Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-06-23
s SPECIFIC FOR THE CHOLERA.

Editor of the Chicago Journal:
Dear Sir-ln compliance with the request OF my
Giond Dr + II Bird | have made the following
hr;nr sx,nonsis Of letter from him. sent to me for
p,,bi.atinn IN the North Western Medical and Sur
ricaI .Journal which together with few additional
remarks which | have made, YOU will please pub
hsh, in order that the members of the medical pro-
G..S1on and o,r citizens generally. NAV have the
means of testiur the benefits to be derived from
what is supposed to be a newly discovered remedy
for cholera
The facts stated iii the letter referred to above,
are briefly as follows:
,Ia,,t u, ,nn,t his since pr Bird and myself were
led into = conversation upun the effects of aCmos
ph,ric Influences in producing cpidemics, from
reading an article from Il German chemists in one Of
our periodicals in which ii was contendud, that
inAurnz, dcnrnd,d mon the presence of ozone,
and that the severity and number Of the attacks,
as shown by chemical analysis, was always in pro-
norton To the amount of tins substance iii the
atmosphere Taking this statement III conneXion
with The fact that cholera is generally preceded by
nIucnzas. as shown by its history, we were led to
fine conclusion that both diseases might be dependent
upon the same influence, modified i'll degree ac-
cordnr to the greater less quantity OF tins dele
FERROUS agent present in the atmosphere at the
time The nest step III the Investigation was to
determine what agent would couutcract the mllu-
ence and destroy the dccterious properties OF
o-ooe The accurate chemical knowledge Of DIR.
Bird enabled him to suggest at once the well known
substance sulDhlT as possessing the property OF
acting upon in such manner is to heutldllZe It's
influence
In searching for facts to support TINS conclusion
it found that cholera had never prevailed m the
vicinity OF sulphur springs, or IN situations Where
this substance abounds hence the concluslon, that
sulphur might be- and probably was, the antldote
for cholera.
In one of our recent medical journals an article
appeared describing the method OF detecting ozone
in the atmosphere, thus supplying the means OF
determining N"Si"J IT, u -io ,ir ~ nh. IT,
very tlillc W ilcn onDt'i' was ~ ao
aPPearann!ce, ainolis us o ,,,1 os those made
IT DnI LiIliF , =" nv, ~ RirJ Pian.v
subsequently ny hll'lSei anu y ~ - -!
and myself rom uay 10 u'ty .. 1i,ar ma tba
that ozone Is present III ",,i r. tb
the amount Is III P'"Poi'ioi', ~ ."e 800 ;,,, n
disease rom 1i,e 10 .'e nUo% f ,,,,r mHn him
b; Determined 10 u! we enc, - " 1t L
sell ana olhers VFouoleu d N'a,i ~ IiIt
more or less Oh laIe, WIN uLs%s.
pans S. IL .le :, much 50
ne result was e'i.ns', ~ ~ i.a and
that Dr. DHu came llliLle 3 - ny - IN my
requested me aS 'iie,'L W -. ,;tb ,rd
Pfacuce, out 70 say "V''''E 70 VA ;77t;f,
to the ingredients uSeu, unt iae's sl,o'AG trI by
It's Puphc ail"'li'C'in:ii- 81 ms, ,r,r-
ileHoi'i e'''r' ee,''.'''7 .I,,"' 80 -, ,n11 e it,
tce! Were such as 70 co.,, rl4 abo,,o Dr
u'iii! III 'te us " MI H. and ,rsIY
ing tile as' It" u'N9' ~ Dn,' '1'aLI - -
nav continued IT, ~ al tb. in all
nouy u ti'c INIIu'''Ii VI wa rasIt has
eases WIN r,iIeii > ,;tr l,,,,t,n.
Deen WonacIu' N'i y"I ,'4,I.,i rrn,'r
such as pam sens o. luless' Ida
lnehtS' STh' ma, s. iNe
at once TO single uo'e I'll ''''ee ~ 'o'n
sulphur ..,,,. a;,rrh,,, - ,.,,,;t
~ '"'0I " " I"l ~ 49,, IN .h,sa
lng have been present ana III 'ae' Mn''t a. ,'i'
symptoms haEe existed III rollugl.', .le r' c.r
sulphur the aooHe named "o'r' e'rl!
hours mas au tne e'g. u, i W, b,,rS -
coioi'iol VI C''cs' anu "''''' "''a III u -" -' ~
SO lar as IT'S eihcacy mas peen tested III t,e MoiSI
stages OF collapse most satisfactory results HdNe