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to person ? When a cracked mucous membrane comes in contact 

 with one of the sores, what happens at once ? What is the condition 

 of things after twelve hours ? How long after the contact will the 

 first sign of sore show itself ? Why is this sore called the " mark of 

 the devil " ? As microbes multiply in the new place, what do they 

 manufacture? What becomes of this poison? What does Dr. Forel 

 say about the progress of this disease ? How long may the disease 

 stay latent in the body ? Where may it appear later ? What does 

 it cause ? What does Dr. Morrow say about this disease ? What 

 does Dr. Osier say ? Where may mucous patches of the disease 

 appear ? Why is there so much agitation nowadays against the use 

 of the public drinking cup ? What is now used instead ? In 

 watching those who use a public drinking cup, what have you 

 seen ? If a public drinking cup must be used, what is the one 

 safe way to drink from it ? Mention some of the laws of protection. 

 Of all the diseases which come to man, why is this the worst ? 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Describe the case of the doctor on the night boat going from 

 Boston to New York. What did the man know about the cause 

 of his calamity ? Describe Dr. Howard's case of the mother and 

 the daughter who lost their eyesight. If the woman had known the 

 facts, by what simple means might she have handled the sheets 

 and the towels and yet have prevented the microbes from entering 

 her eyes ? About how many totally blind persons are there in the 

 United States ? About how many partially blind'persons ? About how 

 many of them all have been made blind through the gonococcus 

 microbes ? When did these microbes enter their eyes and cause 

 blindness ? What does Dr. Neisser say about the conditions of this 

 blindness in Germany ? How true is the expression " blind from 

 birth " ? In almost all cases, what is the condition of eyes at birth ? 

 When does the blindness come ? If the right medicine were used 

 at once, what would be the result ? What three things does every 

 state commission for the blind propose to do ? In treating the eyes 

 of a newborn baby, what should be done first ? Why is a separate 

 cloth used for each eye ? How is the medicine put into the eye ? 



