The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-10

pell ed in the acts of coughing and
sneezing have been allowed to dry and
enter the atmosphere without consider.
alton. When coughing or rneezing,
one should always hold his handkerchief
before his mouth. Flugge and Lats-
chenk demonstrated the necessity of this
precaution in this way. They had tub
erculosis patent sneeze and cough in
sterilized glass boxes, then they inocu-
lated animal with material scraped
from these boxes. As result of this
incubation tuberculosis resulting in the
animals inocuiated.
/ The careful, clean tuberculosis pa
tient, is not dangerous to those with
whom he comes in contact. The mat
ter coughed up. and sneezed out by
consumptives, however. is full of living
germs, to small to be seen. These
germs are the cause of consumption,
and when breathed into weak lungs,
they set up the disease.
Sweeping with dry brooms, streets
or floors, where there is dry sputum,
aids in the spread of such diseases as
tuberculosis, la grippe. pneumonia etc.
Careless splitting in public places is al
so dangerous because flies carry the
infection. Tubercle bacilli have been
found in the dust coming from the
crumbled bodies of dead flies. If spit
ting in public places were abolished,
epidemics of la grippe, pneumonia etc
would be less to be feared and more
easily controlled.
The tubercle bacilli retains its viru-
lence in the dry state for several months.
The writing and experimental work of
Villemin. Weber, Koch, Tapeiner, Cor
net and others, confirm this.
No one should touch food without
first washing the hands. Napkins used
by tuberculosis patients should be
washed after each meal. 1t would be
better still to use paper napkins aud
| burn them after each meal.
The telephone box or booth, is ar
harbor of disease. The infection from
this source is largely through the drop
lets of sputum dried upon the mouth
peice. In the language 'of the Ian
Get" July 9th, 1907, Condensations
from the breath of previous users. I"
In this way caller to caller may thus
give or receive infection.
Consumption is chiefly caused by the
filthy habit of splitting. Don't spit
where it is possible the sputum to dry,
become reduced to powder and float in
the air.
The sleeping car is another public
place where splitting is fraught with
special danger. In these cars thespit-
toons are usually dry and not half fill
ed with water, as all spittoons1 should
be. Because of this fact and the fur
ther fact that the cars are ordinarily
thoroughly heated, and the air within
them very dry, the sputnm in them
soon dries, is reduced to a powder, and
in very short time floats in the air of
the car.
Splitting on school Fairgrounds is
fraught with disastrous results to the
little ones. In this way many an inno-
cent child contracts tuberculosis, la
! grippe, pnuemonia etc.
While it is true that anti splitting law
are in vogue in many of our cities, it
is likewise true that they should not
be necessary. One should awaken to
q full realization of the danger in
splitting in public places. He should
have the welfare nf humanitS suffici.
emily at heart to refrain for that rea-
son alone.
Splitting in public places is dirty
filthy habit, creates nuisance. and
spreads disease.