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Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-05 | Page 6 | Health Advice

Type issue
Date 1938-01-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Health Advice
Type article
Date 1938-01-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 6
OCR Text HEALTH p By Dr Morris Editor Journal of the American G cal eal Association This is the first of two a ain in which Dr Fishbein Js d Pt vaccination for prevention of e ease tl So many new methods for f r F venti on of various types of t tease ease have been introduced j modern medical practice t people are really aware most that modern medicine medicines t offer Some of ot these meth meth experimental and not full ful r as to usefulness hers bi biers bOo h- ers ar are now known to be be ff greatest possible effectives It is recognized of ot coi eo was recently pointed out lIP by E. E B. B Shaw that various ra m C 1 0 of Inoculation or vaccination a certain amount of disc risk and expense and th tha thigh I I protection against the disc disc disease must be equal in fn K i i HI i this outlay in order to just justi routine use of the method For example it would be Q sible to immunize every the United States against i t cholera but it would be wo wot r f to do this simply because jp disease is not a threat in the f fed b ed States On the other hand small smaIl lt still a a. menace and every should be vaccinated agai The vaccination has been to be reasonably effective Ie the amount of incapacity pense and bother is i slight lax ll Also established in value use of diphtheria many years of experience W we learned enough about the ble complications to make ot f that only in rare there likely to be any serious P effect from the vao rr tion There are today in United States numerous vil vi dt rU and quite a few cities which jo 7 a not had a single death from theria for several years Whereas typhoid fever I r r Ic longer a menace to the vast jonty of the people it still j i W J potential threat in 10 some c and under certain oo If we had in any la larg i t rt the relative amount of ot t ty Dna dro fever that prevailed in 1890 I t s number of cases might w w-a w auD D times the number that 1 iii Ci prevails i iFor For example Chicago Cl this had less than cases of t HI 1890 rate t the e fever At the 2 si would have cases of t ty air nh fe fever Since ce the disease has no now L brought under such e control it is no longer r re mended that everybody be ire iRi i against typhoid fever ever whenever a person goes a community where f sewage disposal is poor orthe orthe or or- orthe the water supply is not lito Uk be safe it is well to be belated belated be belated against typhoid fever applies particularly to those plan to travel in the One Ori Oriel the islands of the Pacific or European countries Ne Next 1 Scarlet fever w iJ cough and infantile paral
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