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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1915)
, l T HA jikU HOME AND ffABM MAGAZINE SUCTION Notes on Health and Sanitation A MO.VKY DISUASU niSTJUIIUTOII. . .. ..... ..Ha tnv JIOaNU IHO numerous um which money 1ms long neon huiu responsible is Included that of trans mitting disease, On general prlnc - muting disease, un gtm-iui i'" t)le3 It scorns that an old, begrimed, ..III , I.a lnnilnrt U'lth tlCflU- jy disease germs, particularly when no remember the questionable com pany It keeps during Its peregrina tions. And yet somo exhaustive- In- vwt irntlnns Jiindn reccniiy irum i. li.l.. ... Ait la Hrtt r KI.OUII AMI Al'l'KMUCrriS. K12W years ngo when tho cpl- 1 1. niinnmllnlMl nlnrlfid 111 i ....... I,. l,iin n lmnnnirv ntlllOSt IIS JYIIll'l Jill, lillvl iw ,...,..- provalent In Kurope, nil manner of tlilncs wero Bticucstcd as causing tlie A things wero suggested as causing the Infection. Nono of these was satls- raiiuiiuija nmu 'i1-"" ,...- even very uirij mum? " deslrablo commodity, at least from a sanitary standpoint. 'Theoretically," runs tho report of this Investigation, "dirty money, espe cially paper currency, handled by all kinds of people and by peoplo suf fering from or In close contact with contagious diseases, should transmit disease; but It has not been found to do so. Hank men nnd Treasury De partment men who handle largo ..i . -l.l n.i.1 lfi.K ttmnni fin iiiiiuuiiis ui B""' "" " -- not contract disease. This does not excuso the disgusting practlco of putting coins In tho mouth, or of wet ting tho fingers with tho tonguo In counting hills." Apparently, then, tho diseases Hint money engenders nro of n moral, rather than of bacterial nature. It Is true, howover, that many hinds of bacteria aro found on bills; and also on stairways, oaiustrauos nnd car straps. Hut fortunately such bacteria nro of tho harmless variety almost without exception. Sugar in llic Antarctic. Sir Ernest Shncklcton, tho antarc tic explorer, has recently reported some interesting things about foods nnd diseases observed in tho Antarc tic. Ho hits this to say: "To show you how valuable sugar Is to tho explorer, thcro was an oc casion when wo mnrched 321 miles, drawing laden sledges, In 14 days and u half. Every two hours wo each took two or three lumps of sugar. Within 10 mlnutos of eating thorn wo could feel tho heat go through our bodies. Tho highest tempornturo of that march was 02 degrees below zero. " 'Catching cold' Is almost un known In the polar regions. Tho , only tlmo wo over suffered from colds wns Just after wo had opened n bale of English clothes to sorvo them out for Winter wear. Tho germs, ap parently, wore lying dormant nmong tho clothing. They 'woko up' on be ing boated. Tho men whoso duties took them into tho open recovered In a day. Tho others suffered for four or flvo days." Contagion From Hotly Krupt loni. Slnco tho skin eruptions of certain diseases such as smallpox transmit tho contagion, It Is n natural as sumption that most of tho other erun tlvo diseases nro also transmitted in this manner. Such does not nppcar to bo tho case, however. Thus tho desquamated skin of scarlet fovor during tho "pooling" process has long been supposed to bo peculiarly Infective; and tho lino scales from tho eruption of measles wero also strongly suspected. Hut ,L8.?,m1 .p.rol.ty, clonrly determined now that tho Infections of theso two diseases aro only transmitted throne h tlin nri.-,,nJ c.... ;. membranes of tho noao nnd throat, and suppurating ears. Tho discovery that diseases aro linnsmltted almost exclusively by di rect contnglon make. It certain that clothing and baggngo nro rarely. If OTor. agents of such trauinilMlon. ftJBw,f 'orcfotc, Is on the support tlon that they may havo coino in contact with somo of tho secretions of Infected persons. Direction. iono oi wiusu a ....-. - . .... 1....1 Hnll.il nf tllld factorj ntui ino ncmui ui" " ...... '.1 ..ii... ..i.. -mi hii1 Mir proiongcu I'iiiuuiiuu ,... .-..c. tho surgeons. Recently attention has been called to tho fact that tho nn- .i ... i.i i i.nn.. Inul nffnr pcntiicius i'iihiuhiiu utiiuii j'.v - tho Introduction of "now process flour In America that Is. flour mado witli steel rollers instead oi um um fashloncd millstones. And Hint as this new Amorlcan flour made Its way into Europe, nppcndlcltls becamo incrcnHingi uu.ui;m. iuuh-i Tho question hns been raised, . . . . in .iiliAllmi. i1.lt. nmi uicreiuri', ua iu niiunn-i m.o .. kind of flour Is rcsponslblo for the epidemic, and If so, in what way? A writer In tho Medical Record lias recently oiicreu nn cxpininiuun. Since In tho process of making tho flour by tho new method, inlnuto par ticles of steel must Inovltably got into it, nc suggests mai possiuij- iuusu particles lodgo In tho nppendlx occa sionally, or In Its Immcdluto vicinity, nnd form foci of Infections which re sult In nppcndlcltls. It should bo understood, of course, that the case against tho steel roll hns not been proven, nnd Is offered only as n tcntntlvo suggestion. Never theless It Is a fact tlint tho popularity of steel-rolled flour nnd nppcndlcltls developed nt about tho snmo time. I . I Ha MS ll IlLmlJ INiUoiiIiik lYoin (j,,.,,,, n,.,,,!,,,.... ..JM,Uw bP,nK rospoimlblo for un necessary extractions, Improper troatmont, nnd dlsflguronien s in. eoinpotont anil unscriipulo us" ,, Ta nro responsible aUo fir a atiii more IS0'. CnOIi,,U",on' " B nt.i K )lk or crownn mado of Kilty' CmW nUoy of lntri Thoro nppears to bo no dnnser he,, t)l0 niioy contains ho uifml percentage of gol.l. ut w, " "mount of gold , 8mn,1, , ero is danger of copper poUonli ig jn n t ironic form, which s n ser ous con or K,w,1 ,?n,,n; ,,0,oclc,,: ' o?5. or fcrlch Hnmack, of Cermanv hna 1st reported ease,, of thta tyiio of Poisoning which rosultod fmm ,h Ciiikc of "Gift Spots." Most persons know Hint the Httlo whito spots found In tho fingernails aro known ns "gift spots." Uut the cause of theso familiar Httlo gtftlcts Is often n mystery. In somo instances theso spots np pcar to bo congcnltnl, nnd havo no significance whatever so far ns can bo ascertained. In other cases tho spots make their nppcarnnco after sovero Illnesses, such ns typhoid fever, malaria, or certain types or nervous diseases. Many cases appear to bo caused by assiduous manicuring, whero tho cutlclo knlfo Is used rntlicr too freely. In such cases tho spots disappear when tho scvero manicuring Is dis continued and sufficient tlmo Is given tho units to grow out. Howover, thoro nro certnln cases that cannot bo accounted for on tho scoro of sevoro Illness or mnnlcurlng cases In which tho Epots mnko their nppenrance, nnd persist, with out nny apparent cause, In nnlls Hint havo boon frco from them hitherto, nut It Is strongly suspected that in thoso Instances tho spots nro nn in dication of a rheumatic or gouty tendency, ns tho spots sometimes disappear when tho underlying con dition Is treated. A Cnso of HupcrhcrolMii. William Mitchell, nn Englishman, was drowned recently In tho Thames. whllo attempting to savo n fcllow- countrynmn. Tho Urltlsh Medical .iinirmu inns ins act ono of super heroism, and for this renson: Mitchell was a conmimntlvo who nnd been undergoing treatment for spvcral months, this treatment con sisting of having nitrogen gas pumped Into his thorn n nninfut n.itn,.n operation. Ho had undergone 11 of heso lienlmenls, tho Inst ono Just hoforo ho took tho fntnl plunge. It was not n cnso of a doomed man risking a llfo already forfeited, how- ?ivur; V.ut. (.ul! lIl contrary. For .Mitchell had Just been told by his Physician that no moro treatments were iiecoHsnry that his tuborcu. os U had boon conquerod. Ho had oft tho doctor's offlco, therefore, i i ni,.now ,nn,d hoi,oful ouool on ,,?; inl ,10U? ' h0 wns Btl11 so wenlc that ho could not mnko nny unusual exertion without shortness of br" ah ,V' ''.V"? nof h0Bl,nt0 t0 P nw to he aid of n drowning man an act a5uttaTokaowBMs WE ARE SO SURE Ulr TiriE QUALITY OF Gold Shield Coffee That we ask you to give Gold Shield a trial, feeling that you will then insist on Gold bhield when buying coffee. SCHWABACHER BROS. & CO., Inc. Importers and Roasters of Ooffee Seattle, Wash Mid-Winter Term Opened Monday, January 4, 1915 New Classes Will Start Next Week ENROLL NOW LINK'S BUSINESS COLLEGE Tll.rOIIII III.DC. .V. 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