The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

Some negroes visited a friend in Mount
Vernon, who was later found to be az
flicted with smallpox. The authorities at
New Rochelle. having been advised of the
situation, took prompt measures and TO-
Gated those who had been exposed. in
spite Of vaccination two of the negroes
developed varioloid and to effectually
isolate them a lot was leased in an isU-
lated section some three miles from the
city. The farmers near by were so alarm
ed and enraged that they armed them
selves with muskets, sticks and stones,
and, ably seconded by their wives and re-
Inforced by number Of dogs. drove
away the drivers of the lumber wagons
who had brought lumber for the pest
house, turned the horses loose and over
turned the lumber a squad of police
was sent to the scene and the pest house
was constructed under their protection
The demonstration was a needless one as
the location is 5000 feet from the high.
way and 1000 feet from the nearest
house.
DR.. Lyon gives an interesting discussion
in the Medical Record of the inocu!a. ion
of malaria by the mosquito. He b ieves
that In acute cases of malaria the pa
tienl should be protected by netting, so
that he cannot be bitten by MOSQUITOES:
and he further believes that a case OF
malaria menaces the public health if
anophiles 0he mosquito which transmits
malaria) are found in the locality since
the recurrence of malaria in a given dis
trict is probably due 10 indirect trans
mission from Cne person. to another
Among the methods suggested for the
determination of mosquitoes he mentiolIs
the introduction of fish into pools where
they thrive but the most effectual meth
DDS are to drain pools. or to place chem
lcals, such petroleum, in he water
Klebs discussing the bubonic plague in
the Medical News, believes it possible
that fieas and mosquitoes, Gs well as rats
and mice, may be carriers Of Jntagion
Antisepsis may in some cases be over
done. DR.. Olshausen beiv that in GER
tain cases of emergency the risk to the
patient from the delay due to prepa-
ratiOnS for minute disinfectiun of the
hands, instruments, etc, may re greater
than the risk Of infection; in severe hem
orrhage, for example, or heart failure
rapid action is 50 necessary that the only
antiseptlc precautions warrantable are to
wash the hands with soap and water, and
then rubbing them we'll. as well as the in
struments, with alcohol. He sententious-
iy says excess is injurious, even eXces-
siNe disinfection, but wherever possible
especially in serious operations the best
results are secured by the most approved
techniC.
The connection between wearing tight
boots and catching cold seems ra ther re-
mote at first sight, but by preventing the
free circulation of the blood they do cause
congestion in other parts of the b dy, AMI
the symptoms of a cold follow. Sitting fl
damp shoes is another potent cause OF
cold Nor does this apply alone 20 shoes
that are positively wet. If the shoes are
only slightly damp the result is as bad
because, by it's evaporation, the moisture
absorbs heat from the foot and thus chills
it and checks perspiration. Waterproof
shoes, invented to prevent getting the
feet wet, are in reality more danger
Gus, hygienically, than shoes which do
not shed water, because they do not al
low the escape of perspiration, and thus
subject the foot to a continued cold
bath.
Fetichism is something from which ply
sicians are presumed to be free, but Dr.
Bishop, in the Lancet, defining the word
as tendency to mistake the relative
value of objects sought for or the effect
which brings about a certain result, be-