The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-03-30
Peril in the Hand-Shake.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE
sun TO BE AFRAID OF.

Years ago George Francis Train refused
to shake hands with anybody and said
IT was a principle with him and that
he had good reasons therefor. People
thought him a "crank," but recently Dr.
]. N. Hirsch, of Chicago, has published
AL article giving good scientific reasons
why 1t IS sometimes harmful. He says ::
"The most delicate perfume upon the
hands IS not a sign OF freedom from
germs. and the most refined are not free
from disease of lungs or throat and the
germs are rapidly spread by touching the
hand that has handled the handkerchief
OF one afflicted with a cold, catarrh or
consumption. These diseases cause more
than one-seventh of all deaths-some
persons hold their hands before their
mouths when they cough or sneeze and
cover them with germs enough to infect
a thousand people They use their hand
kerchiefs with the same results, and
when we have an epidemic of the grip it
is spread BY the grip OF the hands of
friend, or casual acquaintance, or
mere stranger Just introduced" He also
asserts that all germ diseases may be
disseminated III this manner
ONLY T1EALTH CAN RESIST THEM.
Recent experiments have proven that
the germ Of consumption was present in
the mouths of physicians and nurses
who were in attendance on tubercular
patients. They were not themselves
infected on account of their power of
resistance due to perfect health. III :
breath one inllales from the lungs of an
other may contain germs OF disease.
You will not only be able to resist the
germs OF consumption, but many thou
sands of cases have been known where
persons who were suffering from iucipi
ent phthisis, or the early stages of con-
sumption we're absolutely cured by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t
maintains persons nutrition by en-
aiding him TO eat, retain, digest and
assiinlate food. 1t overcomes the gas
trio irritabilty and symptoms of indiges
ton, and thus the person is saved from
those symptoms OF fever, night-sweats,
headache, etc, which are so common. A
tonic made up largely of alcohol will
shrink the corpuscles Of the blood and
make them weak for resistance. A cod
liver oil makes stomach groan be
cause it is irrita Y9. What IS needed
is an Alternative ract like DR.. PierCe's
Golden Medica discovery, made OF
roots and herbs, ithout the Use OF alCo-
hol, that will as st the stomach in as
Stimulating or tai ag up from the food
such elements az are required for the
blood. also an a alive that will assist
the liver i'll tn ng off the po1sons
in the system. Ell we have accom-
pished this we se put the body i'll
fortified cond so strong that it
can repel the gs. .vof disease which we
find everywhe. n the street cars,
the shops, .ale tories, the bedrooms,
wherever many ee0ple congregate, or
where sunlight tud good air do not
penetrate
THE USE OF LIGHT IN CURING DISEASE.
The best disinfcctant of all IS sunlight.
1t DESTROYS by its very brightness all
sorts of germs and helps the growth OF
plants and animal life. Doubtless all
have noticed that mould grows i'll dark,
damp cellars. Bright sunlight quickly
DESTROYS germs, mould or other organ
isrr1s. That is why it is best to let the
sunlight into your houses for its puri-
fying influence Not only is sunlight
disinfectant, but it is one of the best
surgeons now in use. 1t was I'insen who
discovered that concentrated sunlight,
would cure mary malignant growths of
the human body, such as cancer of the
skin, and other malignant growths. A
substitute for sunlight was then found
to be still more effective, and that was
the concentrated rays from arc lamps.
At the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, buffalo, n. Y, DR.. R. V.
Pierce, chief consulting surgeon, started
some three years ago experiments with
the Finsen light i'll conjunction with
the X~ray n the treatment OF many dis
eases. lie invariably obtained excellent
results therefrom and was among the
first to adopt this remarkable cure III
many cases formerly supposed to be
treated successfully only by the knife.
Not only is DR.. r. Y. Pierce notable for
the surgical achievements at his hospital
in Buffalo, but over third of a cen
tury ago he discovered that certain herbs