" High&nnicks."—Present White, of Cornell University, has made an exposure of the ignorance ofthe health officers' of New York. One of the latter, having been brought up for examination before the chief to refute this generaL charge, was asked whether a family suffering from smallpox had any care. He replied, " Yes, sir; they had highjinnicks [hygienics] ; they doctored themselves." With the remaining officers " higbjinnicks" was used as the test of tfreir ignorance. Each, one was asked whether their were any "highjinnicks" in his district, and not a single one detected the absurdity of the question. One was asked if he knew the meaning of the word, after he had said that a portion ot his district was afflicted with it, and he replied, " Yes, sir, I do; it means a bad smell arising from dirty water."
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1840, 25 November 1874, Page 2
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135Untitled Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1840, 25 November 1874, Page 2
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