Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-17

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d,stmi,al.c-. N the s.,u!;ar, cuAdI-
ION Of the country /, la,. n.sInnln"
to SHOW NOV. Unsteady some vi the
most common LAWS oi De.l;h are VIC
lated. Eminent hvsic.aLs, WhO.e
renu,uuons are III s,;.ke, ;.ic 2r,ati,
troubled III regard 70 this matter,
and the city authorities are fairly
APPALLED, when r,uulle4i TO audit the
enormous bills contracted solely on
account OF dereliction III duty aid
neslec: OF the simplest details
of its administration. The fact Is
becoming clearly evident that the
luxury of the rich and the squalor OF
the poor are dangerous extremes to
exist Ill the crowded city. The tx
cesses OF the one and tie neglect OF
proper means OF health by the Other
are prolific causes OF disease which
become epidemic under the peculiar
conditions which favor them. The
question IS, How can we lessen the
evil, if we cannot Danish 1t! Ihe
answer is Simply, Keep Clean. AS
live individuals, 50 live comm niles
and nations. A few untidy house,
holds will make sloven'y town,
while the moral and social Standing
of the whole country cannot rise
higher than the character of the peo-
pie who compose il.
Chemical analysis and microscp-
ical re: earch have pretty thoroughly
established the theory that ali epl.
demlc diseases, as we'll as those of
the more contagious sort, have then
respective and peculiar germs O,
seeds. These seeds though some
times enthusiastically small, are actu.
allv planted. take root. sprout and
grow as truly as a grain of wheat
goes through similar tranformations.
Miasmatic particles, charged with
the elixir of death. are constantly
arising from damp accumuiations oil
filth. In truth, the two conflicting
processes of life and death are eve,
going on side by side. Every parti.
Gle of matter in nature. which is no,
in some way. DEMONSTRATING, is death
producins. The sooner this founda
ton principle is made known ant
thoroughly understood by every in
telligent human being, the sooner
will the world become a physically
healthful world. So important 6
question is this. that our Govern
ment has seen fit TO turn attention tt
it. Since the terrible ravages of The
yellow fever. it has been suggested
that all mail matter received in thi.
country from remote plague strcikel
countries should he nassed through
a disipfecting process before it is dis
tributed at the general receiving Off
ces or sent into the interior. Mr.
Taylor microscopic of the Depart
mept of Agriculture at Washington
has made some very elaborate inves
LEGATIONS relative to the disinfectin:
properties of the prominent essentia
oils. The result of his labors hav
epabled lin to compile system @
simple and practical rules which
followed publicly and privately, vii
do much towards driving from on
land many of The loathsome disease
which now so largely prevail.
In til. meantime and until tb
world is given a scientific exposition
of the cause of specific diseases ant
their mode of prevention Or cure
let US remember a few axioms whicl
lie at the foundation of the subject
The oxygen which is received int
the lungs from the atmosphere, com
municates the red, or vital, color t.
the blood, and is the principal agen