San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

Cisterns as Causes of Disease.
DR.. De la Roche believes that diphtheria
can be transmitted from animals to man.
He has had under his care two women suffer-
ing from diphtheria, which he thinks he has
traced to the contamination of drinking
water from a cistern by the excrement Of
pigeons, which had been washed down by the
rain from the roof on which these birds
had perched. Admitting the possibility of
the Transmission of diphtheria in this man
ner, the means of combating it are simple
In places where spring water and well water
are not available, or where the supply con-
sists of rain water collected in cisterns, it is
we'll to prohibit pigeon breeding As to the
construction of cisterns, they should be built
according to the rules of public hygiene
laid down by Gania in his work entitled
"Utilite DIES Cisternes. Herald of Health.
The Hamilton Burr Duel.
Of the last hours of Alexander Hamil-
ton the following is told:
Mr.. Pendleton raised his PROSTATE
friend. DIR. Hosack found him sitting
on the grass, supported in the arms of his
second, with the ghastliness of death
upon his countenance. This is a NOR
tai wound. doctor" he gasped, and sank
away into "a swoon. The doctor stripped
up his clothes, and saw at glance that
the ball, which had entered his right
side, must have penetrated mortal
part. Scarcely expecting him to revive,
they conveyed him down among the
large rocks to the shore, placed him ten
derby in the boat and set off for the city.
The doctor now used the usual restora-
tives, ana the wounded man gradually
revived. He breathed," to quote the
doctors words; "his eyes, hardly open,
wandered without fixing upon any OBJ
ject. To our great joy he at length
spoke. my vision is indistinct," were
his first words. His pulse became more
perceptible, his respiration more regular,
his sight returned. Soon after recover
ing his sight he appeared to cast his eye
upon the case of pistols, and observing
the one that he had had in his hand
lying on the outside, he said: "Take care
of that pistol. 1t is undischarged and
still cooked, it may go off and do harm.
Pendleton knows" attempting to turn
his head towards him) "that did not
intend to fire at him."
Then he lay tranquil till he saw the
boat was approaching the wharf. He
said: LET Mrs. Hamilton be immediate
ly sent for; let the event be gradually
broke to her, but give her hopes" Look
ing up we saw his friend, Mr.. Bayard,
standing on the wharf in great agitation.
He had been told by my servant that
Gen. Hamilton, Mr.. Pendleton and my
self had crossed the river in a boat to-
gether, and too well he conjectured the
fatal errand and foreboded the dreadful
result. Perceiving as we drew nearer
that Mr. Pendleton and myself only sat
up in the stern sheets, he clasped his
hands together in the most violent ap-
prehension; but when l called to him to
have cot prepared and he at the same
time saw his poor friend lying in the bot
tom of the boat, he threw up his eyes
and burst into flood of tears and lam
entations. We then conveyed him as
tenderly as possible up to the house ito
Bayard's house, at Greenwich). The
distress of his amiable family was such
that till the first shock had abated they
we're scarcely able to summon fortitude
enough to yield sufficient assistance to
their dying friend.