The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-11-04
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Nhas e;ways been, any iopiniop. ha
the health of'a community should no,
be contided soleIylio the medical prac
titioner. The Study aud practice al
Hygiene--that is, the investigation and
applica,ion of principles 20 the presep
ton Of disease--sureiy belong TO, The
people. Il il not my intention, bowey
er, TO insist upon this ,,aso a popular
duty. except in one of it's ,brsnches,
namely. disinfection--,he publication
Of the air we brealbe, The i,nportanc
and practicabiliiy Of this. has been fell
by everybody, Who has sot scattered
lime about his house, in the hope Of
diminishing the frequency, or moderst.
ing the severity Of sickness This hope
has often been disappointed on account,
Of the, feebleness, combined with the
bulk and consequent high p,ics' Of the
disinfectan,s employed. Bur, recently,
a new agent has been introduced into
practice with such satisfactory results.
as TO remove from considerations ali the
articles i,itl,eito in use for this purpose.
This agent is Carbolic Acid. I" II was
discovered more than thirty years ago
in Germany. but only recettlr brought
TO notice. There are too kinds Of this
substance--one dark brown tiuid,
known AS Commercial! Cafbolic Acid
the olher is, when Kept from the air, a
crystalline solid, This latter is solely
for the physician and surgeon I; and It's
immense value IN The treatment Of va
rious disease is now und srgo,ng demon,
Strarion. The commercial, or ,huid Car
bolic Acid, is used fos disinfectiag apur-.
poses, aud ii Is TO this, wish TO, call
the attention of the people. ,.sl 7..~isa s..
b It's effect is TO destroy allow forms of
life--sniinalcrlus--and TO arFest I,utre
faction and fermentation. This isexem
plified every, day, now, ip the ,u,e Of The
fruil preserving fluid, the active in gGeli
ent Ia this, preparation beiug updonbted
ly CsrLolic Acid. Now. the researches
m The learuql in medicines, haze, for
many years, b,en more conveiging 20
,he opinipn, that malsria--ferer poison
lis animalculsr.,, From every locally
where animal or vegetable matter l.
undergoing puuef.clion, myrlsds OF
microscopic lnc,is,s--,ntinilely too small
10 be seen by the n4lural eye-go forth
into The atmosphere which we breathe !;
enter cur lungs, and perhaps. swarming
along the current at our blood, ,isi
every molcule Of our bodies, OR their
mission Of death. In $Iiis way. il is
thought the various types Of fever are
produced. Now here Is briefly The
poiut. Carbolic Acid destroys these
sniinalcuies. There is no doubr of this.
IL. kills the cockroach, dives off house
tlies,, destroys vetmin upon animals,
cheese mites, and all that class and
the strength sufficient to accomplish
this destruction, is perfectly inhocuous
TO creatures Of higher organization
than insects. '.s "..'lH. h'r' $50
Ny suggestion is, then, that every
house, should, at once. procure a pint
Of fluid CatboIic Acid, and use Il a.
follows: Put one halfonnce Of the
Acid into a gallon Of boiling water.-
Filter the solution thus made, 10 remove
anything from II that might produce
grease spots The disinfsctant is then
ready for use. An ordinary wineglass
full Of this solution should be sp-inkled
10 every room IN the house, every day
or two. Let il also be applied under
The house, and TO every place that give.
Use in imnure air. L. ramoyes NIL man