The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-18
AMlCK'S DISCOVERY.
IT'S BEARING ON ISOLATION OF
THE CONSERVATIVES.
The action of the Michigan BOARD OF
Health In Designating Consumption n
Contagious Disease Discussed Cure
the Best Alternative.


sumption on the list of contagious dis
eases and requiring safeguards to pre-
rent its spread, is causing widespread
newspaper discussion ~ to the pro
pricty Of similar action in other states.
Not only has the Michigan board OF
health taken this radical step. but the
County Medical society of Philadelphia
has petitioncd the board of health
there to isolate COnsumptiycs. The
Pau-AmCI'iCau congress also passed Il
resolution at the, recent Washington
convention calling on the National
government To take steps in the same
direction. even going SO far rs To ask
President Cleveland to give his per-
suual attention To the matter. -
The result has been that national.
state and civic authorities have been
appealed to. thereby causing constcr-
nation to thousands of conSumptives
IN every state in the u3iou. who are in
terror lest they should bc torn from
thcir homes and fricnds.and turned over
To Especial hospitals, which. in reality,
viii bc pesthouscs.
Yhe turmoil which the proposition
has created il steadily increasing. and
= great wave Of opposition i appearing.
Friends of consumptivcs declare that
II isolation Of the patients i attcmptod
IN special hospitals. numerous outragcs
will result and that not only will un-
feeling persons who want To get rid of
sick relatives. dump them upon the
hospitals. but Vaccinations will arise
of most evil character. Small trades
men. for instance. afflicted by Il cough.
may suddenly find themselves moved
out of their competitors way. 10y Il
judicial process which will send them
In the special conSumptivc hospital Ia
end their days. g..
Somc declare that while the appear
anoc of smallpox ar cholera in the land
- the signal forilnmCdiatc. widespread
aiarm, and the Inauguration of severe
reprcsSiyc measures. consumption,
which is always present and is chronic
ally epidemic j. allowed To take an
unchecked course. the people not real
izing that il is far more deadly than
any other disease, and is slowly but
surely increasing its silent r;iyagcs. 1t
- claimed that as half of the people
Gho have consumption do not realize
the fact. they spread false confidence
among their friends. who carclcS>ly
allow themselves to come in contact
With the victims, and are. in turn.
fatally infected.
The New York Herald. comment
ing on the suhjrct.quOt the action of
thc Congress de la Tubcrculoscrcc
held in Paris in which the following
resolution was adopted:
tn view of the fact that life in com
mon of consumptivcs with the other
patients in the hospitals is dis;idvan-
5ageous both To- themselves and others.
,,I I. I,., 4. II. Il.
which they expose Others are not com
pensatcd by any serious profit. the
-neknbers of the congress are of the
opinion that all con>umptivc patients
should be gathered together in special
hospitals in groups. according Ia the
period of their disease. and that these
groups should he as small as possible
II the earliest stage of the complaint.
In consideration of the fact that in
the present condition of the science IA
continuance and sufficient supply Of
pure air is one Of the most powerful |
elemcuts in the treatment of tubcrcu-
lOsis. it i also advisable that these |
hospitals >ha:.id be- built in the |
,ountry. or NJ the ScaShorc.
-Finally. aS a tr;InSitory measure to |
last as short II time a. possible. con
.nmptivcs should. for the time being. |
be united in special wards in the |
hospitals. apart from those of the |
,rthcr patients. and the walls and |
furniture Of these wards should De dis |
infected at stated intervals
Another Scheme for the isolation of |
consuuptvcS. which has just been |
announced by the Denver. colo. News. |
Is to the effect that W. y. by, - repre-
Eenting Il syndicate of Boston capital |
lists, has applied at the office Of the |
Colorado Land Commissioner for SEC.
tions of land on which to colonies con |
sumptives from New England. The
htea is To erect suitable buildings and |
pat the patients at gentle work at
Sending To fruit and poultry. bee
culture and gardening. insisting all Of
the time upon suitable physical eX-
~reisc. The idea is that patients in the
first stages Of consumption might bc
Benefited in the mild. dry air III
Colorado and that their light laborH
can bc turned Ia the pccuniary adj |
vantage of the syndicate.
Tue Cincinnati Post over u year ago
interested itself in the question Of the
ezusc of consumption and the POSSIBLE |
ay of its cure. Since that time many
other newspapers have devoted attcn-
tion To the subject.
Recent statistics. carefully gathered |
have shown that onc-Sevcnth of all |
shc deaths in the United States
hom disease are caused by consump-
zion. and this startling fact. promi- !
sently presented. has served To in |
crease the agitation which has been
aroused
In order Ia get at the opinions of
rt.e leading physicians of Cincinnati on
ti,c latest aspect of the ease. !. e.. that |
relating To the proposed isolation Of |
sr,nsumptives. interviews were secured |
~ith Drs. Whitaker .Iudkins. .Amick. |
Erauning and others.
pr William Judkins said: II thor
suxhly believe in the scheme for the
ISOLATION Of consumptive patients.
The best plan is To- take the patient
sszt Of his home and put him in house
specially built for consumptives. The
siea may seem "a harsh one. but il Is |
certainly in the interest of friends of !
me sufferer. The great trouble with |
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