The state herald., 1893-11-17

for they disappear Of themselves as the dis.
ease 10 conuueredI and this Is observed In
using tho microscope by physicians prcscrib.
Ing my medicines. consider this the strong
oct possible proof that microbes are not the
cause OF the disease, and that they can not
does not require scientist TO understand
that innsmuch rs the bacill nrc not found
until tho expectoration becomes puruleut
that they could not produce this purulent
condition. No, unlike smallpox, tho disease
does not announce itself Id any aggressive
manner. but begins with gradually increas-
Ing weakness, loss OF strength and appetite,
and 10 firmly sentcd before the bacilli arc
produced, thus showing that the disease pre-
cedes. these germs Suppose you Yourself, ~
said DR.. Amick to tho I'osf man, .'cnught
cold; suppose that cold ran into catarrhal
pneumonia, which, In turn, resulted IN con.
sumption. do not think any one could
make you believe 1t was a microbc instead
OF draught or exposure which occasioned
your catching cold, and yet you admit the
cold produced the disease. No, ! firmly
contend" concluded DIR. Amick. that the
isolation and separation OF these poor, sick
consumptlycs from the only ones who for af-
fectlon's sake would care for them, Is not
only thurman but unnecessary, and not only
unnecessary but imprnct!cabc. Please re-
member that they arc numbered not by hun
dreds or thousands, but by hundreds Of thous-
ahds, md that nearly every one who reads
the I'ost has ncur and dear relatives In con.
sumption who properly administered to can
be restored TO health but whom isolation
might place beyond ill hope. u will require
no argument to convince you that the rcla-
tlvcs OF these sick ones Will vigorously pro-
test against any such enactment, and the
good citizens OF this country VIII help them
prevent the carrying out OF tho proposed
cruel imposition"
DIR. Drumming said.
Consumption Il increasing In cities on &C.
count Of the favorable conditions which OK
lst for Its dissemination. All cases Of the
disease are communicated. There are no
sporadic cases. The germs arc In the atmos-
pfero which everybody brcathes, but they
only take hold In II favorable sUllj In the
proper type Of himnn urganisn. 1solation
Of cunsunipilves Is difficult. People attend
Ing them should use great care in dl'infect-
Ing the discharges. Tho disease Is contagi-
Gus from It's START
ado you think that Ohio should initiate
the Michigan State Board Of Iiealth's action
In putting consumption Ia the list Of con-
tagIons diseases, along with smallpox, scarlet
fever, dlpthcria and choicra!"
"Wcll, there Is not quite the samc danger
from consumption rs there Is from smallpox.
Most diseases arc contagious. Consumption
can never DO stamped ont By law. People
su !crng from II can not be dragged from
their homes u n special ho.plial.n
DR.. I. {. Minor declared that he took no
stock In the theory that consumption Is con-
tagiCus.
"Thc death rate from consumption IA ri
ways greatest on the sea coast and gradually
dImlnlshcs toward the interior. A moist
climate dcveiopcs lung trouble. ! do not be-
lievc II can be accounted foy by the m!crobc
theory. IL would be the height OF cruelty TO
Isolate consumptlves from their friends and
relatives, who are the only ones who will
properly care for them"
DR.. i. Forcbheimcr snid briefly: "Con-
sumption Is sometimes contagious, but not
always. l eau not how discuss the matter
fully.n