The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-28
THE crRE OF THE CARRIER STATE


 fron, place to place, in pursuit of her employ
 ment as cook-they tell me she was one g anu cook-and innocenty .eavlng Tn h1a 1a.st taueht inc man in the street that there is such a thins as a healthy carrier cf disease.
 A tvnhod germ "carrier" is person Wno Has had typhoid fever (whether the orlglnal illness was so diagnosed not) at some time past, pea
 haps many years ago. ana stiii .; nalno, ,hnnce where in the body a focus Of lnfectlon wheheo viruent typhoid bacilli are given orr eitner coa @
 stantly or at intervals so that the lndivlouai may spread the disease luSt as thouSh he oi " "
 ill of typhoid fever. ,a os+ known typhoid carriers, if not all, harbor the focus of infection in the galbladder. That IS a
 little sac the size of hens egg or smaller Wnicn serves reservoir for pie Wnen ntestine few inches below the lower gateway of the stomacn, a; at intervals as the bile is required for lntestna digestion Once the gallbladder IS so ihlectsu extirpation is the only effective way 10 cure tne carrier state Are justified Tn asklhs an i, iiiio cent typhoid carrier to give up his or her gailsac noare1,, to mi an end 10 the elimination of the typhoid germs? If l were the carrier | it slouiu prefer the operation to the constant supepssion and surveillance of the health authorlties. A oallbladder is more or less superfiuous In the modern human economy anyway Whats the odds if it has gone bad on fellow! Besiues, we know that uncured typhoid infection of the gall. bladder often leads to gastones after several years. Who wants to save saclu. ol saii''oiie' or the makings of one?
 typhoid carriers. Most diphtherla carriers mar DOT the dphtheria germ focus in the tonslls Raulcai surgical removal of the toneils sometimes clears up the carrier state, but not always If were diphthera carreir I'd hesitate about undergolns s,Irgical tonslectomy just Tor the safe of a pos
 sible cure of the carrier state But "oulu.
 mind submitting 10 lew ciathermy treatisem.s ,o.
 A nine year old boy had a sore throat and was
 kept out of school but doctor was called. Later
 his young sister developed sore throat ana I clle throat looked bad so doctor was called. Ihe doctor found membrane in the girls throat Gull lures showed diphthera in both cases Antlto&lh was given both patients. The little girl soon re- covered and her culture Hecame negatNe' put week after week the boys culture renamed pos
 tive, and finally the city health department nad a test made for vrulence (tc make sure the dlph- theria germs the boy carried were the kind that really cause diphtheria) and this was positive. It began to look like a long hard winter TOT the boy and his family, for quarantine must be main tained as long the throat gives off Vlrulent diphtheria germs. Finally the family doctor toted his dathermy apparatus to the home, electro coagulated the surfaces of both tonsis, ana week later after the coagulated surface had soughed off the cultures became negative ana remained negative. The carrier was cured. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CeIInlodtis
 What is ccIIulOiditis? I heard of woman dying from it.. I have been taking ccluloids for several months Is this dangerous? They are the 1 12 minerals put up in sugar of milk. (Mrs G. C. O.
 | Answer-Perhaps you heard of some one hav- 1 ing cellulitis That severe spreading infam- | nation of the loose connective tissues between | various organs It has nothing to do with taking | minerals It is silly ake 12 or any other num- i Der of minerals, further than one gets in ample | quantity and number in most natural foods. Bambino Has Fourteen Colds My baby just a year old has IF teeth and now
 she is cutting her two stomach teeth. Every tooth | she cuts causes her to have severe colds in the head She also has pains in fier ears as she keeps poking at them. Sine is cross it Is almost im- possible to keep her satisfied. Sometimes she has | fever. (Mrs (. M)
 Answer-The only clue to the babys real trouble Is in that naive remark that it is almost | impossible to keep her sitisfieed. That implies | something about her diet possibly medicines. ] Anyway I only assure you that cutting a 1 tooth never seriously upsets a babys health. or | course every baby of that Is cutting teeth | every little while. "Teething" is not fair diag
 nosis of the baby's troubles. More frequently t Is actually wrong feeding sometimes actual ill., ness Cutting teeth never makes n baby ill, IsaIet Dancing My daugheE sgiIO will be 70 in June hAs been taking balletc tap dancing. Now she wants tO | take toe. Have been told she Is too old Co start
 toe dancing. and it is terrible strain on the sex organs and she will have TOubIe when she grows
 up. fMPs W. B,)
 AnsWeP--I don't know yhaibeP lady Of 10 Is too old 10 learn ballet tap daneng, but can assure you no such dancing IS any strafn on any | organs except maybe the IeaFf, if inc dancing teacher thinks your dauBbleF is not too old t0 be | successful et her go gbead with her study Of dancing, Ben Told is lll wO0gy about that, Dusty Tgade
 My husband works ID fbp bniidlDg Hue ns . Illn keii0P nnd iln 00nlplnlla Of ih0 dust Every evening his n0se Bnd iIlpDni nre ,luI Of dust, Whnl should he nsp Co pIehF h 0MiY ffRs A, C,D ABFweV--Iei hlm tnnn Q liille powdered dried
 h0nD and blow Inc nOhl OnR hldn nf R ilnlH, ltiDDvVlFhi, dObn f, Dllln HDl