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Cholera Due to Impure Water

October 29th, 2008 at 8:42 pm » Comments (0)

Cholera Due to Impure Water. — among the remarkable outbreaks which goes to prove that this mode of cholera propagation is not at all uncommon, maybe mention the following, condensed from Mr. Simons eighth report as medical officer of the English privy Council, during the prevalence of cholera in England in 1865: A gentleman and [...]



Infectious Diseases from Impure Water

October 29th, 2008 at 6:38 am » Comments (0)

Infectious Diseases from Impure Water. — the principal acute diseases which are due to impure water are cholera, typhoid fever, diarrhea and dysentery; and, although it is only within a comparatively recent. That mankind has begun to realize it’s dangerous from the source of these maladies, the accumulated evidence is already very conclusive.

It is [...]



Lead Diseases

October 28th, 2008 at 2:35 am » Comments (0)

Lead Diseases. — the injurious effects of lead upon the human system are displayed first, in the production of dyspepsia; later, obstinate constipation and a peculiar kind of colic, so common among painters from the influence of lead that it has received the name of “painter’s colic;” and finally, disturbance of the nervous system, [...]



Cause for Bright’s Disease

October 12th, 2008 at 11:51 pm » Comments (0)

Cause for Bright’s Disease. — it has long seemed probable that the increasing prevalence of that terribly fatal malady, "Bright’s disease," especially in cities and large towns, maybe due to the poisonous effects of exceeding minute quantities of lead, dissolved from the lead pipes so generally employed as service conduits, notwithstanding the protective coating, which [...]



The Mosquito

May 18th, 2008 at 4:32 pm » Comments (0)

The Mosquito.-the mosquito is a common carrier of yellow fever and malaria or “chills and fever” as it is sometime spoken of by the public.  Malaria is caused by a tiny parasite which can only be seen by the microscope in the blood of man and the mosquito.  It lives and multiplies in the blood [...]



What to do to Ret Rid of Flies

May 18th, 2008 at 4:24 pm » Comments (0)

What to do to Ret Rid of Flies.-Screen your windows and doors.  Do it early in the spring before flight time and keep it up until cold weather calms.  Screen all food, especially milk.  Do not eat food that has been in contact with flies.  Screen the baby’s bed and keep flies away from the [...]



The common fly (Musca domestica)

May 17th, 2008 at 7:59 pm » Comments (0)

The common fly (Musca domestica).- the only way to prevent the flight curing diseases to destroy history in place, keep them out of the home, etc., when developed, by screens and swat or catch by flypaper, etc., everyone seen in a room.
Houseflies are a danger to human life.  Airborne filth, feed upon garbage, sewage waste [...]



Insects As Common Carriers

May 17th, 2008 at 7:54 pm » Comments (0)

Insects As Common Carriers.- great strides have been made in recent years by scientists in regards to the further prevention of disease by studying the life habits of insects.  It has been clearly proven that the poison or germ of certain diseases are carried by them, such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever, bowel complaints of children, [...]