American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-05

continue the boiling for half an
hour; or place them in 4 solution.
covered, as follows: One pound
sulphate Of zinc, six or eight gallons
of water, to which add two or three
ounces of pure strong carbolic acid.
Keep the sOileai articles saturated
until they can be boiled. 1t the
acid is not at hand use the zinc
water alone.
rtments, bedding and uphol-
stery that have been used by the
sick with cholera or diarrhea should
be fumigated by the burning of sew
eraI pounds OF birthstone (sulphur)
upon q defended IRON pan, with the
place tightly closed for several
hours, under phi ysIcians directions.
P-i.eipse. .sa Dates - - Tasshs.
First-That thorough cleanliness,
domestic and civic, and an abund-
ant supply OF pure water, are essen
tial means of preventing cholera in
any household when the disease is
near.
Second-That general cleansing,
scavcnging and disinfectiOn should
be attended to in every city and
town before the cholera makes It's
appearance and that wherever it
does appear, that house and tie ex-
posed premises should be kept con-
stantly disinfected.
Third-That in the words of the
Chief Medical officer Of Great Brit
ain. E" 1t appears to be characters
tic of cholera, not only of the dis
ease in it's developed aud alarming
form. but equally of the slightest
diarrhea which the epidemic can
produce, that all matters which the
patient discharges from his stomach
and bowels are infective; that the
patients power Of injecting from
other persons il represented almost
or quite exclusively by those dis
charges; that they are comparative
~ non infeciive ut the moment of
discharge, but afterwards, when I'M
dergOing decomposition, acquire
then maximum intective power /;
and that, if they be cast away with.
out previous disinfection, they i'm
part tbeir own infective quality to
the excremental matters with which
they minele with filth sOddrn earth,
or in repositories or cohduits of Nth,
and the effiuvia which those excre
mental matters evolve; That if the
infective material, by leakage or
sOakage from drains or cesspOOls,
or otherwise gets access, even IN
the smallest quantity, directly. or
through porous soil, to wells or 9TH
er sources of drinking water, it can
infect, in the most dangerous man.
ner, very large volumes Of the wa
ter; that the infectiye influence of
the cholera discharges attaches to
whatever bedding, clothing, and
like things have been imbued with
them, aud renders these things, if
not dlsiniecied, capable Of spread
ing the disease"
Fourth--Cleaning and purity,
i skillful disinfectiOn, temperate hab-
its aud wholesome diet, with pure
waller and fresh air, are the trusted
aud sure means of health and secu
rity in all places and for all classes
of people when exposed to the caus-
es of cholera. The watchwOrd n against
this destructive enemy should be,
remove the local causes that favor
the propagation OF cholera, and
whenever it appears let its germs
be quickly stamped out by power.
full disinfectants aud instant cleans
lug.
From being the most feared and
destructive l,estilence, cholera may
| now be controlled and extinguished
more quickly and completely than
any other epidemic disease. Be-
lieving, therefore, that the people OF
the United States require the sug.
ges.ions which are given in this
memorandum, this committee pre-
sents them for the purpose Of hast
eniDg and making sure the most ex:
tensive, thorough aud speedy con-
troll of the destroyer.
| EDWIN NJ. SNOW, N. D.. r.. l.
| e. ". WI TIE. n. D., L..
| JOHN II. RACCA. n. H.. Ills.
WIN. (LENDE IN, M. d., Ohio.
| G. G.. COY. NJ. D., d. G.
MO EAU NORRIS. NJ. D.. Y.
JOHN n. WUODWORTH. n. D..
| Superintendent U. Marine Hospital.
| FRANCIS BACON: N D.: Coun
| ELISHA HARRIS. n. D.. N. Y.
Executive Committee of the American Publ,
| Health Association.
| NEW YORK. June l6. 1873.
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