The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-02-23

| typhoid fever, cts. We say malaria is
the cause of intermittent fever, and what
is malaria THAT sewer gas produces
typhoid fever; then how does it happen
that so much typhoid fever occurs in the
mountain regions, said to be so healthy
with such pure air? 1t has been asserted
recently Boston Journal of Chemistry.
January, 1881, that the cause of disease
has been traced to minute solid particles,
probably in most or all cases Of vegetable
nature, non gaseous, floating in the atmos
phere In clouds, and when inhaled, or
when coming in contact with abraded
surfaces, producing incubation, and dis
ease of type peculiar to the nature OF
the specific poison" Thus 81 the contagious
principle of fever is cork-screw like
spirilla; in other diseases it appears like
a motionless rod; in others, as solid
body, ragged and nearly round. = X
Malarial fevers, measles, diphtheria, scar
let fever, small pox, and many other
alarming diseases, result from blood poi
souing through the action of these curl
Gus agencies. All this may be true-it
comes from very good authority, DIR. Jas.
Nichols, of Massachusetts, one of the most
scientific men in the country, and at the
same time very practical The lesson to
be drawn from this discovery, or supposed
discovery, is to use deStroyers of co,ataqio7.
The best of these, DR.. Nichols says, is
sulphurous acid produced by burning
sulphur In room. This must be used
with caution, while no one is in the room
He says permanganate potash is true
disinfectant, but must be used in much
larger quantities than usually employed
but It's high cost is tax to its free use
Chloride of lime when freely used is a
good disinfectaut, but as generally used
Is not efficient. Carbolic acid is, when
used in small quantities, .preseruative.-
The protosulphate of iron pure copperas,
has powerful antiseptic properties, and in
strong solution is valuable agent But
to return from this depression, which we
hope will not be without its uses.
All the writings Of the Veterinary
Surgeons seem to have resulted in moth
ing practical, except that swine-plague
and pleuro-pneumonia are contagious
and that animals must be separated from
one another, and those very i'll, slaugh-
tered, and that disinfectants must be used
where animals have been confined in close
quarters, particularly burnt sulphur.
We have before us circular advertis-
ing "Hubbell's Lamokin Farm Stock
Powder, the preventive, and cure of all
diseases of cattle, sheep, horses, and
swine" 1t processes too much, and we
should not have noticed it but for the
following letter from Hon. Alexander III
Stephens to General LIE Due:
NATIONAL HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. g., 1880. I
Hon. Vim. G. lie Due, Commissioner of Aqri
culture:
Dear Sir,-I take this method of MAKING
known to you personally DIR. VIM w. Hubbeli
who among many other most valuable inven.
lions, has discovered combination of ingredi
ents which is considered, by many who have
tried 1T, an effective cure, not only for Hoe
Cholera, for which it was first made but ali
Cattle Diseases, and that its use also prevents
the disease
DIR. Hubbell is one of our most eminent
chemists and scientists and L think that this
cure OF Hog Cholera. and Cattle Plague which he
has prepared, might very properly and advanta-
geously be noticed in your annual report upon
Agriculture.
The Doctor is farmer, and practical one
too therefore commend him to your kind at
tentlon and favorable consideration
very truly, ALEX. H STEPHENS
M. C. from Georgia.
If any one is disposed to try it they
can address w. w. Hubbell, Concord
Station