The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-10
THE CRI COMPLETE IN
TWENTY-FOUR VARIETIES

You never know nor Goes your QOc.
tor what your putative cold" is 60
ing to be tomorrow. just run your
furtive eye over the following list Of
respiratory infections or definite ILL
nesses which commonly begin with
symptoms quite like the symptoms Of
ordinary coryza:
Acute coryza (distemper, head "cold,"
acute catarrh, acute rhinitis)
Acute pharyngitis (sore throaD
Follicular tonsilitis.
Acute peritonsilitis (quinsy)
Vincent,s angina trench mouth)
| Diphtheria
Acute SinuSitiS.
Scarlet fever Tor Scarletina(
Measles rubeola, morbillD
Acute laryngitis lhoarseness, loss Of
voice.
PleuriSy
Acute bronchitis (clest "coldD
Pneumonia dung feveD
Influenza grip flu)
Lethargic encephalitis american
sleeping Sickness
Acute anterior poliomyelitis dnfan-
tile paralysis)
Acute epidemic cerebro-S spinal n1enin-
gifts spotted fever, brain feyer)
Group
Pertusis (whooping cough
German measles (rotheln)
Chicken pox (varicella)
Smallpox (yariola)
Pneumonia plague
tuberculosis consumption, phthisiS)
These are all recognized at present as
respiratory infections, the germ or
virus Of the disease entering the body
through the lining Of nose or throat.
and the infection spreading from one
person to another in the secretions
from nose and throat. In some Of the
illnesses named there Is usually no
marked coryza at onset-say IN small
pox, though even chickenpox and
smallpox are known to be respiratory
infections and to spread just as does
diphtheria or tuberculosis or ordinary
coryza, and not from the skin rash
as rule.
From the list Of possibilities in the
putative "cold" you may judge fol
yourself how great risk you take
when you chat with careless per-
son who purports to have slight
cold" On the other hand, II you're
fair you may Judge how great q
menace you are to your friends, fam
lily or associates or the innocent per.
sons near you II you insist on keep
ing about as usual when you have thu
cri. You don't know, nor does any
one else, what the putative cold
will prove to be. And unfortunately
in most OF the respiratory infection!
listed the period when the disease u
most virulent, most likely to spread
is the stage Of invasion-the very
time when the average scoundrel o.
damn fool is trying to "break 1t up
with some nostrum or other, or try
ing to flight it off" and keeping III
and about. 50 that everyone who hap
pens to come within range has an ex'
cellent chance to contract the illness
whatever it may be.
Measles, for example. is most likel!
to spread among children in school o.
elsewhere In close contact in tn
three or four days Of the stage Of In
vasion, before any rash appears, whel
the child has only the symptoms OF
"feverish cold" This IS one. and
sufficient, reason why no child will
a putative "cold" should ever be al
lowed to remain in school. The SAM
rule applies, Of course, to teacher
though teachers are pretty ignoran
or selfish about this practice Of tn
golden rule Of hygiene. Their ignor
ance or selfishness Is encouraged b.
the inefficient or vacillating policy o
the health authorities who determine
the policies Of the schools. When 20,
have IN old foey In charge, Or ,
scheming politician, you can't expec
much consideration for the health 0
school children.