The sun., 1894-02-14
Or. HUNTERS LECTURE
oN
Stamping out Consumption.

sumption is supposed to exist giving warning to the
persons residing there that the disease is contasous
and liable to infect them by association aud TO take
such other measures THEY Uhe Inspectors MAY
| DEEM NECESSARY to prevent Its spread
They further propose to "dsseminate among the poo
pie by means of circulars and publications in the
newspapers that every tubsrcunss person source Of
actual danger to his associates and the community At
large and ought therefore to be taken to pest hos
pts under its control there TO be held subj scted
| to such means rs II may choose to supply.
| And Drs Bggs. Shrady. and Jennings also recon-
| mend that the public be "TiIoROUGIiLY INFORMED"
and MADE TO KNOW" that all consumptves are
| "sOCRCE OF ACTUAL DANGER To THosR IN
| HEALTH" and ought to be ISOLATED and TREATED
| As ARE GASES OF sMAL1rPON."
| There ia point which quite agree with the
Heath Department and these medical gentlemen via.
the Importance and desrabnty Of educating the gem
era public in all matters concerning their health and
the causes OF prevalent diseases with the best
| OF their prevention and cure.
There Is no more keeping the people In is
norapce Of what concerns their health than there s in
regard to religion. politics trade tarin legislation
public improvements. or any other matters which con-
cern their welfare. But they ought to be educated
only the established truths Of medical science not
IN the delusions OF visionary theorists Medical doc
unes and practices have often been wholly falseious
and productive Of evil instead OF good. such vas the
theory held by the body of the
fession. In regard to consumption for centuries
and which has only just been given Such also vas
the universal practice less than fifty years age Of
pouring out the fes blood OF patients by blood letting
for every trivial ailment And the same must be said
| OF the wholesale OF caIomel and other msrourisi
preparations which prevailed until recent date, 70
| the ruin OF thousands of human constitutions.
o,o,.s,,n h.n d.cn..od t,..Iv hs,ar. m. n.oni. A.,
the public press their falsy and tnjurous instead Of
beneficial. influence would have been detected much
| ,oor.r an, tho ,..ir.a m .ac. ,.torr, o1oc,.d
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|
Ihese germs nave existed IN 'he a'mospnere Hom
the beginning OF time. and are more abundant to-
dav IN IN they .vav. haye h,en Thsy ..it a orranic
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matter endowed win the prnclpe OF hte. ana only
require a suitable MATRtX to develop into fulLnedged
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bacteria wounded anu diseased paris constitute me
| conditions necessary for their development
Nucb I. said by pr Bvr, and IN. Health p.nartm.nt
Nu.u @ - sa'' @ " ~ ~. ID pSk, @ n ' i .' ~ ,''nehs
| about THE IST OF DRIED sfITIM "hlch they
| tell us"PRODUCES CONSUMPTION IN SONE WAY"
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and that from TINS pIHr oNLi can the useaso ARISE
| No assumption could be more absurd How, then.
ad IN. d,s.,.s ar., or,y,na,e Th.r. sureIv wa. m,
uiu '"o uiS.'so ~ nlst o'hi"H''' i"''e 'u''V ""'
| "husTDRlED SFtTUM' TO produce that' Ana they
| must. too. supposs that from ca
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otherh nave shoo sprung 'ouSuhP'oh WAS "o''
| common 1000 years than II Is to-day. II IL has
b.en propRgatinV Itself from the sck to tho we'll"
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| oy 'DISI of DhlED sftTlA thtouRn AL thes
| centuries how comes It that there has been
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crease throuHh tuch ihiecHoh since 'ne fa'het OF
Medicine (HippocrHtes 3i3 years b. c.. nrs described
| its .ymptomss such is INDISPITABIY TIE FACT
| ~ 80 '''.