The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-24
SOME FACTS PUBLIC
SHOULD KNOW
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wears. I'm 1855 ne pupiShtu ilAe
work. Prior 10 this time smallpox
caused one-teuth OF al deaths in
epidemic years one-half OF Az
deaths and in children under ten
wears Of age, one third OF an death
Germany alone had yearly death
rate Of 1000 from this disease But
today this pation has compulsory
Vaccination laws. and smallpox is a
curiosity Many physicians there
are who have never seen case. vac
cination was introduced into Ameri-
ca in 1900 by Dr. Genjamin Water
house of Goston, who vaocinated his
own children and proved their re-
distance by sending them subse-
qUently To a smallpox hospital, thus
verifying all that was claimed for
81 by Jenner. Vaccination properly
done and properly cared for is en-
tirely without risk and affords alb
eolute protection against smallpox.
II is not attended with as much risk
as a pin scratch, or the extraction
OF a tooth, or crossing street or
riding in a vehicle. With these
facts before us, it is blot on an
American citizenship that we should
continue to endure epidemics of this
Ioathsome disease. It. could be COM
pletely erradicated by the compulsory
vaccination of all infants within
three months after birth and Fe-vac-
clnation every seven years.
The greatest scourge with which
we have to battle today is that OF
tuberculosis 1t is believed to be one
Of the Oldest diseases known. 1t, is
Mentioned in some Of the Oldest ned
ital writing,and is found. in all fhe
countries and islands of the world. 1t
- disease which affects, the MAJ
1ority Of civilized people at some
time during their lives, Az least ten
ner centum of the population die of
81. It is caused by the invasion of
che tubercle bacillus in the body.
which is minute rod-shaped micro
organism, varying in size from by
10000 to $4,000 of an inch,
and lives best at body temperature.
Cold has little effect on these bacilli.
They resist even intense cold such
as is produced by liquid air. They
stand drying better than most bac-I
terra. They live well in a desicatorI
for months, and when allowed to
dry in the air, survive for years with
out moisture. Direct sunlight kills
them in few hours. but with dit-
fuse daylight week or more is re-
quired. They have been found alive
in dried sputa after 1856 days, Feitz
FOUND. the bacillus, n0dried sputum
in room and virulent, un to seyen
and nine months. Rosenherger .hasi
preserved viruient ,tubeirie bacst;il
in distilled water exp6Ssti d.snnlightt
for q fun year. There seems to be
nos rule for the visbility Of the
serras under given environment.
fts life In butter is almost uniimite.l /
= has been found. after four. end one
hof months almost as virulent as at
he start. In guinea pigs, the bacii:i
Ess been recovered from the stools
and urine from 8 ia s days after :n-
oculation. A patient with q severe
case of consumption may cough up
as many as five billions of these
hacilli or more day. and a particle
Of sputum no larger than pins
head may contain thousands OF
them. The danger zone on coughing
Or sneezing is 10 to 20. yards around
a tubercular patient. The bacilli
rnay enter the system: (a)@ through
he air passages and lungs by direct
contact or by indirect infection from
he sputum Of a consumptive. -
Vb) By means of drinking
classes, eating utensils. and other
articles placed to or into the mouth.
which have been handled OF put into
Inc mouths Of others, |,
@ Through the digestive track.
rom diseased meat or milk from
cows, or from food in
'ected by germ bearing dust.
td) Rarely through the skin. M
part OF the body is immune to tuDer-
.ulosis nor is it respecter OF agc.
L is most common between the ages
~ 20 and 40, but infants and old
die of it. The sputum is tho I
sreatest factor in the dissemination
y the bacilli, which thrive best in
lark and poorly ventilated places.
= is hard to contract the disease Gu;
u doors.
Despite public opinion, tubercu-
osis Is a durable disease. Hippo
Ito, ..,ooop{1ad shfa foot nnuht .