The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-11-18

has been expelled by boiling. The use
of filter would probably meet with
more favor. 1t has been said that most
filters found in the shops are perfectly
harmless things, l.. e., harmless toward
the bacteria, some of them being, in
reality, good nurseries for them
at has been demonstrated that the
only tiltering substances which can be
recommended for us on a small scale
are fine, dense, porous porcelain, or the
specially prepared earth cylinders.
Even in these, it is necessary for the
plates or cylinders 10 be removed every
two or three days, cleansed and steri-
lized by boiling.
LAS this paper has already grown too
long, | shall only speak briefly of one
other supposed vehicle-milk. Milk is a
fdyOrite culture medium for all kinds
of bac eria, and the utmost care should
b. exercised in handling it. All yes
sis should be scalded out, sterilized if
you please, with boiling water, before
milk is put in them, aud the milk should
be kept carefully covered from the ar
"When typhoid case occurs, the at
tending physician should never fail to
give minute directions a. to the pre-
NentiOu of other cases, and should see
that these directions are carried GU.
The sick room should be large ana
abundantly supplied with fresh air
More than two attendants should not
be allowed in the room at one time, tor
the sake of the nurses as well As the pa
tent. All discharges should be imme-
dately disinfected. This is probably
best accomplished by lime made into a
thick whitewash and thoroughly mix.
ed with the discharges. Burying them
Upit d. N fpntinn il NOT
and NAV tend To promote rather than
retard the propagation OF the malady.
Let all sheets, clothing, etc. which have
been about the bed or soiled by the dis
charges, be boiled from two to three
hours and let such things as may be
destroyed be Immediately burned. The
hands of the nurses should be thor
oughly scrubbed and disinfected after
each handling Of the patient.
ain this, MS in exposure to any other
disease, the person whose system is
above par is more immune than if
otherwise. Hence, more than ordinary
care should be exercised by one so eX-
nOsed. Special care of the stomach is
He'd for in guarding against this in
! lection, for n sound, normally acting
stomach and digestive apparatus is the
very best safeguard against the attacks
of the typhoid bacillus,
"NOw, in conclusion, few words in
explanation of this series of papers.
The prevention OF disease is the perfec
ton OF uedical science, and every true
physician takes as much pride in the
prevention as in the cure of di ease.
When this idea was suggested, it e.
ceived the prompt and unanimous en-
dorsement of the Maury County Medi-
cal Society. We realize that the aver
age liberty-lOving, American citizen,
feels that he is absolute monarch of his
own premises and resents to some eX'
tent any interference by the health Of
ficer with what he considers his private
affairs. But we also know that large
number of our Maury County farmer:
are intelligent, reasoning people, anc
that when they are made to see tina
there are many preventable causes o.
disease under their control, then they
will take heed and profit thereby
Hence we present these papers, conf
IDENTITY hoping that many WILL fine
them interesting, practical and bench
Cial"