Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
CONCERNING CHOLERA.
The Disease i'm 1873 Rroke
Out in the Far West and
May Again.
Dcn't Eat Raw, Uncooked
Articles of Any Kind,
Don't Drink Milk.

The excitementin Europe over the
existence of cholera has been the sub
ject of comment not only in the
west by the physicians but by the
citizens. Physicians seem TO agree
with the idea that the board of health
should take every precaution neces-
sary TO prevent the existence of the
disease.
An old physician at Sioux Falls
says: my recollection Of the
epidemic in 1873 was that the disease
broke out in the western states first.
having been brought to Minnesota by
the baggage of emigrants landed
there. Yankton had a case or two.
The trend of emigration is westward
and the minute a foreigner is landed
he directs his footsteps to the far
west, where he has friends or
relatives"
The following precautions have
Deen issued by the New York board
of health, and notwith-
Standing it is claimed that cholera
and cold weather do net exist
together, these precautions may be
valuable:
Healthy persons ''catch"a cholera
by taking into their systems through
the mouth, as in their food or drink.
or from their hands, knives, forks
plates, tumblers, clothing, etc. the
germs Of the disease, which are
always present in the discharges
from the stomach and bowels of
those sick with cholera.
Thorough cooking destroys the
cholera germs: therefore,
Don't eat raw, unlocked articles
OF any kind, not even milk.
Don't eat OF drink to excess. Use
plain, wholesome; digestible food. as
indigestion and diarrhea favor an
attack of cholera.
Don't drink unboiled water.
Don't eat or drink articles unless
they have been thoroughly and
recently looked or boiled. and the
more recent and hotter they are, the
safer.
Eon't employ utensils in eating or
drinking unless they have recently
been put in boiling water, the more
recent the safer.
Don't eat or handle food or drink
with unwasheG hands, or receive it
from the unwashed hands of others.
Don't use the hands for any
purpose when soiled with cholera
discharges; thoroughly cleanse them
at once.
Personal cleanliness, and cleanliness
of the living and sleeping rooms and
their contents, and thorough ventila-
ton should be rigidly enforced
Foul water closets, sinks, croton
faucets, cellars, etc., should be
avoided, and when present should be
referred to the health board at once
and be remedied.
The successful treatment and the
prevention Of the spread of this
disease demand that its earliest
manifestations be PROMPTLY
recognized and treated; therefore:
Don't doctor yourself for bowel
complaint, but go to bed and send
for the nearest physician at once.
to a ~dispensary or hospital; send to
the health department: send to the
nearest police station for medical
aid.
Don't wait, but send at once. If
taken HIN the street seek the
nearest drug stor5y- Sispensary,
hospital or police station and demand
prompt medical attention.
Don't permit vomit or diarrhoeal
discharges to come in contact with
food, drink or clothing. These dis
charges should be received in proper
vessels and be kept covered until
removed under competent directions.
Pour boiling water on them, put a
strong solution of carbolic acid In
them mot less than one part of acid
to twenty Of hot soapsuds or water.
Don't wear, handle or use any
articles of clothing or furniture that
are soiied with cholera discharges.
Pour boiling water on them or put
them into it, and scrub them with the
carbolic acid solution mentioned
above, and promptly request the
health board to remove them.
Don't be frightened, bus do be
cautious and avoid excuses and
unnecessary exposures of every kind