The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-24

diseases, Al the cholsrs. you
must run swsy from them. II q keep
out of the cir that has bssn mixed With shs
cholera. esRna you will keep free
Of the disease. Yellow fever
no :ams. osly yellow fever
breeds in cas.s lecalisy--it 10 native
eh.n a lnmigr.ns, aud II becomes
bryo. Dsstrnction Of nth. putrefsotion,
dsosying vegetation In IT. haunts effect
ually banishss the miserable afiiotion.
10 another disease 10 run from.
Regardless Of pufing and Dragging BY wise
asrss Of Ne medical profession, none Of
ease. when In its midst. destroy IL arr-
ssTy % far % u Il manifest, and you will
thus ~ lsAst sugasst its keeping hands Of.
But ] repeat: Ran away from u. This may
be sspsstsd il face Of y long list Of dis
sases. In al epidemic diseases guard Your
own Asslth, keep II up TO it, highest pitch.
isnoes-publie oonvsysnoss. Shut down its
hotels or lodging places. shut off ali food
and supplies and starve IL out. Quarantine
and towns. isolate all cases. dis.
infect materials. destroy al alth and dead
matter. In infectious diseases. keep your
own atmosphere free from disseminated
ana By disinfsctants. and you need NOT
play the coward act OF running.
In the groat buR-beaY of present sJourQes.
consumption, II 10 interesting 10 know
what part tho atmosphere can play in pro-
ducinR the disease. Nowadays the mi
cfobs reigns and q must nos dispute nor
doubt; he 10 an old fossil who dares to. So
many Of the conditions Of the misrobe sol
snos are proven facts that the present stu
must not hesitate to preaoh 4 score Of
arrangements from its ravages upon the
imaginary inhabitants Of Mars and the
moon! In consumption there IL ono fact
like this: In possibly all advanced GASES il
more. In every wound Of the body, II OK
posed TO the blue-bottle fly, W. will ind its
~ the other. Every oonsumptive is OK
posed to every evil that exists in the air he
breathss. There is no way in the world to
prove that tho bacillus finds its way into
the lung and makes the disease. moi to
prove the disease first 10 created in tho lung,
then tho bacillus. which il a migrating rep.
rebate. a tramp makes it it's homo and
breeding place. From years of experience I
have the frst case OF consumption yet TO
find which originates just az might appear
from one breathing the bacillus that has
escaped from his neighbor OF patient. Al
most every case 10 one OF heIedity, in which
ancestor has transmitted the disease.
However, the decree 10, We must not sleep
with q consuniptive, nor near him, nor
breathe his atmosphere. or course the air
may be full of the little brats, the bacilli,
let them alone; waste nc ammunition
the insignificant little pest, only keep
your own internal apparatus in repair. and
should MI. Bacillus presume to visit your
lung cells, he will take his own departure
finding no pasture nor Matching
place. 1t %perchance no gets . foot
hold, then you can put the air to use in
BUSTING him; yon can load it with medicines
OF all sorts. and thus compel it to work
wondrous good. 1nhalations of steam and
spray. and infused air, are artillery of war,
in this impending dissase. We shall not
war against the air we breathe, but use il as
powder and shot against the invading foe.
This 10 mol orthodox teaching the present
day, but cranks must needs be heard in SOL
sntiic opinions 10 we'll as tho recognized
professor.
In connection with hot air and cold comes
the problem of heating houses; and it is q
very amusing subject. looking at the many
virtues of each system as vouchad for by
our miscellaneous race. The original sys-
tenn Of heating, which fortunately has NOS
been handed down to us. vet comes down
with the aboriginea, and which We can wit
ness any day, the brush fire in the middle
OF the teepes. has crarks ready to puff tho
smoky, hazy atmosphere of these habita-
tions Of the children of the wild woods as
being the most simple. most natural, there-
fore the most hsalthful to tho human
economy. We'll, it has its points; it serves
a purposs-the volumes of confined smoke,
In driving olt the tents the miserable ours.
and their COLONY of fees; and in smoking
so as to preserve from puttefaction the filth
that accumulstes. But on the other hand,
this camp fire-its heat and smoke through
ages 10 responsible for the physical COM
plsxion which I doubt if the wild maiden
OF the forest or the great warrior of tbs
nj n in n oytnAV NN-~t. sSkkS,,, .o,.- kl@-n--
ire facinR the blaze and heat gives the skin
not only q ruddy shadow, but after Rensr-
alton to generation indelibly implants il
there; while the smoke mixed a. part and
parcel of the situation. tempsrs THE rudy
Brightness and tones 1t down to the sombrs
copper color which distinguishes the race.
What it does for the lungs and blood and
discuss. but certainly II must counterfeit j n
much part the long life which the Indian
existence in other particulars tends to.
The old fro hearth, now the fancy CRATES,
Is certainly a grest improvement on camp
fires; aud to-day We hear them landed rs
the only safe and absolute means of heating.
Now, / doubt all this; in fact I see as much
aDsurdity In the IRE place system az in any
other system of heating. Certainly the fire
place is q good ventilator; it sweeps a room
clean of foul air, and therein is good, but q
sad experience has placed upon them my
seal of severe condemnation, for actual
utility. The old wood stove is a commend
able heating apparatus, only il Ia in a way
responsible for q degree of profanity in tho
small boy and servant, splinterina their
hands with the wood. Bu. the frequent
brisk fires mako quite sufficient ventilating
drafts to subserve for all deEands Of health.
The coal stoves in common use have little
to commend them in the matter Of health.
In the use of bituminous coal one is oon-
t~inually annoyed by the escape of sulphur,
and Of carbon, which In many senses are
o~bjsotionable; and Of esrbonio oxide or
carbonis acid gas, which are extremely
poisonous; even deadly gases escape through
the porous substance OF common cast iron
during every day combustion. How
ever. the daily 1ushinRs of q room by the
life therein keeps, with the draft OF the
Pipe, . very good healthy air, and We all
live and keep No our appstites around the
coal stove as around the old family fire
place. They are serious, however, for heat
ing bedrooms and other close, quiet places.
Tho hot air furnaces come in for q great
share Of abuses, especially from makers of
later date appliances. Its pros and cons
are about as favorable as any method l
know. or course. where u hot air fu mace
10 fed from the cellar you may be fed upon
the spores of deoaying turnips and the mi
crobes of put fled picked pork and co n
beef. and the fumes of sourkrout, but the
proper air for such fuI mace ia that from the
outside. Ons special objection to hot air
IL the probability of peraons get
ting over the register and inhaling air much
not, before it is diffused about the
room. Generally, however. it il a good,
plan of heating as we can ADOPT.
Steam 10 open to tho objection of not eci.
or rather automatically, adapt
ing itself to the demands of the physical