The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-21

capital should be guarded with Jealous
care The fact thai he n far re-
moved from al modern methods 81
treating disease and injuries should con-
stantiy remind him 81 the necessity ~
exercising the greatest care In the preseT-
Walton Of his health
The ailments from which miners In the
north ARE most likely to suffer are those
arising from ovsrwork. exposure to cold
and wet, from insufficient or badly cooked
food lack ~ vegetable diet a polluted
water supply or a total disregard uf all
sanitary laws and requirements. * IL
hardly necessary 90 remind the expert
encea miner that he should have com.
Portable place ta sleep dry and safe from
the clements, aud his bed should not be
made upon the ground. hgt raised some
Httle distance from g.. uieregard Of this
requirement., whether e be from CARELESS
ness oF from ihe sSigsncics 81 n nofBadic
calling. siEl almost certainly result In
rheumatism. malaria. bronchial or pull
fnunare diseases, such ss pneumonia.
bronchitis. tuberculosis. and 10 forth.
Judging from the experience 81 last sea-
spn az Nome. n is probable that the dla-
caes most 20 ~ feared the coming season
Viii be typhoid fever. Thls disease o.
usually conveyed iu drinking water The
water supply H. derived from thu surface
~ the Efaund. altering through the NOES
vegetable matter ard should never be-
tss4 Cor drinking purposes unt1 81 has
heen BOILED which destroys the organic
substance iu h. From the days ~ Abe
ed Greek phYH}etaDs q hss bssn heid
that the impurities On the siaEuant wAter
II nsarNhs districts and pods may give
rise 70 diarFhta. Gys&uterY ana kin8rnd
diseases Hpwevef. q IL probably nos flse
vegetable impurities Whlcb are directly
rzusatiTs. but IRE organic matter ren-
aeFs tire water more fanUrabss nsasslstsn
for The development q organisms Witch
may eallas disease. Dyspeptie conditions
caused b. TIRE Indigestion ~ had Or inslif-
Geieufly cooked feed predispp&e 10 these
Diseases
There o. a probability that typhoid fever
nay b. mueh Enssre prevalent during tho
coming season than II was lass year bs-
eanse there ela remain az tts snurr@s ~
lafceti0a whlch then sxistea 80 whgch
nsay &c adaed the direct inseetiou ~
springs sua water courses - an inherit
anSs q LAST vears spidenie No DEGREES
81 cnia viii kNl tne typhoid germs Ther
NAY remain fruzeu up al ziaier. sna
with the advent ~ warm weather wili
D. carried ~ the ffeahslz from zherfver
they rnsY have Dsen Deposited 90 ths
wafsr courses ard springs. The mlasr
wto faakes = practice q boiling sls Ms
drinking water wfN escape many ~ the
Hls wblth wall staict thoss sh9 lxnara
this very necessary precsution.
Only the strumg and robust should an-
8ertaka the hsfdehlps OK uTuegecffag nr
mining 30 Alaska. Many men With health
completely wrecked hmve landed r. Ssat-
tie from Alaska during IRE pass
tws wears. gbo greatly oFerrated
their physical Powers Long hours
- lap0r. carrying heavy packs
long distancef becoming ovrFnsas-
IS ard lying down on fhs grouua 20 rsst,
eating roer food and drinking bad water.
have probably Killed naors men fn Alaska
Nithlu that time than lost their lives In
tine var Nlih Spain. Constant hardship
vii soga 80 ga4eFEn!ae q robust eonstitu-