Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-29
Typhoid PreventabIe.

anu WITHOUT uounj the HuLnDGf Ol VIC /
tins from this disease alone exceeded /
the number who were killed in battle !
or died of wounds (93,s69), The total I
number Of deaths from disease was
nearly twice as great (1S6.216). Dur
ing the war period commencing May |
/, 1898, and ending April 80, 1899, the |
loss to our armies by disease was
SASS and by wounds, injuries or &C
cidents only 96S.
The question why preventable
disease is not prevented applies to the !
civil population as we'll as to armies, |
Just at present smallpox is widely |
prevalent in many parts of the United /
States and in England, simply be- |
cause the well-known means Of pre-
vention have been neglected by con-
siderable portion of the population and
because there is no adequate author
ity for the enforcement of vaccination. I
So, too, as regards typhoid fever; |
many of our cities and towns con- |
tinue to suffer severely from this dis !
ease as a result of the use of water |
contaminated by sewage and other in |
sanitary conditions which have been
repeatedly brought to the attention of
those most interested. Sanitarians
have to contend with the ignorance
and reckless indifference OF large
part of the population, including
often those having the authority to
make and execute sanitary regula-
tions.
Arsenic in Beer.
DR.. e. S. Reynolds, who was the first
to discover the cause of the outbreak
of alcoholic neuritis in Manchester in
1900, has presented some interesting
information before the Royal Commits
sion on Arsenic Poisoning. Since the
epidemic the Manchester brewers have
taken infinite pains to the end that
arsenic shall be found in the beer by
the most delicate tests, and in conse-
quence alcoholic neuritis as under
stood for years in Manchester, has
nearly disappeared, and herpes and
skin fermentation have greatly di
minished. Alcoholic heart. to which
much attention had been directed
formerly in that city, several mono
graphs having been written on the
subject, can no longer be found. DIR.
Reynolds drew attention to two symp-
| toms which he considered especially
indicative of arsenic-pigmentatio
and keratosis, and also to the fact that
a large quantity of arsenic is some
| times present in reduced iron Ger
rum redactum Br. PHI, in some in
stances as much as / per cent, and
| suggests that the benefit sometimes
| derived in anemia from administra-
| ton of iron may be due to the arsenic
contained In 1t.
The SootfaIl in Manchester.
Mr.. Irwin, wishing to determine the
amount of SCOT which falls in Man
| chester over a given area, took a
sample of the snow after II had been
lying on the ground for ten days
The sample was taken in a garden
three miles north of Manchester Town
Hall, and was melted and the dry
residue extracted, weighed, and an
alyzed. II was found to contain an
amount of SCOT which was equivalent
to l0.71fb. per acre, or three tons to
the square mile. The sample repre-
scented condition which prevailed for
at least hundred square miles in a
circle round Manchester Town Hall
so that three hundred tons of SCOT
had been precipitated from the chin.
neys of Manchester during the ten
days. The analysis showed that the
sample contained 1876 per cent. of
& nf oil
and AS of ash
Dr. Knecht, of the Technological
School, gave the results of an analysts
of the snow made by him from a |
sample taken in Whitworth street on
the 9th day after the fall, showing
three times the quantity of SCOT found
in Mr.. Twins sample
Recommendation of Alcohol.
The consensus of the best medical
opinion of today is that alcohol
while valuable medicine In some
conditions-and here many would in
clude limited dietetic value-is not
properly food. 1t is not what the
German call a Nahrungsmittel, but is
a luxury. and perfectly non-essential
one to the healthy normal individual
The need of modertion in the use of
alcohol and the difficulty in drawing
the line between moderation and ex-
cess, together with the habit-buiIding
tendency, have all to be considered
The worst thing about the present
tendency to say a good word for alco-
hol is the certainty that whatever NAV
be said will be utilized unscrupulously
by advocates Of the liquor interest
GIVE them an ach and they will take
a mile. 1t VIII be safer for medical
men to stand on the facts opposing
the general use of alcohol than To
even qualifedly advocate its usage
except exclusively as medicine and
under medical prescription. It's cause
is not one that requires any fostering
by our profession Ameri.
can Medical Association.
Face Eruptions.
These disfigurements are usually
susceptible to very simple treatment