New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-29
IN wan cOysruPrfoy BPEITHE PURE AIR.

Dr. John = Billings in The Washington ro>O'
un pcr,on inhalcs some Of The dried, or partially
dried spores or rods OF tho bacillus ol tuUTVtc' utc
,,rI.iiii,v thai he WILL become affected with CON
sumption depends partly on p number oI slcn pil
which he ha inhaled and partly upon nus ow" pn'
condition, and especially on 'h 'oiuiOo D,,,r ihr
Of cells which hhcs MS ar passages fLunrN
great majority OF people living III cl'ieo H ma nr
vet only one in 100 Of them becomes infected '"rai
persons seem p''dNposrH 10 .,npnsrd hat the
disease wa, hereditary because such large prop rIin
4 occurred In certain families. , no~ tb
that the disease cannot !" produced Mi'"p'. ,, w.,
presence Of specific bacillus and mat thlS Da'nm'
very rarely posses nom mother to child MnhI ,a't'
IT supposed inherited consumption arc r'1uN un'
Infected houses. bedding and other articles lor we
spsrc, retain their vitality for years: bu' proo"tty
the blood aud tissues of som" persons are hIoI' ~
yralc :, The growth Of the bacillus than Others ana
The scepi> thus PTodgced mo p HI% c al
ic ariincaly produced This IS effected by r'br"ath
ing air which has recently been In the iuns, o
man II requires some time 10 produce ms te'd,n'
Inf fine .>pr lcncc Of armies wh"r' tn soldiers ar
kept in unvcnuatcd barracks, l'ave' lt'le rom 10
.nit that long continued breathing Of foui ar pro
aI,c f. - crowih Of The tubercle bacillus. Any
thIrc that produces chronic irritation and cons"'ii m
- tbr itnrs and ar passages tends to lower the
vitality OF The lining cell layer. and TO mako 1t
bcttcr soil for the growth II The germ Hence thoar
e,crItotiens which bring Numbers OF people together
in iIlvcniilacd rooms ard which produce dist, are
Cay liable :" 1'f Gcd m he ' op ~rs air ,r
more free from dancer from ths disease Thr dcatn
rate ei rom SD on" fourth that rom the same cause
among nc cutters. potters, and printers ana rs
thon half ha; Of the WORKERS In cotton and woollen
mills. Tho hirh death rate am,ng printers j. al
most excessively du" 10 consumption. The hahltn1
crlmlnol class + nj p'ciallv l'hl' 10 this disease
and thee are few Ial' penienlrirs that nre not
Injected with II.
II + very satlsfac Dry 10 n)tc that the death rate
from community has decrease ed In th8 country
within tho Inst ten wears. shown bv statistics #
dfcrcnt states and cities Thus DR.. Flick points out
mat I'm philadelphia the death rate from this cans"
was in 1870 3.42 IN 1859. al. and In 1890. 2.6A
nor 600 and consider, that Ili f. dne - Increase
in the popular iollcf In the ntaciousness II III"
disease and 70 the increasing tendency the part s.
ply sicians special measures ~ prevention IN
all casa> which they attend.
To tho man who has lost near relatives. parent
uncc ~ brother by c"nsmpti)n. the practical 1ucs
lion of Interest +. What can ! de- = keep myself
and inv children free from it," The avoidance NJ
Infected houses AMI tho living Is much In the
omen mir a. possible. and the securing OF abundant
ventilation for the Offices wOrhrOons and especially
for the sleeping rooms which must be occupied. are
the most imp prtan, measures.