The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
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BORNE DISEASE-A fBEVENT-
ABLE DISEASE. WHAT CAUSES
TYPHOID FEVER.
Typhoid fever is an infectious
disease, caused only by eating or
drinking typhoid germs. These tiny
typhoid germs live and multiply
only in the body of man. They do
not grow spontaneously or spring
up from nothing" Every case of
| typhoid fever comes in some manner
from eating or drinking a few of the
millions upon millions OF typhoid
germs that are daily passed of by
some infected person. 1t is neces-
sarily short circuit from one fell
lows bowel matter to the other fell
lows mouth by food or drink, and
the fly is most often the carrier OF
the germs to the food and drink.
1t shows that for every case OF ty-
phoid fever the discharges from some
other case were not properly disin-
fected or disposed of and some one
else had his food or drink contami-
mated thereby, or, in other words,
that we are careless and dirty in our
habits. Ordinarily these typhoid
germs do not live long outside the
human body; few weeks or months
at most represent the usual life OF
these germs outside the human body.
If we could kill all the typhoid
fever germs from typhoid patients
and carriers" or if we could, pre-
vent them from growing if they
should get into our bodies, there
would be no more typhoid fever;
typhoid would be eradicated.
STOPPING TYPHOID AT IT'S SOURCE.
Since every case of typhoid fever
is source of countless millions of
typhoid germs, it goes without say
ing that every case of typhoid is a
source of danger, particularly to
those near or in attendance. AS a
very long step in the prevention of
typhoid, therefore we should destroy
all typhoid germs at the bedside by
carefully disinfecting all the pa
tients discharges.
We are too prone as physicians to
fail to give specific directions as to
this, and we are too considerable of
our patients pocket book when it
comes to laying in a plentiful sup
ply of disinfecting material, when
this is the main thing. Some peo-
pie, however, have typhoid in such
a mild form as to be unacceptable.
They may not even be sick enough
to 60 to bed. Such cases are called
walking typhoid, Other persons1
who have typhoid go about discharg-
ing germs for months or even years
after they have apparently recover
ed. Such persons are called "ty-
phoid carriers. In either case these
people, particularly if they use open
back privies, are as much danger as
typhoid cases sick with the disease.
Even though ordinary cases of ty-
phoid were carefully attended, car
riers" and cases of walking typhoid
would spread much disease.
1t is good idea where there is a |
case of typhoid in the family one
year and another a year later, to
examine the focal matter and urine |
OF last years case and see if the
germs can't be found, thereby locat-
ing the source of the recent case by
finding the last years case carrier
OF the disease, discharge the germs
at every elimination from bowels or
kidneys or both, the germs multi
plying in the recesses of the warm
bowel or bladder.
ANTI-TYPHOID VACCINATION.
If everybody took reasonable pre-
caution against typhoid, we would |
not have many chances of contract
ing the disease. A number of peo-
pie, we are sure, will not do this.
and it behoOves US to safeguard our
selves to the utmost extent. Modern
science has proved way of almost
absolutely preventing the growth of
these germs in the human body once
they gain access. 1t is by means
of anti-typhoid vaccination. Three
given a week or ten days
apart, are necessary to confer i'm
1t is safe. practically pain
less, causes no open sore and gives
wonderful protection. By its means
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