Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-04
FoHt WEEKLY,
naILY AND WEEKLY,

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Tnss diphtharia and scarlet fever are
sinssstioas aH smalipox and measles
s.us 10 bs bsE illy somprehandsd By
A. nsiosssy Of people Who ars brought
d souzs@ with thsse terrible msladiss.
Hos aush Of this Ign rance should be
asdbntsd 10 It's failure OF physiaiaus
= Do thsir dqiJ, snd how Eash 70 heed
lsspeas and Stupidity on the part of
uspy people, y 10 not necessary 10 dis
s.m. Bat, a. d few Gases Of dipht IBERIA
hsys sccarred N seattle, 10 viii mot be
saisa % sIpphtsiEe with marked force
a sxtnlue infseiiousness, and that Der.
sas vho set ~ nurses Of patients are
heun6 bf q seRte OF common duty 70 the
ppblis 10 sithhsld themselves sbsolutsly
hos oil glaees Of public resort, aach az
eezrchss, street. ears, shops asd the
ksuses Of their friends, until such tsme
4 tksy ean do NO with safety. IL 10 q
sunou falianS With many persons to
npvase thai IL they change fhsif aIoth-
II aftsr leaving the siek.roouEi, they
ksss fssed themselves from the danger
4 infsetina othera. when it IL well
hnosn By the iHosf experisncsd physi-
tisns that the haiF and beard are sinRu-
hfly effective vehicles for transmitting
Ias esrms OF infesstops diseases. Scrae
t1ttorilies claim that the germs of
&cbtbsris aud scarlet fever retain their
hfkhty from thirty 10 forty days, and
~ esly sondetsn all fabrics that have
kssp h5ased IN the eies- room. hat also
y bcoks and papers. The ienoranse
~ eafsless ness, and even criminal vii.
hlnsss. Of the majority OF people are
y great that til various Eastern cities,
sesfe Nc pestilinoe 10 more 10 be dread
kthan diphtbeTia and scaIl let fever, the
kasds Of Health plseard every infected
A~s.s snA ssanipa ti.ss thA s1nessi. -
yisims be private. Very few towns can
iford 10 be without suoh IN ordinance,
- tps sliy ypss waits ior 40 epidemic
" pals ono is vsfy IKE the man who
ilpked his static door after ths borse
sas steien.
A pernicious habit with many pefaoas
b that Of paysnR visits 20 persens I'll
sith infectious diseases and then sally
|crsh 20 make ilails, and some even 90
b faf as 10 80 irom the bedside Gf she
Iisk 20 tbs p1hlie school, 10 ths church
'r Tie Sunday school. Such oendpot on
he part Of an knsellhgent person 10 scrim-
nal, and, ON The part OF an ignorant
ne. hiehly esll,abisl IL person's ser
'iess are reauiied IN nursing, II In Quite
mother thing, aud 10 yeQuiyrs 10 most
Rsss Q high degree Of deyotioz and
'ouSage, and always a mest cornmenda-
ale spirit, for iins 10 volunteer 10 such
mxviee, which 10 often s0rely needed;
pooled II the greatest care and discre-
NON are not eteycised By the mares in
BE o. her relations with other people
turing the period Of intsroourse with
he siak. Beliat In ones swn humanity
HON infections ID unquestionsbly o
Etfona safeguard, sus ID reflects ne
nfssy whatever upon Others TO whom
Ne tnfeetion Eaay he conveyed. How
essf much or little the Sovereign Of the
u1isefse has - do with ths health or
aRhealth Of AMMAN beings. II 10 an IN
quessioned fact that "ths gods tshe
sAre Of them who take The beet care Of
Iesmselysa.r : ~ gsll as 70 help Ihsm sho
kelp themst lveiL
4 ease Of dirhtheEia OF scarlet fever
zasans m mu0k as o case Of cholera or
3silov fever, and their deploFAble raw
aess are greatly dnH 20 thA earelsaanesa
s$d ineiterenis of people b regard 70
han, btesnss they are diseases that are
- longer unciimnssn. 30 much doth
ihnilisrity bretd eonssmpt. Bot 10 any
tssnt, 10 70 not the part Of wisdom and
q oemmon sallss (eh, virtue naoet pre-
tso1s and rare9 20 err on the AIDE Of
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