The New Spirit . be taken to prevent it. The principal factors in this disease are those which tend tobuild up the vigor of the body and its power of resistance. It is further evident that just as No chain isstronger than its weakest link, so, in the broad sense, no community is stronger than its weakest groupof individuals. We know, too, that the germs, however numerous, are powerless for harm except topeople who are below par. No other disease is so eager to seize the weaklings. In the bright sunny homethe pneumococcus will find no abiding place. They cannot live where there are sunlight and
The New Spirit . be taken to prevent it. The principal factors in this disease are those which tend tobuild up the vigor of the body and its power of resistance. It is further evident that just as No chain isstronger than its weakest link, so, in the broad sense, no community is stronger than its weakest groupof individuals. We know, too, that the germs, however numerous, are powerless for harm except topeople who are below par. No other disease is so eager to seize the weaklings. In the bright sunny homethe pneumococcus will find no abiding place. They cannot live where there are sunlight and fresh air;hygienic conditions reduce the risk of infection. Pneumonia is one of our most serious and most fatal diseases, yet it is one about whose cause,spread, and cure the general public is showing increased intelligence and interest every day. It is only aquestion of time until it can be completely under our control. Let us all do our part in smiting this greatCaptain of the Death Brigade. LUCILLE HATTEN. 19. GROVER HOOKER Union County Alroljfll, (Crime anin ftouertg N 1909 an international conference on alcoholismwas held in England to which most of the nationsof the world sent scientific men as the results of investigations made in allparts of the world, and finding that these resultsagreed, the medical leaders drew up a report definingthe nature of alcohol as follows: Exact laboratory,clinical and pathological research has demonstratedthat alcohol is a dehydrating, protoplasmic poison,and its use as a beverage is degenerating and destruc-tive to the human organism. Its effects upon thecells and tissues of the body are depressive, narcotic,and anaesthetic. Therefore, its use should be re-stricted in the same way as the use of other poison-ous drugs. Alcohol is the direct cause of more crime than all other forces combined. According to modernviews, criminality implies, to some extent, defective mentality. Alcohol impairs thehighest mental faculty, and
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