The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-30
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,.snsr,a SEPTEMBER So 1878
,Y3ilou.reyse Viewed as IN A ..s
s pnertc pheHoTsaeasonl Ri'0 saAs
z sa.sa WnCref fsstsAs = ~ W 49,

s~.s.g
rd;tars ,I,ispats4a: In accordance with
~. s.n.i assumed In . previous article.
49, MA fhak what We call g Seitow.feger',
!. ss,nnsy 4 diseased con- iticn OF The aannoss
ss,,sre--or. Ia other ,3uras, q disease result
sng from M h5n0r.sdt condition OF She at
mrsnheres and THAI, furthermore, the aes'
normal state IS produced by Gus.
fnrbsnp element Which we deRvmSnaicd
. 8 ssp,dtarial gasUsWd,0 Or poisonOns
sexbniation. m the article referred TO. We
stated that the uliante PARTICLES OF NsssfeF
resu1rinr from sdccompositSon would rcIsa
nj, amiTnss or vegetable orgnntsrn, wnfca
wnsld be received iato the hangs and inject
ahe b;c<,d, The afusosphcre Ia pure state
consists oi 80 PARIS nitrogen TO 20 psftsosy.
ven, aud variable lToposriogs OF c sa2l
acld Gas ard yapcr OF Essers NOW, st,seek q
TO as, Messrs. Editpcs, That soere mlgE pe
soca, arrangements ia The atm9spneEA oy
which there migt,t be an eUerp&S OF one
element TO the detriufeRt oa another, orSgaln
an Injurious eambfnaiion o. the - distux Ding
<siament,, With another element BE this
wa n may. IL Is ccxdsM that frost is en- an
1900 IA aes0so-Seuer so 5Gr Gs tie atiaoS.
,,be,-e Is ces,uesaed.. Now, Massfs. Edltors.
Tie anestiou occurs, What h the elect OF
frosf' mon the ahaegunA staSe Of the atmos.
.nheres There migst be a desire On the parE
M some to know the conditions OF frost
when tie atmosphere has reaehed tue
<.fiew noint,,' as,d the temperature falls to
300 Pahrenheh, crit may be few degrees
above. coa1ehssSSs of SAe asUGna mist taxes
ntaee. and we hare what Is called . trost,''
ar nrAcapna 81 tfresrGzer moisture upon
ahe surface OF the earth. st would seem
that the poisonous sriRcipse nm tine atnoe
apf,ere Is precinEated sscsg vita me llo.ea
moisture. Suppose. ave sssasce tnae us
prineIpe which Is pseaMtstes ss OF nl1o =
renor,s nature. Now, Aesss- EGitors,
,s,aeon, ,,osjticn OF anissas aud vegetable mat
Tor and is of itself destructive 10 at,ina
iife. Hence, assHunSng that the "maiaria
sniasn1a,, hs nitrogfnous, Safe the blood OF
the living yellox-feVec patient and 'sufg eca
n 10 cheulieal analysts. k there should DC
mn excess OF aitrogen or aR SPURIOUS MIRO
panous element, could not oxygen De aes
n,inistered so as to restore. as far as posi-
BILE, equilibriumP
We verify believe that il tive morbid aud
fetid atmosphere OF Memphis or New VI
leans could he anaiSzed there would oe
found a defieseacy OF oxygen. ANY dis
turbance OF atmospheric equilibrium ey
which there ~euld be 60 excess OF eitnef
nitrogen or ear5onsc acid gas would pe
detrimental TO the human system. But,
Messry. Editors, car5onic acid gas is not pro
duced by deeomposition. Nitrogen on
the contrary, is produced NY aecom.
uosition. Hence oar hypothesis is that
the - malarial miasnas' is heterogeneous.
Our idea IS that there uusf De an asssnta'
ton OF luns-food atmospheric airs just 'as
there must be an assiniiation Of stomach
food. Both processes would affect the
blood. Ii ia the assimilation OF the food
OF the stomach there should ben detrimental
principle the body would suffer. and So
we think would be the eject ~ith detrr
mental principle in the lung-f we
have assumed the detrimental principle in
the latter case to be heterogeneous Hence
we propose the inytaiat5on OF Oxygen TO net'
fralize or restore equilibrium. -
n 2<a Eyi Pro PATRIi. (
Richmond. "a. September %. 1878.