If there were ten per centum of this mortality from yellow fever, small-pox or cholera, public opinion—the potent factor in moving things in this country—would compel immediate concentration of sanitary forces upon this important question.
It is well known that isolation of the cases and disinfection will prevent its spread, why not apply the remedy?
The method of disinfection may well claim attention, for unless well done it is but a broken reed to lean upon. The disinfection in cases of diphtheria should include thorough application of antiseptic solutions to the throat and nasal passages of the invalid; disinfection by bichloride of mercury, of all excreta, whether sputa or fecal matters, the boiling of all linen used or worn in the bedchamber, the frequent sponging of the walls of the sick chamber with the "blue solution," or the solution of bichloride of mercury, the spraying of the upholstery with the