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Show j , CONTAGIOUS OUKRENCY. ! i DIbooso Gonns Pound on XJoina ; f and Bank Notoa. j Ouo of tho Most Serious atcnicc4 to , 1'ubllc Hcaltli-Varloub y iu Which ttio Uorms Aro f Jty Transferred. j ' I 'Public attention haq never been dit f , rectcd In an adequate manner to the ' f . dangers which exist la the careless v handling of. money. Owing to its run- 4 'idly circulating nature and to t!iu many ,' "" uileleanly ilawH In which it is con stantly being concealed nr.d carried, the coin of the-realm possesses advantages advan-tages in thedescmination of infectious diseases not inherit In any oilier ob uct of ulUj util'ty. For tills reason r it should be regarded as a possible . source of contagion at all times, and should be handled with the most se- rious consideration.' Dut instead of applying sanitary or coinmon-s,ense methods to the necessarily numerous jwrsonal contacts with tho circulating p . " medium, the majority of people show P. . less discretion In itfl use than in any y, - other habit of life. IJusincBK men mi- I consciously dampen their fingers In 1, their mouths when running through a .package of bills, passengers iu the street ears hold nickels in their lips, and shoppers neglect cuts or abra- 1 , ' ' sions on the lingers which touch quanti ties of chungu. Yet all of these foolish g . oversight may prove as serious as tho jj ( careless handliug of a firearm. In both I cases the excuse is the same: "Didn't know it was loaded." ltecent cxieri-, cxieri-, mentfl prove that practically all of the 1 ' older coina and bills in circulation ure 'jtfx thorouglidy tainted with diseases of .'. more or less malignant types. Molds and fungi of numerous varieties; oocei, which included all of the more deadly l ' blood-ix:ftoning germs, and bacilli oF ' . . M oral pofisibl dangerous hinds were nil found in a few samples, while thi-s thi-s . .chance, of detecting hc organisms of i fiie greater number of the conLigious diseases was prevented by the conditions condi-tions of the experiment. More com- picte and extended tests would'doubl- less have shown even more startling re- tmlts, while tho possibility of finding germs of an epidemic nature, even in ! .tin' present state of the city's health, s '' was admitted by the bacteriologists con ducting the investigation. " This contaminated condition of tho " money in circulation may well be con sidered one of the most serious menaces men-aces to the public healtiu Yet a law simple mid common sense precautions ', will remove the greater part of the , danger. Clean the unscarred hands, i . ,or gloves worn- while shopping, a I . , reasonable degree, of cam la holding I money, and above all an avoidance of I putting coins, bills, or lingers in tho. I . mouth or on the lips while cngaged,iu ' commercial pursuits, are easy ways to ' f ."procure safety. With these simple . . methods of obtaining security ready at ! . hand the present widespread Nioiations "' of sanitation must result either from profound ignorance or from an almost jo criminal degree of carelessness. Chi- '' . .' cago Tribune. |