Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20
SuRPHuR AND AS
YARIoUs USES
By George D. Coleman


ally inactive. while it remains uncom-
bined. as broken bottles OF glass; but
the moment it enters into chemical
combination with oxygen, it becomes
the most active Of the elements. Mon
oxide of sulphur, or sulphur one part
and oxygen one part, part of the sui
phur becomes sulphurous acid gas, a
true gas. Is formed; and, if the union
is the result of heat. part of the sui
phur is sublimated. That is, it is pass
ed into an uncombined fume and is lat
er precipitated as fine yellow powder
called flowers of sulphur, which you
all know, as it is this impalpable pow
der triturated with vaseline. lard, sim
pie crate, etc and used as ointment,
that will cure ring worm, mango, many
forms of exema, a a dressing for
wounds, and to protect a broken sur
face or bruised flesh from germs. 1t
is also used internally for rheumatism,
as in the body it becomes oxygenized,
and as a fumicide and germicide is
entirely without equal; but as sulphur
Gus acid gas it is the most active, pun
gent and penetrating fungicide and
germicide there is. When one more
atom of oxygen unites with the sui
phur, or two atoms of oxygen with
one atom of sulphur, we have dioxide.
and there is no sublimation or precip-
itation, anil ALL is turned into sui
phurous acid gas. Sulphurous acid
gos, like carbonic acid gas, oxygen,
sulphuretted hydrogen, and other gas
es, are absorbed BY water and it be-
comes thus easier to handle and use.
How much sulphurous acid gas wa
ter is able to absorb is not definitely
known; but it is several times its like
volume Of the gas.
1t is a constant source of amazement
to me. when it is so well known. that
the uses of the aqueous solution of sui
phurous acid gas is entirely neglected,
and | cannot account for this neglect
except by the fact that the popular
mind has no knowledge of scientific
facts and is unable 10 think or act SCI
entificalIy, or that we are still savag-
es.
The aqueous solution of sulphurous
acid gas is easily and cheaply made.
There is no need of any expensive and
complicated apparatus. Everything
can be made right on the place, and
the amount made ought to be enough
to meet all the many and various uses
that can be made with it. 1t can be
used as a spray, as a disinfectant, de-
odorant, fungicide, germicide, for
poultry, and all stock as medicine,
and for humans as well. 1t is reported
as having been successfully used as a
spray for the throat in membraneous
Group and dyptheria. dissolving the
in both cases that forms in
the throat.
Sulphur burned in small 4 feet by
w feet cement-Iined chamber, with
an opening into another chamber of,
say. 7 feet high. 8 #. wide, and z #.
Iong, or 7x8xl6, in which a tank is
placed at one end and through the
wall of the chamber a light shaft is
run. with an agitator in the tank of
water to keep the water in constant
motion, and it will absorb the gas. IF
it can be arranged for forced draft
on the sulphur and force the flame
under the water, if can be made quick
ly, and far stronger solution can be
made. In the formeof this aqueous So
luton, it has many most valuable uses.
Sprinkled in a stable on the manure,
flies will not breed; it will kill the eggs
or the worms formed. 1t will cure ring
worms and mango and many forms of
exema. Burns scalds and bruises, gals
of collars on horses and mules will heal
quickly as it kills all germs. Sprayed
in the nests and on the roosts of fowls
it will kill lice and the red mites that
suck the blood of fowls.
Poison oak. or Rus Toxicadendron,
it will cool the burning, stop the Itch
ing, reduce the swelling, and cure it
more quickly than anything else, by
keeping clothes wet with it on the poi
soned parts.
A piece of ground infected with po-
tato blight. tomato blight or any form
of blight, if the solution is sprayed be-
fore and after blowing, they will show
no blight. Bordeaux mixture sprayed
on plants with the blight is generally
.