Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-07-31

earifying-room at the gas works,
Twenty-third and Market streets, one
day last week. The children had been
brought there by confdisg parents,
IN the belief that the inhalation OF the
gases arising from the lime in the
purifying pans is sovereign remedy
for that i'll from which infant flesh
seldom escapes, the whooping-cough.
Several of the little children were
made violently sick by the gas, which
alarmed their parents, but had an OPP
posite effect on the foreman. That's
good, he said that's the medicine
that clears their little troats- That's
right, me dear" patting a girl on the
head, 'that'Q bring the kinks out o
your troat an yell sing like burd
again"
Foreman Gilmour, who has been
connected with the Market street
Gas Works since they were first start
ed, over 40 years ago, is firm believer
In his specific not only for whooplng-
cough, but all kindred complaints.
He does not claim, however, to have
been the discoverer of this mode of
treatment.
II first heard o it." he said TO a
visitor, "about three years ago, and
ever since that time people have
been coming to the works wild their
chllder who have the whooplag-
cough. I'm told it was first discover
ed by Frinch dochter, and | know it
has niver failed wild any av the chill
der that have come here
He then proceeded to explain how
the benefits were derived. 1t is, he
said, from inhaling the gases OF am
monia and sulphur arising from the
lime through which the gas had pass
ed in its process of publication. The
upper surface of the purifying pans,
which are 25 feet square and four feet
deep, are covered with LAYER of lime
about an inch thick and then closely
sealed with heavy iron lids. The gas
passes through three of these layers of
lime in as many pans before 1t Is en-
tirely freed from sulphur and am
monia. Each of the pans are used "a
hours, and when they are uncovered
the white lime is found to have chang
ed to greenish yellow, and is
thoroughly impregnated with sulphur
and ammonia. When the lids are re-
moved at O'clock in the morning is
the time for ths afflicted to visit the
works and partake of the healing
/ qualities of the gases.
"Why, l have half dozen families
every mornin' here" said G ilmour.
They come in their carriages from
all parts of the city, and even from
fsa,4 nl.1o 81 10 I'M tyaOl hi
have wld some of them is that the
mothers don't like the shmell and
won't allow the children to remain
long enough. Three visits of from
| thirty minutes to an hour is enough
to cure any case Some of the little
people get sick, but not all. There
was little fellow here the other day
who wanted to get into the pan and
help the nen shovel out the lime, he
felt such relief after breathing the
gas for a time.
'Some people say they don't believe
in it," continued Mr.. Gilmour, but
I guess ought to know after seeing
how it works in so many cases. It's
not only good for whooping' cough,
but diphtheria, colds, and Rsany other
things None of the men that work
around the purifyin' room are ever
troubled with coughs or colds of any
kind all the year round. And therr's
cholery. Cholery will niver come
round in the neighborhood of the
lime after coal gas has been purified
in it. In 80, when they had the
choiery in Glasgow, the doctors Or
dered that the lids be lett off the puri-
flying pans in the gas works there, and
while the people were dy ing O chol.
cry in all other parts of the city it
never came near the 3neighborhood
o the gas works. In 81,
when the cholery was so bad
in this city, the same plan was tried
here and worked just as well. Yes,
sir, l tell we amony and sulphur is
not only a sure thing for whooping-
cough, but will keep away cholsry,
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