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186 ' NOKTH CAROLINA BOAlil) OF HEALTH. If there is an undrained place on or near your premises which holds even a little water, drain it, for mosquitoes breed in such places, and we now know that they inoculate us with the parasites of malaria, and we should sleep under nets in summer to protect us from these pests. With wire gauze keep all insects out of the house. The common house fly has been shown to carry the germ of typhoid fever and other diseases upon his legs and wings. Trim up the shade trees, cut down the weeds, remove all superfluous shrubbery, let in the sun-light and let the soil dry. Make permanent provision for removing at regular intervals everything which has even a suspicion of uncleanliness about it. Keep on hand some good reliable disinfectant to use upon the sites where such removal has taken place. I will not prolong these suggestions. You have your physician and your health oflicer. They will gladly advise you what to do if you apply to them. Now, when you have gone to work in a cheerful, hearty manner, and have cleaned up the premises, making permanent provision for keeping them clean without the health oflicer having to do disagreeable things to you, before the mayor or somebody else, how you will boast (I expect you brag some now) that Wilson is the cleanest, healthiest, most progressive town in the State. Mr. President, those of us who are growing gray in the practice of our profession begin to think that we have not lived in vain. We have seen the standard of medical education advanced in North Carolina, until now the license of the State board of examiners ia«ti guarantee of competency. We have seen theory and speculation as to the cause of disease replaced by accurate scientific demonstration. We have watched the evo ution of the germ theory until now nearly every disease can be diagnosed with the microscope. We have seen the surgeon, whose methods are aseptic (absolutely cleanly) invade with impunity all the vital cavities of the body. We have seen the wonderful Xray reveal to the eye our bones and internal organs. We know that we have not been idle as to improved methods in the treatment of disease. Diphtheria has been robbed of its fearful mortality by the use of antitoxin; the death rate in typhoid fever greatly reduced by the employment of the cold bath. We now know that vaccination practiced at regular intervals for several generations would eradicate small-pox from the human family. In a hundred different ways we have come to a better understanding of disease and its treatment. But all these great adranceH are as nothing before the triumphs of sanitary science in the prevention of disease. Cholera and tyi>hoid fever have been swept away. Yellow fever can be restricted and stamped out. (See the results at Hampton, Va., during the past summer).
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 8 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-01 |
Article Title | The State'S Health Laws; Vaccination As An Economic Measure.; Old Age And How To Attain It.; Drinking Water.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Article Author | Lewis, Henry W.; Henry H. Dodson; Nicholson, J. L.; Pate, W. T.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-01-008 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-01 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 186 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008-0194 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | biennialreportof08nort_0194.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 8 |
Page Number | 186 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 186 ' NOKTH CAROLINA BOAlil) OF HEALTH. If there is an undrained place on or near your premises which holds even a little water, drain it, for mosquitoes breed in such places, and we now know that they inoculate us with the parasites of malaria, and we should sleep under nets in summer to protect us from these pests. With wire gauze keep all insects out of the house. The common house fly has been shown to carry the germ of typhoid fever and other diseases upon his legs and wings. Trim up the shade trees, cut down the weeds, remove all superfluous shrubbery, let in the sun-light and let the soil dry. Make permanent provision for removing at regular intervals everything which has even a suspicion of uncleanliness about it. Keep on hand some good reliable disinfectant to use upon the sites where such removal has taken place. I will not prolong these suggestions. You have your physician and your health oflicer. They will gladly advise you what to do if you apply to them. Now, when you have gone to work in a cheerful, hearty manner, and have cleaned up the premises, making permanent provision for keeping them clean without the health oflicer having to do disagreeable things to you, before the mayor or somebody else, how you will boast (I expect you brag some now) that Wilson is the cleanest, healthiest, most progressive town in the State. Mr. President, those of us who are growing gray in the practice of our profession begin to think that we have not lived in vain. We have seen the standard of medical education advanced in North Carolina, until now the license of the State board of examiners ia«ti guarantee of competency. We have seen theory and speculation as to the cause of disease replaced by accurate scientific demonstration. We have watched the evo ution of the germ theory until now nearly every disease can be diagnosed with the microscope. We have seen the surgeon, whose methods are aseptic (absolutely cleanly) invade with impunity all the vital cavities of the body. We have seen the wonderful Xray reveal to the eye our bones and internal organs. We know that we have not been idle as to improved methods in the treatment of disease. Diphtheria has been robbed of its fearful mortality by the use of antitoxin; the death rate in typhoid fever greatly reduced by the employment of the cold bath. We now know that vaccination practiced at regular intervals for several generations would eradicate small-pox from the human family. In a hundred different ways we have come to a better understanding of disease and its treatment. But all these great adranceH are as nothing before the triumphs of sanitary science in the prevention of disease. Cholera and tyi>hoid fever have been swept away. Yellow fever can be restricted and stamped out. (See the results at Hampton, Va., during the past summer). |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-01/nchh-01-008.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-01 |
Article Title | The State'S Health Laws |
Article Author | Lewis, Henry W. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-01-008 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-01 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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