The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-08
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THE souRcR OF TYPHOID FEyRR AM
IT'S REMRDY.-The existence Of typhoid
fever Is very common, especially In eIyi.
LIKED communities. IT. frequently iata
termination and IL long and dIsIfessin,
Developments even in case Of recovery
constitute Il d dSeaSe which d but q little
less dreaded than lie kindred ScourseS
cholera and smallpox 10 view OF ID
character, investigations Is to lie origin
are Of universal interest II d not q dis
ease which 10 limited to any particular
class, Is Is the case with some Others. n
q . yisitant Of the crowded tenemsnt-
house, and Of the palace It freduents
both country, town and city; and makes
its appearance indIfIerently in the isolated
farm, house and upon the avenues Of
densely populated centres. And yet one
would scarcely believe that THIS dread
complaint Is imply and solely Tho psodbc!
ton Of uncleanllness; that Il has 3 10
higher origin than dirt; that Il IL no wav
2 frovidentiAl dSpensatlon further than
pelng % attempt on the part OF Pfofi-
dence ProvidencA have q hand N fiia
mailer At ALTO warn men and women
that they must breathe pure cir, drink
pure water, and keep themselves free rom
the contamination Of filth. In the Pl5lie
AedLtA, an English publication, It "a posi-
lively asserted IS the conclusion Of long
and exhaustive investigations thst TYPHOID
lever 10 directly and positively preTents,
Die" and this prevention 10 q matter OF the
utmost simplicity. "Filth, = says the same
authority, "pollnting air, or water, or both,
10 the sole, simple, and removable cause"
Of typhoid fever, and the removal Of filth
In such Q way that neither air nor water
shall be polluted thereby means the ex-
tncton OF typhoid fever"
The discovery Of the cause md cure.ot.
this scourge removes the duty Of prevent.
ing the spread or even the existence Of
this disease from the domain of mysti-
cism, andplaces Il In the hands Of sanizI
tary authorities In general, and in the
keeping Of every individual In particular,
The dlScovery amounts to this: Extermf.
nate filth, and we exterminate typhoid
fever. laE 80 d -
For popular guidance thste are three
or four points which may be elaborated.
They are: -
/! Drinking,water must be absolutely
nee from the drainage Of night,soil and
other impurities. ''I
q. The excrementory discharges OF pa
tents suffering with typhoid fever will
communicate the disease, and hence they
must be q once dlsiniected. lsrqs
.. The air rom sewers and water.
closets mustnotl bepermilted to escape 90
as to be breathed, for 1t is . fruitful source
q the origin and for the spread Of the
l'T6Ss ihtee points d ssSly astsldtdI
TO BY every family will reduce the existzi
ence @, typhoid fever 10 The, minimum.
The aetons 6f5the individual should Be
supplemented, In the case Of towns, BY
measures which will cleanse thu, gutter, |
secure perfect sewerage, and prevent the |
atmosphere from being polluted BY ths |
admission into It Of Enoxious yhpors, Ind
the case OF farm. houses, the great cause Of
typhoid fever Is found in The pollution 81 |
The air and the drinking EWaterby emask
nations and drainage from the barn yard.
In fine, typhoid fever, like cholera and
mall pox, Is simply the indignant and
orcible protest of nature against uneIean.
iness. Let every one breath perfectly /
pure air, drink perfectly pure Water-let
oeople completely disassociate themselves
rom flth-and typhoid fever will become
! disease Of the past.