Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-02

SOME NOVEL VIEWS ON CoMsryr,o,,
DR. Felix Oswald begins in the NV
number of the Popular Science Month";
series of papers on THE Re medie, =,
Nature for the Principal Disorders of The
human Organism" The first paper treats
OF consumption, and the writer saws much
OF lmportane on the subject of this dreaded
disease. He defines consump,ion ~
essentially a house disease and saws:
Irrespective of race differences md
special dietetic habits, and habitusl braa,h
ing oil vltlated air leads to the deveIono
ment OF pulmonary scrofula. And scion po.
has furnished the rationale of tha, roo.,I.
Physiology has demonstrated that .ir :.
gaseous 1000; and respiration a process If #
ulseslloh. Inc atmosphere furnishes tho
raw material OF the pulmonary pabulum !:
a.. eaon inspiration the organism of The
lungs lmblbes the oxygenous or nutratius
prlhclp,e OF me air dlaught, and excreates
the lhdigeslible elements. By breathin@
the same air over and over again. ,he
atmospheric element becomes azo,izad.
/. e. depleted of its life sustaining nrinc;'
pie, and therefore unfit to sustain The wan,
OF the animal economy. The continual
limitation OF such viliated air 6Ils ,Sa
respiratory organs with indioes,;hio
elements, which gradually accumnia,o
beyond the disloging ability of the LAY
forces, and at last corrupt the tissue IF ,hn
congested organ and favor the develo,,
ment OF parasites. Consumption ia ote
OF the diseases that seem To con,f;,n,
the tenets of the germ theory. A tuhor
GUAR dlathesis is favored by stagnon,
impurities OF The circulatory system bv n
warm and humid climate, and conntorao
TED by cold air and other antiseptics. Six
years ago German physician demopstras
tea lnat the progress of pulmonary scrot.
ular Can be arrested by pector,,
injection OF carboic acid; and one of his
coun' men lately ascertained that the
tuoercle veins are alive with mierosconio
p 'rasltes that multiply like the spores Of a
prolific mushroom. The first deveIon.
ment of these lung devourers Womb seam
To amount 10 sentence of speedy death.
yet their fecundity hardly exceeds that of
certain intestinal parasites and The yts yit,
mas methods Ut her own for dealing with
such ioes' aud is ever ready 10 begin the
o''N'io WI luo ou tuo sOl6 condition that
we do not complicate the difficulties of the
undertaking BY couuteracting her efforts
or by perpetuating the influence OF the
original cause. Cease TO feed The lung
with azotic gases and DR.. Kochs animal.
Guile will slarve and disappear as surely as
man worms will starve and disappear ii we
change pork and sour krout diet for
bread and apples.
In all laIltudes the disease known Us
pulmonary consumption is caused by The
breathing of vitiated air and can be sub
dued by outdoor exercise, says DR.. Oswald,
and while he does not say cured, yet in
all stages the progress of the disease can
be arrested by outdoor exercise alone
This writer believes that outdoor life will
cure the human organism of any disease
not too deep rooted. An hours walking
each day will keep the lungs catarrh
proof. The night air superstition is 10 be
abandoned and all bedrooms should be
kept well aired night and day. A rain
shutter should be at hand so that in
stormy weather the air can be admitted.