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patients will remain under the wealth
err, and the disease, like a snoldering
lire, VIII gradually involve adjacent parts.
If the profession and public would only
realize that the quiet, insidious sapping
of vital forces due to chronic eatarrh Of
various organs is more dangerous and
far-reaching in its effect than the most
severe case of pneumonia or dtphtheria
intelligently treated, the majority of peo-
pie would enjoy good health, and the
medical profession a better reputation
for usefulness, whereas now, out of a
crowd of nifty men and women, it
would be difficult to find half a dozen
in perfect health. A cold is very seri-
Gus thing. and any disturbance of the
health resulting in a stoppage of the
secretions. shivering sensations, a dry
hot skin ard congestion or internal or
gans is a cold. whether it be termed
technically rhinitis, bronchitis, gastritis,
cnteritis, hepatitis, nephritis, cystitis or
ony other it's. 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance that the cold should be check
ed before other organs are involved and
the vital forces depressed.
Hutchinson, in the British Medical
Journal, speaks of the form of the chest
in phthisis and it's significance. The tu-
bercufouS chest Is relatively and ab5o-
lutely deeper, narrower and longer than
the normal. Instead of being fat it is
round and long. In all of these dimen-
sions it is apparently arrested at a GER
tain stage of it's development and the
practical bearing Of these observations
is important. If the arrest of the chest
form occurs about the period of puberty
1t is predisposing factor in tuberculosis.
1t is then an indication of the pretuber-
culosis stage of easy application and no
little value AS for the cure, a vigorous
-4Al.
tree climbing. bail or spear-throwing,
bar work. and all kinds of exercise which
develops the great pectoral muscle.
pull the chest into shape, -. De most
effective.
Nuttall has presented a critical and
historic study IL the Johns Hopkins hos
pital report, on the role of insects as car
riers of bacterial and parasitic diseases.
Anthrax has been transmitted by flies,
ants and heas. Cases are on record thu
seem to indicate that septicemia, pyemia,
and erysipelas may be transmitted
through the bites of insects. Fleas, lie
and bed bugs nave beer thought to con-
vey relapsing fever Flies are capable
of conveying cholera and probably vel
low fever which under some cirCum-
stances may be carried By a mosquito
The transmission of tuberculosis by flies
and bed bugs has not been established.
LcprOsy may be transmitted by insects
such as flies and some forms of ophthal-
mia are also referred to these agents.
That mosquitoes convey malaria is es-
tablished beyond a doubt. but they do
not always transmit the infection Though
their bites. The danger is greatly in
creased if the animals are crushed at the
point where they make their puncture
The subject is an important one, its pos
sibilities many and far reaching and the
field of investigation is one in which much
good can be done.
PRESCRIPTIONS
For periodic neuralgia, Eouchardat
recommends: Valerianate of Quinine, Is
grains; extract of juniper sufficient guam
tity. To make go pills. Take to 10 pills
a day.
For chronic eczema of the hand, Eds
efsen. in the Therapeutische Monat-
shefte, recommends Iodine. 1 part; potas-
SUM icdide. 212 parts; glycerire, 125 parts.
To be applied once or twice daily
In catarrh and early phthisis, Green, in
the Lancet, recommends a spray of for
maldehyd. The following mixture is to
be used 4 times a day, each inhalation
lasting 10 to Is minutes. ForrnaldeGyd, l
drachm; glycerine, drachms; DIST lied
water, ounces. Leon Noel