, 1873-09-14

frtntR, and tho frat Btor1n-wnvcB TINT cnmo
up tue ~ ittVGr 'e hliHstBsppi thero camo up
and loadod with tleatly catbnrettod hydrogen,
tho usual cascs OF ,oho!erA-morbus, which as-
enmod tho more fatal typo Of cholera. The trend
OF tue stor1n"traek ly'do slgnal-sorylco weather
foports) wnH towardB tho oaat mud to tho East,
along tho lincB Of traye! (carbonio- acid gonora-
tors, won't the cholera (so called), aud ragod iu
those towns wllcro ita main olomont (carbonio
aciD waH moat abundant, ne carbonlferouB
Nashville, foul Mt. Vernon, otc; but 1t found no
foothold In tho absorbing sanls Of Louisville,
Cairo, etc.
From Memphis, Juno 18, wo read: "For tho
iirst day within t,co WcokR no 1ain fell, and many
bring rolcase from ali danger Of cholera" and
II was go. Tho cloud Of peroxide Of hydrogen
WAS waited away, tho carbonto-Rod Gas d|ssom-
mated. and It was no longer an cndomlo diseasc.
The inllncrcot in oating and drinking, however,
wero still exposed to be By oarbonio acid
eaaily generated within their own bodies. Tho
negroes auffercd most on this account, aud also
bocauBo naturally they generate moro carhono
acid than their Althost white brethron. In tho
nov VERY uNso1EKr1r1o
arc tho usual diainfocthntH, from ckrbolio acid to
chloride Of limo. Tho best iiBinfeotant for his
diecase ls, without doubt. tho ozono-generasor
SSoapss SsapsHre :',a psz, p'F and p'rmansanst' OF
Tho preventive powor Of copper Il heavy
ozouc-carrior) led to tho discovery OF tho ab-
senco Of ozono and Of tho euperabundanco OF
peroxide Of hydrogen In cholera localiea, while
tho action Of carbonio ncid, and tho recent OK
porlmonts Of Drown-Sequard on the bran-
oontrea. complete our idoa Of the action Of tho
disease. That Ia what wo have learned from
study Of this subject, ard tho reports Of tho
1878.
i1he writer DR.. 7. q. Duncan, Adds:l
As this disease soems to bo gradually working
northwara, It might DO well to recall ~ tl,at {
2aes,. roos hs ehisy that It
sewerage contaminatos the air and water; (3)
and 1t attacks those indiacroct in onting. Tho
fret peculiarly, 1t eoemB to us, is only oxpain-
able on tho ground that autozono pero1ido Of
sue ss Is %es n'sx9 sd sprssd ssis9
doubt BY facilitating tho decomposition Of or
ganio matter, Which givos rise to . large amount
OF carbonio acid gas. X this III absorbed by tho
soil, as in sandy Louisvillo, or BY vegetation, the
very markedly. Much moisture and hoat arc
necessary to produce such condition. That tho
general atmosphere Is not thus loaded, is owl
don't by tho disease following tho wator-oourBes.
favora just such local atmospheric condition
over that Btrcam where cl1olora praYailB. It ia
only occasionally that this loaded air Of moisture
and carbonlo acid ia SO dense ne to follow tho
grim crowd. From the fact Of cholera becoming
localized in Central Europe, it Ia feared tho
Danube is getting into tho aamo condition. It
is serious question whothor our own M1asis-
sippi HYor may not also become
THE E1pua or CHOLERA. .
When tho timber IL moro completely stripped
from this valley, and especially to tho west, tho
ehoct may bo quite ns Berious as it is in Central
ABia. It tho increase Of vegetation gives moro
cquabo distribution Of tho precipitation of moia-
t11re, and consequently OF tho electric ozonio
and carbonic conditions OF tho atmosphere, what
might be the condition in tho Mississippl Valley
soriouB scientific inquiry. This is subject
worthy tho attention Of Government.
Looked ut from oil points Of view, cholera
sooms disease for which nlau is chiefly respon-
eible.
.carbureted hydrogen, tho tatnl foul damp Of tho
miner, would easily be generated In atmosphere
loaded with peroxide Of hydrogen and carbontc-acii
gas being tranaformed by heat Ihs gas although !.
have had eomothing to do with the extensive conta-
Grations that have occurred this year.