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color and become much brighter- The room should be kept dark and 
as free from noise as possible. 
Milk, buttermilk, broths, soft eggs, and soft toast ma^^ all be 
allowed. The whisk}^ may be administered in an eggnog. 
As soon as a person is bitten by a tick the insect should be removed 
and the place cauterized with 95- per cent carbolic acid. There is 
sometimes difficult}^ in removing the tick; but by applying ammonia, 
turpentine, kerosene, or carbolized vaseline it can usually be detached 
without trouble. 
The disease, considered from a public-health standpoint, is of much 
greater importance than was thought until recently. On account of 
its high mortalit}" in the Bitter Root district attention has been 
focused there, but on investigation the disease was found to be spread 
over a large area. The mortality, for some unknown reason, is greatl}" 
higher in Montana than in the other States. The disease is not much 
dreaded in Idaho or in Nevada, but the terror it excites in the Bitter 
Root Valley is great. If, as seems veiy probable and almost proved, 
the tick is the means by which the disease is spread, the question of 
the prevention of the disease resolves itself into the destruction of the 
ticks. This is an almost impossible task over such a large area, 
especiall}" of such varied topography. When conditions will permit, 
burning the undergrowth and stubble will be an effective method for 
the destruction of ticks. This ma}" be done either in the early fall or 
preferably in the earl}" spring, when the ticks are just beginning to 
move about. 
