How to Avoid Spreading Disease.
Do no spit.
Do not put
fingers in the mouth unnecessarily.
Do not pick
the nose or wipe it on the hands or sleeves.
Do not put
pencils in the mouth.
Do not put
anything in the mouth without a good reason, and never when it has been in
another’s mouth.
Do not use a
common drinking cup. Use your own.
Never cough
or sneeze into the air or in another person’s face. Use a handkerchief.
If the hands
become soiled with saliva or nasal secretion, wash them.
If you use
another’s tobacco pouch, do not close it with your teeth.
Source: Myers,P., 1994, Disease
Prevention: U.S. Army Health services
Command (Prov), Preventive Medicine Division, Medical War Manual, Sanitation for Medical Officers, by Edward Vedder MD. Published by Lea
and Febiger, 1917.