Show CLEAN HANDS disease germs lead a hand to mouth existence if the human raco race would learn to keep the unwashed hand hadd away from the mouth many human dis die cafeo would r id be greatly v batly diminished aie s matter lattermore more or less consta constancy con stanly lity and we continually carry the hands to ito the mouth it the hand has hae recently been in contact with infectious matter the germs ge of disease M may ay tn in this way be introduced into the body many persons wet their fingers with saliva before counting money turning the pages of a book or performing similar acts in tills this case the process is reversed the infection being carried to tile tho object handled there to await carriage to the mouth of some other careless person 11 in view of these facts the U S public health service has formulated the following simple rules of personal hygiene and recommends their adoption by every person ju in tile the united states WASH THE HANDS immediately before eating before handling preparing or sery 1 ing food after the toilet after atten attending ding the sick aud and after handling anything dirty |