The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-03

nIt eFEodo ~ lHt sAetHe". oHH No'
~ falling scales Of skin, as used
70 be imagined. has only very
recently been learned. One Of
tho most conspicuous symptoms Of
measles is "cold. which causes
much sneezing and coughing BY
this means the germs Of the disease
are scattered about and other Peo.
rle tske. them in with the air thoT
breathe No wonder that tho
malady is 50 remarkably con
tagous
The discovery that measles i
spread by sneezing wss made very
recently nv Dr. John T. Anderson,
the eminent surgeon in charge Of
the government hvcieuic abora
tory At Washington. It's Importance
can hardly be exaggerated, for Il
shows e1sctlv how the spread Of
this ighly.eoptagious malady can
be prevented One word expresses
the whole idea-i,olatiou y suf-
ferer from the disease (Which is
much more frequently fatal than is
commonly supposed must he
quarsntincd as rigdlv as II for
smallpox
The germ Of measles. like those
OF yellow fever and scarlet fever.
is probably too minute 70 he seen,
even with the aid Of a microscope.
At al events, il has never been
identified, though DR.. Anderson has
found that monkeys are subject 10
the disease, and there is hope that
serum may be obtained for its
cure or prevention.
Common colds arc distributed in
the ssme way. One person in
family who happens TO be thus At.
1icted is likely. by sneeziug, 20 Gil
the whole house with germs.
They float about in the air, and it
is mere chance il every member Of
the household docs not catch the
complaint one often notices how
= cold runs through = family;
now ve know the reason.
II has been proved by expert.
ment that person suffering from
4 cold will discharge the germs 10
a distance of five feet by the mere
act of talking in loud voice, This
was ascertaincd by holding gela
tine plates in front of the talker,
the germs received upon them be
ing af,crward developed into "cul-
lures, Judge. then, of what must
happen when the kind of explosion
which ne call snceZe occurs.
II has been estimated that as
the result OF snccZe over a hun
dred cubic feet OF the surrounding
arr becomes Glled with germs dis
charged hy the sucezc.
You get aboard q street car. 4
passenger succ1es violently two or
three times The result is invis.
ible 10 your eyes. but what it
amounts 10 IS that all Of tho air IN.
side of the vehicle is filled with eX-
ceedingly minute particles, every
one of which carries few germs
Of the cold from which the sneezer
is suffering. II you do not catch
IL, YOU arc IN luck. that is all
Epidemics Of bad colds often
spread through entire communities;
tho street cars help a lot 1t is
the same way with grippe. The
latter, Of course, is dangerous
disease. but colds also are danger
ous-much more so than most rco-
PIE imagine. They arc the starters
of many a serious, and even fatal,
mslaiy.
Do YOU know what makes 50
many people deaf! In nearly all
cases that lamentablo affection is
duo 10 common colds and nothing
else. From the nasal passages, on
each side thereof. tube leads di.
rectly 10 the inner car, These are so.
called eustachiau tubes, and their
business IS 20 supply air 10 the
space behind the ear drum. in order
that the latter NAV vibratc freely
IN response 20 sound waves. But
II the tubes be obstructed, there is
interference with this function. and
deafDess eusues.
The germs OF colds are liable 70
make their way from the nasal mas.
sages along and through the tubes.
causing congestion of their lin.
iuss, If. as often happens. such
congestion becomes chronic. moro
OF less deafness inevitably results.
Furthermore. che deafness is pro.
gresAve; II. becomes steadiIy
though slowly worse as time goes
on.
Deafness is usually regarded "a
hn aihiction OF age especially. But
u J. not such IN reality. Like baIS.
ness. u - an afhictiou Of vouth
II man - going 10 become bald.
be begins 20 lose his hair while vet
In his twenties. IL is the same wav
with deafness. Tho trouble NAV
not DO noticed for many years. hut
y starts early in life. as a rule
The famous Dr. Woods Hutebinsnn
saws that old folks are more liabIc
than Young people 70 be very baTd
ot hearing. because. having lived
longer. they ''hsve bad moro .ime
IN which 20 catch colds. 80
Dr. ". e. Rocker. assistant s,r.
gcou general of the public beaI,k
service. = authority for the statc.
ment that probably scarlet fever.
mumre and wbo1ping, cough are
suIead bv srecEiur. That dirb,bc.
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