The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-21


the walls of cellsrE ptae Aesvsndy
open drains. 3 i
Ouicklime is ssefdl as an absorh
ent md dryer upon inch v61lsi an
in daimp placesy and whitlwaa hin
withit should be pr cticef in eomx
mon tenements, factories, base
ments, closets and garrets
: To disinfect the clothing .de6led
in any manner by excren1entaf mat
ters from the sick, throw all such-
articles immediately into boiling
water and continue The boiling for
half an hear, or Place thsaAin-a.so-,
luton, covered, made "a 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.+ad 2ssg-Yats.
IS Keep the soiled articles satura-
ted until they can be boiled. If
the acid is not at hand use the zinc
water alone. 4s 'sss.is
q Apartments, bedding and uphols-'
terry thai have been used by the sick
with cholera or diarrhea, should be
fumigated by the burning of sew
eral pounds of birthstone Isulpher1
upon defended iron pan, with the
place tightly closed for several
hours, under . physicians direc-
tons.
PRINCIPLES AND DUTIES TO BE TAUGHT.
&; L. That thorough cleanliness,d do
nestle and civic, and an abundant
supply Of pure water are essential
means Of preventing the eholerarin
any household when the disease is
near. as ri49 fs-s4f a.
~ 2. That general cleansing, scav-
enging and disinfection should be
attended to in every city and town
before cholera makes it's appear
ance; and that whether it does APP
pear, that house and the exposed
premises should be kept constantly
disinfected.
la 8 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
it's development and 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 pa
tient's power Of injecting from other
versions is represented almost OF
o,,ite exclusively by those discharg-
es; shat they are comparatively non
infective at the moment they are
discharged, but afterwards, when
undergoing decomposition, acquire
their maximum infective power
and that if they be cast away with
out previous disinfection, they i'm
part their own effective quality t
the excrementa tai matters with which
they mingle in fi1th-sodden earth
or in repositories and conduits o
filth, and the effluyia which thos'
excremental matters evolve; that j
the infectiye material, by leakage o
soakage from drains or cesspools
or otherwise gets access, even II
the smallest quantity, directly, o.
through porous soil, to welis O
other sources of drinking water, j
can infect, IN the most dangerous
manner, very large volumes Of the
water; that the infective influences
of the cholerac discharges attaches
to whatever bedding, clothing anG
like things have been imbued will
them, and renders these things, i
not disinfected, capable of spread
ing the disease. . - sA
4. Cleansing and purity, skilfu
distinction, temperate habits ans
wholesome diet with pure waite
and fresh air are the trusted ant
sure means of health and securit,
in all places and for all classes o
people when exposed to the cause
of cholera. The watchword sgains
this destructive enemy should be
remove the local causes that favo
the propagation Of cholera, am
wherever it appears, let it's germ
be quickly stamped out by power
full disinfectants and instant cleans
ing. .ays.za ,;
From being the most feared an
destructive pestlence, cholera no,
may be controlled and extinguishe'
more quickly and completely tina
any other epidemic disease. BE
1ieving, therefore, that the Peopl
of the United States require tn
suggestions which are given IN thi
! memorandum, this committee pre-
sents them for the purpose of has
tening and making sure the mos
extensive, thorough and speed
control of the destroyer.
. Stephen Clark, M. d., New Yorl
Edwin NJ. Snow, NJ. D., Rhod
Island. sA9''sos
G. W. White, M. D., Louisiana.
/. John Fl. Rauch, NJ. d., Illinois.
i VIM. Clendenin, NJ. D., Ohio.
! G. G. Cox, NJ. D., district {
Columbia. -sIss4IF $
i Morean Morris, NJ. D., n Yorl
|. John NJ. Wopdworth. n. D., 81
perintendent q. s. Marine Hospita
Francis Bacon, NJ. D., Conn.
Henry Hartshorne, NJ. D., Penn
|, Elisha Harris, NJ. D., New Yorl
Executive Committee Of the Amer
can Public Health Association. a
+ New York. June 1C. 1873.
The receipts from Internal Rev
nue. for the current fiscal year wi
considerably exceed the estimate
of the Commissioner. 1t was est
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