Show infectious ana aad contag contagious icus Dis sass M utah march C 6 1892 EDITOR contagious ious diseases are those communicated from one person to another by contact infectious those coin communicated munica ted through h ti the e air air tile tho most important infect infectious iou s an and kl contagious diseases are small pox diphtheria itina tind yellow fever asiatic cholera cli measles influenza anthrax ty arid and typhus fever tuberculosis consumption malarial fevers whooping loop cough ond and many of those diseases were knon among tile the ancients but their causation was until comparatively recent years in mystery the alie invention of the lie microscope and its improvements marked a new era iu in medicine and surgery and revolutionized tile tho treatment of many diseases under the strongest power of the microscope ail cro scope minute vegetable para parasites or verma are seen to lie be present in im numbers in certain parts of the body affected with infectious or tonta onta gions diseases these germs are embraced under the name or ba charia and ate aie divided classes they possess life and mail many of them motion unter under favorably conditions they multiply rapidly it is estimated that one bach britini in the apace of seven to eight hours reproduces of its kind to be seen been the strongest powers of the mi crosscope cro scope have to bo be employed ami many of thorn them can not be seen unless cultivated 1 the ba bacherig bac liena cheria belon belong to tile the lowest kind of ve life and ai every tenacious they are arc now nov believed believe bel nivol 3 to be the cause of all the infectious and beveral of the me contagious dis cabes es and for most of atheni this is ia proven beyond doubt to be a fatt fact certain contagious contafio is di diseases eases are caused by animal parasites as for instance scabies the bacteria are arc found both in the fluids and tin tile FO folias ids of bodies affected N with ith infectious diseases as ti lie ie blood the int ernil organs or on the mucous surfaces in diphtheria the grayish white membrane in tile the throat the blood anil and especially the kidneys contain nn an immense nt number imber of the we bic teria tena bo be also the lungs of persons affected with consumption they gain entrance into the numan hugunin baj r either t th brough tile the inspired air throw through 0 li drinking water or the food since the discovery of those parasites and their relation to the infectious etious and contagious diseases the alie treatment of those diseases coupled esith ith b hygienic measures and strict quarantine 1 e regulation has become more inore rational and successful cess ful and da digested ested thecil of much of their destructive tendencies lind and terror K E VIKO na M 10 1 chrum utah |