The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-10
DIR. LIE sioYNE.
His views About yellow Fever and Gre
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v..,,ow royer aud Cre-
HIS sie"' ABOUT ,...,on
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Pittsburgh Leader; ,..,, ,u..,,;.,. l., .ho
In view oil the lrlghtiui mofAu'y III tiio
south at this time and the cry that is go
in. mn from tho panic.strieken people, tel
,.s "r -" ~ 80. r.. q ooooo;onod hv Tho
ing Oh 'ie iea' t''"' :, o =, M
malignant spread oil tiie uiscasse' 'noush.
to be mostly result Of the long.exposed
hod;eu NJ the dead. the idea OF burning in
poNi , =, - .,,o,, hos been w;lolv
sleau Vi July "S ."0 :, l.. .i,o T.,
mooted. The cry Is occasiohea ny ''e IN
sufficient aid in burying the victims ofthe
torr;b,e disease. and Il Is thought resort
.' ~ TIT III ! -; ana roodv wov ~
10 nre "ouiu w q"'," "s iH' =
avoiding the results OF thisdelay.
That the idea has, wherever spoken OF
,,oa, ,ro,hor favonblv received than other
- L. -, o,;dorce That the reform in the
WISE, ~ ~. :, .hn 5Joad thot bos boen nd.
uisPoei stefi.' y ~, -, n.
lie Moyne, has lost much Of the horror
which q year or more ago accompanied It's
contemplation.
To learn what the doctor might wish to
saw upon the subject in this crisis, Pitts
burch Leader reporter called upon him
last evening, finding tho old gentleman
seated in q chair upon the steps OF his la
boratory in Little Washington, enjoying
the beautiful evening. The object OF the
visit being preached the doctor said he had
been in conversation with several gentle,
men but q short time before upon lhe WY
10 Il Nv the newspaper suggestion. "There
il no time or place" he said, where the
broad benefits OF cremation could be reap
ed 80 quickly MS in the present necessity
Of the south, So long as the sick liyethey
SbonId ia attended and cared for with all
Tho faithfulness that Christianity and hu,
manity would suggest, and without regard
n The infectious nature OF the disease, but
az soon M they die each moment that the
body lies exposed i y doing harm, ana t a,,,
Of % check its III effects Is to crema'e 1t at
once. h a.s.,,i.. tlai l,.Nl,, .,., A.
doctor "is followed by baneinl
results, but shallow grave IN
a M s and cannot ncutralize the gases,
which commence to float up ut once, is es-
necially so. and more especially where the
person dies OF such disease as yellow fe.
YER. BY cremation, while they dispose Of
mode ,ne So they at the same time purify"
Ia theirs no suggestion that you could
maize that would be OF interest or benefit
~ tb;s fine? '' ..... ,..L.. y, 4,
STbere Is nothing to be added beyond
that IL already known. Crematories
should he erected at once. in the emer-
oencv any furnace could be uscd-furna-
e s KAT arc used for other purposes. Jul
;rs K;rcher. tic man in New York who
ntJered 10 cremate bodies for two dollars
osnb emnloys his own turnace-he Is o
e nnnnfactnr;np chemist and says he can
burn three bodies at . time IN It: DO not
acc that any positive move In the mater
has been made as yet; the occasion mas
merely suggested 1t, but the excitement
and manic Will probably prevent any &C
t;on.E M.
Should not some one. situated beyond
The influence Of the excitement, do some
thing toward 1t then? suggested the 70
s s = T-.s.4. 81. ..
py1ttifH would not" returned the doctor,
u.s The opponents OF the reform
wnrld only attack tho motive and
w. Nth that I was taking advantage Of the sit
~ and would rather lot II take Its
o oas wovn =
on mro % not tho present occasion, |" asked
AZ sonortsr abe one Of those that should
~ NV .aSen aa vantage OF and the merits OF
y, sss.s,g; "a II ms Their. be 40 placed be.