Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-19

| SWeetbreadS with Corn PattleS.
Mashed Potatoes. Buttered Parsnips
Lettuce and Young Onion Salad.
Cheese Sticks.
Huckleberry Pie.
| Coffee.
SUPPER.
Oyster Pattes.
Chicken Salad.
Celery. Black Olives.
Bread and Butter.
Dreamed Tapioca.
| Jumbles.
Tea.
II seems shocking that some such wide
| spread calamity as the typhoids scouragc
of Ithaca should be Required as an OBJ
ject lesson to emphasize once more the
absolute Importance of pure water While
| there is no condoning the gross and culp-
able carelessness of the water company.
who took no pains TO see that the water
courses which supplied their patrons
| were uncontaminated, what OF the bind
ness of the great scientists-heads of their
departments in one of the foremost uni
Versities of the land-of the splendidly
equipped agricultural experiment station.
from which bulletins are sent out month
~ to farmers and their wives, telling
them how to keep things wholesome
and sanitary on the farms and in the
,arm kitchens and the widea wake
wOmen's club, whose departments on VII
l.c improvements. civics and household
economies were held to be models of their
kind? 1t is the old story-thc making
clean and beautiful the outside OF the
cup and platter while the inside was 1uIl
of deadly poison.
The typhoid germ is no respector OF
persons. Prince, poet and peasant are
alike vulnerable, and one section of the
country is as good another for its
malevolent work.
While the medical profession usually
appreciates the necessity of united action
in sanitary matters. tho people at large,
for want of sufficient information, do
not consider sanitation worth their at
tention until some epidemic like that at
Ithaca visits their own homes. Typhoid,
say the doctors, is invariably contracted
through the mouth, by the contamina-
ton of food or drink. The most common
channels OF infection are Impure water,
milk, ice. oysters, or vegetables irrigated
by sewage To prevent the transmission
, OF this disease all water used by cities
which comes from rivers. lakes or other
, streams should be sand-illtered before
: being conveyed TO customers No water
, should be used from wells which are To-
Gated within 200 fee, of any cesspool with
, out having been first boiled. oysters and
ice should be under meteorological con-
troll. All sewage used for irrigaung gar
! den truck should be sterilized and NO
r 'Nphoiu ieNei p"'','t1 VI -. -
: dairy or any place where milk or Its
I products are marketed.
The duration of a typhoid fever case Is
+ usually from 'illtc " ioua -, ;ro,.
e ne carry - 81, an fe,,i,,c 49,,
ili!ile' mere - an eN'' IN I,,,ri,', ,Il
,nctenes as ,b ,',e q 10 ant ~ he nosebleed
n irst "eeN nc - .p' t,,difth 1a,,,
p anu petW ee" Wv ''N''' I',H i9n ritt
$ OF the uiSedSc " ''s',, nI''i'0' Az I,,i,,
d roSe-heau pol"tS' i,.,id ; ,,or,
r me run OF temperature !" ~ PiIo'N 80
- charac'etls'lc- s"u,''' VIZ, ~.
: ing heihorFhaBe OK pc'Ioi '''o.' ,i,i ~
nature or me trouple - 'St' 'ieu
yohu Il uou"'' Hu'si"S i,l"9. .,, ,o+i
III the eNie'u'' II po'9,o.o' 49, 49,, ,(a,,
cnt III possession Oh It l''bo N",''S tor
n separate from otn,r ,,.'' hi'tc,I
> an unnecessary N'9t''''2 il.i' " - III,
removed Leaving the furnishing az sum
as possible men tHcre - d p'oS irl'l, ~
long illness wv" co', ~, ' I,'', nro+ha
l. patient TO De mover from ''1 " Uni
;, for change "i positioh OF oeuN'i.s, ",.'
. found ueslrdpi'' i''"''i'' az lttt
- 10 qu'lts' anu co''oi' '"'' -
= to coid.
= ,..
a Among the Pr'c"uoI"'S ~ ,sti1o.to,'
by the nurse are mrs.. IIee ,'
D The better the Ne'l'i'u.ion s'io 10 a
l, chance of COutaGion. Second, prolonged
: contact with the paloht Snou,u W a,o.u
ed and, most linport"il VI ar u's.Hr "
ants must ne thoroush'E anu - S'e.na
70 callN used. ordinary sap a"u va
i cleanliness is not enousH' 'uS n'uo-
l. supplemented ny a So'ution 81 N'i , u9.,
:, suhlimate or forhallh' or az, Hai, ~,
:. and scalp or nurse or pat1n'' NE SUI
: ton should be 10 NV 'o' 'Ho i''
!, of the body, l 10 o'""'
+ Stock solution beng 10 ~ ioii ,A,5
> to 800 OF corrosive Suphila'e Ur o''''' ~
!, of lime eight ounces To Il sa'ioh.
1t is well to place n ruppor sheet ulu o,
all rags. paper ana me S"'epl"SS % III
room should be burned AT once, tiouS
flies should be vigorously eNcluueu' no
II only for the comfort OF 'he patieht' pu
to prevent tho TRANSMISSION OF ulS'dSe'
+ In any fever the CONDITION OF 'ne lIiout
III must be carefully looked AFTER Germ
" grow fast on the tongue ana II the Hlout
'e is not kept clean Will go TO the stoih1ci
IL The mouth should be rihSed OUT TWO -
IL three times day An eNCeHent hlouu