The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-29

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health q permanent nuisance; that rs
privies and cesspools are condemned be-
cause they saturate the soil, sewers are to
be condemned In most instances for the
same reason, and because they throw off
and fill dwellings with sewer gas, and
docks and harbors and rivers with death
dealing sewage; that therefore all present
plans Of sewage disposal are defective be-
cause they are not final, because they
merely provide for the removal and not
destruction, OF what is conceded TO be the
prime factor in promoting and perpetu-
ing, il il is not the oIginal cause Of much
of the disease that affects country and city
alike. For these reasons l advocate
cremation OF all animal remains, OF stable
manure, human elections, and all house.
hold and street wastes | advocate fire
a. because it precludcs the possibility OF
the return OF such wastes in any dele
FERROUS form, as is the case now universally;
(2,) il would save all cities two-thirds
their present water supply, and thus in
crease the quantity for personal sanitation;
(3,) it would put stop beyond all ques-
ton TO sol! saturation and sewer gas; az
il would reduce scayenging TO the mini
mum OF expense, and save much OF the
cost OF hauling and OF great sewerage
works, like those OF Boston and London and
Paris; (5,) II would put stop to all the
nuisances complained Of that arise from
defective plumbing; 20, 1t would prevent
the sitting up OF harbors with excretal
matter, and their being choked with such
silt; al it would prevent the pollution OF
rivers, and so prevent the wholesale de-
struction, as is now the ease, of fish, the
poor mans free food crop; 49, equally
applicable 10 hamlets, villages, towns and
cities; 1t would put stop 10 the privy and
cesspool system, and thus prevent the sat
uration OF soils, which frequently drain
into the water courses that are the sources
OF supply for great cities; (0,l il would
solve all the problems that now vex sani.
tarians, from house connectionsto the out
flow through which sewage finds It's way
into rivers and harbors; no. IL makes a
finality OF all the wastes OF cities, OF every
kind, character and description, the result
being accorded 10 Shaw's method in use
in London, an ash OF great value TO farmers,
and clinkers that have a special COM
mercial value for builders. Mon
trcal, Toronto, Wheeling, Pittsburg and
Rockford, Ill.,, rs well as Glasgow and
London, rejoice in erematories, and thus
have revived the Mosaic method OF SAM.
tation Every one familiar with the Penta.
teuch will recall the factthat Moses (viii.
Ieviticus) instructed Aaron and the other
priests to destroy by fire whatever was
left OF the meat offerings to the Lord, and
xiii. Leviticus) TO burn the garments Of
lepers 10 prevent contagion, and also
xiv. Leviiicusl that the house in which
there was plague that could not be ar
rested in any other way, IL was TO be
pulled down and destroyed; and again Qr
Dcut. Xxx. 81, he gives special direction "a
70 the chiefest OF sanitary necessities.
THE CODE OF MOSES.
Following the minute personal and gen
eral instructions. OF Moses in sanitation
with which the books attributed 10 hin
are filed, the Jews, while contemporary
aud neighboring nations were decimated
by prcventable diseases, were almost en-
tirely exempt. The strict observance o.
this sanitary code was part Of their re-
lgion, q close adherence 10 many Of
It's provisions being necessary as prelim
mary 10 the ceremonies OF the tabernacle
and afterwards the temple, 30 eicvat
ing, picturesque and full Of mean
ing. To their adherence to this code
the Jews largely owe their physical
:. and intellectual strength. Other nations
10 profit by 1t. The Romans. with
then convictions Of brute force, refused e
copy from a people whom they regarded
with contempt. This icclingas TO tho Jew
became general throughout the Roman
world, and thus became incorporated Will
the pnejudices and nourishcd the hate and
detestaiion OF the early Christians for th,
people who, in fulfillment OF a prophecy
crucified the Messiah. Nothing good could
be found In the Jews And thus beyond
the ten commandments and the Messianis
promise Moses was ignored. Ills
health code was treated rs merely Q
part Of theceremonial law, and Christianity
wallowed In an increasing mire Of filth
whole nations being dccimated from time
10 time ny the plague-the black dealt
and other diseases, the horrors OF which
historians found themselves inadequat,
90 paint. Some OF the heathens ere
mated their dead, but even this cleanl,
custom was denied 10 tho Christians be
cause Il was held 10 be inimical 20 the doc
trine Of tho resurrection OF the dead
These preiudices against the laws and
their code, and against the custom OF ere
nation have come down 10 our own day
and continue 10 interfere 10 rctard and
prevent the immediate realization Of the
ultimate Of sanitation by fire. So slow Il
the human race 10 iorcgo the prcjudiccs IL
pcrpctuating which they find an almos
savage comfort or satisfaction. With her
and there n variation from the standard o.
black, bcsottcd ignorance, nations arose "a
greatness, declined and passed away wth
out the faintcst knowledge VI the blessing
OF immunity from prcvcntable diseases
diseases attributed 10 n benign and bcnefi
cont God. Not until the London lawyer
Chadwick, more than fifty years ago
when all Europe was paralyxed by the
rnvagcs OF cholera, gave England her firs'
lessons In tho need for sanitary re
> fcrm, were intelligent people awak
ened 10 the value OF cleanliness n
prcvcntabc medicine. These were rein
forced by the report Of Prof Gardner on the
SANITARY Condition 9th Laboring Popu
laiion OF Great Britain" publlshedin 1854
This report was devoted 10 the sanitary
condition Of the poor, their dwellings. food
and hours Of labor. Before that the i'm
mortal Howard had plead for the poor n
well as those In prison, but with little 81
oncctual results. The poor law commits
sionen OF England. following the lines laid
down 10y Gardner, advanced the cause Of
sanitation, but twas not until the Criinear
war that the most important steps wcrC
taken, and these were by woman, the
immortal Florence Nightingale. England
saw the effects OF her work and won
dcrcd nj the magical results Of well Ill.
rooted sanitary labon that were but repe-
tition on public scale Of the rules that
govern every intelligent and worthy
housckccpcr. Health In the home,
said pr leniafnin Ward Rfchar.laou