The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
MEANS TO rREvENr TYPHOID
Doctor Gives lNh resting and In.
s~tructive L. lure before
Institute.

FORMER surgeon ~ the Unite,
States army, this morning gave
lecture to the Joint institute To.
teachers OF BernalillO and McKin
lev count s, which Is be Ing con
Quoted at the Fourth Ward schoo
building. DIR. Smart as an arm,
surgeon assisted in the work o
renovating Cuba and in the Philip
pines after those places had beer
occupied wv American troops. IL
this capacity he had a wide exper.
fence with contagious diseases and
hts lecture this morning contained
useful and instructive ideas.
He told particularly OF typhoid
fever, it's causes, spread and meth.
cd OF prevention. lie said in part.
On account OF its prevalence,
its PECULIARLY in attacking those OF
a school age and OF the tact that so
much a I've done in IT'S prevention
by education, ! am to speak to YOU
TODAY OF the .orlgin, spread and
methods OF prevention OF typhoid
lever.
Its cause. The disease is caus.
ed bv getting the small vegetable
organism, the h1cullus ryphosus,
into the alim,ntarv canal. Unless
this bacillus enters thp body there
n he no typhoid.
This bacillus when It enters the
body does 80 usually Wv way OF
the mouth with TODD or drunk and
the organism ,dges IN IN, mites.
tines and thei nultiplies and gives
rise to liberation OF the bowels and
later, by ahrasions, produced in
the small blood vessels IN the in.
testines, gets into the blood and is
carried to all parts OF the BODY.
The bucilli leaves the body OF
the patient in the excavations OF
the bowels and in the urine in en-.
ormous numbers; in his sputum;
IN his sweat: his yomit and his
blood. Hence all OF these Sub.
stances are particularly dangerous
and to come in contact with them
d in contact with anything which
has been soiled by them, is TO in.
vite injection IN ones self.
This disease is found through the
world and there are few commune.
ties that pass a year without a case
OF the disease cropping up; but |
wish to impress two points upon
you. First in respect to typhoid
lever and the community; n large
death rate from this disease means
ignorance. There is no way OF
better estimating the degree OF
civilization or education OF a COM.
munity than to look at It's typhoid
death rate. Second IN reg ard 70
the household; every case OF ".
phold originates from some ones
negligence. II from negligence 1t
cannot be too strongly condemned
and II from ignorance II cannot he
too quickly corrected by education
The prevention OF the disease
theoretically is simplicity itself
do not swallow the bacillus OF ~.
phoId. But to keep away from a
thing so small that i, cannot ht
seen rs not always so easy.
Practically prevention Of the dis
ease resolves itself into tour lines
oil defense. First; The duty OF
the physician. Second The dut
les OF the household in which the
disease occurs. Third. The du.
ties OF the public authorities. and,
fourth, the duties oil the educators
/. The duties OF the physician
are chiefly TO the patient, with IN.
s,ructions to the family as 10 rules
aud regulations concerning the
proper dl Infection OF the patient,
has discharge bedding, etc. which
must be carried out either hy the
nurse, or o frequently uy one
OF the family, who must act as
nurse. The physician must also
notify the board OF health OF the
presence OF the disease that they
may be able as early as possible 70
take care OF their duties.
a. The duties OF the household.
These are OF the utmost importance
II It were possible from today to
prevent live typhoid germs from
leaving the sick room OF the pa.
tent, there would be an end OF ~.
phoid fever. And this must he
the aim OF the duties OF the house
hold. They may be summoned up
in three words. Disinfect i o n
cleanliness, isolation. Remember
how the germs leave the patient:
IN his stools; urine; vomit; blood
sputum and sweat: remember that
everything that touches him and
everything he touches, absolutely
conveys the disease and should not
40 out OF the room until the bacilIi
upon them are killed by proper dis.
injection. Remember a thing most
easily forgotten that flies convey
the disease and by alighting upon
the patients sweaiy brow may ~
next TO a piece oil bread and leave
the bacillus there 20 be a mode OF
transmitting the disease 10 the un.
fortunate person eating that piece
OF bread. Therefore, screen the
patient. or the rnom and I'LL ali