Valda pastilles.

Valda (Firm)

Date:: [1912]

Credit: Valda pastilles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$a \ fey breathe, which gives them life and health, It goes without saying that the larger the number of people living in a certain Who has not noticed, when the sun finds its way through a half-open shutter ‘Though they cannot be seen outside the ray of sun which projects its light upon are inhaling” them all the time. If all these particles of dust do not contain microbes they are nevertheless harmful to the chest and lungs. They clog’ up the cells, preventing them from acting Prope ye and pave the way for the coming of the microbes. Now what is a microbe ? This word, derived from the Greek pixpos, small, The pus or discharge from a wound, etc., is the result of a hiiera fermen- the microbe. Take, for instance, a spittle ejected on the pavement by a consump- tive person. After a certain time the liquid part evaporates, leaving behind the solid elements of this expectoration, the particles of membranes and the microbes as well. The least wind is sufficient to blow these particles in all directions. They are then taken up with the air and may eventually find a home on the mucous membranes of the fangs. or bronchial tubes of any individual, where they take firm root. Hence the facility with which disease is. spread. If this invasion should take place with a person in ill health, the microbe has every facility to commence work. It reproduces and spreads, paving the way In consequence of the impossibility to avoid inhaling the microbes, etc., con- But how can this be done ?. How are we to purify this air so as to inhale it _ namely, the antiseptic and’ volatile, treatment for the. respiratory organs as can be effected by taking Valda Pastilles. : - REMEMBER! _VALDA PASTILLES “Do WHAT THEY CLAIM TO DO af$

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