The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03

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H., Provision made fsr carryiB.
away from The fes i5ence 81 docAying
suls,asoes. ~ eth Of aay kiad. he
conisss q pfivies. The oaA Of The
kitrheu. especially that which gathers
10 the kitcbea sink and connorly goes
70 p axe an eye-sore outside the kitchen
- These substances may be 5is.
posed Of 10 runsiag water by bgriAl i
the water supply IL aot from wells. Or
placing i IN IN sitsation where com
plste chemical decomposition may be
Effected. o. BY mixing With the fltb
some Substance which will prevsat the
growth d germs
The methods by which the sads mar
be reached arc As varied - the eur.
roaBdiBgs Of the houses, and arc too
uumerous for enumeration here.
AZ fof public sewage 10 our towns. ]
despair 81 any remedy short Of change
10 the average city councillors aud Sc.
!eetmeu There is not one Of them,
hUweyrr ignorant or uuskiiled be may
be. aud commonly the more ignorant
he il the more be scouts the advice Of
" them id literary fellows who
does not regard himself 10 every way
As competent 20 deal With lhe highest
questions Of sanitary science as the
most able sanitariau. They higgle
over questions Of ecouomy on occa-
sion where the ooilius. made necessary
by their stupidity, cost more than the
whole work necessary TO prevent the
deaths, The work. when done, is Of.
tener set Of pneumatic tubes for the
easy and quick dissemination Of disease
iban for any other purpose.
Until we have in our state a sanitary
board or boards Of some sort, armed
with authority in the face Of epidemies
TO order done what ought TO be, men,
women and children will continue to
die unnecessarily 10 great numbers.
The disease when it occurs TO one
individual in family, ought not to be
transmitted to another member Of it.
Here the disease spreads by contaglon,
/. e., by something emenating from the
sick person. To prevent the uninlected
from taking the disease from this source
IL 10 only necessary that such persons
should not breathe the contaminated
air Of the sick, or that in contact with
anything clothing or what not which
has been 10 the sick room, or to mix
something with the air OF the sick room
which 10 able to destroy the
contagion from the sick person. Now
to guard a well child against the inhal
alton Of tainted air is almost impossible
without removing ii from the house.
The air within the four walls Of a
house is pretty apt to get mixed in
spite Of all you can do. There are
many familiar instances Of this "a
boiling Goldfish, boiling cabbage, a
frying slice OF ham is each pretty apt
to be perceived in every part OF the
house. So suppose that the conta'
gious matter of diphtheria, if il were
as odorous as cabbage, would make its
presence manifest to the nose all over
the house. 1t is not, however, odorous
We may say that no contagion is odor
ous.
More than this, the spores Of conta
gion settle upon every place where
dust can settle, aud will lie as dust will
undisturbed and dried up for years il
all those places where broom or brush
cannot reach. 1t will insinuate itsel
into bed clothes. especially into blank
cts into wearing apparel, into window
curtains. into carpets, liable to b.
blown about as dust may be blown
about The extreme difficulty Of guard
ing against contagion will thus be seen
have introduced bromine vapor il
the rooms of those sick with diphtherii
aud it has succeeded, when faithfully
used. in pretty much stamping out th'
disease. No second case will comm on
| ~ be contracted from the first wher
vapor Of bromine exists in the sir il
quantities perceptible, all the while.
For use, four ounces Of the solution
OF Y 5. Pharmacopga, taken from my
book on Hospital Gangreen. should b.
used, aud the cork being left out Of th,
bottle the vapor passes in the quantity
needed. This quantity is enough fol
room l2xl4; for larger more, ioi
a smaller less.
/ The vapor Of bromine has been uset
extensively IN the treatment Of diph
iberia prefer it to any other The
mode Of using it is by pouring the So
luton into saucer. which is placed OIL
an extemporized shelf over the patients
head. SO that fumes which are beavie
than the air may fall down upon The
patients mouth aud nose. They vii
often inhale, without inconvenience
fumes that would nearly strangle a vel
man They arc allowed to inhale a.
sttoug fumes as can be without iujurine
them or causing complaint But th,