The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-08-15
Concerning
TyphuS Germs


Vi Journal a very pertinent point
a. being raissd in this city regarding
ahe appearance q typhoid fever The
polnt IL mis-. II - claimed By some
Of the wise that this disease IL car
ried about by means of polluted water.
In fact many have died and many have
recovered from this fever, believing u
was bruughi about from using infected
water. Nov Il IL reported that the
waldo HiJIs are fun of typhoid fever ="
These hills are very high, and the
water the pnrest. How will these two
opposite conditions be united into any
consistent theory7 which of the two
il wrong9 We end the same disease
appears under opposite circumstances
ana conditions. What becomes OF the
prevailing theories7 People have
besn drnkIne Willamette river water
fr ysarn. and just nov Il Il not NJ for
nse. where has the typhoid been all
these yeang u seems the people, 70
BE- contented. must be scared 70 death
about something. or some other thing
al the time. when they get tired OF
being srarad Of smallpox and the bu.
bonlc plague (which takes place In
China when the press news gets
zcarcel takes q turn. and IA done. then
we nnd something else TO feed upon
and scare each other With.
Now. " wouldn't be n bad Idea TO
pay some attention 10 this report from
the waldo Hilis. We have just taken
ON new board OF health. aud II might
DO a good move 10 send out detach-
ment with bottles and oorka, and cap
ture an these microbes IN, convention
assembled. and. after corking them In
these alrilght bottles. bury them deep.
The typhold fever germ b harder 10
catch than most kinds They have
three million logs and step like a
camel They have llttlo square box
under their right wing. where they
carry the typhus, Il 10 always better
10 approach them from the left side,
where thoy cant see you. Since the
summer Is we'll on. Il might be wise to
hurry matters little, for the FIRST good
gust Of winters sweeping wind. viii
blow them all on the hills and drop
them an over creation.
DID you over stop 10 think what a
pin cushion the theory OF contaglon II.
anyhow, when you attack Il with the
phenomena OF atmospheric move.
monif According 10 the popular the
ory. Il the Waldo Hllls are full Of these
germs. a blg wind would take up from
these hills and distribute all over the
county countless billions Of these mi.
crobea and lmplant the disease 40 sub
slantlally 10 The human race We would
sll be dead In about three days. Now.
The people who live near these "nelda
of microbes" breathe the same air
which passes over this army feeding
upon the hlllsldca OF Waldo The same
current Of air travels many miles and
carries or d said 10 carry these In.
foctlng mlorohes How Is escape pos.
rihle % any human being On earth.
who bfeathes this same alr1 n the
mir carries contagion everyone breath.
Ing this air would catch the dlsoase.
We an know We an breathe the same
air, but We also know, We don't an
catch the contaslon Why n0tg II al
consumptivo or smallpox patient be IN
the presence OF an explosion. would
not ne disease be carried FOR miles 10 |
b. drunk In b. thousands who would
atterwardn breathe this same idon.
tical air. Il contaglon bo a. popular
lheorlos holdg Conlactlcal eontaslon |
4 more plausible than what material
eoniaglon has never been iutelllgently /.
aud absolutely proven any morc than /
the microhe theory The apparent /
ncod y 20 seek the cause arst. and
hen adduco tho result Ia apparent
prectico the cause Is mover sought AZ .
Ter until Il appears IN The shape Of
result We then attempt TO remove the
result and iei The causs take care II
nselt WIN some senn kindly step
forward and put our populace At ease
ehout our drlnklng water. aud thereby
merit ibo scneuacction of grateful
ano relieved public,
ciiAitl.ES Muller