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tliis L'irl was attacked, although not at all 

 among the first to be so ; yet she was blamed for 

 the outbreak. For over twelve months occasional 

 swabs have been taken, and she is refused adn 

 tance until free from ig lite the germ in 



her nose. Tet all the time, day by day, school- 

 books were handed out indiscriminately ! And I 

 am convinced that here lay the root of the mis- 

 f. Ti-r in-li-Tiininate buying of second-hand 

 books, I believe, is also responsible for many a 

 similar outbreak which cannot be traced through 

 customary channels. 



The dangers of oral infection are a commonplace Or*i in- 

 to all medical men, and frequently reported in f 



Is. Only this month, in one of 



ru, details are supplied of a most pitiful in- 



stance of three virulent cases of specific disease 



(syphilis) grandmother, mother, and baby due 



to oral infection from a little girl 



of ten years of age, who had a sore on her upper 



lip. Both syphilis and diphtheria, indeed, afford 



numerous examples of mouth or lip infection in 



medical literature and experience. 



Had we but recognised this dangerous and, I 

 believe, very certain cause of the spread of disease, 

 ow much might have been saved that 

 has been expended in rectifying drains and shi 

 ting up schools for the purpose of "j ng 



epidemics " ! 



