In seasons of epidemic cholera, the most oppressive feature of danger is the stagnation which exists in the atmosphere. There was good sense and true philosophy in the old custom of burning bonfires to keep off disease. I must close, wishing you much success in your efforts to awaken the people to the importance of this subject.
Truly yours,
EDWIN M. SNOW, M. D.,
Superintendent of Health.
Bangor, Maine, August 23, 1867.
My Dear Leeds.
Your pamphlet was duly received. I have read it with much interest, and believe it to be worthy of extended circulation. It is the clearest paper on the subject I have yet read.
Yours, in haste, A. C. HAMLIN, M. D.
64 Madison Avenue, New York, Aug. 23, 1867.