names accompanying

the instructions.

" Disinfection is the destruction of the poisons of infectious and contagious

diseases.

" Deodorizers, or substances which destroy smells, are not necessarily disinfectants, and disinfectants do not necessarily have an odor.

'•

Disinfection cannot compensate for want of cleanliness|nor of ventilation.

1. Disinfectants

for fumigation.

to be Employed.— I.

" Roll sulphur (brimstone)

—

Copperas Solution.

" Sulphate of iron (copperas) dissolved in water

II.

in the proportion of ly^ lbs. to 1 gal. for soil, sewers, etc.

;

[The author, during the present summer, (in the month of August, 1882,)

dissolved 3 lbs. of

2% or 3 gals

common copperas in a common wooden pail, holding about

by pouring on hot water, and with an old dipper threw it all

about on the privy used by about 15 persons, which so completely deodorized

and disinfected it that it required no more until late in the season.]

III.

Zinc Solution. Sulphate of zinc and common salt, dissolved together

in water in the proportions of 4 ozs. sulphate and 2 ozs. of salt to 1 gal. for

clothing, bed linen, etc.

" Note.

Carbolic acid is not included in the above list for the following

reasons: It is very diflicult to determine the quality of the commercial article,

and the purchaser can never be certain of securing it of proper strength; it isexpensive, when of good quality, and experience has shown that it must be

employed in comparatively large quantities to be of any use; besides it is liable,

by its strong odor, to give a false sense of security.

2.

to Use Disinfectants.- 1. " In the Sick Room.— "Tha mo^.i

valuable agents are fresh air and cleanliness.

The clothing, towels, bed linen,

should, on removal from the patient, and before they are taken from the

etc

room, be placed in a pail or tub of the zinc solution, boiling hot if possible.

,

—

;

—

How

,

All discharges should either be received in ves.sels containing the copperas solu

tion, or, when this is impracticable, should be immediatery covered with the

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All vessels used about the patient should be cleansed or rinsed with

Unnecessary furniture especially that which is stuffed carpets

the same.

and hangings, should, when possible, be removed from the room at the outset;

otherwise they should remain for subsequent fumigation, as next explained.

" Fumigation. Fumigation with sulphur is the only practical method

II.

solution.

—

—

—

For this reason the rooms to be disinfected must

for disinfecting the hou.se.

be vacated. Heavy clothing, blankets, bedding, and other articles which cannot be treated with the zinc solution, should be opened and exposed during

Close the rooms tightly as possible, place the

fumigation, as next directed.

sulphur in iron pans supported upon bricks placed in wash-tubs containing a

little water, set it on fire by hot coals or with the aid of a spoonful of alcohol,

and allow the room to remain closed 24 hours. For a room about 10 feet square

at least 2 lbs. of sulphur should be used; for larger rooms, proportionally increased quantities.

—

III.

"Premises. Cellars, yards, stables, gutters, privies, cesspools, waterclosets, drains, sewers, etc. , should be frequently and liberally treated with the

copperas solution, No. 2. The copperas solution is easily prepared by hanging

a basket containing about 60 lbs. of copperas, in a barrel of water. [This

would be 13?^ lbs. to the gallon, or about that. It should all be dissolved.]

—

IV. " Body and Bed- Clothing, etc. It is best to burn all articles which

have been in contact with persons sick with contagious or infectious diseases.

Articles too valuable to be destroyed should be treated as follows:

"(a.) Cotton, linen, flannels, blankets, etc., should be treated with the

boiling hot zinc solution; introduce piece by piece; secure thorough wetting,

and boil for at least half an hour.

" (6.) Heavy woolen clothing, silks, furs, stuffed bed-covers, beds, and

other articles which cannot be treated with the zinc solution, should be hung in

the room during the fumigation, their surfaces thoroughly exposed, and the

pockets turned inside out. Afterward they should be hung in the open air,

beaten and shaken. Pillows, beds, stuffed mattrasses, upholstered furniture,

etc., should be cut open, the contents spread out and thoroughly fumigated.

Carpets are best fumigated on the floor, but should afterward be removed to the

open air and thoroughly beaten.

—

V. " Corpses. Corpses should be thoroughly washed with a zinc solution

of double strength; should then be wrapped in a sheet wet with zinc solution,

and buried at once. Metallic, metal-lined, or air-tight cofilns should be used

when possible, certainly when the body is to be transported for any considerable distance.

The following named gentlemen composed the board: George F.

Barker, M. D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelplaia; C. F. Chandler, M.

D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Health Department, New York; Henry

Draper, M. D., University of the city of New York; Edward G. Janeway, M.

D., Bellevue Medical College, Health Department, New York; Ira Remson, M.

D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. S. O. Vanderpoel, M. D.,

Albany Medical College, Albany, N. Y.; Health Department, New York,

Health Officer of the Port of New York."

;

Remarks.

— Certainly no commendation of mine

is

needed to give strength

to these instructions, as the most implicit confidence should be placed in them,

coming, as they do, from the highest authority in the United States upon matters of this kind.

I will add, however, that no time should be lost in using

them as soon as an occasion calls for them. The copperas solution I have

found entirely satisfactory. See also "Note," following Dr. Scott's treatment

of diphtheria, upon the permanganate of potash as a disinfectant; also see the

"Nitrate of Lead as a Disinfectant in Small-pox," and also the " Use of Yeast

and a Milk Diet in Scarlet Fever and Small-pox." It is well to keep all these

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valuable things before the mind, to be able to save pain and suffering of our

fellow creatures.

1.

SMALL-POX — A Certain Cure. — Wm. Grandy, of Detroit,

communicated the following item of Mr. Hines' to the Detroit Tribune, which

he had seen in the Toronto Weekly Globe, with these remarks:

" Small-pox being so fatal and so much feared, an unfailing remedy like

the following, so simple and so safe, once discovered, ought to be brought to

the knowledge of the masses without hesitation or delay.

"I am willing," says Edward Hines," to risk my reputation as a public

man if the worst case of small-pox cannot be cured in three days simply by

cream of tartar.

This is the sure and never-failing remedy Cream of tartar, 1

oz., dissolved in boiling wat«r, 1 pt. ; to be drank when cold, at short intervals.

any time and is a preventative as well as a curative. It is

I have myself restored

hundreds by this means. It never leaves a mark, never causes blindness, and

always prevents tedious lingering."

Remarks. Although this seems to be very strong language, yet I have never

seen it disputed, nor have I seen by any reports of cases that it has been adopted

in this country; but, as it is deemed very important to keep the bowels in asolvent

condition in this disease, no better and no safer medicine can be adopted for

this purpose.

Let it be used, by all means.

It can be taken at

known to have cured thousands of cases without fail.

—

2.

Small-Pox— A Cure for, or Relief in. — As the prevention or

is a question that concerns every person, we take the fol-

cure of this disease

lowing from the New York Journal of Commerce, one of the most conservative

and reliable dailies published in this country

" A lady, the mother of six children, had often sought relief for a pain in

the back by taking saltpeter and brandy.

She was exposed to the small-pox

and contracted the disease. The premonitory symptoms were violent fever,

severe pain in the head and excruciating pain in the region of the kidneys.

A

physician was called during the night, but in doubt as to the nature of the dis

ease, though suspecting it to be a case of small-pox, he made no prescription,

promising to return early next morning. The fever and pain increasing, she

begged her husband to prepare for her the old prescription of saltpeter and

brandy. The brandy was not to be had, but he crushed a piece of saltpeter

as large as a common white bean.

This she took in a tea-spoonful of cold

water. Feeling better, the dose was once or twice repeated. Pain soon subsided and she slept well during the remainder of the night and awakened feeling perfectly well. She had 60 well defined pustules in her face, but they were

but slightly inflamed and not at all painful. The developments of small-pox

on her entire person were in number and appearance in keeping with those on

her face. In due time all her children and her husband were affected, as she

had been, by fever and pain in the head and back. They received the same

treatment with the same favorable result. Several families caught the disease,

used the same remedy, and in every case the resuli was favorable."

—

Remarks. Not long after preparing the above given, I saw a report that

"Mexican doctors were curing small-pox in 3 days, and no marks left," by the

use of cream of tartar and water, which would go to strengthen the idea that

Mr Hines' treatment above given is reliable

3 Small-Pox Pitting, to Prevent.— It is well known that patients

in rooms that are well lighted, pit very much more than in darkened rooms.

I

should, then, have the room as dark as possible for small pox patients; and not

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71

only this, but should cover the face, neck and hands with black cambric, or

muslin, cut and made into suitable shape to keep oflf, or out, all possible rays of

(The rays that make the chemical changes in photographing are absorbed

it as to produce the deep pitting.)

Certainly, then,

no trouble, nor inconvenience, necessary to avoid this should be considered for

a moment, to save a life-long annoyance, that none of us would like to have

placed upon us by the terrible pitting we often see. Then take all these precautions and avoid it, certainly not overlooking the yeast and milk diet, before

named; or pursue the following plan, as practiced in China:

light.

into the pus, so changing

4.

Small-Pox, to Prevent Pitting, Practiced in the English

Army in China. — It is very simple and easily followed, and if a blister on

the arm of a diptheritic patient will

it has

draw off the irritation from the throat, as

done, why should not this cause the small-pox eruption to come out on

such parts ?

It is done in this

the eruption, is at

its

way: When the fever, which always precedes

highest, and before the eruption appears, rub the chest

with croton oil and tartar emetic ointment, which causes the whole eruption to

appear on that part of the body, to the relief of the face and as it is claimed

;

also to cause a full eruption to appear, it prevents its attack

organs, which is usually fatal.

It is claimed by the

upon internal

German Reformed Messen-

ger to be done in the English army in China by general order.

It was reported

through the Medical Brief, 1883, page 550, by J. A. Proctor, M. D., of Union

City, Ind.

It is worthy of trial.

Small-Pox, the Nitrate, or Chloride, of Lead as a Disinfectant in. — The mode of preparing and using the nitrate, or chloride, of

5.

lead, as a disinfectant, is from the Physician and Pharmacist, as follows: Chlo-

ride of lead is said to be the

and disinfectant known.

most powerful, safe and economical deodorizer

To prepare it for use, on a small scale, for ordinary

purposes, take nitrate of lead, ]4 dr- and dissolve it in hot water, 1 pt.

also )4. oz

dissolve

of common salt in water, 2 galls., and mix the two solutions, which

;

makes the chloride of lead, in solution, ready for use. A cloth wet with this

and hung up in a room filled with a fetid atmosphere, will sweeten it instantly,

and the solution thrown into a water-closet, sink or drain, will produce the same

effect.

It is not carbonic acid, but the sulphite of hydrogen and ammonium,

which are eliminated with the breath and through the pores of the skin of the

living body, that makes people who are exposed to such an atmosphere so depressed, and which, when highly concentrated, develops typhus poison, which

causes, or at least aids, in developing fevers of a low grade, or typhoid character.

Nitrate of lead is in dry crystals, and is sold according to its quality at 18

to 25 cts, per pound, which would make several hundred gallons of solution of

chloride of lead.

—

Remarks. Then let this, or those of the National Board of Health above,

be used as freely as necessity insures the purification of the sick room, in all

contagious diseases, cess-pools, water-closets, etc., and thus not only avoid the

spreading of contagion, but prevent the development of the disease by the

poisonous efl3uvia arising from these places.

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6.

Small-Pox, Prevented by Vaccination.— Dr. Woolsey reported

the case in the Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal as follows: "Small-pox

occurred in a Chinese boarding house, at a jute factory, containing seven hundred and ten persons, under the same roof. Seven were sick, one of whom

died, when all

were vaccinated, and no other case occurred, thus exemplifying

the protective power of vaccination, or of some very remarkable coincident.

—Webster says "coincident"

having coincidence (i. e..some

I have italicised the word

consistent merely to show how inconsistent it would be to suppose that any

other circumstance could have given such protective power, except the vaccination.

Then I think I have said enough when I say there cannot be a reasonable

doubt but that vaccination is not only a protection, but that it is also safe; and

therefore it ought to be adopted and insisted upon by boards of health, and also

by parents and guardians.

Remarks.

is

circumstance), agreeing, corresponding, conmtent.

7.

Small-Pox, the Origin of Vaccination for.— Upon the question

of vaccination, I will give an item from Leonard's Medical Journal, of Detroit,

Mich., Oct., 1883, as to the origin of this practice; which, by this item, it seems

must now be given to woman

—

the milkmaid instead of Dr. Jenner, as heretoThat is, his mmd was capable of grasping or comprehending

the philosophy of the fact communicated by the maid, and out of that he, Dr.

Jenner, worked out the practice of vaccination which has saved millions of

lives, no doubt; but it should also teach us, what some physicians have already

claimed to be important, the fact that virus from the cow or some young and

healthy animal should be used to vaccinate with, and not the virus from the

human subject, which, it has been claimed, has communicated the disease to

those vaccinated with it. Jenner, no doubt, used the virus from the cow of the

" maid.'

Let others do the same from other cows. The poetry, it is claimed

by the above named journal, is founded upon fact; but if it is not, it shows

the greater power of the rhymer's imagination.

It is as follows:

fore accredited.

"Where are you going, my pretty milkmaid?"

"To see Doctor Jenner," the milkmaid said,

''

and it bothers me so,

I promised Jack Robin for sure that I'd go

For a draught from the Doctor to-day."

And she nodded her head with so saucy a smile.

That no one would think, who was looking the while.

That she needed the Doctor, his pills or his plaster,

I doubt she could swear that she did, if you asked her;

That sunny, bright morning in May.

I have such a cough,

Ah! how little she thought, that unthinking young lass.

While her little pink feet went atrip o'er the grass,

If Jack Robin had not been so true to his fancy,

As to fear the least whisper of harm to his Nancy,

The great loss 'twould have been to us all.

But so it has proved such a number of times.

As I have not the space to recount in rhymes.

Great events have beginnings so small.

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Well! to keep by my milkmaid (as long as I can),

When she'd courtesied her best to the medical man,

And had told (heaven bless her) how badly she felt,

With such pouting red lips, and such ruddy good health.

As no doctor could hope to improve,

She sat down to await his compounding her pill,

And their chat led along to the terrible ill

That the small pox was threatening to prove.

Doctor Jenner looked grave when she mentioned the matter;

He thought it too bad for so careless a chatter;

But saucy young Nancy had nothing to dread,

"But few of the milkmaids would get it,' she said,

" For their hands had been sore from the cows.

And altho' it was horrid to milk when the beast

Had her bag all broken out, it was certain, at least.

To keep the small-pox from the house."

'.

I hope Doctor Jenner, that morning in May,

When he finished her pills and then sent her away.

Remembered enough of the lass and the stuff

Not to give her a dose for a cow,

For his mind went far off

From the girl and the cough;

But what does it matter, just now?

For her few simple words, while she waited.

Oh! think with how much they were freighted.

When Jenner's quick mind they awakened, to find

How science could conquer the foe.

And gave every nation that blessed Vaccination

That takes out the stmg from the blow."

1.

NEURALGIA— German Cure of a Very Bad Case.—A tea

and poultice, made from the leaves of our common field-thistle, is reported to

have cured a person who had suffered horrible pains from neuralgia. Failing

to obtain relief in this country, and hearing of a noted physician in Germany

who invariably cured the disease, he crossed the ocean and visited Germany for

treatment.

He was permanently cured after a short sojourn, and the doctor

freely gave him the remedy as above given.

Directions and Dose

The

leaves are macerated (soaked or steeped in water to become very soft) and used

on the parts afflicted, as a poultice, while a small quantity of the leaves are

boiled down to the proportion of a quart to a pint, and a small wine-glassful

of the decoction drank before each meal.

—

—

The gentleman says. " I have never known it to fail of giving

while in almost every case it has effected a cure." It is certainly simple,

Remarks.

relief,

and easy of trial, and no doubt will prove effectual in many cases.

There must be something in this thistle-cure, for a Mr. F. K. Ford, of

Shellsburgh, Iowa, who was an agent of the Chase Publishing Co., virrote to the

company desiring to got the same recipe into their Receipt Book. He also

sent the onion and tobacco cure for earache, which vrill be found under that

head. As Mr. Ford gives a more definite mode for preparing the thistle tea, 1

will give it.

It is as follows:

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—

Take the leaves of the large field-thistle (not Canada).

For the Tea

1.

[The technical or botanical name of this species of indigenous (native) American thistle is cirsium lanceolatum.

(Certainly it has many lances, or prickers,

In western

New York, where the author was raised, to

as sharp as a lance.)

distinguish it from the Canada, it was always called the " bull-thistle."]

a gallon measure full of them

to

% gal.

:

;

then put in all the water it will hold

strain, and let cool (I

should say, let cool and strain).

this take a wine-glassful every morning before breakfast

;

;

Press

boil down

Dose — Of

the same before tea.

—

For the Poultice. Take the leaves of the same kind of thistle, put

II.

them into a clean cloth and pound to a jelly: put a layer of this on the afflicted

Be sure to get fresh leaves.

part, bind on with cloth, every night.

2.

Neuralgia, Headache, etc., English Remedy for.—The inti-

mate mixture of equal parts of chloral hydrate and camphor will produce a

clear fluid, which is of the greatest value as a local application in neuralgia.

Dr. Lenox Brown states, in one of the English medical journals, he has employed it in his practice, and induced others to do so, and that in every case it

has afforded great and, in some instances, instantaneous relief. Its success

does not appear to be at all dependent on the nerve affected, it being equally

efficacious in neuralgia of the larynx, and in relieving spasmodic cough of a

nervous or hysterical character. It is only necessary to paint the mixture

It never blisters, though

lightly over the painful part, and to allow it to dry.

For headache it is also found

it may occasion a tingling sensation of the skin.

—

an excellent application. Directions Rub the two together in a mortar,

which liquifies them, then bottle, and paint over the parts, lightly, as above.

For toothache apply with lint, and rub upon the gums. I called upon one of

the principal druggists pf Ann Arbor, Mich., where I was then living, to see

if they would mix, and also to see if they would make a clear fluid, as mentioned in the recipe; but I found he had mixed them several times for the last

two years, and the result had been satisfactory. He had used the mixture personally, by wetting cotton in it and putting it into a decayed tooth, but the tooth

was so extensively ulcerated at the roots, although it kept down the pain, yet

it had to be extracted some two montlis after.

But for common neuralgic

pains the rehef was generally instantaneous.

3.

Neuralgia and Sciatica, Simple Home Remedy.—Dr. Ebhe has for many years treated all his cases

rard, of Nines, France, states that

of neuralgic and sciatic pains with an approved apparatus, consisting merely

of a flat-iron and vinegar, two things that will be found in every house. The

iron is heated until sufficiently hot to vaporize the vinegar, and is then covered

with some woolen fabric, which is moistened with the vinegar, and the appara-

The application may be repeated two

or three times a day. Dr. Ebrard states that as a rule pain disappears in

twenty-four hours, and recovery ensues at once.

tus is applied at once to the painful part.

4.

Neuralgia, Facial— Quick and Permanent Cure.—A quick

and permanent cure of this disease, says a prominent physician, can be effected

by using a spray -shower of sulphuric ether upon it. The intense cold is sup-

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posed to act upon the diseased nerves, so as to produce a complete change in

their nutrition and action.

Remarks

—I trust

it

will so prove.

To do it properly a spray instrument

kept by druggists would have to be used, continuing its use until relieved, and

if to be permanent, I should say occasionally for a few days.

I know its efficiency in ordinary pain

—why not in neuralgia? But I cannot see why apply-

ing it as a liniment may not do as well.

5.

Neuralgia Pill, Tonic Alterative and Stimulant for.—

Quinine, 1 dr.; morphine, IJ^grs

,

strychnine, 1 gr.

;

arsenious acid,

1]4.

grs.

mix very thoroughly and divide into 30 pills

Dose Take 1 pill only, 2 hours after each meal; never more than 3 daily, and

never more than 1 at a time

Remarks. This will be found a very valuable pill for neuralgia and all

cases requiring tonic, alterative, anodyne or stimulating treatment, and especially so far as females of a weak and feeble habit, or condition generally.

solid ex. of aconite, 10 grs.

;

—

—

Valuable in ague, or chills and fever particularly. Some will say they contain

some poisonous articles, so they do, and so does most medicines; but if they

are made carefully and taken only as directed they will hurt none, but benefit

many. (See also remarks after next recipe; see also tonic elixir, etc.)

6. Neuralgia of the Head, Toothache, etc., Immediate Cure.

W, M Czartoryski, M. D., of Stockton, Cal., writes to the Brief, page 463,

1883, as follows: Dr. W. C. Frederick, of Lonoke, Ark., desires a remedy for

J.

the above diseases

If

he will moisten cotton well and introduce it into the

previously cleaned ear of the patient, with the following lotion (mixture), he

will be surprised with the miraculous effects: Fl. exs. of belladonna, viburnum

opulus (liigh cranberry) and gelseminum sempervirens (yellow jasmine), each

equal parts (say J^ oz.); mix. By its local application on dental branches of

the quintus trigemine,

(fifth

pair of nei'ves ).

It will relieve, in the same

way, even toothache in the worst form in less than five minutes.

Remarks. Druggists are now keeping all the prominent fluid extracts. If

they have them not in any place, try tinctures, which will answer for most purFor toothache, wet cotton in the mixture and put into the tooth, if hoi

poses.

low, and rub a little on the gums and in front of the ears. (See also Ely's

headache and toothache remedy, and the pain killer.)

—

7. Neuralgia—Warning of a Poor State of Health.— I cannot

do better, in closing the subject of Neuralgia, than by giving the following

sensible statement from the London (Eng.) Lancet, to show the importance of

toning