Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-12-31
The CHOLERA

Anglo American containing an article of some
length upon the subject of Cholera. Its from the
pen of DR.. WIN. HERAPArH, an eminent chan,i.,
Of Bristol, (Eng) and may be considered worthy of
attention. The writer, after stating his experience
and careful examination upon the subieet. arrives
at The following conclusions
1. That the cause of cholera is y
lputrid animal poison, capable of being
recognized by the smell by some, en-
anating from and surrounding the dead
or living cholera subject or articles of
clothing.
2. That it is not sulphuretted hv-
drogen or hydrosulphuret of ammo
MA, as it does not decompose salts
of lead or zinc, and when passed
| through nitrate of silver, it only forms
d red solution when exposed to light
3. That it is only received into the
living body through the lungs, and
cannot be propogated by incubation.
4. That infection can be conveyed
by articles of clothing, bedding, &c,
and that washerwomen are more sub
Ject to infection than ordinary persons
from that cause.
5. That all persons are not equally
liable to infection from equal exposure
and even the same individual becomes
more sensitive than under certain cir,
cumstances.
E. That the poison is DESTROYED bv
chlorine gas and heat Of 800 de-
grees Fahrenheit
The only chemical preventive
depended upon in my numerous expo
sures to the virus was chlorine gas,
and this believe to be a perfect one,
ii the fumigatlon is complete.
As a further evidence of the efficacy of the chic
rine gas in preventing Cholera the writer says tina
during the prevalence of Cholera in Bristol, twelve
hundred quantities were distributed in three DAYS,
and the number Of new was reduced nine
tenths. He further adds, that should the disease
make its appearance,
Every house in the infected district
should be simultaneously fumigated
with lt-say three times a dav; unless
done in all honSes at the same time it
would be useless, or nearly so; and to
do it efectually, a mixture of three
parts OF common salt and one Of black
oxide OF manganese should be placed
just inside the outer or street-door of
the dweIling-hOuse, and a little COM
mon vitriol poured upon it. The in
ward current of air will convey the
chlorine gas to every part of the in
terror, and wherever it can be smelt
the effect is produced-the miasm is
destroyed.
If articles of clothing are infected
and the colors likely to be injured by
the gas, they may be heated in an O.
ven or on kiln, to $50 or $50 degrees
(about the heat of baking bread, when
they might be handled or used with
perfect lmpunity.
CUR1oUs CLoCk-A Persian watch
maker has completed the construc-
ton of clock Of singular nature. 1t
has seven diaIs; the principle dial
shows the hours alone; transparent
one Immediately below the former
shows the progression of the sun; two
others, also transparent, and through
| which the mechanism OF this immense
machine can be seen, mark the one
the days of the month, the other the
seconds. Eight square enamelled di-
! ais are arranged round the two sides
of the pendulum and show the hour
in each of the following cities; Lon
don, Algiers, Alexandra, St. Helena,
! Tahiti, Canton, New York and St.
Petersburg. Each of these dials is
marked with d hours instead of y, SO
as to show the hours of the day and
those of the night. Lastly, the pen
duIum carries a large me 'rical scale,
indicating the degree OF contraction OF
metal. This clock cost II, 600 francs.
GREAT CURIosITY.-There is now
in Boston Bosjesman or Bushman,
from South Africa, fair representa-
tive Of a most extraordinary and very
singular race of men inhablting part
of the country lying about fifteen hun
dred miles northeast OF Cape Town.
This is race of men perhaps as little
known by the civilized world as any
other on the face of the globe. In
stature they are perfect pigmies, never
exceeding four feet four inches in
height. They have no laws, no
chiefs, no language except a gutteral
cluck, and have been hitherto supposed
to be incapable of learning any Eu-
ropean language. In fact, they are
supposed to be the next link in the
/ chain to the ourang outang.
MlSER.
1880. L. ~o,,,-i-- J;oJ