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Show r CONTAGIOUS CURRENCY. , i DisooLQO Gonna Found on Oolns I and Bank' Notoa. s ;V Una of 'hovMot SarlotM MenHeoo to i rubllo Health Various AVny lu . YV'hloh tho (Icrinn Aro !' Trmisferroll. Public attention has never been d;- rccted in :ui adequate manner to tho 1 dnr.geivs which exist in the careless j handling o money. Owing to its rapidly rap-idly circulating nature and to the many uncleanly plncos in which it is constantly con-stantly being concealed and carried, the coin of the realm jwHscses advantages advan-tages in thedessoinination of infectious diseases not inherent in any other ob ect of public utility. Tor this rci.vm it should be, regarded as a pobdne source of contngion at all times, ami should he handled with tho most serious se-rious consideration. Hut instead of applying sanitary or connnon-beusn method to the necessarily numerous personal contacts with the circulating medium, the majority of people show less discretion in its use than in any , other habit of life. Jtusiucss men un consciously dampen their lingers hi their mouths when running through a package of bills, passengers in tho street cars hold nickels in their lips, and shoppers neglect cuts or abru- sions on the lingers w hich touch quanti-tios quanti-tios of change. Yet nil of these foolish oversight may prove as serious as the careless handling of uiirearni. In both eases the excu&e is the same: "Didn't know it was loaded." Jtccent experiments experi-ments prove that practically all of the older coins and bills in circulation are thoroughly tainted with diseases of more or less malignant types. .Molds ur.d fungi of numerous varieties; cocci, which included all of tho more deadly blood-poisoning germs, and bacilli or scleral possibly dangerous kinds were all found in a few samples, while the chance, of detecting the organisms of the greater uuiuIk'T of the contagions diseases was prevented by the co:.d -tions of the experiment. More complete com-plete and extended tests would doubt less have shown, even more startling re-tn.lts, re-tn.lts, while the possibility of llnding germs of an epidemic nature, even in the present nta.ts of the city's health, was admitted by the bacteriologists conducting con-ducting the investigation. This contaminated condition of tho money in circulation may well be considered con-sidered one of the most serious menaces men-aces to the public health. Yet a few simple and common sense precautions, will remove the greater part of tho danger. Clean this unscarred hands, or gloves worn, while shopping, a reasonable degree. of , care in holding money, nnd above all an a'oiilance of putting eoins, bills, or fingers in the mouth or on the lips while engaged in commercial pursuits, are easy ways to' procure Bafoty. With these simple methods of obtaining security ready at hand the present, widespread violation; I of sanitation must result either-from' I profound ignorance or from an almost" I criminal degree of carelessness. Chi- I cngo Tribune. |