Show FIGHTING DISEASE by lotia shields the greatest factor to bo be considered in fighting disease is to allm eliminate the cause which is germs disease germs are of 0 two kinds animal germs called protozoa and plant germs called bacteria it is bacteria that cause most of our diseases these disease germs are living in our bodies all the time waiting for some weakness to occur so they can start their work in order to keep these germs from working in our bodies we must keep up tip our local and general resistance attain specific resistance keep the body free from infections and avoid conditions that enable the germs to pass front from one person to another diseases the germs of 0 which spread from one person to another and cause the same disease are said to be contagious people having contagious disease are isolated from lj tile the rest of 0 the people in the community until they are over the disease if the people ot of the comman if ity have been exposed they are pro by being vaccinated vaccina ted or inoculated for the disease which consists consist of injecting a serum made up ot of the germs or germ toxins into the body to work up a resistance to the disease it is estimated that thousands ot of people every year are prevented from rom having the disease by this me thod the germs of such diseases as typhoid and diphtheria are especially liable to le be found in the water for this reason the water supply should be tested by the government and kept tree free front from any impurities that may be the cause ot of a typhoid or dip diphtheria theria epidemic athas been tuond that house tiles flies and mosquitoes are two ot of tho the worst kinds of germ carriers that we have this tact fact has been emphasized so strongly that almost every spring each town has a campaign to get rid of tiles flies the best way to be treo free of 0 them la is to remove their breeding places as soon as spring comes and to kill every fly ly we se aas soon as they appear every christmas tor for the past few years there have been drives for christmas seal funds to help fight tuberculosis this dreaded disease has been increasing in our country so rapidly that more and more money Is needed every year to help check it it was found that much ot of the continued on page 3 righting FIGHTING DISEASE continued from page I 1 disease was caused by people using milk which came from froin cows having tuberculosis the th e government has now taken this in hand and every year the cows are tested for tuberculosis culo cu losis sis sanitariums are being built all over the U S to aid In checking this disease here the patients are I 1 kept out in the dry air where there Is plenty of sunlight which Is the worst enemy of disease germs we have an impure water supply and impure milk are only two ot of the hundl caused dirt dampness and dark reds of 0 ways in which disease are ness are the conditions necessary tor for the growth of germs therefore our homos homes must be kept dry with plenty of sunlight and fresh air decayed teeth and infect infections lons anywhere in the body should be looked after immediately or the germs may spread everything ery thing must be kept clean in our homes and around the yards of our homes people having contagious diseases should report them at once to the proper authorities and be very careful not to expose anyone else in fighting disease we can aid our selves and the community by having a physician examine at least once a year and above all we should be willing to cooperate with the health authorities by doing all we can to help them expel disease and with it some of the misery and suffering from the earth |