St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-06-30

Expert Declares They PrspaSate
#s~ FC0lds Of the Head aAA keee
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There is another bacillus scare in
New York, growing out of the 1eclaEa-
tion of Dr. Pfeiffer, the discoverer of the
influenza bacillus. that the linen hand
kerchfef prupagates7o per cent. of all
coldk and infammatioGi of the s.head,
throat and lungs. He says that the
linen handkerchief must be done away
with and the paper article substituted
for. il, According to him, says the
Chicago Chronicle. it often causes cry
sipelas to spread and that Influenza re-
ours season after season in epidemical
form in direct Consequence of the use
or abuse of the linen handkerchief. He
is quoted as saying that:t 5,s+4
Every physician knows the, infiu-
enza bacillus. It is easily killed, be
cause it cannot live where disinfect-
ants are employed. It viii die quickly
il its element, water substances, are
drained on. IS" ~ Nst -
The bacilh of cholera, typhus, teta-'
nus, blood poisoning, etc.. even those of
the dreaded plague, are confined in the
intestines, in the skin or blood; if a
person is known to have one of these
diseases we take all possible care to
prevent the spread of its microbes to
the other persons. So we now seldom
hear Of an epidemic Of ffrose maladies
in American cities. I4issEs
IF the baeilM which causes colds in
the head, eatafrh and sometimes cry
Gpelas, and the small, rod-shaped mi
crpbe which causes influenza were treat
ed like the others named, like them
they would do only individual harm;
but fashion Misunderstood or wholly
misconstrued notions of cleanliness,
and. finally, courtesy. are against the
self-suggc<ted precautionary measure.
.'lnsthis ease the poor and ignor-
ant, also the 1nwasheds are not to
blame It's. the perfsmed woman of
fashion and the man in patent leather
boots and high shirt collar who act
as distributors of disease.
"A cold in the head, influenza and
similar maladies cause copions fiow OF
fears and sneezing and tingling of the
nose. followed by watery and other
Acrid discharges. These fears and the
muc1s teem with millions upon mil
lions Of fod-shaped microbes which
ought TO and could be destroyed in
but tsinstead are. collected
in handkerchief. The handkerchiefs
are buried in the pocket, and, which is
quite rs bad or worse. q good many mi
crohes cling to the sick persons hand
or glove and. are transferred to other
persons by means of a handshake..
No one suspects that the sick per-
son carries a veritable arsenal of mi
crobes in his pocket. Yet every physi-
clan can tellryou that "a handkerchief
and pocket furnish all the elements
to prolong and propagate
the micfobeS Iife. The microbe needs
darkness. warmth and
dampness. The discharges furnish the
first and the last. handkerchief and
pocket afford warmth and darkness.
Every time the sick person puts his
hand in his pocket he is liable to infect
it with dangerous microbes and every
he deals may transfer to
the disease from which he il suf-
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LET us take pattern after the Chi
nese ana Japanese, who. instead Of
the linen square. employ small sheets
Of soft paper. which they carry along
In blocks, and that are thrown away
lfter use. This fashion is much clean
er than OURS besides excluding an 'ele-
ment Of danger that is always with US
as long as we stick to the superannu-
ated linen Handkerchief"
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Notice has been received at. the
and Norwegian consulate in
New York that the king of Sweden