The Hickman courier., 1873-06-28
lquiFes iii pure drinking water, fresh and
substantial food, temperance, and the
needed rest and bathing of the body.


substantial food, temperance, and the
needed rest and bathing of the body.
DIsINFECrGoS AID DIsSFEcTANTs.
The principles relating to disinfec-
ton as a means of destroying the prop
agating or infectious cause of cholera -
the cholera contagium" are readily
understood, and may be so explained
to any family that the household may
insure its immunity against the intro
duction and spread of the disease. For
popular use we append brief statement
of these principles at the end of this
circular; and we respectfully recon-
mend that the statement and the follow
ing schedule OF rules aud methods be
given to the press, and allsprincipals of
schools, superintendents of places of
public resort, railroad depots, ferries,
hotels and steamboats,, and the conduc-
tors of passenger trains throughout the
continent believing, as We do, that by
the timely application of these meas
urss the prevalence of cholera may be
prevented.
RULES AND METHODS OF DIsNFEoIoN.
For privies, water closets, drains and
sewers-Eight or ten pounds of sui
phate of iron (copperas) dissolved in
five or six gallons of water, with half
pint of crude carbolic acid added to the
solution and briskly stirred, makes the
cheapest and best disinfecting fluid for
common use. It can be procured in
every town and by any family, and if
: the carbolic acid is not at hand, the so
luton of copperas may be used without
Kit.
} To prevent privies and water-closets
from becoming infected or offensive,
pour a pint OF this strong solution into
every water-closet or. pr4vy-seat once
fo tSiss aisiafsss asg1 mass. of filth. privy
waits, sewers and drains, gradually
s,lr in this solution until it reaches
d disinfects all the foul material.
fee chamber-vessels used by the
Ffor the disinfection of ground
r. On when any excremental matter has
ZEN cast away, for disinfecting extern
ksive masses or surfaces of putrescent
kma serials, and for q ps, sewers and
Btches, the "dead of coaI-tar
or coal-tar itself is av1&hble coal-tar
may be used as a disinfecting paint up
bn the walls of cellars, stables and open
brains.
Quicklime is useful as an absorbent
. and dryer upon such walls and in damp
places, and white-washing with 1t
should he practiced in common tene-
ments, factories. Easements, closets
and garrets.
To disinfect clothing defiled in any
manner by excremental matters from
the sick, throw all such articles imme-
diately into boiling water and continue
the boiling for half an hour or place
them in a solution, covered, made as
follows: One pound of sulphate of
zinc, six or eight gallons of water, to
which add two or three ounces of pure
strong carbolic acid.
Keep the soiled articles saturated un-
til they crn be boiled. If the acid is
not at hand use the zinc water alone
Apartments, bedding and upholstery
that have been used by the sick with
cholera or diarrhea, should be fumiga-
ted by the burning of several pounds of
birthstone (sulphnr) upon defended
iron pan, with the place tightly closed
for several hours, under physician
/ directions.
PRINCIPLES AND DUTIES To BE TAUGHT.
1. The thorough cleanliness, domes-
tic and civic, and an abundant supply
of pure water are essential means o
preventing cholera in any household
] when the cholera is near.