The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-09-22
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claims iaat TIE fever 5 phosphorou
poisoning snd shonldb BE- treated as mch
ID Knott has been through two epe
Del ies ofyslog fever and should Be
perfectly hmltar with every phase Of
the disease 4e has hs1ed q pamphlet
% which 81 uts DIS theory Of pre-
serHoa and treatment and e is work
1T iaafy years diHeent stndy
Eli Klotts tbeoFy nay he the right
thing and azain it may bs 90 better
than other theories scattered broadcast
By tbe exports 81 this and other com
tries He lays claim 70 the following
That yellow fever Is caused from
fbe Introduction Of phosphorous into
tbe system
That the following conditions Of The
atmosphere exist when yellow fever pre-
walls
Deficiency Of ozone. humidity and
decided yarsiion in tho temperature Ia
the day and night we claim that the
phosphor0us IS conveyed into the yys
tom By being incased 10 the watery
ATOMS 81 tbs fog at night THAT Che dis
ease Is not contracted during the day
unless the persona exposed ID some dark
and damp place during the day, and
that the cause Is destroyed by Che heat
light. etc IF tle day unless exception.
ably as above stated Al night the
causes become again operative that
The dailyc ombus tion Of the phosphorous
consuming the oxygen Of Tie air, inteu
mfes the disease hence the increase Of
the number o. cases we claim that
the disease cannot be transmitted from
personal contact with one suffering from
the disease as tbe poison Is centralized
III passing through the system We
claim that the black yomitis not hem
orrage proper but an exosnosis Deepen.
dent upon di~siutegration Of the blood.
and the presence Of phosphorus acid
and Is simply an effort Of MIXTURE to re.
deve the circulation Of extraneoas mat
Ter.
eve claim chat the remedies antidot
Cd to phosphorous poisoning are the
remedies that have proven the most ef-
hcacious in yellow fever. We believe
that the cause may be transmitted from
an infected locality BIS fomircs BY this
we mean such az box cars, CLOSED pas
f coaches. boxed goods, bales OF
bay, vessels etc. but nos 10 such fo
mites as would be exposed to free cir.
culation Of a highly ozonized air We
regard the ozonizad turpsntne as the
remedy in the treatment Of yellow fever,
as it has proven so as an antidote to
phosphorous poisoning We can very
readily ozonize it by exposing it to the
liz in some fat vessel, though It might
prove more eficacious to pass current
Of oxygen through It. have generally
used the tuipeutine applied to the sur
face as IL soon permeates the whole
system though It would not be amiss
to administer some by the stomach at
the commencement. Ii Is well elough
to give bet drinks ia connection with
stimulnnts Tn partaking Of hot drinks
we get two effects their action on the
skin and 40 ]ozonized watorin the storn.
ach Our object Ia the administering
Of s~timnlants is to anticipate ia severe
cases tile depression which follows the
destruction Of The blood ne well as m
co%unteracting the refrigerant effect Of
the phosphorus acid set free in the cir
culutiop 7 have never tried the sui.
phate Of copper but as this has proven
highly ~eficacious on account Of it.
known chemical action on phosphorous
it may proved roluble remedy IN fourth
az q grain doses administered three 81
four times q day The patient should.
under nn circumstances, during on fors
number Of days after an attack, partakt
OF any greasy orfatty diet The bowel.
should be evacuated AZ the outset will
a saline cath8rtic, preferable to the %
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