Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1881 — Dangers of Dust. [ARTICLE]

Dangers of Dust.

Dr. Leidy, of Philadelphia, believes that the dust of our cities is a serious source of disease. “ When we reflect,” he says, “ that this is the dried and pulverized dirt and filth of our streets, derived from all kinds of refuse matter, its dangerous qualities may be suspected, if they are not clearly obvious. Conveyed by the winds, it is diffused everywhere, and settles upon or adheres to everything. We inhale it, drink it and eat it with our food. A speck of mud on <jur bread excites disgust; but who minds the same thing when it is nothing but a little dust ? If our food just brought from the market or provision store is examined with the microscope, it is found to teem with particles of dust, consisting of fine sand, bits of hay, straw, filaments bf cotton from old paper and rags, wood fibers, hair and scurf, stales of man and beast, starch grains, spores, etc. Recent investigations render it probable that dust contains the germs of decomposition, gangrene, and contagious diseases. ”

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