Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-12
APPROACH OF THE CHOLERA.

path, the eminent chemist Of Bristol, Eng.
land, is important at this moment, wheI
the rapid advance Of the cholera is excit
ing alarm over all Europe.
SIR-The steady advance of the chole
"a westward appears to have called pub
lie attention to its probable re-appearanc.
in England before long; and paragraph
in one Of the London papers of Frida,
leads me TO believe that the majority o.
persons will depend for protection upor
any preparation which is advertised as
"disiniectant," enormously. believing tina
all disinfcctants have the same power owe,
the virus which creates disease as the,
have over unpleasant smells. Allow mt
to correct this error by detailing the re.
suits Of my experience during the vista.
ton Of this horrible malady in 1882, when
as chemist, laid myself out for close
examination into the cause, mode Of pro.
psgation, and check for it. For this pnr.
pose obtained information Of, and visited
in person, all the earliest cases which
showed themselves in this city generally
and in each and every great public estab.
lishment in particular. For some time
| attended almost daily at the cholera hos.
pitfalls, and experimental in every way
could think of, upon the dead and living
subject, their contents and ejecta, the at
mosphere surrounding them, and their ar.
ticles of clothing. The conclusions l ar.
rived at forward for the information Of
those who have not had the same opporlu.
mites.
"l. That the cause of cholera is putrid animal
poison, capable Of being recognised by the smell BY
some, emanating from and surrounding the dead OF
living cholera subject or articles Of clothing.
2. That III not sulphuretcd hydrogen or hydro
suphuret Of ammonia, as it does not decompose
salts oflead or zinc, and when passed through nj.
trate Of silver, it only forms red solution when
exposed to light.
3. That it is only received into the living BODY
through the lungs, and cannot be propagated by iE
oculation.
4. That infection can be conveyed by articles OF
clothing, bedding, &c. and that washerwom are
more subject to infection than ordinary persons
from that cause.
g. That all persons not equally liable to nfec-
ton from equal exposure. and even the same indi-
vidual becomes more sensitive than under certain
circumstances.
6. That the poison is DESTROYED by chlorine ga g
and heat Of 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
As the object Of the present COMMUNE
cation is merely to give the public opin-
ion right direction, SO as 10 help the fn-
turc boards of health to combat this insidi-
Gus and powerful enemy, must at once
state that the two most popular disinfec-
tants fthe day-the chlorine of zinc and
the nitrate Of lead, known as Sir w. Bur-
nett's and Lepoy EMS will be Of no avail.
although they will promptly remove ordi-
nary putrid effluvia. The only chemical
preventive depended upon in my numer-
Gus exposures to the virus was chlorine
gas, and this believe TO be perfect one,
If the fumi CATION is complete. invaria-
bly, passed through an atmosphere Of it on
my return home, and kept i, escaping in
my residence during the continuance of
the disease in the city. l also placed large
quantities Of the substance necessary for
the evolution Of this gas, in the hands of
Bristol druggist, who was kind enough
to distribute twelve hundred quantities of
j, gratuitously to applicants during three
days, with instructions for the use, and
am happy to say that during that time the
deaths fell from Ten to one per day !; and |
have but little doubt that if every ship ar
irving in England from an infected place
should be exposed to perfect fumigation
with chlorine, we shall be preserved from
the infection.
II the disease should pass this Gordon
ny any accident, then every house in the
infected district should be simultaneously
fumigated with it-say three times day;
unless done in all houses at the same time
it would be useless, or nearly so; and to
do it effectually, mixture of three parts
of common salt and one of black oxide Of
magnese should be placed just inside the
outer or street door Of the dwelling house,
and little common vitriol poured upon it.
The inward current Of air will convey the
chlorine gas to every part of the interior,
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 oven or on kiln,
70 25O or $50 degrees (about the heat of
baking bread, when they might be ham
died or used with perfect immunity. /
HI.
AFFAIRS IN Inuasion from
the United Nates!-The Bo ston Herald
processes to have received the disclosures
concerning contemplated revelation in
and invasion Of the Canadas, which has
been for some time past agitated, as well
in the United States as in the neighboring
provices Of the British kingdom. 1t says
many Of the officers of the volunteers, who
served in the U. s. Army i'll Mexico, are
disciplining and arming large body of
men for this purpose. They are employ
ed by a committee of Canada Associa-
ton. The driliings or organization of
forces it says are nightly going Oh in Bos-
ton. The following paragraph is curious,
and the reader may believe as much of it
as he chooses. That any number of Amer
lean officers are engaged in such scheme
we do not believe:
A large portion Of the funds collected
during the repeal agitations in this coun-
try, which, owing to the failure of the
Irish in their contemplated instruction,
was never sent to Ireland, is now in the
hands Of the committee, and, together with
the contributions which are frequently
made by those who first projected the
movement, and those who have since join