The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-03
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Among the .uites waited on mankind
ara contagious diseases, Epidemic iSinow
the more common term fer what was
formerly called G plague Or prsIiIence'
Call it wha! We may, it occasionally con!es
sweeping over tho world, attaching alike
the young aud Old, the rich aud ptor' tie
strong and weak
However these spreading diseGses may
Ia IL llusEced Ia their couiIc, modified in
theit severity, or checked by preventive
measures, they must have their origin IN
some organic poison. Wa eau readily see
the reason Why d nan should tink and
disurder tho rAuer CO Of como powerful
poison like that InttillCd into his System
by ven omOus LerT eat, orsome tubslalce
he has swallowed, hut The origin crInsldl'
ou3 approach Of . 'oL.tgIcus diEerEe ID
harder to uEderstFLd'
TIE gem theo,y Is the Ecslos! Se Ieem
TO have approached to the solution, but IT
ia still not sGtsIscloiy, and the homer
awaits some enrnest student Of Nature and
her myatOiiouS workings to ditcoyer ano
proys the exact Why and WHEREFORE
Most common among tho diGesses in
question arc cholera, smallpox, yellow
fever, diphlhclia, typhoid fever, sGarlst
fever and measles Each ditcnso hss its
own peculiar poison. The cholera germ
nsysr p,oluces fnallptx; nor docs mta-
sle, ever follow exposure TO the tc"rlet
fever poison.
Tao starting point Of cholera is always
found to no in come -tlickly populated,
filthy corner CT the world, with tho wort
possible hysleuic surroundings. The DE-
yssLu.ing coulgo Of cholera can DO modI-
fed, n not eutirtIy checked, Ivy GtIiCt
SANITATION and caIe'ul cleanliness in all
our euuuudirg1, ard at Il came tine a
Gtrict adherence 10 tho common sente
rules o! health in ctliIr, blinking and
nlceplpg. There rrecaui,oDp, with u we'll
directed quarantine, have undoubtedly
protected cur country, TO far, from the
last acou'ye OF cholera that r1gad 80 fear
ialy end fatally in Europe.
Smallpox has always been Tho most
loashsomo and most dreaded Of all diseaaeR,
though it is by 10 means the mCst fatal.
Its origin and spread are duo 10 q pecnl'
lar poison, concerning which not much is
known. This poison let&ius its y!rulence
for long tine and may be carried in
clothing as well co in the air. An cpl
denic Of this disease doCD not depend on
any condition Of soil or climate, II comes
in any climate, at any time Of yeOr, and
in every country. TIE grand protection
from a tcourgo ctGmalI.pox 10 general and
systcmsllc vaccination, When a COM
muuity reIus.s this boon it may expect
what It deserves, the fad experience that
Montreal paced Though rot long ago.
The great OF lection 10 vaccination is re.
moved by securing pure lymph from
healthy hCiIer0 that have b,en iuoculated
with COW ro1; several Establishments for
this purposo are nov in successful opera
ton in this country under tho manage.
ment Of competent medical men,
Yellow fever occurs only in countries
south Il fohy.Cight drEocs north lati.
tude ard havinga mCpn temperature Of
not less than 100. Tho poison il fsyorcd
by tho came bad conditions OF eoil dtair-
ago, and hygiene that help ts foster nearly
all other diperses. Typhoid fever, as It
is now accepted with almost almost abso.
Lutte certainty, comes from an impure
water supply. Dipbthcra, tcsrlet fever,
and measles, the fearful foes OF childhood,
and the cause Of 20 many cad r,quols in
those they do no! kill, are sill dread mys.
terieu in their origin aud course
1t Is in the field OF contagious
disease that preventive medicine, in the
shape Of thorough sanitation ard intelli-
gent hygiene, will plcyO blesairg to
mankind Tho community that literally
provides for perfect tyslCm CT drGinsge,
quick and complete combustion Of re-
fuse and garbage, a pure supply Of water,
and competent and Intelligent superyis.
ion Of itB hygienic surroundings, that
community has little to fear from cpl
demic.