| Show TYPHOID FEVER FACTS Not Prominent In List LJ t of Fatal Dis Diseases Diseases eases but It I Is Lingering Baltimore American Typhoid fever Is not prominent pro In the list of ot fatal tatal diseases The Thc percentage of f fatalities is usually small but ut the disease en entails upon the patient a long period of critical illness n requires care are fur nursing and Is s a heavy expense Unlike many man infections typhoid fever frequently comes from the country to the city and carelessness In nursing one case cose may pollute the water supply of the nearest town which In turn may ma pollute that of the next town or city and produce an epidemic of huge pro proportions proportions proportions portions If not necessarily a fatal malady ty typhoid typhoid fever Is la lingering It is seldom that a patient recovers rs his strength until after six or eight weeks The old method of Ice tee baths for tor the patient to keep flown his temperature has been discarded It is generally recognized r ed that the disease ease must take t ke Its Us course No sOlid foods are given an l cathar cathartics cathartics tics tI s are essential Careful nursing is of prime Importance Absolute rest and quiet are demanded Typhoid Tn is a germ disease Even aft after after af t ter er physicians discovered the means by b which typhoid fever is communicated it ita was a generally believed that water rat l free from visible Impurities s was safe s f and that visibly foul water was dangerous Although the latter conclusion is gen generally generally emily correct the former is wholly er erroneous erroneous erroneous When a water supply comes directly from a muddy stream the probabilities ar are arO that it contains the infection as typhoid fever is ex existent exIstent exIstent at all times and streams are arc open to pollution from many sources but perfectly clear water having every appearance nce of purity parity may be more dangerous than muddy water The house filter but it does not actually cleanse Medical authorities seem to agree that typhoid germs must be taken into the stomach in order to cause ause typhoid fever When a person is in good health and the gastric Juices are in proper condition no serious results may follow the Introduction of tho the bacilli into the stomach The germs of typhoid ld zeVer Ieva and in fact the germs of all diseases are destroyed by high temperature It Tt Itis ItIs is for thIs reason that it is recommend recommended ed that water for potable purposes be boiled since water is held to be re responsible responsible for the dissemination of or ty typhoid typhoid typhoid fever It is also held that ty typhoid t Vhoid hold fever is not Infrequently con contracted contracted contracted by the indigestion of f uncooked articles of food and certain vegetables such as celery lettuce etc often laden with germs The simple washings to which they are subject cannot remove the germs It has been discovered that lemon juice will kill the germ and the sprinkling of lemon Juice upon vegetables vegetables bles has been recommended To prevent the dissemination of ty typhoid typhoid typhoid fever lover is one of the most Import Important ant problems in sanitation for Just as long as human beings are untaught in inthe inthe inthe the simple and inexpensive methods of or being are criminally neglectful of themselves and others they have no right to expect escape from the gravest disasters Perhaps the tho m st active agents in the dissemination of typhoid fever are the railroads and st for it is well known that tho the tanks of trains and steamers are usually filled with water from the common source of supply nl nt their terminals t In the larger g These companies should under the tha con constant constant stant stunt supervision of experts in th va various Various Various rious health boards be compelled by law to furnish pure water to t lr pas passengers passengers passengers |
