The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-03
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Carry a handkerchief and carry. II
where you can get 1t lhIo ae'A0'i
on a seconds warning. .l.-
II is no longer considered mere
as a part of the equipment OF inc
wali dressed men and women OF So
e %o+ it's a necessary shield for the
WA -,r|fa,tion of our neighbors ana
friends from ourselves. 1t uSea 70
be regarded by some OF the rnlii;-
tines only as an effemlnate cohv W.,
Ience-it's more than that now. NI''
nronpr and timely use it IS proven
five of disease communication. :. .,q
" Il has been discovered-and 1T lsn !
-, recent discovery, either, that the
Sneeze is menace to our neighIo.oIa'
II exnels the germs Of our cold INTO
The omen air. 1t scatters them
thTouob the surrounding square yafl
Of atmosphere, and if some lnhoeent
friend happens to be within the H. Ia.
dirs Of germ-laden spray, he IS que
n have a cold, because you were care
1ces. For it has also been discover
Cd that YOU can't "catch cold" or an
stack Of bronchitis Of other INK,
troubles, by sitting IN drait Oh co. Sr,
air nor from wet feet or clothing h'
on1v nossible way to acquire it is iron
some one who has already a cholg ,,
lot of bacilli, or germs, when ar
scattered in the spray given OH l.
coughing or sneezlng. j.,
These germs do not retain their ca
nacjtv for harm in the open ar ION
DER Than a few seconds, perhaps
minute, but in the throat where the
we're Matched. or il your own, the
have splendid chances for a Vlgorou
and harmful career. ~,
Of course, you must sneeze7 an
coueh-vou can't help it, ana 20
must talk. and by all of these opera.
lions of nature an infected spray
; aynelled into the air. If YOU have
, cold or other throat trouble, TINS
: the wav and the only way by who
= it is spread. -,
5 Now the handkerchief, or the prot
!, or use of it. is the means OF prote
f fling others from ourselves. Inc IN
" nulse to sneeze or to cough com,
= without warning. Often and usual
# is uncomfortable, but we have TN
$ IA turn the head in another dlrectl(
t and away from those with whom Y
+ are before the explosion comes. r
Y the s11rest ond safest way IS to smot
s or both in the handkerchief, and thai
IS the reason whv we should always ca
X nv it and within easy and QUICK fe9c
- It's not only an act of pollteness' I
a necessary sanitary precaut,on.
In the crowded church or theater
ID lecture room or in the street e.
f. where people are packed in close +
is nation. the handkerchief is the or
t. protection, and he who does not U
rs if is guilty of moral offense agar
ne his neighbors and society. i.
In this matter of disease trans1t
renee we are our brothers keeper.
can't escape the responsibility a
easier than the brother can, heweH
Is distasteful it may be to him. /
e. mutual relations Of society, OF
h. members to each other, are nescal
" hle, It is the accepted theory OF M
in ical science that if tuberculosis.
in phoid fever, yellow fever, smallp
ed malaria, even colds, bronchitis,
he grippe and other infectious allme
We could once be wiped out from amc
lis mankind, they would be banls11ed I
n ever, because the germs by Wh
alone these diseases are transmit
would be destroyed, and the Sc
would be extinct. Medical pract