The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-01-21
SANITARY CODE OF MOSES.

Extract Tron Lecture by DIR. j. II. Ksl-
logg. Of the Rattle Creek saaitarlu...
We sometimes hear about tho mis-.
takes Of Noses" but no ono has ever
shown that Moses made any mistakes
in his sanitary code. It has been 70.
copied a. correct from his time to ours,
and NO very important improvements
have beon made on it. It is now better
understood than it was half q century
ago, even. Tho wisdom Of tho princi.
plea laid down is simply marvellous; no
law-giver ever formulated . code of
health 80 far-seeing and 80 correct It
was the first employment of the quar-
antine. The reason therefor was doubt
less not understood then, nor was it q
hundred years ago, or even twenty
years ago. We now know that leprosy
is germ disease. You will remember
the good Catholic Father Damien, who
labored in leprous colony on one of
the islands of the Pacific He took
great pains to protect himself from in.
lection, and mingled with the lepers for
many years without contracting the
disease; but by and by, happening to
have little erosion on a bald spot on
his scalp, a fly which had just visited a
leper perched on this spot and infected
it with the dread disease. The fly is a
dangerous scavenger. and should be
kept out of our houses.
In the time of Moses, if house was
infected, it was treated in the most
radical manner. When an outbreak of
'leprosy appeared on the wall, the peo-
pie had to move out, the plaster
ing was torn off. the house was
shut up and the rubbish all taken
way. And what was done with the rub
bish? 1t was not put into a neighbor's
back yard nor emptied into the street,
nor hauled off and dumped on a vacant
lot 1t was taken clear out OF the city
SO that it would not affect any other
house. They did not whitewash the in
fected spot over and then move back;
nor did they newly paper the walls as
people treat such houses nowadays
The house was cleansed and shut up.
and, ii after week. the leprosy mold
was found breaking out again, showing
evidence that the leprosy was deep in
walls, then the whole house was Destroy
ed and the bricks were all carried off, By
this means houses were kept FREQ from
mold and germs A house in the con.
dition that germs will readily develop
in it is not fit to live in. Moses did not
understand all about the nature of
germs, but he understood cleanliness
and quarantine and these are the best
possible means of disinfection.-Re.
ported by. Helen L. Manning.
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