The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

in the nose and mucous tract Of pet
dog and cats. There should be some law
enacted to prevent people, who are so
shortsighted as to be unconscious OF the
laws OF hygiene and modern sanitation.
from kissing and nursing dogs"
Writers in many health publications
throughout the country have been earn.
estly calling attention to,the fact that cats
and dogs are the agents for spreading
many diseases in this country in addition
TO influenza. These writer's emphasize the
fact that in our modern civilized life. with
its crowded conditions. there is no place
Tor cats and dogs. They belong to the age
Of the cave man and other periods of the
past They declare that the habit of kiss
ing and embracing cats and dogs is
shocking menace TO public health and
should be fought by everyone who under
II. Bush, an expert, writing in the Ma
tional Public Health Monthly makes a, IN
telligent and convincing attack on the
dog
From every point Of view says this
scientist. "the city dog is a dead loss
For every penny spent on him he returns
only bad scent. To poor man the cost
OF license, food, housing and attention for
a dog are no small items OF expense AS.
sumo that poor working man earns only
Is cents an hour for his labor. we often
find such a man spending on a dog for
To- al n
per week for year of ffty-two weeks the
outlay amounts to $5460-enough to buy
a whole carcass Of prime beef.
The dog is too uncleany and destruc
tive for an indoor associate, and when
allowed to run at large is a nuisance to
the community in general. Kept in re-
straint by chain or kennel, no matter what
his natural terJency. he soon becomes
vicious and dangerous.
Practically every dog is loaded with
intestinal worms With his prediction
and preference for raw and putrid meats
he acquires a stock OF this repulsive form
OF life more varied and numerous than
those inhabiting any OF the other domestic
animals. The invisible eggs and larvae
are carried in the hair. in the nose and
many forms OF this parasite readily
adopt man as Their host. and as they are
asily conveyed to him in various. ways
through his intimate association with the
dog, many illnesses, often diagnosed as
bowel stomach or liver trouble result.
"The invasion of man by these parasites
is frequently attended by serious II not
fatal consequences; and the canine COM
panion is prolific source for their trans.
mission to him. The following is a quota
ton from a treatise on intestinal worms
by an eminent medical authority: In gen.
cral the frequency OF occurrence of intes.
final worms is proportioned to the extent
Of the use OF uncooked or not sufficiently
cooked meats, the drinking of unfiltered.
standing waters, uncleanly habits and the
intimacy OF association with domestic
animals It therefore follows that an i'm.
portant precaution against infection by
parasites are properly cooked foods and
the avoidance of intimacy with domestic
animals
Viewed from the standpoint OF santa
lion and good health for the human being
there are many sound reasons for the ban.
ishment OF the dog from the centres OF
population
Notwithstanding his highly developed
and exquisite sense OF smell the dog has
an unpleasant pdor which is a sort Of