Show r it I I 1 Iii 1 vp II I Ift z f f b. 1 Ih fi J Z I PI J I It 1 I IW 9 fl I I L The Life of a Worm 1 I Now v that grandma concedes she knows nothing about worms and the fishwives no 1011 longer er insist that thal meningitis gitis appendicitis pneumonia epilepsy epi lepsy and arc are really nothing nothing noth noth- ing lug hut worms it may ho he worth while to Investigate tho the cycle o of a worms worm's I I existence I mean the common round roundworm worm popularly called lum- lum I which infests the alimentary I canal of or a considerable share of children children chil chil- dren and adults whether they know I It t or not The Tho eggs of or the round worm arc visible anI only under the tue microscope I The They are arc passed from the intestine with with- the alvine discharges ei and nail thus they pollute the earth carth Children perhaps perhaps per per- haps pick up tho the e eggs s more frequently frequent frequent- ly 1 than adults because children have havo dirtier hands and arty arc less particular about putting their theil fingers in their I mouths when playing But not only via tho earth and drinking water arc are I the eggs of or worms conveyed to the stomach Children directly themselves and playmates by uncleanly unclean unclean- i ly habits Under the fingernails fingernail of a achild achild child with worms tho eggs ma may not rarely bo be found Cleanliness therefore Is 18 the tho prevention pre of worms I If H all children were made to wa wash h their hands and faces I very Yen carefully eating dinner candy or anything else there thero would be less occasion occasion oc oc- oc casion for 01 grandma and the others Lo Lu Join in when the doctor Is trying to tomake tomake tomake make a diagnosis You see grandma and her cronies arc ri right ht about tho the worms once in a hundred times and andas andas andas as long as this fine record is possible the doctor just naturally cant can't throttle I tie the grandma In Iii a few lays days they are swallowed I lowed the tho eggs hatch out The adult i worms are four Cour or more Inches long I as thick as a n paler in color than earthworms I characteristic characteristic characteristic character character- There are arc absolutely no symptoms exhibited by a child I with worms We Ve hate to say sa this of or orI I I course for it will rouse muse grandmas grandma's Ire but It is the bitter hitter truth Such symptoms symptoms toms as have ha been from the time j of the father of or charlatans called worm symptoms I feverishness sweet breath coated I tongue flushed face rat with lih white while U about the mouth month bright ht eyes eye n ni vomiting nervous twitching elc I in reality symptoms of ot acute in Into Inti nal indigestion acuto acute acid Into tion lion and other Illnesses In no DO wa wat pendent upon worms And this being true U tl follows a n worm remedy which falls fails to pr pro the whole worms is a delusion an snare That acuto acute symptoms like foregoing sometimes sometime happen I tJ toi side after the administration of ot r aU alleged worm medicine which d do 1 I bring away the whole worms Is u evidence hut coincidence A Amay phi may help a good many different nesses of or childhood I I am not going to name any TI it medicine For this reason Un you are certain tho the child has ha war wor It is Js wicked and cruel ruel to ply th tied d with such medicine And AnI it yOU JOB n certain it is a serious enough j jot 0 demand tho the supervision oC or th tho lat fat doctor for a real effective Is always a poison polson and denan desti an experts expert's administration i iI I QUESTIONS AND NO ANSWERed ANSWERS Red Vs White Meat Meal 3 I should bo be grateful for light lighten in en reason why some physicians pre r only white meats for certain to Hans and Interdict tho the red meals meal H. H E. E Mel lid Answer This This is one of or thoSe teries for which the ancient ri rif medicine is fam famous us I cannot tell II wb why Tho The white and red meats I practically Identical J |