Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-25
KING CONSUMPTION
ON THE DECLINE IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.

Progress Of the Disease More Rapid, hut
the Number of Victims Steadily Dimin-
tion. Exercise and Climate.
"Eing Consumption" said n physician Of
reputation lately, who has put 81 many in
decline, is at last on n decline him~.If in this
city. He has not hghtenei his hold uTon
those upon whom he has once fastened, hut
the nunher Of his victims Is steadily dimin-
iShing The progress of the dIS,'aSH. after II is
once seated, Is pronounced by physicians 10
he more rapid than il was when tins genera
tiun was Young. and there is a much moro rapid
transit from lis inception To It's elimination 4
score Of wears ago cases of Isnr~nu> suffering
from hacking, wasting coughs for many voars
were common. hut now the disease generally
does its work in a hricfrr period, usually in
two or thrcc years Consumption has dome
more 10 enrirk quack medicine manufactur-
ers than all other diseases combined
THE VARIOUS sO-CALLFD CURE-ALLS.
~The number Of noStrunls that have hoon
put before the public aS Iufa.lhlr Is simply
immeIse and as varic,l. and their work aS
evaneSC,nt in its effect a. the shifting group
ings Of a Kaleidoscope. Each in its turn has
beguiei the sufferer for a pori"i and then
left him no better but rather wor~r, from the
reaction following the temporary indulgence
in fallaCinus hopes. No compound of drugs
has staIs,d the disease although the hypO-
phosphites, lime, Snia, and manganese help
arrest il before ii has a real fnDthnld. CNi-
liver oil is a food, supplying the fatty sub
stances that most readily Weld t" the destroy
er, but it merely feNls until the appetite Of
the disease becomes Unsuitable.
Regular physicians look mainly to Vrever-
ton, having little or no hope of curing con
sumption after it is once seated: tut outside
Of their ranks all kinds Of experiments ara
being made Inhalation in various styles il
practiced with oxygen, nitrous oxide gas, and
air iruprcCnatod with drugs The milk cure
Is one Of the latest the patients being sent to
the mountains where they are fed entirely
on milk and breathe the pure air Of the high
er attitudes But, although poSt-mort"m eX-
anninationS have revealed completely Cica-
tried cavities in lungs. showing that forces
and processes Of nature had brought about a
cure OF consumption, the physicians have not
yet penetrated the secret. The injection Of
antiseptiC preparations has hean proposed
Some eminent authorities hope for good re
suits, but the value Of the suggestion i yet 10
be demonstrated. and faith is rrpnSol only IN
such means may strengthen and harden
the tissues sufficiently to turn the edge Of the
sharp teeth Of the consuming disease.
The decrease in the number 0f deaths from
conSuUIptfon in this city is the result Of pre-
vention and not of cure. More care is being
exercised in observing the laws Of health
Physicians are steadily intoxicating deeper
breathing and chest expansion hy walking,
riding, rowing and other exercise. More visits
TO the mountains are made. and the lighter
air induces deeper and longer inspirations
Houses in the city are built with greater re
gard to ventilation and comfort. and the style
Of dress conforms morr closely 10 the require
nents of health. This is esIs.'ially the case
with women in the matter Of shoes. Thin
soles were once the rule Now they ara the
exception
HYGIENE AND HEALTH.
DR.. J. T Magic, Of the bureau of vital StatiS-
tics. asr1ihes the decrease in the numher of
deaths from consumption partly to climatic
changes. There arr also, he Slys, b'tr"r IA
cilitieS, for the care Of patients, morr care
taken in preventing the disease and more
care is exerriz,ri as to breathing 10y those
who have the slightest tendency 5oward pull |
monarv trouble, and indeed 10y people Gcner- ,
ally, deeper respiration being more generally
the rule than it was wears ago. The duty of
bringing all parts of the lungs into use by
means Of deep and long raspirationS has leen
steadily inculcated by physicians and hyEienic /
writers and the instructions i bearing fruit, /
more light exercise is taken than in former !
wears, and there has been substantial develop
ment Of the chest and muscles by the use Of /
gymnastics. The air is pure. and its being |.
rarptied naturally leads to longer and deeper !
inspirations in breathing, bringing into active /
exercise portions Of the lungs that have been /.
unused DIR. Nagle has much faith in the /
heroic treatment by injection of antiS.ptI,S. !
Where the disease is making steady progress
il affords hope. Surgeons hav" succeeded in .
antiseptic treatment Of injured iTteStineS. /
DR. J. R Leaning, a specialist in chest /
diseases, and one Of the visiting physicians at
St Luke's hospital. said the Improvement is .
due to the fact that people are paying more
regard 70 the laws of health, are eating bet
ter food. and are dressing more sun>ihly. /
Houses are better built, and the facilities for .
living well have been greatly increased
Women especially are dressing with more Tt.-
gard to health than formerly wearing heavier
shoes and allowing more breathing space in
their dresses. Physicians have strongly in
culcated the Necessity Of deep, strong breath
ing and people are taking the ltrS> N 10 heart .
Consumption u disease nt depression ltO-
pie in depressed conditions, suffering from
Intellectual struggles for livelihood. are pc
culiariy septibe to the diSease The ship
fever year. 1919, depressed the p,'nple, and it
was followed by larger number Of cases Of
consumption. Everything that dcpr~SsS the
spirits favorS consumption. Poor people are
more subject 10 dependency. and hence they
supply the greater number Of raSrs Of CON
sumption. While he was physician in n dis
pens,ry, DR.. leaning fourd the Irish special
ly liable to consumption, particularly after
the ship fever year \ cheerful disposition is
a great preventive. Here,iity, he thinks, is
merely tendency. 1t does not transmit the
disease It9e T. and children can hy proper
treatment IT, brought out from it, influence
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