The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-07-01

lIOO1AW VI 1BDS 011o (bu0ku -
Monroe county men women and
children have hookworms (Uncina-
risis Americana and Pellagra (corn-
bread diseased and no disputing it.
Then let's wake up and route these
two enemies Of health and happi-
ness from this county.
The Government is Kidding our
county of the tick, the enemy OF
our fine cattle, and am proud our
citizens through our Board OF
Supervisors. one of the best Boards
in the State has instituted this
great work of eradicating the ticks
from Monroe county, but friends
are we going to think more Of our
cattle than we do the lives of our
families, our babes, sisters, mothers
and wives?l
/ am going to answer that ques-
ton for the manhood of the county
with one word, NO. That being
the case then what's to be done TO
cure these two diseases and stop
| their progressive march?
For hookworms the question Is
easily answered, for Pellagra, most
| dificult. Hookworms we know
from whence it comes and where
it abides, and there is no excuse
for the poorest, sorrlest, ugllest
meanest, LATEST and most migrate
full person in the county To longer
suffer with it or for his family to,
ANYBODY can recognize 1T In Its
worst form, the proverbal dirt
leater." He or she is the typlca
"potbellied" hookworn subject
but there are large per cent Of thu
hookworm patients who are pot 81
easily recognized and must have
their excreta placed under a micro
scope by trained physician t.
make sure of the diagnosis. Man.
people in Monroe county, who thinl
{ they have heart disease hav
: nothing but hookworms, for palpi
+ tation is one of the early and FIRE
t lquent symptoms. Many. too, ar
: treated for malaria dumb chills SO
: called with nauseating doses c
"calomel and pohophylin, F" an
: ear ringing quinine, when two G
: three good doses of salts and a littl
lThymol would most certainly Civ
a happy view from a theraputlcs
photograph, also You whould /
cured of large per cent OF you
dyspepsia or indigestion viii chevt
cognomen YOU are masqueradin
under, for these are symptoms {
!. tUncinariasis.
No Que who is infected with thes
filthy little blood sucking vampire
is i'm a normal condition and caps
BILE of doing their best, physically
morally or mentally, and you al
: also a constant source of infectio
II to others With whom you come
II contact, truly a menace to an
y community and should be as STRIFE
:. ly quarantined as an old tick ladef
!. razorback natty haired cow. |
2. fact, doesen't the same logic tn;
l. appeals to your good judgement
n conserve the lives of your cattl'
l. get little nearer you when
; touches the lives of your family
l. If it does get busy all of you, an
?, see that none of your family ha,
k hookworms, and when the lea
doubt arises, consult a competel
physician who is prepared to el
anime you for hookworms and ais
treat you, and after you are FIRE
STAY free by seeing that there is n
soil pollution on your place frol
: fecal discharging carlessly dropped
Have good sanitary closet fl
your family and each one of yor
tenants, if you are fortunate enoug
" to be landlord. Keep lime or cruo
/" carbolic acid in the closet and ST
;, that it is used daily over the di
" charges and have each privy cleane
of deposit at least every eight day.
Do these things and reap
hundred fold in lessened drug an
: doctor bills, not TO count II
amount of pain, sickness an
Is premature death prevented while
r cannot be measured in dollars ea
) cept by the ultra sordid and none
), paranoiacs. How to recognize an
n prevent Pellagra next week.
" Respectfully,
l.. G.. FEEMsTER.
$ County Health Officer.