The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03

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lsw 10 n sls, q rather The spores 81
Il wht ssn at,es, 70 ihe atmosphere.
aa8 eHtsg d ca1taci wih tie iohsils
s. sd tpn1 az passes over them !
these f>ssen themselves AID grow aad
ptHs ibps gfawisg they cause Tie
vb,is paiesva 80 sbs tossils 90 peos-
li4f 10 a,gathe5is. These spores rarely
lastr elsewhere ih4u 90 the tonsils ard
tac sif passages proper They come
t@es rs themselves 10 The lips Of
waag5H. mgte especially q The neck.
sttfe they communicate with the Wind
pge I remember Two cases il which
] bed occasion u eat open The Wind.
rFr ia order 10 remove foreign sob.
taueca ifem them, during the sIistapce
"a IN epidemic Of diphtheria. aud 10
0ar ease sisief Of the pAtien, was ~
iu tbc house With dipbthens. No~
ltes- .laren bad 20 breathe through
the hole. % lbeif ~ibdpipes far While
Tie dlghiAtieiic patches were pro
5gee1 b both cases on the lips oi the
wounds Nov tLesc spores, as We
can she dpdbihefia poison. seem 10 be
developed. arsl Ia atmosphere allied.
Ia thc form Of sApor, Of course, with
orgao,c matter not necessarily patrid
second on toe tonsns or In the throat
Of thc ptrs0u affected with the disease
What the local conditions which
make tic proper nest for the growth
aad reproduction Of the poison are, lie
not known with perfect accuracy But
81 j. however, We know a good many
facts Ii may find its nest 10 broad
fields imbued with sewerage or other
foulness 70 certain atmospheric condi.
lions AID thus show itself 10 broad
cpilemics -or us nest may rather be 10
small areas, aud thus the disease may
originate ia one OF two distinct points
IN small village, aud thence may
spread by personal contact or may be
earned in the clothes Of the doctor or
attendant, Or by the inhalation OF the
ala Of an affected house. The sewage
Of largo number Of houses. discharg
ing By common outlet on to the sur.
face Of the ground. aud there standing
during cool season OF the year--not
cold enough TO freeze, not warm
enough TO purify lis plausibly hypo.
iLotic. well'6tted breeding ground.
Ihc spores originating here may be
carried by winds aud fall into the
kitchen draios, which If they are 10
sandy gravelly land. commonly ter.
inmate on the premises, and are often
connected directly with the kitchen by
pipe. As soon as II becomes cool
enough 70 build fire and close the
doors. the yapors from such deposits Of
Glib are drawn into the room, aud the
poison rushes in ia such quantities that
the dose taken is strong enough to
start the disease.
Atall events we know that diphthe-
ria il least common in clean houses,
Cited with clean air, and situated in
clean neighborhoods; most common in
ANAL, iIl.sentilated houses, filled with
uucleauness aud situated ia unclean-
surroundings II must be known that
ii ia not IN every fine house, kept scru.
pul0usly clean to the seeming, that the
alr is clean. The air gets foul by
ctowding, aud want Of ventilation, al
though the kitchen and Offices are
clean Tie emenalions from our bodies
aad orr breath are all unclean-un
clcan Ia the sense that they are etiete,
aud 81, The rapid march TO qualification
aai decay, room ten feet square
aui len feet high contains the least
- Aee IA which man can live healthily
and be- must have the air changed once
10 two hours al that So il will be
secn that 10 the clcanest house, IL two
children sleep 10 au ordinarily sized
room, with tae windows down aud the
door closed, the air. by morning. gets
miserAbly uBelean, The good vile
ihiaks that because she throws the
iuj0ss open side each morning. the
air n Cicaa She is sadly deceived,
igr much II tie uncleanness suspended
% air attaches itself 10 bed clothes, the
carpet, the walls, the ceiling. and aecu.
Ugaies n quantities great enough TO
become Oh nests, when a favoring al.
mosplefe co0peratcs. for diphthefis
N4euner. 90 entering a room, you
pfreeae an unpleasant air. Il may be
AHA, scalied closeup whenever you
cutter house and the air Is not sweet
aai ifesai whenever, on coming out OF
house you are struck with the sweet.
brs aai freshness u The air as distiu.
sulshablo FROM mere difference Of TEN.
Feratage you may he sure that IN that
house shere arc the conditions which
ai@it q diphtheria. nay causing diph.
iberia and helping 70 make i epidemic.
Ncry many persons think that on a
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