The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-23
THE FOE IN THE, HOUSEHOLD.

ria, l> a word sgnifying bad air,-air made bad by
some poison in it derived from the decay of yege
table and animal substances. We spoke also Of its
nHtnre.- supposed by some TO be a sort of yeast
citing np a poisonous fermentation in the blood ;
iy others Us living spores or germs, which being
inhaled along with the air, mix with, and immense
!, multiply in the blood ,-producing either way, a
large class of destructive diseases, ii good type of
which is our common typhoid feyers. We named,
too. of the principles Of its treatment; show
my the Importance. as great remedial agents, of
frequent bathing and good ventilation Now let
a., see about il.
PREY ENTIoN. As this class of diseases such as
typhu~, typhoid Intermittent. and some forms OF
bilious ieverS; cholera, cholera morbus some kinds
OF dysentey, &c, arise entirely from never with
out, this malaria a. their cause TO remove the ma
iria by removing the conditions which produce II
-hc decay of vegetable and animal substances
would seem to be the true and certain prevention.
10 do this is to rid the world of Of its greatest
sc0nrgeS This in part cannot and in part can be
tone
4. II cannot be done in those frequent places, as
large sw.nnps like the Pontine marshes of Rome
and thousands in our own country, which do not
permit good drainage and cultivation. Hence such
must always he naaral and nnheathtu districts,
the only remedy again, whose poisonous air is TO
get a~ far from them possible. So that in select
ing residence, either a permanent or a temporary
one. il makes all the difference there is between
fortune and misfortune life and death, getting or
not into such places How many have we known
of whom the poet sung:
.''Ts distance lands cnchantment to the view"
lu leave healthy places. under some supposed ad-
.autageS for maaral ones in the south or west
where these fearful diseases are as sure to lurk and
ln Il~tcu upon Them iS summer to return.
And also in your natal places, You may do much
tu avoid those complaints by selecting your resi-
,t,nce rs removed possible from marshy bogS
and stagnant waters of all kinds. And here is
tact worth knowing: 4 residence near, and on
lev ct with malaral places is not worse than one at
some distance and elevated above them. For the
heats OF summer which generate the poisons rarely
u@ the air, cause them TO float off and into the up
per air and leave the lower healthier than the
others. A mile from the places where malaria
breeds and hundreds of feet above them, You will
lind people sick and dying of those disease, equally
With persons near them; an anomaly which causes
many 10 doubt of their origin: but the poison watt
ed on the wings of the air make, it plain 50, too,
it,.rcnt sides ot malaria places will he unequally
affected, according TO the direction of the prevail
iuq winds AT that season. We have known many
families on the southern side of large pond down
With typhoid fcN cr at the same time and none on
thy northern >ide-thr wind blowing towards the
sicily side.
,. But malaria is generated in It thousand ways
and places which "A little knowledge and labor may
easily prevent. A. previously stated, this poison
forms wherever these condtons present; veg
cjihlc and animal Substances in state of decay,
with requisite beat and moisture Amy stagnint
poet, large small bad oears; sink outlets, and
house slo!~ III general the water for householdus
charged with those poiNon~,--ill may be, and often
are. fruitful sources OF those fell Diseases Here is
"a p3l>r in point. While writing th4 article we
tratin4 three severe eases of typhoid fever in one
family having only these local causes; the cellar
damp and moully, the cellar window, in, and no
Aeutiinton the well-waer, not having been clear
CA uut ior "a long time, putrid to hc highly
uaii7' ou~ to all the household.
And many times have wc known in the same
urisborhood-tIl the external conditions the same
thu scripture 1uiled-''two women shall he
grinding Al the mill one shall be taken, and the
other left = because violated The laws of health
and life 10y allowing these poisons 10 spring and
Tester in and around the premises; the other time
ly removing the causes. escaped the effects of the
poiSons.
How shall the average person know those pois
ons breeding at, within their doors, so AS 10
hc warned tu remove them: The animal senses
'e for two wise purposes; to give pleasure in the
use of them and to warn of danger Whenever,
therefore, sights how these nioudy decaying things,
mildew which is only those spores or germs,
around or the smell discovers offensive odors,-
toe warned that it means malaria which may any
moment strike You and the loved ones the house
hold down!
What to do Last spring had article
LOOK 10 YOUR CELLARs-Wherein we advised per
feet drainage, the instant removal Of all rubbish,
thorough ventilation all the time except IN very
freezing weather, Whitewashng every part of 1t,
Nc. Yet since then have seen hundreds OF
dwellings whose cellar windows have not yet been
removed, and no other attempts made at cleanliness
and puritcaiion. People have right, perhaps, 10
thus slaughter themselves and families; but we
submit whether ii is not a shame and Il crime, as
accessory 10 the fact for ministers of the gospel to
stand up Al the funerals and declare, III the full
blaze of light which science has shed on the sub
ltct that these are ''the mysteries OF Providence,
aud pray IA we so often hear, that He would stay
the .courgc with which He is affecting the people,"
As honest llcn they should rather say with the
late Lord Palmcrston when the priesthood OF the
British realm pcttioned him Premier to call
day of fasting and prayer that "God would be pleas
ed to remove the plague He had sent upon the na-
ton.' II reject your petition for two reasons" he
said; "as containing lie-for it is not God, but
our own tlthiness aiat has made the plague; and
As to removing it, ashoyel aud one b. of the chloride
nf lime will effect more than the united prayers of
the hierarchy of the world.'
Next To pure cellars, TO the water. Wells
and springs receive their water from their sur
rounIngs, and So at last must be highly charged
with naaral matter. For healthfulness AS well AS
taste nothing equals good cistern water, AS see in
next column proof from official documents.
Last but not least the sink aud priyy apartments
the great home sources of these diseases. Many
cases-many Of them fata-have we known of ma
lria eyers and dysenteres arising entirely from
those causes. and which would not yield to treat
till those causes after much persuasion,
removed.
Yet in removing those offensive matters rod or
two off is of not much ACCOMPLISHMENT in the prvy
matter which is of vast Importance for as shown
respecting bogs and ponds, the wind watts those
loisons hither and thither, ut considerable dis
ttnees. Hence the true thing Is, after putting them