Show I CoJlnnon AitQA VSauu ikfilm nimlarn A medical journal gives an extract from I a lecture delivered by Dr Hugo Engel in which there are some hints of universal importance in regard to cholera prevention preven-tion After relating a number of instances in which animals had died from cholera I after having had some cominabacili injected I in-jected into the upper portion 06 the duo denom he proceeded to show how the king of Italy had visited with entire impunity I im-punity the cholera hospitals of Naples I The reason of this is thus stated All his food and all the water and wine he drank were sent to him from Rome in hermetically sealed bottles and boxes I As he could not become infected by way I of exhalation but only by food and water swallowed care was simply taken to have the food and drink pure and free from commabacili Near the conclusion of his lecture the I which doctor gave some practical advice may be of use in this locality in case we I should have the outbreak which is threatening threat-ening us He said that people should have their main organ of digestion in the I best possible order and that errors in diet shoufd be avoided The plainest food should be selected and every particle of food to be eaten and water to be drank boiled thoroughly and in this way there would be no danger of infection These are commonsense views and their application ap-plication is substantially within the reach will of every family Cleaning the streets assist in preventing the spread of infection infec-tion but at the same time it will not keep cholera out of a cityChicago Times |