The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-04

the villagers, who Joined Va in our flight
across the country till safe distance was
gained.
a lew days later when the mighty and
long extinct Hecla was convulsing the Is
iaiu eH' pouring forth its tremendous vol
u1,e OF melted lava, was far out upon the
Atiantlc' on my way home, where devout-
| y thanked God again aud again that had
liVed to tell my wonderful escape from a
death In lis burning crater
-- 90
The Cholera---A word about Disinfection.
The n Y. Times publishes an interesting
letter from Dr. Harris member of the N,
Y Board Of Health on the subject of Chole
ra-the infective properties of the cholera
poison; skill in applying dsinfecting
agents, &c, from which we make the fol
lowing extracts
Several hundred scientific physicians in
Europe have prepared reports upon their
special Investigate ons-ex perimental mi
croscopical and chemical-in cholera. One
hundred and ten OF these reports have al
ready been transmitted to the French lmpe-
rial Academy of Sciences, aud various prizes
have been awarded For example one
prize to Prof Thiersch, for his report upon
experimental researches on the infective
property that is acquired by choleraic ex.
creinent under different conditions Anoth
er prize has been awarded to DIR. Lauder
Lindsey for his experiments proving the
transmission of cholera by personal clothing
when contaminated by cholera excrement.
To DR. Wonns, another prize has been
awarded for results proved in regard to GER
tain kinds of prophy Tactic and early me- ical
treatment M Brandreinont has received
a p'ize for his study of the atmosphere in
the recent epidemic and to IA. Legros and
others honors have been awarded for exper
imertal Investigations in cholera Besides
these most practical researches to discover
the means of prevention, numerous persons
have endeavored to demonstrate that there
exists or does not exist some microscopical
vegetable or iDfusorial production which
may prove TO be the cause of the epidemic
and its propa eating infection But nothing
has yet been proved that can aid sanitary
authorities while On the other hand, chem
istry and experiments have proved that the
epidemic virus of cholera can he controlled
and extinguished A practical summary
of all this matter is in course OF preparation,
and will be presented to the Board OF Health
after the transactions of the Sanitary con
ference at Weimar have been submitted to
you in English. The grand concession of
all the researches and all comparisons and
analyses of experience relating to the chol-
era may be summed up in those homely
words Put out the sparks-remove the To-
cal causes that increase and spread the cpl
demic. The fact that cholera is propigated
aud spread by an infective poison which re-
quires the aid of certain local factors is full
~ established That it is not contagious
like typhus and small pox, and that the in
fective property of the excremental dis
charges of the sick ard Of persons that
have been recently exposed in places infec-
ted by cholera u,ay be completely disnfec-
TED and destroyed by certain chemical
agents. is the important truth which all
classes of people should understand
PROGRESS OF PRACTICAL SKILL IN APPLYING
DIsINFEoTANTs
The employment Of specific disinfectsnts
Of cholera excTement was commenced
in this country, a t the Quarantine Hospitals
on Staten Island in 1866 The great les
sons on the subject were taught by DIR.
VIM Budd at the military barracks in Bris
toll, Eug, and by professor Pettenkofer at
the KaisheIm prison, in Bavaria, in 1854
Dr.. Lauder Lindsey, in a cholera hospital
aud in certain lunatic asylums in Scotland,
added several facts to the same experience
Certain soluble salts of iron, viz: the
suphates and chIori1es which possess the
power of arresting certain kinds Of fermen
tation and of destroying certain gases and
products of putrefactiou, continue to he the
most trustworthy chemicals for the general
PURPOSES of disinfection We f st employed
them in 1865 and 1866, because of their
chemical qualities and particularly because
of the success that seemed to attend
their employment by the great chemist,
Professor Pettenk0fer. But these iron salts
aud most other metallic salts cannot well
be used on the soiIed clothing aud bedding,
ucr do they act very permanently, for they
may soak away, or may readily tie chang
ed into iusoluble aud inert substances
Hence, to meet the Necessity for powerful,
aud most permanent and interchangeable an
tiseptic. resort il had TO carholic acid and
the coal tar compounds Scientific chemists
and experimenters, and all well informed
sanitary officers, DOW agree that saturated
solutions OF copperas and carbolc acid are
at once the best and cheapest disinfectants
that can be used against cholera.
The Metropolitan Board of Health of New
York was as believe, the first sanitary
body to provide for dsinfection as an essen
tial and distinct branch of sanitary service
Glasgow soon followed. and in Southamp
ton aud Bristol, in England, the business
was, in July last, done by trained hands
and with marvellous success. st Louis ha'
just organized perfect system of disintect
log depots and sanitary care in the twelv,
wards of that mu. n threatened city II
Nrw Orleans, Nashville Memphis, Ghicag'
aud several other cities, the sanitary au
tnorItirs are o-gtuizing the same good sys
t,,n Which was irs suggested Ivy tue Cuunci
ct II, gleur III This city, III October 1865
e. The auuual Episcopal Convention i
session at Milwaukee on Wednesday, adop
ted resolutions requesting the bishop of til
diocese to attend the convention VI all th
bishops of the Anglican Communion Gale
by the Arch bishop of Canterbury, to met
Ia London in September next, and sppr'
: priating s., 900 towards defraying his eS
peuses
We grieve To fed tie following in tn
, philadelphia BUtetta; What sort OF Al