Telegram-herald., 1890-07-03

Hos te Dssposs ~ raesn tor asaaAnis,ss
SAtsts.

To the Edifor u the 1Eiss kA--hsaAln.
lew days ago ! had tae pleasure Of
attending a sanitary science CONVEX
non. where some of the masi teleaged
men il Tie state Of highigsa we're per
mtled to speak and give theg y4ews
upon the drainage system. Among The
speakers weIe several doctors, Who
were allowed 70 speak and elaborate
upon the germ theory 0f dis Asses. Ia
was claimed that the germs . typhus
fever, typhold fever ana consumption
we're not carried ia the AZ from the
breath OF sneh patients, but from tne
sputa and eyaeuaUons Oi tAe bo1y, aud
tnat by their uhlli2gon INTO wells
where the s.ops had been throEa upon
the ground. Mater may be drauk and
typhus OF tspaoid lever ~ contracted,
or mat the spusa ol q consamptlye
NAV dry upon the floor OF graand, be
crumbled % dust under the leel and tee
carried into the ar by drafts 0i wind
aud thgn inhaled INTO the lungs OF
healthy persons and prodece coasump-
ton.
Their idea was 10 have a system of
sewerage whereby all these Microbes
might be carried INTO some river,
and making L a crime I0r any one 10
pour any of the fesol matter or sput e
TO be emptied upon the ground ln any
form.
This theory was made so feasible u
the public that many who listened TO
the talented aud educated gentlemen
bowed their heads IN consent. Also
they argued that n person had no right
10 expose the health OF has nelgnbor 10y
d, posting such germs where they
would IN any way pat his lie IN danger
of any mcroblc disease.
1t was claimed that 10 prove the
germ theory of disease injections had
been used from the typhoid patients
into dogs and guinea pigs containing
such germs, and that they had slckened
and died OF typhoid fever. lt WAS also
claimed that ducks had been allowed TO
eat Of the sputa OF a consump-
! tive, aud in short time the
ducks had died of consumption. Now,
| | have 10 objections TO the germ theory
of diseases. | have no objections 10
| these talented men finding out how
| the diseases are carried or contracted
to other individuals or carried 10 other
localities and endanger the life OF be-
| ings. But / have many objections TO
| their plan Of getting rid OF these germs.
In the first place they tell you that a
man has no right TO injure his own or
his nelghbors animals by throwing
these diseased germs upon the ground
| where they may be washed into ms
neighbors well, or carried by the winds
into his garden, 10 which / most heart
lily agree. Yet, they say, pour the germs
| into the sewer, which / think Is all
! wrong and what's city has no right TO do.
do not believe that any beautiful river
or stream should receive the filth and
germs of disease from any city, and
| especially the germs of disease. What
| more dangerous way could there be- in
| spreading disease? They admit that
animals contract disease from these
germs, and then pour these germs into
the very waters from which animals
quench their thirst. The fish perhaps
are the first TO drink of these polluted
waters, the horse, the OK. the COW, or
whatever animal happens to come TO
| these river banks, are next to drink the
germs.
Perhaps the mich COW who has been
driven to the yard in the even
ing TO be MIXED may have drank OF
these diseased waters, and every drop
OF milk may contain a typhus germ,
and the little child that is CRYING for IL
supper may be given cup OF nature:
infant food seasoned with a death;
disease. Perhaps the boy of some poor
parent, who has been fishing, bring
home string of nice fish for suppel
filled with these germs from this water
and the boy who has become
thirsty has drank of these poisoned wa
ters while fishing, only waiting till the
morning to be attacked with some
fever.
Thus, l say, it is crime and a sin fol
any city to pour its disease germs into
any stream OF water. These learned
men tell us that boiling the water viii
kill the germs of typhus and typhoid
fever. How in the name of heaven car
we boil the waters of the ocean?
After saying so much, many will de-
sire TO know how | would prevent the
spread of disease more perfectly thar
now it Is claimed that heat VIII de
stroy the germs that produce disease
If so, would have all matter contain
ing disease germs burned up, even t.
the cremation of the corpse. | would
also nave the State Board of Health, ol
our legislators, have such laws passed
making 1t crime for any person a
persons to deposit any feso
matter from diseased persons upor
the ground or IN streams
Such germs as are carried in the ar
like those of diptheria, scarlet fever
etc, should have the strIctest law,
for violation and publication of th'
germs from the air, and. as it has beer
known that where children that have
died of scarlet fever and been burio,
for years, should tue grave be disturbed
or the body removed 10 some othel
resting place, the greatest care must bl
taken, as the germs are still alive II
that mouldering body ard VIII attack
the most healthy child IN maiiguan
form 10 cases of carelessness and eX
posuTe. So / would apply clectri'
fluid strong enough, II possible, e
destroy the germ of all diseases, anc
have the air SO pure, the water an,
food So free from disease germs, tha
! humanity would only depilt tins lif'
from age and a worn out Iaysica
frame. Dr.. ". II. Ross.