The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-14
BEWARE OF pMEumorsia.
Health Commissioner Edison of Few YEA
Tells How to Ward It OF.

EeAfth Commissioner Edison of Few Yea
Tells How to Ward It or
Although more or less prevaleaA
throughout the year, pneumonia is Pc
euliaTly dangerous during the opening
months of winter. With the first frosa
a very marked increase takes place In
the number Of cases, and during this
cold, damp weather extra precautions
should be taken. Pneumonia is proba.
bly, produced by an earth microbe, and
when frost prevails the soil benesth
the house is the only ground which ID
not frozen. The germ gradually works
toward the warm, moist earth, and tiae
house really acts as sort of fue, which
forms ready mode of egress for them.
The proper ventilation of rooms is there
fore an important factor in guarding
against pneumonia, one, however, which
Is often overlooked
Lack Of personal hygiene is the chief
predisposing cause of the disease Ir.
regular hours, insufficient nourishment,
dyspepsia, excessive fatigue or some
disease which has lowered the general
tone of the system all weaken the pow
er of resisting the pneumonia germ
When the system is run down, sudden
exposure to cold may prove fatal, while
in a normal condition of body it would
be thrown off.
There are three periods during which
the susceptibility to pneumonia is great
est. They are early childhood-that is,
up to years Of age, between the ages
Of 20 and 40 and after CO. The power
of resistance against pneumonia grows
much feebler after 60 years of age, and
nine tenths of the cases prove fatal
Cold, damp weather is favorable to |
the contraction of 'tcolds" and the sub. |
sequent development of pneumonia, and
1t still exists to some extent in modi.
fed form. This is the disease with which
pneumonia most readily combines, but
it is found in combination with diph-
theria, typhoid fever, measles, scarlet
fever and many others.
When a severe or sudden chill has
been contracted, the main thing is to
act quickly, and many a serious illness
can be averted and valuable life saved
by little intelligence coupled with
If possible, send for a
doctor Immediately and take ten grains
of quinine and Ave drops of spirits of
W little water or on a lump
of sugxf. These doses are for an adult
Then soak the feet in hot water and
jump into bed. Simple as these remedies
are, they have nipped in the bud many
cases of pneumonia.
While soaking the feet the body
mould be warmly wrapped in a blan.
Set, which should be kept on until some
time after the person has entered th.
bed in order that free perspiration be
continued and not checked.
A good thing to prevent t'colds" is 60
wear wool next the skin. When this is {
lot possible on account of the irritation
sometimes caused, mixture of wool
md silk will generally be found salts {
actory. l would not recommend cotton {
n any form for underwear, as it is fire..
Iuently the cause of a dangerous cold {
oy becoming wet and keeping the tenn. s
,erature of the skin below the normal c
Care should be taken that the feet do |
lot get wet, or if so that prompt meas. q
Tres are taken to dry them and change
f hose made. g
The care taken of the outside Of the
ody must be supplemented by the same :
are of the inside. A moderate diet, o
wholesome food, plenty of rest, regular
ours, Will keep the who.e system il '
God order and enable it to throw of 6
he germs Of disease, which can only
btain a footing when debihtation af- G
or9s an entrance for the disease and a
ruitful soil for its development. -Cy
US Edison in st. Louis Post Dispatch. 9