The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-02-26
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hcean 10 enmrlsis vi sure threat, loo.
the symptoms grew r,ridlv alarm.
ing and Wien The doctor came, The
single wafi lilthe'ia suffered 10 explain
sliem all. To-day little n,sund IL the
sole m.'nensn M your visit.
ufepursc the mo.her does not sue
ree., aud would not dare 10 suspect,
,on u my instrumcntali.y In her b..
rrasemcn.. She charges |, 10 = myster-
i'us Providence. The doctor Gays noth-
Ing 70 disturb the dcluaian; that would
bc inipvlitic, II 10, cruel; but toan
outstlcr he II free 10 say that tho clild's
loa'h was due directly 10 your internal
stupidity, These arc precisely his
words; more forcible than elegant. Il u
true; but who shall say. under the Or.
eumstances that tl,uy arc not justice
bles Remember.
"Evil ID wrong by want u thought
As we'll NJ BY want Of heart"
II would bc hard to tell how much
of tho prevalent sickness and mortality
from dipthcria il due 10 such want of
thought Asa rulc adults have tho die
easo In 80 mild form that they mis-
take Il for = simple cold; aud AZ cold
y not contagious, ll,oy think nothing Of
exposing others 10 thoir Lroath or 10
the greater danger Of labial contact.
Taking into consideration tho wcll o.
sablished tact that diptbcria IL usually
II not always communicated by tho al.
roc. transplanting of tho malignant vsg.
citation which causes the disease, the
fact that .hero can DO no more certain
means Of bringing the contagion 70 it,
fasori,e soil than tho act Of kissing.
Ana .l,s u, sher fact that The custom of
kissing children on all occasions ID All
but universal, Il Ii not surprising that
when tho disease In once imported into
. community, II II worry likely 10 b.
como epidemic.
Il would hc absurd to charge tho
srread Of dipthoria entirely TO child
kissing. There arc other modes Of pro-
pagation, though |. IL hard to conceive
VI any moro directly suited 10 tho
spread u tho infection u mors general
In its operation. Itstands to dipshsria
about the same relation that rromlscu-
our hand shaking formerly did 70 tho
Itch,
II wcre bcttcr 10 avoid tho practice.
Tho children will no. suffer II they are
unkissei; and their friend ought for
THUR sake forego tho luxury Tor ! sea-
son. a single kiss has bean known 10
Infect iamily; aud tho most careful
nay 10 In condition 10 communicate tho
,li,ease withou. knowing II. beware,
then. OF playing Judas, and lct tho bA-
bios alone. - Scientific American.