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Show WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? mm E find the following signed ar-" ar-" tide on the front page of our 1 Parowan contemporary. Can someone figure out whut it means; in other words, what the writers are driving at? If masking is in vogue in Parowan, Paro-wan, who issued the order, if the Board of Health views masking in the light that this article would indicate. If the Hoard of Health has experienced exper-ienced a change of heart since the order or-der was issued, why do not they rescind re-scind same, instead of attacking the expediency through the public press? And if the masks are of no avail with-jout with-jout a preparation of dope from the i Drug Store, it is strange that none of ! the larger town boards where mask-i mask-i tag has been employed have "tumbled to" the fact. Well, here it is, just us it looks: '"INFLUENZA AND THE MASK" "In former times of influenza visitations visi-tations we never heard it suggested , thnt the wearing of a gauze mask over the nose und mouth would protect the wearer from the disease. But during the prevailing epidemic some one I started the idea of the preventative qaality of the face mnk and we like sheep came tumbling after, to bow to the Pettish. "It is certainly fur-fetched, not to ay ridiculous to attach any struining j utility to the nau.e mask. If Dragons S flies und lizzards would produce influ- enzu it is easy to see the gauze would j keep them out of the mouth and nose. ! But v ranting the wearing of the mask j is not. rank nonsense lis use If fur i from being practical for it is impos-I impos-I Bible to make it airtight around the nose und mouth and thus make all inspired in-spired air come through the gauze, und unless the mask is worn damp or , wet with proper antiseptic solution it 'is practically useless. We nil have to have occasional access to the nose and mouth and to remove the mask for a single breath is sutlicient for one to become infected. Then its use may be mischevious in that we may feel we are protected and consequently neglect the use of more efficient preventative meusures und too, we must rebreathe our own exhalations. So we say, keep your mouth and nose In an antiseptic condition by using good nose nnd nose washes and keep your masks dump-ened dump-ened with antiseptic solution to destroy de-stroy the germ as it clings to the mesh. "For mouth nnd nose use any of the following, by spray or otherwise: "Oil of eucalyptus; oil of pine needles; need-les; oil of cinnamon and petrolatum; listerine; metholatum. "A mixture of olive oil and menthol crystnls. The druggist will be pleased to make and furnish these simple preventatives. pre-ventatives. Put them on your masks, use them and help us to stop the epidemic. epi-demic. "Make your masks of genuine service serv-ice to you by using preventatives on them and keep them dean and sterile. PAROWAN CITY HEALTH BOARD Are you still on the Christmas tin'.' |