The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-12

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histofico- fabulous age of Greece. The for
mer preserved their dead and purified thei
abodes, apdsU saes, AAex Cling Tbs sui,ors
purified the palace by fumigation. Tim
Homer:
tBnng hfs fas famisation frst, .tf
He saisi. NOT Eurycien, his iovednufse;
Longer delayed, but sulphur brought. and FIR,
III wksn he with purifying steaMs himself
yjitd every part thu henqset roen ~
The vestibule. the court.
With the cholera in the country the subject
is deserving of attention. We Claim TO orig
inality herein. From carefully prepared
article in the North British Rcrie,c we CLEAR
thess MA uhdaobeesatons. Il EA
Byth( 10 q diaasenhts the Egyptian
preserved their dead in their so wonderou,
manner. The ceremonial law taught the He
brews cleanliness if not godliness. But Hy
genie conscientious did notlArgely couiro
in the building Of cities anciently and the re
suit was crowded humanity aud consequen,
plaques and pestilence.
We have seen that the Greeks used sulphur;
the Egyptians ni,re and resins. pitch and
aroma,ics. The list to the ancient was limi-
ted Our author has an ampler repertory;
but not so full and satisfactory as it is hoped
it viii be ultimately by scientific labors.
He first considers earth an . disinfectant.
Then oxygen at length and concluding mis-
consideration OF it says: I'VE hate spent a
good deaf of tune on oxygen, considering the
length Of this article, and we could spend
much more; it is Natures great purifier,
called once by Priestley vital air. 1t il our
greatest and best agent Of pari6esaion, altho /,
as yet, it has been too noble to allow itself to
be used in the daily work Of life in disinfec-
tion SO fully as We requiresas the dignity of
labor increases, this gas, no doubt, will yield
to the persuasions Of mankind, and take more
part in our artificial life,n
Sulphur holds high place as fnmigasing
dfsinfeetaut, but il is difficult in most places
to keep up the supply. 1t burns and goes
out readily. OF the renal uder chlorine, mu.
riatic and nitric acids, cafbclic acid and the
rest chlorine is the more powerful disinfee-
tant. In considering the modes Of causing
rapid dlSlntectl0n our writer says:
''For this purpose We know nothing bett er
than chloride of lime. liza smell ID to be re
moved rapidly, this does its work we'll. If it
is to be removed elegantly, in sick room,
permanganate tCondys hnid) does it, or the
proxide Of hydrogen, not much tried as yet,
but wonderful in its action in some cases.
'eThis removal of smells, already pursu ed
is the branch called deodorizing, but it is &C
er,al ~ L.
smell without causing putrefaction 10 cease to
that extent. Still you may remove nine
tenths Of it. and be unable to smell the re.
manning tenth, which may still be hurtful
amidst these numerous substances, which
are we to use, is the question si,h many. and
how?
''If we had oar choice, we would use very
few. For fumigating stables and COW houses
We should use tar acids. They are easily
InAmged. For places that require puri6cs-
lion, we should use chlorine gas, and that is
easily managed. We would also use il for
constant fumigasion in small quantities, so
that We could merely smell it in time of dis
ease III ahSsses where the Anseil or tar aeids
was objected to, according to convenience and
price; aud if any one proposed suIphurous or
muriahc acids, We would not object, although
they are less pleasant. -
The fumigat0rs.areq quite needful when dis
eases such as cattle plague and smsll-pox
come to US from without. Cattle Plague is
little affected by such refrushappla apparept>
ly, and we never heard Of smaa.PsE coming
out of a drain, although it may be aggravated
By one. Fnmigation in such cases Is essen
tial We will not dare to say In how many
cases 1t Is co., 10 .5%-es H.
Cholera Is from all accounts one Of the
plaques most connected with pasrefaction; II
not generated byfk 1t does-,not hy about
like cattle plague, independent OF xeathsv,,it
leaves rs IN winter, mud, Ike, pntrefacti6n.
returns with 81 of Fair.
we dsaNaet venture 70 b seckssians, or
to belieyeth there IS only one disinfec,ant
in tsec5Sk srsen ye, see leegtyrU.Usti9
may act as good disinfeetant, and, indeed,
many other substances, but we havs.nen
tionedfAkbsst and tAe asoss aee61si6le.l We
aretoid that chlorine is really the best; be.
cause 1t destroys organic matter; these per.
sons forgetithat We are made Of organic mats
ter sE,ssyeH mud mus be rWx eao6ol how
We wor r XVI, WIN such tools as destroy it, Ne.
nehese thAs We can stand rather more chic
rine IN the air than the usual poisons can.
But when they enter the system We cssnnt
send chlorine after them, We are so extremelY
sensitive toite influence. Alk-we can saw
t6f M 4IHkosikA dni1 fscnnf, .fuE INA
others, not universally applicable. We think
that during epidemics chlorine may be the
most endurable in dwelling houses, and we
rsea Sc thipk = ~ 70 have theA1nnspAeN
shgntiy smelling OF some such substance in
cases where there is any closeness or impuri~
ty, o. avon Ylen-the dissaseu thresapt = n
couse mean us. - On this po{ht,, however. Ne
need experience, and the fnll amount of good
which cap DO Aels - 70 b prsesda We now
know that by the use Of carbolic acid in the
atmosphere of cow-houses and yards, the cat
ties 0nessa may be ePieveA1& andnve siso.
know that by the use Of chlorine It NAV Be
prevented or diminished. We must apply
-. .ae same rues U cholsra, until We 6pli 1t right
70 acs osheTA,~e, SYhese sfe OH smst;oSs 10
poth yapours. The rustine Of metals can.sJ
by chlo5lne i y. Injection; the smell Of car
hsleAo3d d D. addiction, sA6s,scI 4 80,
so bad when the acid is pure.
:, II ysnld, t5sgexers b absurd 70 disixs.x.
the or Of . foaF r'aee, without hfse, Il 4 te+e
possible, removing all the foulness mechsn.
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