Excerpt from Questions of the Board of Health, in Relation to Malignant Cholera, With the Answers of the Special Medical Council: Together With a Report Upon the Causes of the Cessation of Cholera at BellevueIn general, putrefaction occurs more slowly after death from this than from other diseases. There need therefore be no precipitation in the burial of the dead, and sufficient time may safely intervene to make the death unquestion able. The apartments of the dead should be purified by the extrication of chlorine gas, but more especially by thorough ventilation, and the ¿oors should be washed with ley.The corpse should be covered with a cloth wet with a solution of chloride of lime.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.