Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

physician can only put the patient In conur
ton to weather the storm as well as possioie'
But while little be done after the o1sease
has developed, careful parents can do much u
prevent their children from taking the malaoy-
The childrens noses can be kept clean LIZ T ieA
ner regards this most important Also cel'oi1
disinfectants If used as mouth and nose WASH
during the summer danger period, are eHective
A one per cent solution of hydrogen peroxide Will
kill the germ of infantile paralysis so VIII
plain menthol Each of these statements Is mace
upon the authority of Dr. F1exner
Yet the germ that causes infatnile paralysis Is
more viruent than the germ OF rabies Dr- REX
ner discovered that the paralysis germ could not
even be weekend by drying it for weeks over
caustic potash by keeping 1t frozen 1or weeks
Rut hydrogen peroxide and menthol kill it,
Dr. Flexner is and has been for some time
conducting experiments to learn whether MES
carry the germs and spread the disease he mas
already definitely learned that flies do carry tne
germs but he has not demonstrated that the
germs when carried. get into the system ana
produce the disease
Infantile paralysis came to this country from
Scandinavia Prior to 1907 1t had seldom occurred
here Since then it has been epidemic from the
Atlantic to the Pacific New York and Boston,
where so many immigrants gather. have suffered
most Minnesota which SO many ScanolnaVlans
remove comes next The disease fourishes dur
ing hot, dry summers 1t Is sort vi sie'el
disease of cerebrospinaI meningitis and. years
ago was probably often mistaken for that disease
conspicuous point of difference is that the Tor
Yner malady comes in late winter or early spring,
while infantile paralysis comes In summer. IN
fantile paralysis is most likely to attack cn1idren
years 49,
immune But one attack most likely makes the
subject immune for life. Dr. F1exners expert
ments upon monkeys indicate as much
But barking back to the causes OF preventative
deaths of children this much more may be SAID.
Mothers too prone to buy medic1ne from ooc-
tors and not enough given buying Information
from them Mothers who do not know how to
care for their children should not wait until
child is sick and then call the doctor to dose the
child They should call the doctor when the
child is we'll and pay him his regulation fee Tor
sitting down half hour and instructng them
With REGARD To the care of the child Most mothers
need information more than their children need
medicine Doctors, when called, often give narIn-
less medicine when none is needed simply De-
cause the public feels that 1t must have something
for its money The public is not wise enough
to know that it can spend its money IN no Detter
wav than to buy certain Information that tends
toward the maintenance OF health D1arrnea, TOT
instance which kills babies. perhaps. than
any other single cause. is solely disturbance
of the digestive tract due to wrong feedlng MILK
cubic centimeter-or even million-w1l cause IL
Cows milk not properly modified Is certain 10
unset the stomachs of infants. naH-nour WIN
a good physician will enable mother TO get Id
formation that may prevent her child from sicRen-
ing and dying
avoidable deaths children must largely rest
with the few who knowing how to take care OF
their own do not for reason or another. take
effective measures to pass this knowledge 10
others A few men control every government
national state and municipal These men. If they
wanted to- could compel government to dissent
nate the vast amount of information concerning
the prevention OF infant mortality france moved
when her birth-rate became low that she had
TO move When children become scarce. govern
ments sometimes as careful OF their heaitn a.
they are at other times of the health OF hogs