The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-29
PREVENTION OF PHTHISIS.
Neglect OF Small Precautions
Causes It's Spread

NeRlSCC or small Precautions
Causes lis Spread.
Professor Tyndall has paper on
1.-The origin, propagation, and preven-
ton OF phthisis," in the Fortnightly.
He shows conclusively the prevent
ability of the fell disease, consumption
and how neglect of simple precau-
ton causes it to spread. He quotes
from DR.. COrnet the following sum-
mary on the subject. 1t is universally
recognized that tuberculosis is caused
by tubercle bacili, which reach the
lungs through the inhalation OF air
in ~hich the bacilli are ditfused. They
"Ime almost exclusively from the dried
5putum 0fcOnsumptlVe persons. The
moist sputum, as also the expired
breath of the COnsumDtive patient. is
for this mode OF infection, without
danger. 1t we can prevent the drying
OF the expectOratcd matter, we pre-
vent in the same degree the possibility
of injection. 1t is not, however, sui
tlclent to place a spittOOn at the dis
pOsal of the patient. The strictest
surveillance must Deexercised by both
physicians and attendants to enforce
the proper use Of the spittoon, and to
prevent the reckless disposal OF the
infective phIegm. Splitting on the floor
or in pocket handkerchietsi is The main
| source of peril. TOthis must be added
| the soiImg of the bed clothes and the
Wlplng Of the patients mouth. The
handkerchief used for this purpose
must be handled with care, and boiled
without delay. Various other sources
of danger, kissing among them, will
occur to the physician. a phthisical
mother, by kissing her healthy child,
may seal it's doom. Notices Impress
ing on the patients the danger OF not
attending to the precautIOnsI laid down
i'll the hospital ought to be posted up
in every sick room, while all wilful
infringement of the rules ought to be
sternly punished Thus may the ter
ribly mortality of hospital nurses be
diminished, if not abolished; the wards
where they are occupied beingrendered
as salubrious as those surgical wards
in Which no bacilli could be1Ound.
Not to Be Endured.
If the federal government desire, to stamp
ont the lottery evil. there Will be little Op-
position on the part of the people and TN"
| press, but if it gives irrc> pOu-iblr under
lngs the power to stamp out the press
| when it exercise, its right to discuss the
! law, the result will be not only Opposition.
but indignation and trouble all along the
| line.
Just now the papers are having good
deal to say about the arrest Of a Wisconsin
editor because he published aclipping from
an exchange questioning the validity Ofthc
anti-lOttery law. If the arrest was made tor
nothing more than this then it is putting
it mildly to say that our government ha-
become Russianizcd, 50 far a. its treatment
Of the press is concerted.
This policy will not work. IflOttcrieS
cannot be destroyed without also Destroy
| ing the freedom Of the press, the people
| will be in favor of letting the IUttcre,
alone. We cannot afford to yield our
right to speak and publish fair criticisms
of public measures II we yield the right III
one instance, we may expect to I've forced
to keep silence Whenever it suits the
government to demand it.
Fortunately It Is no easy matter to bull
dOZe the newspapers OF America. The
menace fine and imprisonment will in
timidate very few No matter what federal
officials may hold, the newspaper men Of
the country will not change their cuMyiV-
ton that an honest criticism or discussion
of the provisions contained III the unti-lut-
terry law cannot with any show OF justice
be held to be a violation of that law II
they are mistaken in this belief then the
law will have t. he repealed or modified.
In this republic the government cannot
array itself against the press and have thc
support of the peOple.-AtIanta (Ga.) Con-
StltutlOu.
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