TYPHOID.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8419, 16 February 1889, Page 4

TYPHOID.

While the whole community is deeply interested in the alarming spread of this fataj disease, it is amazing to contemplate the fearful amount of indifference exhibited with regard to its dangers. Whether it is communicated to the human frame by " microbes," " bacilli," or more simply speaking by " r/erms," it seems agreed that improved sanitation is the main remedy for preventing its propagation. This indeed has been clearly proved by the results obtained in England since, attention has been given to strict sanitary law, and it behoves every householder, or occupier or a dwelling in these colonies, to keep this fact in view, and act accordingly, with respect to his own premises audits surroundings. So long, however, as individuals have no control over their neighbours' proceedings, and the authorities are inactive, so long will liability to the disease be perpetuated. Under these circumstances, we have to iook for the next best thing to be dooe, and bearing in mind that the state of the physical system is an important; factor in relation to susceptiblity to the " germ," it should become a matter of constant aud watchful care that the tone of the system should be kept up to good form. It not unfrequently occurs that persons habitually healthy and vigorous, begin at times to feel a degree of lassitude and disinclination to exertion, and a sensation of " tiredness," withoafc any apparent cause, occasionally, not constantly perhaps, is noticed by the individual himself. This may arise from tha disorganisation of some important functional part of the internal economy—it may be the liver or the kidneys tbafc are not properly performing their office. The result is the communication ox poisonous acids to the blood, and this becoming vitiated, the disposition to "kousiny" the gem} of typhoid will be the result, whereas, if the impairment did not exist the germ probably would not. find lodgement,

Th»! recent case of Constable Cameron in the Police Hospital is in point. At the inquest held on his remains, it was stated by the Medical Officer in charge, that had it not been for the diseased condition of the kidneys, he would not iv all probability have become one of the victims of typhoid.

Therefore, whatever tends to keep the organs in their normal condition, is the best antidote to typnoid, and for this, there is nothing equal to Warner's safe cure, which has been thoroughly tested by thousands, and iucontestibly proved to act as represented.