, 1874-05-31
PROFESSIONAL.
DR.. r. HUNTER
{LATB OF NEW YORK;,
ON THE
CHEMISTRY OF CONSUMPTION.
LETTER X.


Uplss people have clear dea Of the essential nature
OF Consumption, they understand why certain
conditions th1 system will surely spd in this di.eAso
nor why be cured In tho 1t Is generally
cd By phyactans In this letter shall ende.vor to Ake
those points clear that they be understood hJ every
body captble Of Appteciatng plain facts.
by tho Chemistry Of Consumption, mean the chemical
composition Of Tu<re.ethat 1nyAtsrous product Of tbs
blood which fons in ths lun2z-and tho impu1J OF tbs
blood Itself.
You probably hAvs vagus idea, derived from hearing
othes say 20. that tho blood tnpuze In conu.npson
Physicians who have not nds special study Of this dis
have tho kind Of indefinite belief but thers
their knowledge nnda They do not pretend to know Of
what tho bloods mpufty consists how 1t there
How then they prstend to know what ! countesaot
romoveitf
blood Of groa consumptivs people, and found It
natural in all rsspcctz except The are1al blood
that on which health snd strength depend1-eoa-
mpurity .1i.,td .aes repeated ~ a1pelinon11
s .n1 ~ TN H. hs 81 5o,,r 1nox
fdSs Of en hs. ". des. r. Saosn hs1s
o FFhs,: 70 40 aueae ~sse
I'll. inpaEtty ct the NTH
!sa. xatboF from *'er; PIT 81 Il: hod, .nd hns
derived tho ar and otpe 1t ea7tonc scid with
se,cs anobsTucted ca:bonacsoua iupu.y per7nit
ted to m sss, b
- - ~ ,irsri.t;.,c thr,uub
e!s 49,. VI ~ 10'o14@' Ao e-o"" eo"su 'Ao a.
1 h.,o. ~, h,,od .h,oh - I.
fenrG ~ I'll rr.c. ~ ronsnmnon thrrr n,n.t ha In
.ta - .,h,I -o,e .n. 'fh.re "a mr c*n.s ~
hich iii ;his Tesult Uha,oyeT o.tructs tbo
ip M VII. !. nnn r.n.n Hrrafhinr tba II oir 81 cio.r
~ - - h;eh :. III cin,t - :; 1880 x'
nnuu @ ~. ~ -, - d -! II, s1n: ~
fuii aInans;on 81 the unrs !. third cause and smai
a.T snd asnriant c.n.ritr If t,r 1nnr. Icons unar
th @ ~ sr.hn csrmm.t.nr,.s i1nrE csup. rha
49, ~ ~ dncindns rn,da c.t.pTh hrcnchit. rrnnnl.e
thrn.t con1can Of tha unrs md in tsct iii dt.ra,es
n;ch ror - ~ 80 stt nhIern I'd rnrcn- i1o
~ ~ onr hino6 -. 49,. r. c.n..t
~ II ~ eIcndn ,hu fsw in wila nj. dis.
frr, s7rr, rs,. I'm Ia
1900 ~ ~ nhsr nf the1. fur c.r.r of ,neEfrt
rsao;r.tioo M ~ S ~ ~e'' 1'4A ~>'0' - 'Af''A'~'
Xxi n. INV nA.a ia thu no.t mint II nv theorv tn
,n.c, - " inn, ,nd -eenir.t,on nnght .,w.,s nrnc,de
t ~ hsrea ~. . ~ 4, .
@ o. tpe XII 3
,h ep, t1osR1s.i' 2. .p xitb H. @ ~ nv
pot. inr ~ 4ha h,r.shin1 ,orcr ~ II,
nv dsnn.it ~ fuhcrcIe oT annr,ci.hio ix
esss rI,ts havs tested this ous,tion Th cveT cara
I'D IN man, nsrsons a,I briie1e tho n.nnosiri
~ - 80 ,ns T.; s!r~ sa.o 1hts .rsctiJ concdcs m nv
on9 r. t >, h.
hat hss cafbohac~ous blooa 9o 40 WIZ He hnefces:
II p&a oser9tniu1 70 o9 ioI from tnla I1s
carbonAcsoua tao ouefc4os sra lofulo 10
direct esct OF 70 Gs tno nioo IN
e11cnAse tnrouSn tns a1sefles Ahd 20 ty<' Au1 aye
at2eH composed ot eefoonaceous matter. u3sn ana.
yzcd in stage Of its formation. and find that
contains rcm 4 " - per cent o carbon which oro
thAn That OF the impure booo or an{ k1oW ANNA! pro
duct e1cept tAt. u G1o1er' OF hnKisna mads threo
bon hs found wAs 63. and the t6 26 So also,
schersr, German chemist, tested tn. question hnd found