Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-30
EvER.rREsEST DANCERS.

EYER.PRESENr DANGERS.
Under the caption Of "rhlngs 10 be
Avoided" the San Francisco Chronicle
has thoughtful article which might
be read with profit by numbers Of
people In "a great many places. IL
being shown that science has traced
most Of the diseases that flesh il heir
TO TO tho invisible but industrious
microbes that iniest the air and water,
that wiggle unseen In the dust and
flourish in most liquids but chiefly in
milk aud beer, humanity is thereby
tfll cited with nameless terror and
does not know where to look for protec-
ton from It. Asto milk aud water, a
limited number Of persons who are
their own masters can take certain
precautions, but the vast majority Rre
at tbs mercy Of thnso who serve them,
or who In one way or another provide
for their entertainment. Then the
average man Ia notoriously careless
aud improvident being. II he is
menaced by mad dog or
swiftly approaching railroad train
he gets out Of the way II he is
able; but let death insidiously approach
MIN In the food he Ia about 10 eat or
the beverage he IL about 10 imbibe,
though no IL aware Of tile danger he l.
unwilling to take the slightest trouble
necessary to avoid II.
We are shown that science, prefer
naturally active In this age Of splendid
achievements, is continually finding
out some new peril without In every
case being able TO determine It's nature
or attribute It directly to the terrible
microbes. Fish, sailed or preserved In
oil, are said to distill poison whose
nature, In spite OF earnest invostiga-
ton, remains unknown. A certain
quantity Of this is found at the bottom
Of every box Of sardines and increases
with age. The Russian government
offered several years ago large
premium iVi Aho hisNoNtA9 VI Ahh
poison. Goldfish are also said 10 con.
tain a poison called rouge, which is
very difficult to detect when the fish
is dried; ami these, we Rre to conclude,
are some OF the things to which the
heading has reference.
Regarding the cholera microbes, It Is
declared that they are not dangerous
unless taken into the stomach with the
food or drink; hence the need OF dis
tilling or boiling the water used TO
quench thirst, or boiling milk that has
been exposed To the air. Unless the
most sorupulous neatness Ia observed
these germs may adhere to the food
and be taken In with 1t or TO the hands
and 30 DO passed into the mouth. Chill
dron should not suck their thumbs, nor
should adults put their lngets In the
mouth TIL these members have fret
been dipped In bOrsclc acid. The nails
should invariably be kept clean, for
when ia mourning they are pro-
nouncel the most luxurious abiding
place OF our microscopic enemies.
Cows being often tuberoulOut, espeoi-
ally II kept In stables, theii milk
transmits the seeds OF consumption
and should always be taken by child
rem or ADULTS with the precautions
indicated. Standing water or that Of
cisterns or neglected wells transmits
not only tbs germs OF cholera, but
typhus or typhoid fevers. Proofs OF
this are said TO be Of daily occurrence,
one being cited from certain country
district In Kentucky, not far from
Cincinnati, usually very healthy, but
which was literally devastated by the
cholera In 1852, cistern water being the
cause OF II us was afterwards deter.
mined.
We then come 10 a cause Of disease
that requires more delicate treatment
the kiss. This Ia not only trans
mitter OF disease but the medium OF a
great deal Of other mischief AS has
been shown In these columns anu
elsewhere many times. There Is one
particularly notable case on record IN
England, that of tue Princess Beatrice
who died Of a throat disease caugb' by
this means from ons OF her chiliren.
Tue case Of a Paris doctor, not precise.
ly the same, has been recently ie.
ported. In this instance ylrr lent
throat trouble rendered traoheotomy
necessary, and, AS the patient was in
danger OF slraugulation, the
physician applied his mouth TO
the throat and Withdrew the purulont
matter. II was inevitable that he
should catch the disorder, but for.
tunately he escaped death. The Kiss,
il may be said, not Gully transmits the
microbes that cause throat troubles hut
those which inhabit the mouth, and the