The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-03

upon which any excremental matter has
been cast away, for disinfecting extern
siye masses or surfaces Of putrescent
materials, and for drains, sewers and
| bitches, the "dead oil of c~oal-tar
or coal. tar itself is available coal-t
may be used MS a disinfecting paint up
on the walls Of cellars, stables and open
drains.
Quicklimc 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 garrcts.
To disinfect clothing dehled 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. II 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 (sulphur) upon II defended
iron pan, with the place tightly closed
for several hours, under a physicians
directions.
PRINCIPLES AND DUTIES TO BE TAUGHT.
!. The thorough cleanliness, domes-
tic and civic, and au abundant supply
of pure water are essential means of
preventing cholera in any household
when the cholera is mean.
2. That general cleansing, scaveng-
ing and disinfcction should be attended
to in every city and town before cholera
makes its appearance and that wherev-
er it does appear, that house and the
exposed prcmesis should be kept con
stantly disinfcctcd.
3. That in the words Of the chief
medical officer Of Great Britain, at
appears to be characteristic of cholera,
not only of the disease in its developed
and alarming form, but equally Of the
slightest diMrhae which the epidemic
can produce that all matters which the
patient discharges from his stomach
and bowels are infective that the pa
tents power Of injecting from other
persons is represented almost or quite
exclusively by those discharges that
they are comparatively nOn-infective Mt
the moment they arc discharged, but
afterwards, when undergoing dccompo-
%sition, acquire their maximum infective
power and that if they be cast away
without previous distinction, they i'm
part their " infectiyc quality to the
eXcrcmental matters with which they
minglc in tllth-soddcn earth, or in de-
positorics and conduits Of filth, and the
ctlluyla which those cXcrcmental mat
ters evolve that if the infectivo mate
rial, by leakage or soukagc from drains
or cesspools, or otherwise gets access,
iii the smallest quantity, directly,
through porous soil, to wells or other
sources Of drinking water, it can infect,
in the most dangerous manner, very
large volumes of water the infcctivo
influence Of the cholcratic discharges
attaches to whatever bedding, clothing
and like things have been imbucd with
them, and renders these things, if not
disInfected, capable of spreading the
disease"
(. Cleansing and purity, skillful dis
Infection, temperate habits and whole
diet with pure water and fresh air
ire the trusted and sure means of health
md security in all places and for all
of people when exposed to the
of cholera. The watchword
this destructive enemy should
be, remove the local causes that favor
propagation of cholera, and whercv-
er it appears, let its germs be quickly
out by powerful disinfectants
and instant cleansing.
From being the most feared and des.
t%ructive postilcnco, cholera now may be
controlled and distinguished more
quickly and completely than any other
epidemic disease. Believing, therefore.
that the people of the United States re-
quire the suggestions which are given
in this memorandum, this committee
presents them for the purpose of hasten
and making sure the most extensive,
thorough and speedy control Of the des-
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