Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-12
sTRAIGHTs AND HIGH BALLS.
Chieagos Commissioner Of Health
Says Alcohol viii Prevent Di-
sease II II Turks In Water.

Chicago. August ll.-Whisky, pure
or in the high ball form, will diseour-
age the typhoid germ, according TO
the testimony Of Commissioner Of
Health Whalen aud several we'll
known physicians.
II applied to the germ and if many
biendings have not removed all traces
Of alcohol, whisky will cause death to
the germ.
Some Of the whisky sold on the
inner West side will cause death not
only to the germ but to the human
being partaking, and this Is not
recommended By any physician.
While all physicians agree that
when whisky and typhoid germs
come together in their raw state it
: bad for the germ, they do not
recommend that persons afraid Of
typhoid should at once rush to the
nearest saloon and take aboard a
full cargo Of the stimulsnt.
Here Is what some Of the most
prominent members Of the profes-
sion have To say about the use Of the
antidote:
If there are any typhoid germs
in the water a man drinks, whisky
wonld kill them" saidDr. WhaIen.
"But a man who drinks whisky Is
quite likely to contract the disease
81 one who does not. The disease is
only spread through the germs being
communicated from one person to
another and does not originate. Dirt
and refuse will not cause typhoid
fever unless il Is inhabited by ty-
phoid germs from some victim of the
disease"
DIR. J. b. Colwell, head physician
Of the Cook county hospital, said (:
Il would hardly consider babitual
drunkard immune from typhoid
germs, because ar a rule, the vitality
Of a whisky drinker is much lower
than that of a person that leaves
whisky alone. Alcohol in itself will
surely destroy the germ.
consequently, if whisky was
poured over the germ in its raw state
aud contained high enough per-
centaee Of alcohol, it would surely de-
stroy il. However, in drinking whis-
Ky most of the alcohol is passed off
by the stomach. and while it may
stimulate a person temporarily, |
would not advise any one to live on
egg punches and whisky alone in or
der 10 be immune from the typhoid
germ. "
DIR. Otto Schmidt, head physician
Of the Alexian Brothers. hospital,
said: "If whisky is a preventive for
typhoid fever it is the first time /
ever knew it, hardly think that
Commissioner Whalen wonld make
such a statement. surely would not
advise one of my patients to become
a drnnkard in order TO make him i'm
mune from the typhoid germ"
Taken all in all, the advice of the
eminent physicians leaves honors
easy between the advocates of the
remedy and those who make it a
practice not TO indulge in the same.
The early fash from the Office of
the commissioner Of health seemed
to have whisky the winner in the first
round, and there was great rejoicing
in several places devoted to the sale
Of that remedy in bulk or in the bot
tied form for convenience in house
hood uso.
Many packages were put up for
transportation TO the home, and all
was in readiness for a general cele-
bration in honor of the pet remedy
when later bulletins gave the de-
cision a draw, aud an immediate mod
Grafton of transports was in order.
The ease as II now stands may be
summed up as follows.
Water is DANGEROUS; whisky is not
dangerous, but il is a question if a
man can drink enough whisky to
purify the water.
II is matter depending on the
individual ennacitv