, 1882-12-02
DiDhtheria Literature.

By phy,ician We haze hsen asked to
pnbnsh the appended
VIM. 0gle: OhservatIGrs on OuthreaEs
of DiphtheIla in Rural DISTRICTS - Gror-e's
Hospital reports vol lX., ?. 7Ul, ISIS }
The dissemination OF dIfhthrIis at iun, T-,is
lBoston Medical and Snr5Irai Journal, Octo-
Ter, 1876 TGe following are the results O..
O1I=- study ap-opos q the coatasi0n oi
diphtherIa: l. lne most att-i'l;trd u icrDs
0! dlrItheria and those when have the most
b-nIgn appearances may, % tier coi.tagi"n,
he the pO!nt O! departure q! the most severe
cases In other suhjects- , he pIbae
schools are tae most powerful IHstrument'!-
tiles III tie dIsse:niaatr,'I, OF GIPht"trI2,
proving the 'f.y-r OF ccnttg:sE ~ the seven
ruiiemlcs which he studl,d. The N 'tefivs
III prbi seems 10 cling Tor indefinite Per,D is to
habitatiOns IN school EIgs-s TIA. had Deen
clusea tor months II CO.'S qu' nee Ui an eiI-
den ic 0f dIphtheIIa y hIch prevailed among
the scholars, lie has known tae DIS a-e u
hIeIk cut again "a so"u a. tGs aui&Ing Was
reoprned and tH,' Children retained l. tn,r
pll:ts Chgrches and places o. worship BE-
,me similarly t"cU-es OF cuntIllrn, aDd re-
maIn 30 tor md sHHIre p,ricds. III con-
t1gious Iriuc!p!e aGncrrs to: long tame to
the clothing a. persons ct tLose gho have
,ncr brrn Infected and WhO have recovered.
ChIidIel VITO have tad tne tI-e2ss have
ben Is.latei for SIX weeks. and even ten
u erks, aEI have given the disease to their
companions whcu they hive -aa" back 10
sctOrl. ;. The ordinary peri a Ut mcghd-
tinn Is from one to six days (elevru DAYS IN
a single easel. 4 Oae attack does not give
.ny immunity from successive attacA-- .e-
low tw-nIy years Oi age the CGaTCrS Ci n
tsgirn are tity pr cut; above tw'niy.
fourteen pr cent take tire disease Little
glrls are more su-oe tI.l- = rhe C'Ht ~
than bo,s (:or'y-ei-hr per cent. f"r gals,
twrnty-eIshr i-ef cent. for hoysi- B.,"e-n
he agrs uf thr,e and twelve The suSc' pm
bilIty 10 the disease Is tn great - ine
c0rp-es Oi individuals y no avr siIrd - ulIh-
rhrria have been krUwn - commEui a.. the
iis, a.: from In- T-P0rl ii the A.jI-a! =
{ ery OF SIfI...k county jB'>top Ne.iIcsl a /
>ursIcL J J.untl, Octub r. 1870 II would
apyelr ,ba: funerals may b. suurces Il Coli
;,-iOn.
la finishing. allow me. il a fcE WoTis. I"
Nm up the trs.tnent of aitsath r.. Won
III 80 ulNA u A'-A IA N''Na'
this Is NOT 4lwa.s easy. u-e'i I here
recall 10 yruf mi"a- the SYMPTOMS "' dIFh-
;heria. hu: sh-se y,u vl o. Ike ' :" l
lstray SIN DIST .aL-biag tn s.rn,.i- s''-'-
rlS when are Attended u th a pu iacr'rs
deposit firm dP=tr-uet'c au-Iur. iga
Snp.. IN Ia, tu.t tuya,i alirIs i II tlie-
b., c,nsr oI development Of creamy yas"tS
IN thu ;ors'l,. and tn Gilruu,Is : often ~
trrm.ly GIhica.t. Yru mast vi. teIO {
l.rnnouaeiEg definitely q, ne-rsHpS ;h- na'u-e
| Of the disease Till the n,aiGh oi the at',c .on
! has enlightened Yea.
When ycC have ca q: lIrh-he'Is t.
,Ie,I with. you shol ! commerce by lsoi''-
! ing the patient. then you sn0III cl-@r tie
rhFOlt Oi false memhEaa-s. III ther b. -
gwen intrra,.l., whether ~ I~I.ht.or, o.
| i IL. water or lacfic scii you should '''utl
I In. back e the tL-o.t vi ia so.U.so1s- q
ehloratz oi 70 ash or Percnlonde Il lrnn, Ve'y
r!la.e.