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Show H CONTAGIOUS CURRENCY. H DIsoaao Gonna Found, on Coins B alltl Bank Notoa. H H On of tho AToit Murlou MiMiuoa to H l'ubllc Honlth Vurlous Ways o H Which tho (loruis Aro H u6lic attention litis never been dl- B reeled In an adequate manner to the R langerH which exist in tliu cureless H handling of money. Owiiitf to Uh rap- H idly oiroulatiug nature mid to the many B uncleanly pluooH in Avlilch it in con H stiintly ooiny concealed and carried, B the coin of tlie.rcu.hu poKstusKOH alvan- H tagca in the dcsfceuiiiiution of infectious H diseases not Inherent in nuy other ob- H ect of publie utility. For thin reason B it (tliould lm regarded :ia a possible B houree. of contagion nt all times, and B tdiotild be handled with the most w: H rioiin consideration, lint instead of B applying Minitury or eommon-senBe H methods U the necessarily numerou.i B j)io:iiii contacts -with tho circulating B lnt'diuin, tho majority of people tdiow B IfS.s discretion in lis u.su thitii in any B other habit of life. Hiisincis men 1111- B eonsciomdy dampen their lingers in B their mouths when running through a B package of bills, parvongers in tho B street ears hold nickels iu their lipa. B and choppers neglect cuts or abra- B sdonfi on the lingers which touch quanti- B . tie1 of change. Vet all of these foolish B oversight may prove us serious as the B careless handling of a ttrearm. In both H eases tho excuse .is the same: "Didn't B know it va loaded." Recent experi- nieiitK prove tliUiL practically all of the older coin.i and bills in circulation are thoroughly tainlnd with discuses of more or les-s malignant types. .Molds K a i:d fungi of mimerotm varieties; cocci, which included all of the more deadly blootl-pooiiing germs, and. bacilli of M'M'iiiJ possibly dmigcrous kindtt were nil found in a few .'samples, while the chance, of detecting the orgahiHttis of the greater uiiuiU'j of the contagious J diseased was pveionted by the condi- J tions of tho experiment. More coin- K j.iete :ui extended tests would doubt.- less have jdiown even more startling re- J M.Its, while the possibility of finding j geruiH of an epidemic nature, even in J t lie, present Ktutc of the city's health, t wasodmittcd hytbn bntdiTioIogistH cou- t dueting the investigation, ff This contnniinatcl condition of the. j money in circulaxioa may well be con- J sideretl one of the most mHous men- J aee.s to the public hcaltlu Yot a tew B Miniplu mid common .svu.hc precautions B will remove the- greater part of the B danger. Clean the unscarred handu, B or gloves worn, while Hhopping, u B rr:usonal)l lcgi-e. of earn in holding fl money, and alnnc nil an avoidance of B putting coitiH, idllfi, or-lingers in tins B mouth or nu the 13p3 while engaged in fl eoinnier:ial purwuit-, arc 4uuy waynto fl ' jiroeure. safety. With these simple B imct hods of obtaining: wH-.urity ready at m Ibnnil the. jirewcnt widespread violations flfl .of saultntlou must result cither from fl iprofound ignonmce or fnm an almost fl . ut'iminal degree of earohywness. Chi- fl :ago Tribune. |