Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13

H .s into the na&ow limits OF
cities, the ratio Of sicklfes auu W., 4a'n
was proportionally infeaseG WEN
aiso In the progress ofcivftsau INC IT.
places disappeared with per great oPon
fhroats-the best ven4asors ever in-
yented-and decoratedFast-ion ssoves
W. 4 los wltch no sanitary
pssn;neer ar architect las ever repaired.
when. in obedience tokhe fnexoraoae0c-
msnds Of progress IN Iuxuly a1u N
theticism, gas was s9oeututeu Ul AZ,
and hot steam fufnfes Iof stoves, sno
hand was again moyfd forwatu sn0tnct
point on the dial Of Human lie. " cel-
tainr Of the elemeits OF civili!auon
cannot be dispensedl with, VII
found Impossible, fear, 10 conteaS
with typhoid fev9, dlpntneIa nnc
many other disease which now con-
tribute 90 largely II the Increase OF ous
mortality rates. we limit ourselves
10 the consideration ofthe unwholesome
stmoephere Of our houses, although
this does not by sny means constitute
fine only possible Or probable source OF
sickness or physical decay incident 70
the concessions demand-
ed "a 4 condition of the successful ap..
plication Of our present knowledge oi
the laws of hygile, are; -
First-That all plumbing having any
direct or indirect communication Win
the sewers. shall be excluded from these
nortions of our houses which we haoit.
pally occupy; in other words. II shau
he nlaced In another building OF
annoy
Second-That we return to the open
Fireplace or the CRATE as Q means vi
warming our private houses. =.
ThirdoA diminished consumption OF
oxygen by gas burners.
II il still an open question whether
we shall be able to light our houses oy
electricity: but so long - we are
Obliged to depend on gas, we must con.
tent ourselves with light, and not insist
On illumination. The concessions de-
manded have been named In the ORDER
of their importance. The necessity 10. %,
each is urgent, but the nrst admits OF
no compromise. Not unfrequeht,y at
large receptions the light OF Gay Is ex-
cluded wholly, in order that tle more
aesthetic and Kaleidoscope eHectS Oh
gas light may be substituted, regardless
OF the fact that the air Is thus oy loss OF
oxygen rendered unft for resplration;
These and many other sources OF Ill
health and physical decay incident 10
civilization, are painfully familiar 10
medical men, and form the great
imnediments to the preservation
of individual and public health.
will not take the time Of the Socie-
tv fnrther than to give q few OF the
savings and teachings of one other man
in New York, in regard to malaria and
;ts Connection with disease. Willard
Parker. M. d., LII. D., who has stood
at the head of the profession In New
York CITY for nearly fifty years, and
has Iectured more in schools, In hospi-
falls and in clinics, (being the first sur
geon TO establish clinical teaching In
fhis country, has had the teaching OF
moro DISTINGUISHED men, has seen more
of accidents and diseases in all their
varied forms, than perhaps any other
man in America, says: Malaria is
derived from the Latin words mdtus,
bad, and aer, air. The term is employ
ed by every one, and on all sides, with
out being in any way specific. IL Is
the cover under which ignorance and
sloth seek protection and hope for Sc
curity against the probings OF science.
"The day was, when the word syn,pa-
thy was employed to explain the null
titudinous phenomena of disease, as
the term malaria Is nowadays. Such
a course is unsatisfactory and betrays
in MANY instances gross Ignorance.
Malaria is generic term, and means
simply bad air, and implies only de.
parture from pure air, a term under.
stood by every tyro In natural science.
The natural air Is made malarious, first
by respiration. The oxygen Is con-
s1med and carbonic acid gas takes Its
place thus in pure air there are only
two carts of carbonic acid In ten thous.
and parts. After It has been once re.
spired, it contains four hundred and
seventy parts instead of two I'm ten
Thousand parts, and II this impurlty or
malaria be continued and not corrected
by ventilation, death must soon occur.
This Is one form of malaria. Second,
When persons are confined, as In jails,
hospitals, camps, and worse than all,
on board emigrant ships, then we
have fearful malaria caused by
carbonic acid, the exhalations OF
the bodies as they become
filthy. which Is very poisonous
and specific, producing typhus fever OF
emigrant fever, a contagious and most
fatal disease. 1t Is durable by ali, clean.
illness and simple nourishing food. See
the account Of the emmigrant ship
"Ph9be." She was driven ashore In q
storm August, 1887, at Perth Amboy'
She had about four hundred emigrants
on board, eighty-two out Of four hun.
dred were very sick and thirty-six Of
that number were insensible and almost
in dying state; when removed from
the ship they were placed on canvas
spread on the ground under trees. Ia
the evening following they were drench
ed In q sudden shower and not harmed
They all began to rally soon and re-
covered. They were cared for out o.
doors, fed and cleansed. -Four OF thu
sailors attacked with the fever wer,
cared for and treated In good quarter
in the city, and two out of the 10 ur died
In l848, Bellevue Hospital became q
crowded with typhus fever patients
awnings were erected In the hospital
yards, and the patients who wert
obliged to accept q position under thu
awnings and In an out door air soon Inn
proved, and much more rapidly thai
those who were within the walls oftbl
hospital. $40 -
"Third, There Is the sunnllpox
measles and scarlet fever, etc.E mal4fia
all zymotics. Sfln
"Fourth, There Is the pnnlagis 81
yellow fever and iptermitt41t oeves
supposed to proceed from. tbe eeste
whether caused ~ pFxeAisld ogqrr O
"Fifth, + am, qcpY fneed theDe ~ =
other ms aria ~ bod s3E Nhich Irss
mesSurs spe6ifie, aDd now .espectan!
exis3s In scities which have sewers, ant
~ supplies. ~ Wafsf from q mere o
less extensive water shed, which waite
is.imprespAted with vegetable soakag
1.-THE boasted luxury Of such cities !
the admission Of water through tn
modern houses, and after being used 70
Addition, for the laundry and the wate
closet, q way must be opened for tn
passage of the used water and othe
materials from the house into the sewer
From the sewer q most filthy and p0is