The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-11-12

AS man becomes civilized and lives
under constantly changing conditions.
new problems have to be met. AS a
compensation more is known of the
principles Of health and how to over
come adverse conditions" saws Prof
fessor Palmer Of the A. G.. ",The mod
ern way of heating-furnace hot water
steam-do not admit fresh air as did
the open fire place and the cracks he
tween the logs, but we know now bet
ter now to Venttlate so that we can
provide the fresh air by making special
arrangements for bringing II into our
houses In place of it's coming in acci
uentally Living closer together and
exchanging food products that can he
contaminated with disease germs
makes the chances for the carving of
diseases greater than when the family
produced all the food it used. To off,
set this, however, we now know more
on disease germs and SO can keep them
out OF the food and from otherwise
gaining entrance to our bodies.
one thing that has kept this knowl-
edge Of disease germs and their pre
vention from being better known ID
that the literature relating to them has
been rather technical and so not plain
20 the one not versed in the science
of bacteriology and biology. DR.. Isaac
W. Brewer has given this information
In common every day language i'm his
book, Rural Hygiene In its 227 nages
1t takes up ali the problems of health.
the nature of diseases, their causes
germs and low forms of animal life
how they get into food, how they are
carried by insects, by water wind
dust, clothing and animals.
The book has chapters as follows:
l, Work and recreation,
2. Dwellings.
3. Schools.
4. Water.
5. Disposal of excreta.
g. Food and diet.
q Wines whistles and other alco.
holic drinks.
g. Milk.
8. Ice. ,
10 Country stores, jails and good
i. Flies, manure and slaughter
houses.
IL. Hogs. a
3. Intestinal parasites Ground worm.
tape worm, hook worm, Trichi-
MAJ.
IA. Malaria, tetanus 0ock jaw, diar-
rhoea, dysentary.
., General rules regarding contag- |
ious diseases.
Is. Measles and scarlet fever.
7. Diphtheria and smallpox.
8. Whooping cough and typhoid few
er.
-. tuberculosis.
0. Rabies and rats.
These are all practical everyday
'ubiects, a knowledge of them indis-
lensible to the wife and mother il the
amily is to be kept healthy, happy and
effective.
An intelligent understanding of the
ubJeets treated in the first twelve |
hapters will make it possible to prac-
,ically stamp out the diseases and ma
aides treated of in the last eight |
chapters.
Here it is in language that an
ighth grade student can understand
nd read with interest and fascination.
The preventative measures suggested
re simple; while the title is Rural
.ygiene 1t applies to the city home
WE'LL
"The discussion of ventilation is not
nlte correct, in that it states, the
oul air should be drawn off near the
eiling. The diagram illustrating how
could be accomplished, however. is
erect SO that the statement is like
y worded different than intended.
Aside from this the statements are
'orrect - are regular searchlights
hrowing light on the dark places from
which come SO much of human suffer-
ng, misery and premature death.
'Hoard's Dairyman has a half coll
nan editorial on the book; it concludes
$ follows: 1t should be in every rural
chool library, and it would do no
arm If it was in every home
THE writer would like to see the
Fonran's club make thorough study
this book so that concerted action
ould be taken. The only way this
an be done is for the mothers and
Tives to do it. The writer has been
amiliar with the danger from flies.
ut when at hotels or restaurants,
that is one to do? He has known the
anger of getting typhoid fever through
,ater, but one careless. person can up
ct all the good work that many peo-
lie do. He has known the need of
-entilation, but what can one do when
way from home and windows are
Jailed down? He has known the dam
,er Of the village slaughter house,
ghere hogs feed on the rotten offal,
lies breeding galore, yet one must eat.
e danger of milk from diseased ami
nails. So one has to trust to luck in
tead Of acting according to ones
Living as we do one alone can do
title toward keeping disease germs and
arasites our of one's body. The food
hat comes to the table is the product
L thousands of people-the clothes
hat we wear have been handled by
of hands. The air that we !