The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

For the door yard camp, for the bal.
oony sleeping room, for the roof gar.
den bedroom quarters, or for the camp.
ing grounds away from home, there is
nothing that will equal n hay quilt for
comfort and durability. II is a novel
idea TO the majority who enjoy sleeping
out of doors in the summer. This con.
venient invention in bed covering is
equal in warmth 10 two or three blank.
cts. Dark red Canton flannel or dura.
BILE flannelet of some dark shade is best
for the covering. The quilts should
be made u little wider than the beGs
| they are intended To cover; and the
goods should be sewed across the top
and bottom: then down one side, and
quilted across from side TO side nj dis.
tances of about Is inches. Then the
| hay is packed in evenly and lightly, and
the remaining side is sewed down. When
the hay becomes limp, the quilt may be
hung before the camp fire, or out in the
sun, and IL will become crisp again.
When the hay is worn and thin from
constant use, il is nm easy matter to re.
new the warmth and durability of the
quilt by removing the old hay and re-.
placing il with sweet, dry hay. These
hay quilts, though new in this country,
have long been used by the Swiss peas.
antry.
Infantile paralysis is n communicable
disease. II was long considered so. but
in the last year or two il has been
definitely determined rs an infectious
disease, and epidemies of il have occur.
red. II is more prevalent in hot wealth
er. The poison, IL has been found, en-.
tiers through the nose and the throat
Generally il attacks the spinal cord
that part of il which is concerned in
the movements of the muscles, which is
the reason IL causes paralysis. The at.
tack comes on between 2 and 30 days
after exposure the usual time being Z
TO 10 days. II begins suddenly with
fever, There may be vomiting and even
commissions. The child is restless and
sleepless, and the joints of muscles in |
some eases are tender and painful |
Sometimes as early as Il hours after
the attack-but generally n longer pc
Rod ensues, up TO two or three DAYS
paralysis of one or both legs occurs. |
The paralysis is much more extensive |
in severe cases. II is not vet known
how long a time il takes for the infec- |
tion TO pass away. The whole subject |
is one over which the physicians are
studying and trying by experiments
and laboratory work to come TO more
definite conclusions. Up to a few wears
portant fact which has been determined
is that the poisons enter the body
through the nose and throat. Dphthe.
ria is another disease which is taken
in the same manner If the nose and
throat can be kept in healthy cOndi.
tion n child is much less likely to take
or give disease. Adenoid growths must
he removed. ms also the enlarged ton.
sis, which prevent a child from getting
enough air 70 keep the blood in good
condition. In most parts of the United
States the climate is so variable that
il is almost impossible 10 keep the air
passages as thev should he. When it
becomes as much a routine to cleanse
and take care of the nose and throat
as il has become for the teeth, there
will be much less influenza, pneumonia,
bronchitis and diphtheria.
Dirt and disease have gone hand in
hand too long says a writer in the Sur.
vey Magazine As modern surgery owes
its rapid strides TO the Punishment of
dirt from the operating room, so mod
ern medicine is to come into its own
through the Punishment of dirt from
our communal life. In most of our cit.
les we are still in that documentary
state of sanitary knowledge where we
know no better than to surround our.
selves with the vilest elements of hu.
man waste. We still suffer TO remain