
scourge fever, Is neutralized, is actually
destroyed by the chemical action of this
fluid. The danger to which nurses and
medical attendants are perpetually expos
ed, and which, I'm the present bad form
of "a fever prevailing TO SO great an extent,
has been particularly fatal, will now be
avcrted And II app ars from the expert
cnce already acquired, that a most benc-
ficial effect is produced on the patients
themselves by this publication of the air
around tn, m. We should naturally have
expected This, and it proved so. 4 fever
patient becomes IN himself a source of
fever. All the cXhalations given off rom
him are dangerous TO life ; and while he
inhaies them he Is continually taking
fresh doses of the poison that has prostra
ted HIM. BY annihila,ing the poison, a
wonderful assistance is given TO the PHYS
Ician IN curing him.
Hitherto this effect has been produced.
MS far rs 20, lble, by ventilation in all well
regulated sick rooms and hospitals. bat
the now fluid does ii much more com.
Pieiely. Ventilation only dilutes. this
gets nd of the poison. In the most crow.
dcd and ili-ventiIated wards, filled with
cases of dysentery a fever, in the dread
ful form now prevailing in Ireland, il has
been found sufficient to wave in the air.
and TO hang round the bed, pieces of lin
en- saturated in the fluid. and the state of
the atmospher, around has been changed
IN a few minutes from one so noxious As
TO be highly dangerous to all those whose
duty called them into the dreadful service
OF breathing IT, into one of perfect safety
and purity; while tie poor suffering pa
ilcnts declared themselves 10 be in Hca-
ven, -
SERENADING.- Some sentimental
Young men lately sercnaded house
IN New Orleans with tho baliaf TIN.