Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-07
!. Observation-Disclosures
HEALTH GRAMS
Observation-Disclosures.


People who don't believe in evolu-
ton or the existence Of germs, might
try this Look through a miseroSeope
at what laboratory men call bacteria
and then take an airplane view from
5000 or 5000 feet altitude of a
crowd al the races. Better still,
Seeute an aerial photograph Of a
crowd taken from a mile OF two high
ami look at il with one eye while the
other l. focused en- microscopic
view Of disease producing organisms.
The similarity of the two groups will
be interesting, to say the least.
People are usually more active dur
ing the fall and winter months than
during the hot months of summer.
The same is true of most contagious
disease garms. After a vacation both
ordinarily become vigorous. The cause
of this seasonal variation is less inn
porlant than the fact that soap and
hot water are death to germs. Neither
does the cause Of their habits modify
their transportation system. Unprs-
tected coughing or sneeZing will drive
infective organisms through the ain
for several feet, while kissing OF
eating from unSterilized dishes or eN.
changing partially eaten food is for
the germ what changing trains Is foI
a human. Each proceeds to a new
destination and begins to accumulate
wealth of his kind.
A thief got away with the state
health departments Ford last week,
Two days later il was found deserted
on a side street. stripped 10 the
bone" That's the way bacteria work.
They stick around at convenient
places, waiting for an opportunity to
light upon an unwary victim whom
they so thoroughly strip of his physi-
cal power and he has to desert his
usual work and helplesSly repair to
his bed.
A few weeks ago % people attended
a club meeting where raw salad was
served. USUALLY it is all right to eat
raw salads but this one happened to
be infected with typhoid fever germs
so that II of the guests later came
down with that expensive disease.
Raw foods of the salad making
variety are mighty good for health
when the yare clean but it's better to
pass them up unless one knows how
clean the cook is apt to be. 1t surely
is convenient to jump out of the
hiver and let her stand but she may be
gone when you want her next.
Blood pressure in an elephant j. a
good deal higher than ii Is in mouse.
If pressure equal TO that of an ele-
plant were applied to the veins OF
the little animal would surely
burst. Likewise blood pressure among
humans may vary for no reason other
than difference in size and the ply
steal requirements of the body.
Try feeding a baby elephant and a
young calf on an equal diet with the
end in view of producing two animals
Of the same size. 1t simply can't be
done. A square meal for robust
Young elephant would be sufficient to
kill a steer of equal age if the latter
could eat that much. Some animals
require more food than others. So
10 some humans. While there is NAL
nutrition in plenty the mere fact that
one child is not as heavy as another
Of equal age is no sign of i'll health
Or inferior development
Crops are better some years than ~
others in spite of efforts on the part
IF farmers to produce uniformly heavy
Yields. At the same time some farm
srs always produce more bushels per
acre than their neighbors, the soil
being the same Notwithstanding Con
.agious disease prevalence varies from
wear to year in the same mysterious
yay, all efforts to the contrary, bat
The persons and communities who APP
ply modern preventive measures
escape with the same uniformity that
marks the difference in yields on sim
lar farms where different methods are
used.
Selling carburetor pills for pep
ping up sluggish motors would Ger
.ainly be a great game for a few
if people generally
iidn't know so much about automo-
piles. Ignorance about the body Is
what makes the exploiting Of nos
runs such a lucrative business.
Changing the oil every 500 miles
keeping too much or too
title in the pump Is one Of the main
features in lengthening the life OF a |
ya.oline motor. OF course the oil
nust be Of the right grade and ii must
% vi>couS to serve its purpose. The
.ame kind Of regularity and care IA
he consumption and choice Of fools |
makes for a long lived, smooth run
ling human machine.