Notes on the origin, nature, prevention, and treatment of Asiatic cholera / by John C. Peters.

  • Peters, John C. (John Charles), 1819-1893.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Notes on the origin, nature, prevention, and treatment of Asiatic cholera / by John C. Peters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    poured into each water-closet and privy-seat every night, and a small quantity down each bath-tub and wash-stand drain. It is highly probable that strong solutions of coarse salt and salt- petre wih be found to be almost equally efQcacious. In private houses, in addition to the free use of lime, chloride of lime, or hme and charcoal, in cellars, the use of coke as fuel, and the presence of a chaldron or more on the premises, wiU be of great service as a preventive of the disease. As ozone is deficient in the air in cholera times, steps should have been taken to supply it; for ozone is a vital element of the air, and oxygen cannot be assimilated by the system with- out its presence. It gives to oxygen its Hfe-supporting prop- erties, but is rapidly destroyed in large towns and in crowded and filthy locaUties. Dm-ing periods of great heat of weather, it also loses its active powers. In the absence of ozone, offen- sive products are increased ; wounds become unhealthy and heal slowly ; and diseases which show a putrefactive tendency are influenced injuriously. Fortunately, it can be readily sup- pUed to houses and hospitals. Mofiatt has used phosphorus for the production of ozone as a purifier and disinfectant, thus: Take a quart bottle with a wide mouth, into which put rather more than half a pint of water; on a piece of cork floating on this fluid, place a flat piece of phosphorus with a clean-cut surface; close the mouth of the bottle either loosely with a cork, or tightly with a perforated cover. This should be done night and morning, or several times a day. Squibb du-ects half a stick of phosphorus to be laid upon the flat surface of an or- dinary breakfast plate, and water poured iiiion it sufficient to immerse two thirds of the stick, leaving the remainder exposed to the air; the plate is then to be placed upon the mantel-