Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-16
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il more demoralizing than a covering
spirit in front Of an enemy. We again
repeat our admoniiiOn Of yesterday, that
something should be done TO stay the
progress Of the disease, aud that some
thing should be done instauier. Our
authorities must not shirk their plain
and positive duty. II it is a question
of money, we would remind them that
II has no, been many months since the
sum Of $4,000 was voted by them to re-
6eve the suferings of the people OF
Chicago. We do not blame them for
that action, but We demand that they be
equally charitable to our own flesh and
blood. Presuming that there are those
who viii question whether any good can
nov be done BY using disinfectants, We
Will. for their benefit. discuss that CUES
ton. It's generally sdpittsd By the
best Authorities that the yellow fever
poison in their latitude possesses a
double nature; or that two kinds Of
po;son must be mixed before II is potent
for evil The first condition Of the
poison is the noxious vspor or exhala-
,ion which springs from the assured sur
faces Of drying up swaDps, ponds
bEyous. dscSying vegetable matter, and
recent deposits Of AlluTiHm in q drying
condition, mixed. possibly, with the
sHurun Of dense population 1t
nav come from one Of these sources, or
al. that Is imnAteriAL Thrown OF
fr5n is parent It floats or the night
ar. Alone, this poison Is IS harmless as
magazine fIled with guDpOEder, but,
Ike the magazine, It's destructive force
i developed when spark enters The
shark Is q yellow fever patient, brought
fr,,p q region where the disease contin-
usIlT exists, or where the atmospheric
puisou Is 50 violsnt Es TO produce the
disease spontaneously. To support this
theory We nay say that II Is almost GER
tain thst the atmospheric condition
EXISTS IL New Orleans in ore oni Of foCr
vesrs: yetit did not prevail there during
The war. when an absolute quarantine
WAS maintained; whilst on the other
hand. we know that year after year cases
ofysIlow fever have been tfested al orr
hospital here. and yet no nurse, doctor
or attendant was attacked. ThiE would
seem conclusive Is 70 the quality Of the
poison. II the atmosphere holds one Of
the conditions, why can we not By the
rational means pointed ont by common
sense and science alter that condition
or totally destroy the poisony Tar
should be smesred everywhere in the
infected district. and quantities should
be burned or Taporizsd each night at
the street crossings. At the same time
and places sulphurons acid gas should
be generated in great quantities and
allowed 70 mix with the atmosphere.
To generate the gas put & pot ball
filed with sulphur over a FIRE. Ia
a few moments the sulphur will
begin TO melt and blaze, whereupOn IL
thrown of one OF the most efieaciOul
disinfectants known. The two remedies
proposed have each a double action
new chemical combinations are formeC
in the atmosphere and the uprising cur
rent Of smoke and heated air may serv'
as vehicle for removing and dispensing
the poisonous Vapors. The means her
recommended have been used elsewhere
hundreds Of times, with effect. Re
Gently another means Of dissipating yel
low fever poison has been recommends
by writer from Vieksburg, which d.
serves trial. 1t is proposed TO disps
the poison by repeated and violeu
shocks upon the atmosphere, throug
the means of discharging heavy orr
nance. The rationale of the matter
that the combustion Of quantity Of gul
powder causes the almost instantaneoI
generation Of large volume Of ga
which violently displaces a quantity
air aud puts in motion an annull
atmospheric wave, which by its m
tion may carry away mechanically Il
poisoning exhalations; ard as the gas
generated from gunpowder are mo
excellent and powerful disinfeetant
there may be something expected ali
from chemical action. Il may be urge
against this theory that its eject Eou
not extend very far. True. bat il mn
also be admitted that the poison al
covers q very Insignificant area, seer
ing only 70 hang over the spots
dense population. We venture that 1
case ever occurred 70 . party not e
posed 70 the night air 10 the city ~
lived three niles from Court Squai
This uould define the limit Of the p0iso
NoE, shsa Es say that heavy boubar
msnts and great battles exert an inf
encs over the a.mosphers for many nil
- much a. Ely sarely-Ve bat sta
Al ascsrtainsd fact, ani show that 4
poisor nay Be drives far suolEh All
70 destroy e. Nsfurs's great p1rifsE
rain- u iii ass1rsily v1sh he $40
phsrs q iis izp1rities. Poisonous 2