Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-24
Gcrpls,

Tho following are abstracts from q
paper by A. Arnold Clark, Lansing,
Mich, as reported in the SANITARY
NeaDs..
"Thc germs of cholera and ty-
phoid fever enter the body through
the water we drink and seek the in
tcstinal tract. 1t is probable that
typhoid fever cannot be communica-
ted through the air which We breathe
unless the germs in some way find
their way into the stomach.
"Typhoid fever is not always
spread by the drinking water. There
was Il severe outbreak of the disease
at tho State prison in 1888. The
State board of health went to inves-
tigatc. A bottle was exposed over
the entrance to the sewer, and DR..
Vaughn aftcrward found the germs
of typhoid fever in the sewer air col
lccted in this bottle. DR.. Baker
also carried away some germs, but
his were collected in his mouth and
as a result he had typhoid fever,
though he did not eat or drink at the
prison, 1t is probable, however,
that the germs in some way found
their way into his stomach. Tho
germs of diphthcria, scarlet fever,
and consumption, on the other hand,
enter the body through the air which
we breathe, the germs of diphthcria
finding favoritc soil in the mcm-
! zane of the throat, the germs of
consumption in the lungs.
"rhcsc little rod-shapcd germs
which cause typhoid fever have been
found in the water by typhoid pa
ticnts. These germs have been
made to grow in beef broth, and in
oculatcd in dogs, regular run of
typhoid fever has been produced the
same rs in man. The other little
rod d-shapcd germs which cause con-
sumption have been found in the
sputa from conslmptivc PATIENTS
yes, on the walls of rooms inhabited
by consumptivc patients; these
germs have been sprayed into the
air, dogs have been placed in the in
haling rooms and compelled to breathe
these germs and they have afterward
died of consumption.
''In other diseases animals have
not been inoculatcd with the germ,
indeed the germ has not been isoa-
ted with certainty, and yet we know
that these diseases are caused by
living germ which multiplies and re-
produces after it's own kind.
"Two or three years ago a pullman
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car conductor came in contact with
the germs of smallpox in his car
near Chicago--passcd through on
the Grand Trunk to Montrcal-and
was taken sick with the disease.
No pains were taken to kill the
germs, the ignorant Inhabitants re-
fused to vaccinato declaring it a
wicked attempt to thwart the will Of
the Almighty and in a few months
over 5000 people in Montreal died
of smallpox as a result of the one
case.
"It was carried to different parts
of the United States; Michigan, the
most exposed Of any State, escaped,
because Michigan had at her great
ports inspectors of travel who vacci-
mated all who came through, and
disinfcctcd all clothing, thus killing
the germs.
"Evcry day in the week there arc
eases Of diphthcria and scarlet fever
in this State where the germs have
been carried in the hair or clothing,
where they have been carried long
distances by letter, where they have
fingered in the bedding or carpet, or
have been hiding for years in the
rubbish of the garrct, as vigorous
and vicious to-day rs when they first
"manatcd from the body of the in
fcctcd person"
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