The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-07
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Below will found paper OF absorb
inc ;nterest inst now ( md coming from
source W9ich iva y ;srv rens II the
tnott. ~ - = ~, mi; n the
spevmn !. : ~ III H AZ 4 ssoeiation.
AisstaSsn SaSn Nss snno;
ms sPsc vi. ,Saat;ns II tha a ssaciation
az ~ tue nctoher s and The report here made
, %es u he Teanest Of the Sanitary Couns
ell Of the Mississippi alley, in order that
the Slahora Of the Committee might be
given ia the public before cholera comes.
Inc Committee consists OF George n.
sternberp. nj. d., Surgeon U. g. Army,
Chairman; Joseph II. Raymond, NJ. De-
Commissioner OF Health of the City4of
brooklyn, N. Y; Charles Smart, NJ. D.,
Sturgeon ID IS. A., Member National Board
Of Health; Victor @. Vaughan, NJ. D.,
Member Michigan State Board OF Health;
A. r. Leeds, N. d., Member New jersey
State Board OF Health; WI j. Watkins
M. D., Medical Director OF the Auxiliary
i Sanitary Association Of New Orleans;
GeorgesH. Robe, M! d., Baltimore.
DR.. sternberg Is the greatest microseop-
I ist in the United States Hewas appoint
ed by the President the other, day the
member for this country Of the Cholera
Commission which Is 10 meet at Rome on
May Is. = Y q ~ -. X
Dir. Reeves, Of this city, Is the President
d tne. American Public Health iAssocia!
Ition, and at the next meeting OF that body,
lin Washington, ID. O., next December.
|, 1.-THE Committee ON Diainfe etants Will make
Its Anal report. TIE preliminary report
} lis as follows: g-Gafl
n,s,sryt.rIos. Ann. DlsISPEcrANTs.
The object OF disinfeetionis toprevent
10 aa e,ensioI II infsctions diseases by de.
{ sfroving Inc specific Infectious material
which e;yes fise 10 Them. This Is accom-
nlished Nv the use Of disiniectants.
.iT,ere ean. belno partial disiniection! Of
snch material: either III injecting power
) "a dastroved or Il IL not. Ia the latter case
, there ia. n failure b disiniect. Nor can
there be any distinction in the absence Of
infectious material. p
} It has beeniproyed for several klnqs q q
infectious material mat lts speclhc, tnlsSE1
Ing power Is due 70 the presence OF, .iYlns
r micro. organisms, known IN genera WY
az disease germs ana ptacSle ~ sauna s1.,s
ton SNOW based upon the penei tlat tAe
injecting agents ~ all KINDS o. ihiecuous
material are Of TINS nature ~ Dslhieeti9n,
therefore consists essenltaily in we ue.
sttueton, o. disease germs uIll4ll,,
i Popularly, the term dlslnlection ~ use1 !,
in a much broader sense. any chenncal
|. agent which destroys or masks oao oaols,
or which arrests putfeiaGuve " aecon'l,o ~,
ton is spoken Of as ta disinleetan. any !.
IN the absence Oh any lntecuous diaease :,
, Is common 70 SPEAK q dislnleclihg iy .lli
cess.pooli or;bad.smeliing stapie or pflYy
vault: - /, j ,,yll, :.
This popular use OF. the te,m has leu 70
much misappfehenslon, anu the age ,ias
winch pave peen !ounato aestroy e o
odors,deodorizers-of toslies. PHtt,slau
J tive decomposition 4 antlsePt ies-h asc
....NI e.. tha Ia moi I'm n d;seaea
germs the excreta Oh patents VITA enc s'l''
!, lera, typhoid lever, etc, x y
pkopop.1has Anu p.s.ss :. ,Nsie, ~.
The injurious consequences whicli arc
likely 70 result from sucn mlSap ptenen.
sion and misuse Of ne 8 .9a.i aislniectan.
will be appreciated @nen itis xho%h s Y, y
recent researches nave demonstfatea may
many Of ne agents whleh nave pee \ ionn ,a
useful as de9aotlSsfs ofss =. a,lse ss hte