The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-04
DANGER IN A SHAKE.
A LEARNED pisoulsiTIoN ON DIS
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~ sAiO cAuA-SoutuCt 1vcu VI thb Ciobn-
iy May Spread Contagion-serious Re-
snlts From Hand Clasping.
Is it possible for one man to oommu-
nicate disease to another by the shaking
of hands?
If this question be true, should the
custom be abandoned or should it DO
modified under medical instruction 60
as to minimize the DANGER
The existence Of icro.organisms
inimical to life and health has been es.
tablished beyond dispute. DR.. Breiter
POUNDS his thesis, recently printed in
Tho Medical Record, on this hypothe-
sis. But his leading point, insisted up
Oh with much force, is the danger which
is hidden in the apparently harmless
and sometimes pleasing custom Of shak.
ing hands. He says:
"That the surface of the human body
is a very hotbed for the propagation Of
great variety Of o-organisms
Fuerbinger, Mittmsn, Bizzozero. Ma
giora and WEIGH have elrcidaued most
conclusively. 1t is certainly beyond the
=. n nrod;snosir, f,ctor and somst;rao
oyo,, r,,;thort IT, .ho ,,;ornh;o d;saosoo
are ushered into existence by their indi.
vidual prototypes, this being essentially
brought about by contact in some way
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