The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-30
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A. . ssresusrs Against rp,s.~,es.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Tho
tenacity OF life Of bacteria that produce pos
tilence Is such that . burial In the Garth for
hundreds Of years seems but 20 add to their
potency for evil. a. witness tho cholera In Lon
don In 1854. the virulsnce OF which was greatly
aggravated BY cutting . viaduct through an
old burial ground. and tho plague In Modcna In
1928. which resulted from disturbing tho
ground whore victims OF tho plague had been
buried 800 years before.
In all that has been said 1t IL assumed tn at
earth burial has been As thorough and Salts
factory as possible. In times OF epldep1ics.
however. how seldom IL this the case. How
| frequently IL It superfcially md imperfsctly
performed. thus Offering the disease germs tho
most favorable conditions for speedy develop-
terry into a very hotbed OF eontasion.
duciblc at almost any point where man has
ss%$ e ss
To- ~ muse us
nns. .hrosr t s%' Sa sofs
the TsSS II
IL. no fsr as, known, the only never fall ling
BY the fact that during tho reign Of the Black
tnnts OF that fair city, his Holiness caused his
& the n the and he day
bold to ho oa t Inc tRst these
various forms Of Zymotic contaglon. whether
gated by chomico- mole eulir action. then il is
cuuaiy true that tho all.puri'yns nrr is the
ton can BIO efIcctunlly ind nfnilingly arrested.
and tho poisonous compound reduced to its
simpie constituents ana rendered tnnocuous.
And. II there were no epdemics OF contagion
coming TO us from without. let It DO remember
ported in our vital statistics arc oecnsi9nod by
nente zy.na 81, e1ntaYion from Which the ere
Instead. therefore OF thrusting our beloved
doad into damp dark hole In tho ground.
mcrobian organisms to pntrefy. and theme ''t to
s,cnu forth the POISONOUS and deadly exhala-
on tho tenderIy ministering survivors and drag
mem rH a into the gloomy cayerns where disease
terial Of their bodies from every dcnling and
SoranptinE agensy nnd trH ms, tham de-
into the clements OF ali new and beamteoms Tia.
nor sHd d s.o9 WITH the
oeq ea the Sf' All Vc, s oi
disease n, brought on shipb9ard into our ports.
1 al Sba of shp Yellow
form OF acute zymotic contagton; And lot us
Of dead matter hns beaoo ihs nis G ever
ricr OF like disease.
Let our municipal authorities establish a
crcmatory at every quarantine station and in
every Pottcr's Field.
The Po,ter's Field Of almost cvcry city OF the
land ia disgrace to civilization and pest bed
tn no and of the
better. Beautiful and park-like as they are
without. within they are full of ro,tenncss and
dead mems homes"
Let our County Commissioners erect n ere
ma,ory IN connection with every almshouse
and pcnitentiary.
9, Lot the State Do the, same in connection with
state prisons and asylums.
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vision in connection with the army. navy and
marine hospitals and asylums under its CON
troll.
But We should not stop here. All tho garbage
OF our great cities. with much of the refuse
that now goes into tho sewers to lodge and
fesier undor the wharves and on the shores of
our else fair harbors and rivers. aye the entire
sewage Of our cities. should bu creInated b. an
approved rcGenerative process. by means of
which Mi tho volatile products of the coinbus-
ton may be returned and purified before bcing
liberated Thus mny our land become indeed
shadow Of DEATH JOHN u. BEUGi.t,ss
ll2 Lawrence street, BROOKLYN.