Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
Eternal DOdging The
Price OF Health
by T.. S. GOopHuE. NJ. d.

The position of a human being in
this life from early youth to old age
is tnaS OF the average street .pedes-
trian in one of our large modern cit
les. He is obliged to look out where
he goes to avoid automobiles, bicycles
and trolleys. He must dodge car
riages and other conveyances, as well
as foot passengers like himself, using
all his mental and physical alertness
in order to keep himself from being
run over and killed. with all this
lodging, many are injured and killed
by unexpected contact with moving
bodies.
Does anyone think It too much
trouble to be careful under such cir
Cumstances? II so, he may grumble
at the necessity, or else make up his
mind to be sacrificed on the altar of
negligence.
Now, though we may not realize
IL, this is the exact position of the
traveller along the perilous way of
life, be he man or woman, prince or
physically alert, in order to dodge
the germs and carriers of disease
which crowd the thoroughfares of
life. And he who wishes to get
through must take some precautions
and considerable trouble in order to
avoid destructive contact. The fact
that he does not believe in the the
cries of the doctors" will not save
him from dying of typhoid fever un-
der proper exposure. AS Is well
known,
MOSQUITOES
bring various diseases to man, and
the number of unfortunate things
this little insect can do is being,
greatly increased by recent discov-
cry. Screen them out!
BEDBUGS
carry disease. and may be the intro
ducers of at least three serious dis
eases Put them under the ban of
cleanliness and eternal vigilance!
RATS
are to be feared largely because of
the flea which passes from them to
man. XIII them OFF, poison them, cat
them or trap them!
FLIES, ANTS. COCKROACHES
AND MICE 49,.
are also carriers of disease, often di'
lrectly, and must be got rid of by per.
sistent warfare.
A large part Of the human family
find 1t too much trouble to do this,
and suffer accordingly. f~
WATER e
may be your worst enemy II you do
not getPit from pure sources, and
then boil every drop you drink. Sew
i cral of the WORST epidemics of typhoid
] fever originated In drinking water
even bathing in infected water
has given rise to sickness and severe
rFkin diseases.
In the last official report on the
4 prevalence of typhoid fever in the
- District of Columbia we find: !
j Water containing an occasional
I typhoid bacillus may infect com
munity in such way that large
8 numbers of persons become bacillus
e carriers. with the advent of the no
= weather many such persons may b'
stricken with typhoid fever just a
the depressing influence of the hea
/ Is known to determine the onset o
| iiarrhoal diseases and other intesti
Eal infections. The dilute ant
t,,g in hp Wut IN
VI may SOW the seed; for the production
, Of the disease we must have suscep
IL tibility, and this susceptibility ma
lie largely brought about by the iii
1T unfinished resistance caused by tn
rr RUNNER heat"
r. Be crank. II is the cranks VIII
y, i've. Taste not, drink not, handl
-, not unboiled water at your peril!
II. MILK.
is Many persons do not like the tast
in Of boiled milk. and 1t is possible tina
y. physician may be found who say
10 that II is perfectly safe to use IN
~ boiled milk II the cow from whic
~ the milk Is taken be healthy. Is
of possible to tell this? The physical
In knows or ought to know that 1t
GO not.
oi Incipient tuberculosis In cows is a
ry bard to determine as It is in mel
er and Behring has just come to tn
w. w. conclusion, based on his investigf
nd tons of years, that 90 per cent. {
IN cases of tuberculosis In adults Ia
fit arisen from infection during chile
N, hood by milk.
ny Think of it-feeding daily tn
ny germs of tuberculosis to your ow
,ts child because you are too lazy or il
ho different or ignorant to kill the'
70. germs by boiling.
a. Milk is rich culture medium f.
at many varieties of germs, and, b.
In sides, very little care is taken an,
ny where in securing the milk, bottlin
- 1t, or keeping II after II has been d.
= livered.