The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-21
SANITATION.
Or the Best Means to Apply the Prin-
ciples of It.


cipleS of It.
We hear a great deal nowadays about
microbes, bacilli, germs, ETC., and about
sanitation, but we know nothing about
such matters, or, rather, we make little use
of our knowledge and misapply entirely
the minute information we have on the sub
ject No DOUBT many diseases are caused
by microscopic beings, both vegetable and
animal, especially that class called ferments;
but instead of trying the true method we
sleep i'll ignorance of their close proximity
and use all the endeavors we can to rid
ourselves Of poisons, but In the wrong way.
Know, then, that the system has within
itself a set of ferments, called pep
sine, pancreatins and trypsin. These
are the digestive principles of the
body, and are life-giving ferments. Know
also that within us are certain deadly poi
sons called excrementitious products, which
the system ordinarily throws eff, and in
dead tissue, a deadly ferment cryptomaiue,
called cadaverine; that certain cryptogams
and poisonous emanations come from vege-
table matter, and are inhaled and taken
into the system by bad or impure water and
foul air, containing carbonic acid gas, and
also deficient in oxygen that poison like ca
daverine the deadly ferment, that which
causes the worst cases of blood poison, as in
dissection wounds, may be present in the
dead tissue, thrown off in typhoid
fever, dysentery, abscess of internal
parts and ulcer of throat, and
that the bacilli of consumption
or their poisonous products may be inhaled
and produce disease and death; that these
matters are al thrown in the water closets,
and then say we are sanitarians, when the
citizens of this city have their closets in the
body of their houses, and actually adjoin-
ing their bed chambers, and sleep, too, in
close rooms Speak about sanitation, when
weeds are allowed to grow in the city, whom
the parade ground is full of them! We
know, or believe, that live as well as dead
plants will cause disease. Can any system
of sewerage be beneticiall Did you ever
try to wash the contents of spittoon of
the sputa from consumptive, or from one
afflicted with any kind of catarrhs See
how long it takes; how much water and
force to dislodge it, and then tell me whether
enough water, with sufficient force, can be
used to dslodge the contents of sewer.
What is the remedyl If you will
have sewerage, build your closets off from
your house, and so that the bath room can
be we'll ventilated. Chop up tho weeds
from your city; better still, have certain
metallic boxes which can be sealed, and let
them at intervals be carted to some place,
the contents from the human system de-
posted with the refuse matter of the city;
all Oh Whlcn Durn, creInate III crclnatory,
and then see if disease does not take the
wings Of the morning and be destroyed in
Hades. Fire quenches all evils, and only
fire. especially If the smoke be confined and
not be allowed to escape. Let the crematory
be also burned at certain times. As to dis
infectants, they are Of doubtful utility, as
some contend that they destroy all the
germs, while Others say they do not. The
above method will be the cheapest, safest
and only strictly feasible plan to rid us Of
"Pandoras evils.n VIA"