New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-12

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riding travel 400 miles without stopping eat
Il mi rest.
Aee Zlaland Diascorias-has been tired in Franco,
with but poor success The paper spe aks high
| e the success a the new sugar cane.
Birds IN TIE CRg.-A paper from A. Nash, says he
| a. d,mestcGied Tie common wren in this city by
fui'cirg them a suitable house, very much 10 the
n useueut and pleasure of the family. One pair
st,bed and reartd ten young season, and
lev acted as perfect soavepgers Of bugs and worms
n the peishborhood. Mr.. Nash says two handred
Nr.n houses built last year about Union -aasr,
which were not only occupied by wrens but several
,b,, kinds of birds and these served 10 keep the
"a and neiehboihood slmCst free OF 'nseea-
Tr,frief,on.-The PREsIpssr read . very interest
inc ard imrortant paper upon the subject OF vents-
non He thinks the cause Of many of the deaths IN
this CITY ia directly tTaceab!e 20 hadyeptisied dwell
il cs and workshops Half Of the children dis before
liz sge Of eleven and half the srtzans Of the city die
under u. Over 81, co.. peofie are prooSpiy NJ" Nv
ing in cellars in this city. .
Mr. PHI thinks sbere is a great necessity of occa-
sonslly flooding the sewers, 80 as 10 cary on AL
the 9Th that generates noisoue gases re tn,hks
that the fertiEing properties OF sewerage might
be collected IN reservoirs ard carried 10 the coun-
try with profit 10 the farmer. He gave table
a current veocnes required TO carry vsnoas
srhstapces down a grade such as our sewers
should have If they do not; and according 70 his cal
culeton il would not take very large amount VI Wa
tel more than now have command Oh 70 work Gil
the dirt Of the City away every DAY through the sew
.rs Ills a question whether that would not be The
cheapest method If cleaning the streets. IL would
only need small increase VI water through the SR-
ton Aqueduct without increasing It's capacity It's
subject worthy Of consideration. ,
Upou the subject of ventilation, Mr. PELL ssld..
None of our houses built for the poor are venniafed
and but few oil those for the rich Our schools, thea
tiers and churches nearly all buit IN such manner
that people ere prsoned and permanent diseases en-
ceudered Mr. frLL traced the crimes Of the City to
the dark dirty unwholesome dwellings that breed
crime through the natural tendency Of such abodes
upon the human uind.
Prf HILDRFTH gave IL as his opinion mat the
National Hotel sickness from decomposed AMI
nal matter, which might have been avoided by saff-
cit nj ventilation.
disease as that is very singular in country that " al
piasmstic from Washington 10 Florida The same
kind Of disease affects strangers IN the warrn season
upon al the plantations OF the southern STATES near
tie sea shore 10 such extent that It dangerous ~
,l.ep upon them in all the Summer months. don't
think il at all necessary, a. the gentleman snggeSs,
10 send abroad to investigate masmatic Diseases,
csu,ed by filthy unwholesome, in fact, ioa.hsome
habitatioIs Tbs city full Of them all around us,
close by where We stand now, such abodes ~ no hu-
man being should be allowed TO hive in In fact, we
who are used TO better air could not 1--we IN them ~
il these unysntilaed wretched habtauons that swell
our bills of mortality particularly OF children, unn we
| get the reputation of city that Is extremely an
| he althy; but II is rot So
| Prot NASH said that decomposed vegetable matter
DESTROYS thousands Of lives in both city and country
He inquired if il not fact that mineral poisons
nav be found floating in the atmosphere, IN some 10
calities sufficient to produce ueatn' -
Prof HLpRETH said that Arsenic was mineral
very likely 10 become volatile. He had detected tho
peculiar smell of volatile arsenic near gas houses lie
thought il may be breathed to considerable extent IN
many places in cities Zine is aro subject ~ VOLATILE
zatcn but the workmen in zinc factories are not I'M
healthy Lead ycatliZes but he thought the INJURY
to the health of lead workers did not arise from that
source but from the particles OF lead floating IN the
air -,
Prof NASH thought much injury to health arose
from carbonc oxide escaping from stoves. Sulphu-
re,ed hydrogen is also very common gas, and very
injurious.
IN nroduce disease and death much frequently
than in high rooms. One person consumes Twelve
gallons of air a minute. Carbonic gas which collects
IN cellars and low rooms cannot be retained IN upper
ope,-t passes through the walls and escapes. The
walls If the old Aims-House in the Park were safu-
rated with gas that gave of peculiar odor that was
p.rceptibe after the house had been purmsa nIe.
The Russian is the most sensible form OF heating
a house. Few Of stoves large enough. 4ine
are very much larger than hoss IN common USE ana
and are never heated to red heat lhefe " hothng
mere unhealthy than red-hot stove in close room,
unless il l. q house heated with a hot-ar FUR
mace without ventilation, which always at
fects me unplfasanty. house heated by steam has
au entirely diiseren and more healthy atmosphere.
have never yet any plan tor cooperating water
that would give good heating atmosphere. have
never vet furnace that did not at times become
overheated and injurious to health. Ventilation, IN
| England il now very much promoted by the use oil
hollow brick in the walls which made TO serve as
pipes for ventilation. IL Ia remarkable Tact tbat me
| disease Of consumption Is unknown IN The Cny OK
Mexico which is 1900 feet above the sea- In sleep
ing, the higher up from the ground we lodge the bef
Ter for health, az general rule.
Prof NAsB-In a low ceiling room the elevation Of
the bed should be third Of the hight Of tho room
above the floor. In with high ceilings any hight
from two feet above the floor will answer tie
thought much good could be done by lectures upon
the subject of health and ventilation Life should 30
longer here in the city If kept clean and our houses
properly ventilated, than in the country.
frtf MAPEs said that he knew the city when
Leonard street was COW path; and then all above, IN
the unpayed portions, were unheulthy-Aubleet "a
fever aud ague Az il has been improved II has grown
healthy kew-York il so located that it may be the
bealtLiest city in the world. In fact all the uptown
weu.payed and severed streets, are now the most
healthy localities in my knowledge. No family have
the least occasion 10 leave the city account OF
health; and if those who do leave for that purpose
succeed in improving 1t in the country II cannot be
because they have found more healthy location, out
because they change their mode OF living and spend
more time the open air and eat different food ana
digest better because they take more exercise and
are free from mental depression and other causes that
produce disease here and not anything natural TO the
locality.
Dr. w ArEBuRY.-However important these discus-
s;ons of hygeneI may be, am afraid that in depart
ipe from the proper sphere Of the club, In which we
are stronp we sLal. show that when these difbcult
questions of miasma, and causes OF disease, we snan
exhibit a weakness. Who Of ell medical or learned
men can saw what is mallrial We cannot see tit
canp,t be analyyed-we are not certain Of ia cause
we only know its effects Who has ever detected
mineral nelson's in the air We know that consump-
tiops are prevalent in this country 70 mountain
Gus districts thsn upon the lowands near the sea fet
who can tell the OF consumption Let % quit
the subject Of discussions about diseases, and return
10 agricultural SUI ects.
Prot. Nah. Dr. Waterbury and Mr.. Pardoe were
appointed committee TO examine Iew sot Oh