132 Uses of Chlorides and Chlorine. 
»-It has. happened that in our two manufactories of porcelain 
ware, the white enamel of the vessels, by being incidentally exposed 
to a rupture of foul emanations of this nature before it was perfectly 
dry, has become very much discolored. A remedy has been found 
in opposing solutions of chlorine to the current of sulphuretted hy- 
awe although the emanations have continued for weeks together. 
7. In destroying emanations that may occasion a plague. 
_M. Felix D’Arcet, a member of the committee sent to Egypt in 
order to make experiments relative to the plague, furnished M. de 
Lasteyrie with the following details extracted from a letter from 
Tripoli of June 14, 1829. 
“The most important point to be determined was whether ie 
pestilential virus could resist the action of the chlorides. 
_ © The Vice Consul of France obtained for us six garments of per 
sons who had died of the see all within the last two days. ‘These 
3 were soiled with blood, sanies, and sweat. After the Con- 
. a had taken an account of their condition, | immersed them during 
sixteen hours, in a solution of chloride of sodium, and after drying 
them, each of us put on a shirt next to our skin, and then the re- 
mains of the dress. The spots still existed on them but much faded. 
_ We slept in these garments, and afier wearing them eighteen hours, 
replaced them. It is a week since the experiment, and neither of 
us have experienced the least change. Our natural constitutions are 
also, it may be remarked, very different.” 
It was proposed by M. Pariset that the effect of chlorine should 
be tried on other contagious diseases, and accordingly three exper= 
iments were made with it, in relation to the measles. The chamber 
of a child, exposed to the measles, was disinfected, and his shirt was 
dipped in a solution of one ounce of liquid and conemnizated chlo~ 
ride of lime, and three ¢ gallons of water. When dried it exhaled, 
very slightly, the odor of chlorine-—He escaped the infection. 
n the cure of epidemic diseases among dumb creatures. ak: 
In 1829 an epidemic malady broke out among fowls in the vicinity” 
of Paris. The disease spread rapidly, manifesting itself by an iu=— 
flammation of the head, tears in the eyes, blueness of the skin, and 
the issue of blood from the beak. The animals soon sunk under it 
Bleeding and other means of restoration were employed without ef- 
fect. The author being consulted, directed the chickens which were 
sull unaffected, to be placed in an enclosure by themselves, and those 
on which the disease had made some Progress: in another enclosure. 3 
