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1 he CH EM AWA AMERICAN
FONDLING SICK ANIMALS MAY BE DANGEROUS
The occurrence of a number of cases of psittacosis
or parrot disease in this country demonstrates definitely
that it is not always safe to handle sick birds carlessly.
The vast majority of animal diseases are not trans
mitted to man. In certain communicable diseases the
specific organisms may be capable of transmission to
several different species of animals including man.
If man comes into intimate contact with these diseases
infection may occur. Among the diseases that may
be transmitted from animals to man are bovine tuber
culosis, rabies, undulant fever, tularemia, tick fever,
infective rat bite fever, parrot disease, ring worm and
a number of other animal diseases.
It is a safe rule not to fondle or carlessly handle sick
animals or animals recovering from a sickness. Dogs,
cats, birds and other pets may transmit infections to
man.
Parrot disease is a rare disease. The number of
cases reported recently by the press indicated that this
disease can be spread by the shipping of infected birds.
No cases of psittacosis have ever been reported in
this state according to the records of the State Board
of Health. There is also no evidence that parrots
from an infected district have been consigned to this
state. The United States Public Health Service has
taken steps to prevent the shipment of sick or con
valescent parrots from infected districts. Psittacosis
is an infective disease occurring in birds, particularly
in parrots. The disease in parrots is characterized
by diarrhea, wasting and loss of appetite, and falling
of feathers. The disease in man is practically always
associated with the handling of parrots having this
disease or that have recovered from this disease.
There is usually a history of the bird having been
fondled or the cage carelessy handled. The disease
is caused by the bacillus psittacosis. In man the
symtoms are those of a grave typhoid with diarrhea
and a malignant atypical pneumonia. Preventive
measures include care in handling sick patrots, and
proper disinfection of cages. Patients with the dis
ease should be isolated.
From the lower animal man may contract a num
ber of other infections. Various skin parasites are
also contracted from lower animals, such as ring
worm from cats. The best way to prevent the«e in
fections is to exercise precaution in handling the
animals. This does not mean that we cannot have
animal pets but it does mean that if we are going to
have animal pets they should be carefully examined
to see that they are free from disease. All sick ani
mals should be isolated until it is known definitely
that they are not suffering with a communicable dis
ease.
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ESCORTS
Sun., Feb. 9—McBride..................... Mr. Shepard
Miss Semanski
Winona..................... Miss French
Mr. Sanders
Hawley ----- Mrs. Hauser
Mr. Ross
.ETICS
CHEMAWA DROPS TWO MORE
The zeal and strong heartedness displayed by two of
our girls in the game here with West Linn last Friday
evening was good to see. When it appeared we were
just about to sink completely these two would seem to
shoulder the load for the instant and hope was revived
once more and another effort to conquer would be
launched. West Linn’s crack team started with a
bang and the way they handled the ball and threw
baskets was enough to make the best sit up and take
notice. So it is little wonder that our new’ team, in
its first game, should find it a little difficult to time
passes and get together.
Their failure to connect
with their passes and hit the basket in the first half
w’as due largely to the speed and aggressivness of the
opposition. The half ended 16 to 3 against us. But
in spite of such a discouraging first halt our sextet
took the floor when the whistle blew again withan air
of determination and this time their passes reached
their target and the shots to the basket began to count
points and gradually the wide gap that separated the
two scores wras slowly being closed up. But that thir
teen point lead was too great and the game ended with
the score 27 to 19 against us. But at that our team
clearly out-played their opponents in the second two
periods and scored 16 to their 11 points.
Julia Blackfox and Serena Twiggs, forwards; Alice
Ladderoutte, center; Minnie Partain, Francis Heart,
side center; Margaret Hoptowit, Agnes Dowd and
Theo Bird and Evangeline Gillette, guards played the
game for Chemawa and each one did w’ell.
But the
aggressive work of Alice and Margaret was especially
noticable and it deserves special mention.
In the second game of the evening our boys w’ere
snow’ed under by the boys’ team from West Linn.
Our hoopers tried hard but seemed unable to get any-
w’here against the fast and accurate green-clad boys
from across the river. The same old trouble of not
being able to handle the ball still seemed to haunt
the trail of our quintet. Throughout the first two per
iods, at least, the opponents’ five-man defense must
have looked like the proverbial stone-wall for they
rushed up to its edge and from there they continued
to try shots that failed to hit the mark. West Linn
would grab them off the back-board and dash back for
a score till the half ended 19 to 6 against us. How
ever in the secopd half our five got together and at
times showed some real basketball but not enough to
overcome any such onesided lead. Yet we held a one-
point margin on them in the second half. The game
ended 31 to 19 against us.
This week Jesse Prettyman and Albert Miller be
come eligible after warming the bench all season. In
practice these two boys manifest much of the “main
spring” ability and it is hoped, with them in the
line-up we may gain a few of our lost laurels.