The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-11
A SURE PREVENTIVE.
Sulphurio Acid Drives Out the Cholera
Always.
From the 81. Louis Republic.


From the 81. Louis Republic.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Sept. Cdr. Reilly,
secretary of the Illinois state board of
health, was to-day shown an editorial in a
Chicago paper based on the recommended
ton Of the use Of sulphuric Rod as pre-
ventive Of Asatic cholera, and in which it
is asked: Would it not be we'll, there
fore, for the board of health to investigate
its efficacy and make public statement
As concerning the foundation for this
recommendation, DIR. Reilly took down a
fat octave volume labeled Cholera Epi-
demic OF 1875 in the United States" and
read therefrom as follows:
Meanwhile both passengers and crew
should be put upon mineral acid regimen,
with a view of establishing an acid diathesis
Of the system, or as nearly 30 as may be.
Sulphurto acid lemonade should be served
out regularly under the supervision OF an
officer clothed with authority to see that no
one shlrks its use"
And again from the same volume: at
may be alleged that in the foregoing pages
too great stress has been laid upon the acid
prophylaKis OF cholera TO the exclusion Of
all othsro; but the cumulative evidence of
the experience OF tho last sixty years war
rants the ground here taken. Beginning
with the year 1914 cholera literature down
to the present time aboupds in proofs-olin-
zeal, physiological, pathological and metero-
logical-of the efficacy OF sulphuric acid,
and there can be little doubt that we possess
in the mineral acid certain means Of pro-
phylsxis against cholera.
"ProphylRxis,n Ii was here explained.
means prevention.
Continuing. DIR. Reilly said: THAT was
written IN 1874. In that year, to ether
with Surgeon Ely Mcclellan, U. s. A. now
on duty at Gen. Miles HEADQUARTERS In
Chicago, was detailed being then sur
geon Of The marine hospital service under
Supervising Surgeon Woodworth) to in
vestigate and report on the cholera
epidemic of 1873. My special field was
limited to the Introduction of epidemic
cholera into the United States through
the agency of the merchantile ma
rine, with suggestions Of measures of pre-
vention. while Surgeon Mcclellan covered
the larger field or the clinical history of the
epidemic, its etiology, treatment, etc. These
reports were transmitted by the President,
q. S. Grant, to congress, and were ordered
printed making this volume, the bulk of
which is by Surgeon Mcclellan aud Surgeon
John s. Billings, who contributed over 300
page, Of the photography Of cholera.
DIR. CARRIERS EXPERIMENT.
"Soon after beginning my investigation
/ learned Of the experience OF DR.. Curtin.
resident physician in the insane department
of the Philadelphia hospital. During the
epidemic of 1856 the disease had been intro
duced into the almshouse and hospital, but
was finally erRdicated from all bub three OF
the seven female wards. Every means was
tried to Danish the disease from these-ven-
tilatiug and cleansing the wards, the use Of
disinfectants, scattering the patients, at
tention to diet, etc.-but without effect.
Day after day new cases continued to de-
velop in these three wards. In the latter
part of August, at a time when from two 10
five new cases were developing every day.
DR.. Curtin's attention was called by DR..
James T. Wilson of the surgical department
of the hospital to an article in a British
newspaper, in which the writer said that the
workmen and their families connected with
large mandatory had been treated with
sulphuric acid as propbylactlc during an
epidemic Of cholera, with the result that
not one man or any OF their fam
them death took its own course.
Catching at this, az drown
ing at the straw. DR.. Curtin, on the after
noon Of Aug. %, began the administration
OF sulphuric acid lemonade to the inmates
OF his infeoLed wards, aud it was continued
without intermission until Aug. 81. After
twelve hours from the time when the acid
was first given only one case occurred, and
that in the person Of one of the Insane
patients who refused to swallow the mix
ture. The acid was discontinued
on Aug. 81, and forty-eight hours
later TWO new Chses OCCuTToQ, DOTH OF
which proved fatal. The use OF the prophy-
Tactic was then resumed and continued until
the close OF the epidemic, and no new cases
occurred among the inmates, although
cholera patients continued to be admitted
from the city until Nov. l. A similar result
was obtained In the surgical wards of the
hospital under DR.. Wilson at least to this
extent. that while cholera visited every
other department of the almshouse and hos
pital, the surgical department, in which the
acid prophylactic was used, escaped with
out single case.
SECRETARY NOBLE visited Seattle little over
a week ago and was given an elaborate reoep-
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