| Show Dr Brady Says Considerate Person Will Wear Mask as Cold Threatens By William Brady MD M.D. When hen you 1 0 arc are coming coming- down wit with it or threatened with it if yo you prefer that malarkey you OU ma may pretend it is just justa a bad heavy obstinate obstinate obstinate ob ob- or seasonal seasonal seasonal sea sea- cold and get away with t the h e deception y tr readily enough for your crime f has the sanction of many health healtha a authorities u 1 t tho h o r I t l ics physicians and a n d most of oC the laity Nevertheless Nc it is Ur Ir r. r Brad Brady a crime and particularly despicable despicable despicable despic despic- able because it brings bring's unhappiness misfortune illness and too often ofte death to innocent people Neither you nor the doctor an any doctor can tell in the thc early stage the Ute stage when the illness i is likely to be most communicable whether it will prove to be in infantIle infantile in- in paralysis virus pneumonia or measles perhaps or whether it will prove pro to be only a mild mil or even a cable allergic reaction Therefore if you pretend it is just a bad bac cold and continue unmasked a at work or play until the illness either eithe passes or becomes so serious that tha you have to go to bed with it you yoi you deliberately expose every everyone one wh whis who is unfortunate enough to cone come within conversational spray range rang of you to heaven only knows what wha illness Unmasked I say If one with possible diphtheria scarlet fever influenza or other acute respiratory respiratory tory infection be properly masked he or she will not infect others other in casual association in business work play or social life Properly Masked I a lcd Properly masked does docs not mean just wearing a wisp of gauze over the face in the phony fashion o othe of oC the great at surgeon and the heroic nurse of the movies It It means wearing wearing- a mask made of not less than ten layers layer of gauze cheesecloth cheesecloth cheesecloth cheese cheese- cloth that has a A. mesh of oC 32 threads to the inch The mask need not be white it may be any color or black But it must be worn at all times when any other person is within conversational spray range Conversational spray range is generally a distance of less than six feet in quiet conversation it ItIs itis is only two or three feet In loud conversation shouting or laughIng laughIng laughing laugh laugh- ing it is four or five feet Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member the range rang next time lime you find yourself the target of oC a T S T S-T-I-N-I R E who goes about unmasked unmasked unmasked un un- un- un masked pretending he has just a cold Spray is the form in which the droplets of moisture or mucous are expelled from nose and mouth of a person who talks laughs shouts coughs or sneezes If the person has R I any coming anyon-coming coming on-coming respiratory infection the moisture moisture mois mois- ture turc or mucous droplets are likely to contain the germ of the disease Some of ot the droplets ar are large enough to be visible to the thc naked eye or to be palpable when they spatter you but mostly they are microscopic and Invisible and impalpable im im- Im- Im palpable palpable but but they carry misery incapacity illness and death just the same The purpose of oC the mask ma k is to screen out these droplets Of course a mask is just as effective for one to wear when exposed to the conversational spray of T S-T-I-N-K-E-R-S as it is for tor one oneto oneto oneto to wear when coming down with or ill of the R C It catches the laden germ-laden spray droplets going or coming Flesh Color The color of oC the mask is of oC more than mere whimsy A good many persons who haven't the moral courage to wear a white or black mask might have sufficient character to wear one of neutral or flesh color which would not be beso beso beso so conspicuous The ideal mask is not white nor black It has no color at all It ItIs Itis Itis is transparent It is more efficient in trapping or 01 screening out moisture moisture mois moisture mois- mois ture droplets than the finest gauze mask It is more comfortable to wear for hours or constantly It ItIs Itis Itis Is washable and dries immediately so that the wearer may have ha a clean mask masl as often as he likes I refer to the mask devised by Lewis J. J Silvers Silver's M MD M.D. D. D especially for physicians dentists and others who give personal service to wear while at work The Silvers mask or something of the kind l should be worn by every doctor who treats or examines nose and throat cases every dentist every barber or hair dresser every manicure manicure manicure mani mani- mani- mani cure every oculist or optometrist or optician every nurse who attends attends attends at at- tends patients with respiratory infections every ery cashier at an open window for his or her own protection against whatever the patient or client has as well as asfor asfor asfor for the protection of patient or client against whatever the doctor nurse or attendant has |
