The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-14


causal relation to epidemic cholera,
Forewarned as to the habits of that
microbe, we may forearm ourselves
against its effects. 1t is pretty GER
tain that it withstands all natural
cold; that boiling (in water) will de
stroy it; that it multiplies in ordi-
nary drinking water with variable
rapidity; that it survives, at least
for time, in the soil; that, wet or
dry, it may cling to any article it
touches, preserving a prolonged
vitality, thus making clothing, food,
the dust of the house or of the street,
as well as unclean hands or utensils
mediums of infection. just how
long it may survive when dried by
the forces of nature is yet undeter-
mined.
Reference is made to DIR. Darem-
berg's strenuous advocacy of the
theory of the prolonged vitality of
the bacteria in the earth, $50 that,
when brought to the surface by
turning up the soil or by capillarity,
and mingled with the dust, they,
like the bacilli of tubercle, are ready
to convey their special poison. From
this he insists that 'sewage-irrigation
farms which have received choleraic
discharges not disinfected are con-
stant menaces to the public health,
and that the great farm of Genne-
villiers is responsible for much of
the special disease of Paris" The
following paragraph from the re-
view in question may convey hint
, to our health authorities. If our
L quarantine of steamers can be made
any simpler and quicker without
taking from its effectiveness it would
, crafty everybody directly and in
+ directly affected:
But what is of more immediate
9 popular interest is the avoidance OF
= the disease when it is at hand. Land
quarantine on large scale has nc
value, and only creates false sense
e of security. Quarantine by sea that
4 does not involve complete disinfec.
v ton, is useless as to the country tC
), be protected and destructive to the
T. voyagers. A quarantine of observa,
ton with complete disinfection oi
}. vessel, passengers, and freight, in
wolves short time and moderate eX
pense and is sufficient. The station
at the mouth of the Mississippi is
cited as typical example of intelli
gent prevention. Except as to the
arrangements for observing suspec,
ted passengers, it has always been
e. supposed that the facilities for dis
v infection at New York were adequate
: to prevent the entrance of an epi
. demic here.
1t is declared that the cholera
germ cannot withstand 212 degrees
It F., nor live in an acid medium, mol
survive certain other germicides, the
most important of which is corrosive
i, sublimate. The reviewer says:
1t has now been determined b,
exact experiment that very slightl,
acidulated fluids kill the comm;
U. bacillus, and the frequent immunit,
= of well fod persous of good digos
ton appears to rest upon the natura
acidity of the gastric secretion. Ger
= tainly, as herein advised, the habitua
use of about six grains of citric aciC
to pint of water, as an ordinar,
IL drink in the presence of cholera, no
g only destroyes stray bacilli in tn,
O water itself, but fortifies the stomach
against attack in that direction
! Wherever groups of people worl
u together, the management SHOULD
g supply them with this cheap ant
If pleasant beverage. A very dilut
A. mineral acid has the same goot
! effect.
a. All this is very important ant
II should be preserved for guidance il
re the event of visitation of the dis
20 ease. The reviewer continues:
{" Two popular fallacies are dispose
n of here. Alcohol, the broken sta
Or upon which SO many lean in DANCE,
,e predisposes the stomach to the re
. ception of the bacilli Opium
p" sought for the relief of pain, is no
TO disengaged through the infame
to kidneys, and hastens the end. Boil
to ed water drunk soon after boiling
,ir safe, but if exposed it may serve
Lar - nourish germs accidentally intro
Oh duced. One can never be sure of ic,
ed Porcelain filters daily and scrupr
er lousy brushed with acidulated waite
er may be depended upon. All other
n either become clogged or do not dt
= =, tain the poison. Alum, whose abil
III ty to clarity muddy (alluvial) wate
ic has long been known, is here al
e- nounced as germicide also. 1t
a. claimed that three grains agitate
y through quart of water will nc
Ok only leave it clear at the end {
re twenty-four hours, but also free frol
ne germs.
IN In conclusion DR.. Daremberg
10 work is thus tersely summed up:
,n But to be clean, to be clean, to /
Is clean. is the burden of the boo
Cleanse the mouth, the nose, til
skin, and above all, the hands, an
use for this purpose as we'll as fc
10 drinking only disinfected waite
nc , Keep the body warm and we