The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-19

sor 70 suppose that the germs OF the puoon1o
nav he transferred by feas, and OF typhus
fever by the body louise. but the olscoui
- tha soa and the louise Is by no means dlmcuit
O,,v tho Hv because we treat him as lreho "nu
hrother Ia in position to reward US at his WA.
nv the presentation of a package OF oes.,
that makes Pandoras box look IKE colie''ior
NJ assorted chocolates and bonpons' ne wiz
transmit In yirulent form typhoid 1eVer' Asiaus
cholera, summer dysentery and otner Intestinal
diseases. and even tuberculosis all by the inses
t,on Of iy-specks on food Therein lies ainios'
all the danger 1t will also transmit, II is true'
such diseases smallpox, scarletfeVer' measles.
chicken-pox erysipeas, and even carbuncles pu'
nrocticaiIv only by incubation, that is. by depos-
,,,ne the germs on a sore surface or on mucous
membrane.
Rut It is not from contact with horse manure
or ordinary refuse that the fly becomes 30 danger
o,s to the health of BY far the greater peril
lies in the fact that 1t will breed IN human ex'
creta Because Of this habit 1t carries the living
germs of typhoid, cholera and other Intestinal
diseases to exposed food supplies. and thousands
Of unfortunates, partaking Of these, are laid low
to suffer incalculabe anguish of mind and body
until natural resistance enables them 10 over
come the poison or death intervenes.
When the sum total of misery and loss which
must be laid In this connection at the door Of the
house fy is taken into account, 1t will readily be
believed that no remedy, however drastic, to re-
move the cause, can Justly be regarded as super.
fuous.
DIR. q. NJ Kober at the governors conference at
the White House in 1908, presented figures show
ing that the decrease in the vital assets OF the
country through typhoid fever alone In single
wear is more than $350,00O,000 The house ny
while not the sole carrier of the typhoid germ
H. nnr& ~ fc Afcfrf fiNY
that he may rightfully be charged with very con
siderable part of the loss Add to this the dread
ful toll exacted by intestinal disorders, and tn
tiny agent. like the Djlnn Of the fshermans jal
set free through mans indiscretion, looms NOR
and more menacingly until his terrifying shado'
. fills and darkens the heavens.
. These are the popular charges against the H.
In principle they are true, and the violent entnu
issm which greets the proposal for his extermin
ton must be viewed with an approving eye III
"" smoke and the effervescence Will inevitably pas
~ hut the solid impetus which distinguished the NOV
- ment will remain. At the same time II is wen
- remember that clear. calm understanding OF
- =. actual truth, shorn of decorative hypernoie.
Nv mora essential to the success of the crusade TIL
all the unreasoning zeal which distinguishes
u, first rush upon the breastworks
IN How easily the inquirer may be led astray 1r'
nv, the scientific aspect of the affair Is readily III
- trated. Several years ago a writer IN the bos'
~ Medical and Surgical Journal declared that
-. tain experiments seemed to offer an expianat
~ Of the sporadic cases of cholera occurring IN N
o. o. York city In 1892 In spite Of the most care
~. quarantine Maddox and Simmonds fed nies W
cholera spirilla and obtained cultures OF the
,na terium from the insects so fed. We nave 81
~ before that bacteria suffer no dminution OF u
law. virulence in passing through the fly. In 1897
IN cases Of cholera developed In New YORK. the
a,.. ease being first brought in by steamship.
,o,r patients lived in widelyseparated parts OF the
,tes and had no personal association with eacn OF
,sh. The only striking fact common to all the CT
was that the victims were engaged IN some 4
+, q of the food trade The bacillus, when exami
!. ., proved to be identical with that discovered
wsv shipboard. The physicians investigating
ha method Of infection were forced to exclude
, M water supply They also declared. after mucn
perimentation and thought, that 1t was incret
$50 that the wind had carried the germs over so
ion. an area In so short time. BY careful pro
NO.. NJ elimination the guilt was brought down to
oer. ay. which by excreting cholera bacili upon
hut exposed in various localities. was thought TO
,alIv snread the dreaded disease.
700. Now mark the scientific caution OF the