Gunnison news-champion., 1915-03-12
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the dssosse OF small pox - also esss~d
BY germ. tie~eSer. ~ the sss Of the
microsGoye, and from oar o~1n ossservsr
tson. we know thai the germs Of either
small yox or diph;horsa may be carried
spon the c'oshIug Of a person. although
he may merely have been M contact
with another having the disease.
This being tn. case. we mast bsild for
oar defense. az imaginary stone wall
between these towns and ourselves.
We viii call this imaginary wall quar-
sntine. To make this effective, the
trains would be discontinued and guards
placed along our line Of quarantine 50
that any person coming from Crested
Butte or Baldwin would be turned back.
Should person attempt to evsde our
law and reach Gunnison. he would be
arrested, turned over TO the eity physi-
cisn and. at his discretion. either re
turned TO his home or sent 20 pest
house.
A few years ago our pest houses were
IN such an unsanitary condition that If a
person who did not have small pox was
sent there, he was certain Of contract
ing 1t within short time afterwards.
Our pest house Of today is supposed to
always be IN sanitary condition.
Now, that we have built our wall of
protection. let US see that neither mer-
chsndise nor even mail comes through
that wall until after thorough fumigs-
tion. As yet no case has broken out in
our city. We have protected our com
munity to the best of our ability; we
must now exert our right to protect
ourselves.
Peace conferences, peace temples and
peace treaties are much to be admired
in times of peace. From recent obser-
vations, they avail little in time of war; ;
likewise, idle gossip concerning the ter
rors of vaccination are delightful pas
time when there is no small pox. How
ever. in our present emergency, we
must accept the testimony of statistics,
together with the testimony of men who
have spent the better part of their
lives along these lines of research, 60 to
q competent and clesnly physician end
be vsccinated. In 80 doing. we have
laid foundation for our individual well
of protection. II this we'll is well built,
even the presence Of the enemy does not
preclude he viii get through, in other
words, though disease germs may be
foxxvnA in <,xnr a. - uwAn <sf
sonal resistance be raised high enough,
they will not find home there.
To rsise this n tsistance the teeth and
mouth should he kept clesa. Our life
long habit Of placing toothpicks, pencils,
matches. hsirpins, etc. in our mouth
should be discontinued. IL diseased,
the tonsils should be removed. An as
tringent gargle will retsrd the growth
of disease germs in the throat
Obey the hint; fresh air and disease
germs are deadly enemies.
Stagnstion breeds disease. Attempt
to be clean internally as well rs exter-
nally. Many disease could be so avoid
ed
After oil our precautions, two cases,
one of small pox and one of diphtheria,
have broken out in our midst, yet we
may rest assured that because of our
efforts, the course of the disease will
not be as severe.
In the olden days when George Wash
ington died of diphtheria, one of every
two who contracted the disease died.
Since diphtheris anti-toxin came into
use, the death rate has made decided
drop.
A young man came down from Bald
win before our quarantine was estab-
lished. Two weeks later he complained
of chills and fever, aching of head
back, limbs and intense vomiting. Four
days later, small, red, shotty feeling
areas appeared on the upper part of his
forehead along the hair line. The dis
ease was plainly that of small pox and
the patient sent to the pest house. The
pest house being away from the city,
and his room Immediately fumigated
made the danger of an epidemic very
slight
A young lady received package from
Crested Butte which had not been pro
perly fumigated. On the fourth day
from that time, she suffered from fever,
chills and intense soreness of the throat,
later, inability TO swallow. White
patches could be seen about the tonsils
and back of throat. A physician was
summoned, and swab of the throat
ent to the state board of health and the
next day We had the definite diagnosis
of diphtheria.
The young lady was detained in her
room, her clothes placed in box with
cloths soaked in formalin. She receiv-
ed a large dose Of antitoxin. A vaccin-
ating or immunizing dose was given to