1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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flannel that had been used on one of the sick children.
Well, she was young and gay, and she threw it around her
neck and danced around the room. The result was that
the members of the family who had escaped the first time
had the disease.
We have a great many doctors that have
been wondrously successful with diphtheria. One doctor
will say that he has never lost a case of diphtheria.
Another doctor will say that he has been very unfortunate
with that disease ;
and yet we know that Doctor Xo. 2 is a
very much better doctor than Doctor No. 1. How can we
explain it? The cases of Doctor No. 1 were not true diphtheria
at all.
There was no germ of diphtheria, and therefore
there was no danger, and for that reason Doctor No. 1
was so successful. Now that is the difference between the
two cases of diphtheria; one is the real di-sease, the other
something superficially like it.
Of those cases where there
is no germ none die; of those with the germs from 40 to
60 per cent. die. Remember that if you will destroy these
germs while you have your hands upon them, you can
avoid all these infectious diseases.
"Now, if you have any of these diseases in your family
and don't quarantine your premises; in other words, if you
do not prevent the neighbors from coming in to see you,
or if you let the germs get out of your house and affect
your neighbors, then you are guilty of criminal negligence.
I wish to impress upon the audience, if possible, the great
importance of this quarantining of cases of contagious
disease."
Dr. Bahnson:-"Is there any one else that would like to
ask a question?"
Gentleman in the audience: "I have one which I know
is very simple, but I would like to have it explained. It
is about typhoid fever.. A short time ago I was passing
through a county in this State that was the driest and cleanest-looking
country that I ever saw, and yet there is more