The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-10-26
Prevention 1t Consumption.

CONSUMPTION made recently by emf
nent New York Psychologists to tn.
board Of health of that city is of I'M
%pmtahce, not only . the large mum
Der Of people afflicted with pulmonary
tuberculosis, bnt to the many con
stantly exposed to the ravaSes of the
disease. The report states, says the
journal, that it has been proved he
,yond Il doubt that a living germ called
the ''tubcrclc bacillus is the only
cause OF tuberculosis, and that, though
nearly one-l,alf of the entire popuia
ton at some time in life acquires it,
u that tnbercular animals are most
common, the disease il both prevent
able and durable. Most Important is
the testimony which declares that con-
sumption is not III Inherited disease.
As tuberculosis. Il be caused only
ny the entranc. of the germ into the
body, the frequent occurrence OF sew
erai cases in one family is explained
by the transmission of the germ after
birth directly from some affected in,i-
vidual. Not only is the dust of the
house likely to contain the bacilli,
but the intimate relation between par
ent and child is especially favorable
to transmission by direct contact.
There are two dangers to be guarded
against. and prevention resolves it
self principally into the avoidance of
tuhercular meat and milk and the de-
struction Of the discharges, especially
the sputum Of tnhercular individuals.
1t is OF great Importance that the
roOms OF patients in their homes and
hospitals should be thoroughly cleans
ed and dlsintected, and that e%xpector-
atoms should be burned aud not per-
mitted to become pulverizrd and sus-
pended rs dust. The report insists
upon the adequate ventilation of
theatres and other public places for the
removal Of the dangerous dust, and
demands that steamship companies
should be Obliged to furnish separate
compartments for cOnsumptivc per
SONS. The important measures of
safety suggested are rigid official IN
spection Of cattle. the immediate &C.
strnction ot discharges from the lungs
and the careful disinfection of rooms
that are occupied or have been orct,-
pleh ~ consumptive patients.
Modern science has not accomplish
ed more than in its understanding Of
consumption, made possible by Dr..
k"ch's discovery Of the germ in 1882.
The authoritative suggestions will at
the am time remove the mysterious
dread OF the disease and increase care
fu!ness. The report makes incessant
watchfulness u public duty = Watch
Ii requires four plates to ensraye !.
bill in the Bureau Of Printing and En-
craving. An engraver is required for
each of the two borders and faces.
hence, fOur engravers make one bill
and none of the four knows the entire
design. Some Of the counterfeiters
now serving sentence are the finest
engravers in the country, and soma
have heen in Government employ.
After the counterfeit bills are printea
from the engraved plates they are
stained with coffee to give them an
old appearance that they may the e;l-
sier escape detections A crisp new
counterfeit is never put into circula-
tion.- Washingto~ Star.
Archbishop Logue, Catholic pri-
mate Of Ireland, has referred in tn.
strongest terms to Italy's treatment OF
tho Pope. He declared that the Itali-
An I~teasantry were overtaxed and in a
worse condition than Donegal OF Con-
nemara peasants ; that Italians were
im~n'igratinK faster than the Irish :
that the Italian government had en-
circled the Vatican with troops. know
ing that il the Pope departed, grass
would soon grow in the streets Of Rome.
A poet-ofice in Fulton County, Pa.
bears the brief and unromantic name
Of isis"
Is Will pay you to advertise with Us.