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Show HANDKIRCHIEp'I. I By DR. S. H. BISHOf. Did you ever think of' your handlcer- chief ss a dlsense rerrterV lid you eer stop to realise that every time you have I had It washed you have. S"tvn It mora 1 rhanre to Infect sofneoue elite with senna that you may hav put there, sspeclally If you had h cold? I ew handkerchiefs sent to laundries return without a number of microbe In the tin) nivahes of tha llnsn. Horns may be vnun. A lot may be from others hnndkerohlefs thst wsr washed in the sums tub. I r. ( art won Invest lasted snd counted the number of bacteria In hundred hun-dred of freahly UundVred hand kerchiefs. ' Thr werr compered with a a.mllar j aintnutlou of ordinarily soiled handksr-, handksr-, chiefs. Kinaliy, a third research ss msds upon the he ndk err hie fa used for colds, loi'fchs and sole throam. i The bncierlolosiat found thst even tha I cleaneat bad man microbes. Most of the ware of tha harmless. nonUlsease furmtnr kind. The handkerchiefs which were Just ordinarily or-dinarily aotled had bacteria of all sorts In them. Of the third group, slmost all varlatlea of vtcloua leaden a from tuberculosis to diphtheria, were found In abundance. Mm what ia to replace tha bandker-I bandker-I chief j Some doctors say the handkerchief as orillnarlly liavd la unnecessary, i Kor use In coMs und other ailments It ' Is recommended that one take up the ) I of little tain i tons of sterilized absorbent cotton. 'nice may b used and then i burned. |