The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-04-24
A HOME ENDORSEMENT.
Doctors Opinions-The Way to Prevent
Disease is to Cremate Filth.

CoLFAx, Iowa, March II, 1885.
This is to certify that We, the under.
signed physicians of Colfax, have seen
the "Cremator" of Andrew Engle, in DIR.
j. X. Ryan's Sanitarium, and believe il
will do all claimed for ID by the inventor.
In our opinion many of our most fatal
diseases are the result of impure air,
decomposition and filth. We believe
that the cause of a large majority of the
cases OF sickness in our towns and cities
is the accumulation of filth. In Colfax
our privies, accumulations from stables
and Pig pens, and garbage from cellars
where vegetables are kept, as also the
slops from kitchens decomposing IN the
air, set free the causes of zymotic dis
eases, which mix with the atmosphere
and which are breathed and consumed
in the drinking water, and are causes of
sickness and death which the use of Mr..
Engle's "Cremator" would almost en-
tirely destroy. We believe it should be
generally adopted, as in time it will be,
and that it is one of the greatest inyen-
tons of this age.
DR.. B. +. SANDERS,
+. M. HOLLAND,
w. X. TRoTTEL,
S. +. MILLER, NJ. D.,
A. T. REEpER,
A. E. Snow,
l.. G. TURNER, M. d.
NEWTON, Iowa, March 10, 1885.
We, your committee appointed at the
last meeting of the Jasper County Medi-
cal Society to examine and report upon
the merits of "Engle's Filth Cremator"
as a sanitary measure, would respectful
ly submit the following:
On Tuesday, March 18th, we visited
C!olfax and carefully examined the work
ings of one of these "Cremators" which
has been in daily use in DIR. J. r. Ryan's
Sanitarium since last November. We
found the receiving pans or basins locat-
ed in all the stories of the building, and
although from twenty to thirty persons
visited them daily, there was not par
ticle of odor either of the urine or feces
perceptible within the closets, and of
course none within the adjoining rooms.
We also examined the cremating furnace
in the basement and could nowhere dis
cover even hint of the presence of
human excrement, although there was
an accumulation from the last ten DAYS
in the retort. We were also informed
by DIR. Ryan, the proprietor, that dur
ing the burning, which has been done
every two weeks, there was no escape of
gases, but on the contrary the gases were
80 thoroughly consumed that a person
standing at the mouth of the chimney
could detect no odor. We therefore in
view of the fact that in this "Cremator"
we are enabled to destroy bv fire all the
germs of disease that eminate from the
excretions of the human body, feel war
ranted in believing that we have in the
Filth Cremator" an apparatus, which,
if generally used, would go far toward
preventing the spread of all diseases
propagated by means of these germs.
We dc not think it necessary to enter
into minute description of this appar.
atus, as nearly all of the members of this
society have examined the model and
are familiar with the theory of its work.
ing. We do however wish to emphasize
the fact that we are convinced that the
inventor has not claimed more for his
method of disposing offilth than we have
seen accomplished in our examination
Of its practical workings, and we feel that
we would be derelict in our duty to man.
kind II we failed to express the belief
that with this "Cremator" adopted and
in use in our cities, towns and villages,
the mortality would be wonderfully di-
minished and we recommend that the
boards of health will give it careful
examination and thorough trial. As an
effective means ofpreventing the growth
and spread of csJlsra and other zymotic
diseases, we cheerfully recommend this
invention to the profession and to the
public. BENZ. NJ. FAILoR. M. D.
j. X. GoRRELL, M. ID.
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