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Show g I HEALTH ' J BY UNCLE SAM, M D. I health Questions Will Be An- I wercd if Sent to Information 1 Bureau, U S. Public Hcaith Srv I ice, Washington, O. C I i- ii i your question to i formation lilllXMlll. l'llivl Stilt". 111 III 1 IK'Ullll I J Jx rvice, Washington, I. t' MJ Tin: in. si kaxitar code, Every well administered city nowa- LH duYM pays consldorab.a attention 10 lyH u,r. health of the people. In fact. I i thoroughly la tms understood to bo I nccessa:- that people taK it an aj ! i letter of course that there are saJil-i laws ur.d regulations In most! l , I titles and state.) such law erf defl- r9H lulely arranged In the form 01 a ruinl-j , 9- The development of modern sanltsrj ( mmmJw methods 1b of comparative!) icccnt 'w" ..iie. Most of tt dates back loss than mmmW TZ years ago The constitution of the IH L'nlted States makes no mention jH whatsoever of the present time. jH Yet with all th 13 the fact remains tiHI that b well developed sanitary codei fl constitutes one cf our most ancient) m documents, one which Is furthermore j ILf remarkable foi the applicability of! flH many of its provisions to present day conditions. 1 refer, of course, to thej Mosaic aws a tln are recorded ln fr- the Bible. Turn to the book of Le-1 'S vlUClU and read chaptei fifteen, verses -' to 13. and to Deuteronomy and read iliw chapter twenty-three, verses 12 to 13 'jLiB Written thousands years before QP .nivthing was known about perm dis- F 2m Wises, it Is remarkable to observe the Nft mphasis laid on discharges us ve- hides of Infection, and on bathing, tiring, and Isolation as means of if' guarding apalnst the trniu-msslon of bVE? disease. .iC'i. The method of disposing of human tL 1J excreta advised bj the Mosaic code l 5 2 s1lil recognized us rn efficient and san- I itry means of disposal, and In con-T con-T uection with modern plumbing sya- t-ms is muih used under the term disposal by subsoil drainage. And 03 for the rules regarding discharges, , ft. uncleanltness, bathing ami Isolation, TJe , they can be followed profitably even p " 'day ;-.' Q WW you pleae p: me Informa- SHM t'on concerning the climates of BOUth- ' m or western states which would be most beneficial to rheumtit lam ',$9 A- The relation of climate to rheu- ''f'WU rruillsm is still er obscure. In fact, aij! in many forms of rheumatism there R9J Is probably no specific rHn'lon to eli-j mate whatever. In addition to this I he term rheumatism !r so loosolx useil i-H md i h anDlii i io so mam dlfi irenl (H conditions that no specif c rccommen-uation rccommen-uation can be made oo |