New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-22

1t /, germ presenting many pecularitics. 1t be-
lorgs the facutave group OF bacteria and develops
In "A snitab. medium outside the body almost well
| as In the intestinal canal. II will live for months
! In moist medium, but quickly pcrishes when dried
| This Is IN important fact. When infected liquids
are dried In thin layer the sprlllnm loses its
vitality after two hours. In thicker layers and on
threads and cloth 1t lives mnch longer. Hence. as
It is not cxllacd by Tie breath and cannot crcu-
disease Is conveyed by thu air. and is not con
agiolis. There Is. therefore. danger from etters
they have been actually sollcd by chooraic discharges
Even in that he thorough driving they UNDERGO
not carry i've rms deposited upon them from tir
NJ. Cholera IS only contracted by taking the
directly 10 the mouth by the hand unclean dishes
but they more Ire4ncnty enter with conianaina,rd
aiTcctcd BY extreme cod but is Killed by heat
snsltivc TO acids and is dc.troycd by the acid srcrc
lions OF the stomach when they in normal con
Therefore raticnai preventive trcatncnt It- sra'
Of activity is the Intestinal canal. 1t is conveyed
In lnsanccs it has been found in von.lted mat
ter: It Is easy to understand why tho di'ca," pr,
walls among the 'tiy Inmates If The Stceragr. and
rarely attacks III" cienn'y passengers Of the cabin
why nurses and pl 'icians may conc in daily con,
escape inf,cion. They keep the patients scrupu.
lousy clean and Immediately dlsinfcct and remove
boiled they clean cooked food from clean dishes
they c"ansc tn" hands frcpu"niiv and keep Their,
up In the wOrd-cl'anllncSs Improper food alone
can ncy'r cause cholera. but by disturbing digestion
may prdisposr 70 IT. Good general health and per
feet digestion confer immunity to Il very apprechblr
degree.
OTHER DISEASES.
Typhoid fever Is IN infectious but not cona-
o+ou- disease II Is produced by sewer gas or
9th without the addition OF specific bacillus This
and l. cd
and develops freely outside the body in water or AZ"
CONFUSING animal matter. 1t Is extremely tenacious
Of life and has been found alive In lee frozen l"i
three months. Tho disease is sometimes convey"
by ice and Icy milk, but 10y far the most it'ihrn'
source Of Infection /, conamlnat"i water. WIN
proper care Of the patient and dllnfection or III"
excrrta it Is not communicated to others h'p''""'
xposrr 10 the cOnta GUM in snail amounts lnhl''s
a sort OF Immunity that newcomers TO q locahN
are often stricken while the residents escape ''r'
tain Observers strongly Insist upon recent r"sdnre
rs a prcdi, posing cause. This is true to a certain
gree Of ali dmrrhocal diScds"' Inc aiT1huus o'
such disorders to change OF water mas no uV"D',
som" basi, in fact The bn!ng 81 all water uscl 10y
drinking ana cooking Is the most certain preventive
Of Uphold fever The lief that pneumonia l. M
nhvsIciau. now som, 10 be confirmed by the micro
scope. \ germ f. generally accepted as me ''u,"i'
factor. exposIr, to cold with It, resulting HIlhlio,
az me bronchial mucous mrmbILn" brin. rGardr
only 2, p:cii posing cause. Ia" germs "a,"nH
,.,nI from = u',c. rather than from a person. damp
"ro,y,h purin. fhr Construction Of the new Croton
Aqucluct cpicmc # pneumonia broke ont III S''y
lron removal Of the men To other places II cca'i'
bat i"r return 10 III" same hons II r,nPp'al r
to disappear upon their being ngtln removed ne
pneumonia germs wcr" found In larg" numbers III
r. room, 81 these houses Reports are num"rou,
4 similar pericnccS in pri .onN. alnShouS"' ana
other places. Pneumonia most frequently occur
thosr who live much in the honSr ana niue H.
the open air. Prevention consists In the proper dlN
poSal " The oypectoration Of pneumonia paurht,'
The avoidance Of prdSpo,ing can,'s. as rxP'smrr ~
and fUs .tf
There seems strong reason for the belle; that
recently discovered bacillus 1, the cause of epidemic
Influenza. /; f. quiclly de-. troycd hy driving ana j.
o"P +" od 1S That r s,p oo IN aIarg G 'h
Inc, ~ human intercourse. and Is probably Directly
Malaria +, believed to be duo 70 a microorcan,m
r .h .nier, tue body md develops In The rcd eobu"'
# III" blood. rnikc most plhocgnc germs II b"io y
20 she animal kingdom. and T. known a the pas
medium maariac. II occurs in greatest numbers
just h"o, The maaI,a PlroNn ana , 'l n or
The frequency of the paroNy.m corresponds IN ih'
,c, r,,l' some rso gfi ~ "no ay Others Go dav
Tie germ Of malaria Is destroyed and disappears
from The blood afIcr .N jnlico,, do' 81 Gt 8,
several uthor di,ca-r<. Notable among th"~. ar'
cryslpcaS. tc,anus or lookjaw. lcprosy. and tn"
umnmg vonWc children "th,r- ,r. believed ~
analosy TO be- o. bacterial origin; but specific
lire through orr knowledge Of bacteria because tho
pohl m, re les intr'cltc All wound infection and
The formation Of pue l. due TO germ action Hence,
.Ncll. Ion or dc-iructor II germ, m.nrrs rapu ,aI
perfect yornd closure ard irpair. rhi~ l. obtained
bv absolute cleanliness ~ hands instruments ana
ir..' ir~. nrd "Ncusion Of tHr Hound from ih" ar
's,,i,,.s On ninderr au'i,euic surccry-ihai -
sir Joseph Lister. OF England T. him + largely duc
IN. mi ~hi, stride, that have been mad" IN surgery
dnr,rc IN. last two decades In medicine the
rt'.,'',s la. been Jos ninreod. but M" ,ia'om Ut
iha, ntilc ndvanccuent has been made simply dem
,,.,r,,.s mo .uor,nr. 81 the. spea"r. Tho grcatet
prorrnss has been along ia" lin" OF prv"tl men
l. fs ia
Is IN lee Npectcd In the future. II + entirely reason
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''tjcb ,n.v vpll be- a, cfcrtually stamped ont -.
.r,,llroN has been hy vaccination. W" ar" assured
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,,,n generation when many 81 the causes 81 prom
nv. d.nft will De- rucunrl,, 81 tho past. ana wn'h
Zinc ,hlo In cone with our inv shlc and in~diou'
",nn'i.s We may with far more certainty expect &c
attain our allotted spar u Ne ..,>.,, =, -
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