Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-02
THE LATEST ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Tbs Danger From Soils, Dust. Waier, ETC.
Not Hereditary; 4 Valuable Experiment
Station Bulletin.

The Cornell Experiment Station has re-
Gently issued a bulletin on tuberculosis,
written by Prof. James Law. We extract
a few sentences.
If the $3.50 deaths from tuberculosis
which occur every year in the city of New
York could be brought together in an cpl
demic lasting but one week, no smallpox,
cholera, nor yellow fever scare would ap-
proach the panic which would thus be
created.
tuberculosis Consumption like every
germ disease is absolutely preventable, and
is allowed to continue its career of death
only because of reprehensible ignorance
and criminal Indifference.
Drying of tubercuious matter indoors or
in the shade, apart from temperature of
l58 deg, Fab, and its inhalation as fine
dust is one Of the most common causes of
tuberculosis or consumption. In one store
with tuberculous clerk, the dust raised in
sweeping out the store infected clerk after
clerk, and a similar raising of the virus in
dust is cause of infection in dwelling
houses, stores and railroad cars. 1t is now
allowed that the infected matter dried on
the handkerchief and shaken out in the air
is one of the most prolific sources of infec
ton. Gautier found that the bacillus tuber-
culosis was preserved indie tinitely in springs,
ponds and wells at all ordinary tempera-
lures.
Consumption runs in families and it has
long been supposed that this was essentially
an hereditary disease. But as a matter of
fact it is extremely rare to find the offspring
tuterculous at birth. Not few of the OBJ
stinate and fatal diseases of sucking chill
dren are in reality tuberculosis of the
bowels induced by infected milk.
Lack of food, and indigestible or innu-
tritious food, agree in producing practical
starvation and weakness with increased sus-
ceptibility to tuberculosis. Hence this
disease is the scourge of the half starved
poor, as well as of the rich who abuse their
digestive organs and court chronic dys-
pepsia.
This terrible disease is lurking in the
blood of thousands Of people; but rarely
ever makes itself manifest until the vital
powers are by some cause weakened. This
may be caused by some other disease as
dyspepsia, or by exposure, excitement, wor-
~, fatigue and thousand and one other
causes.
To destroy the bacillus, take Rodolfs
ne" Meulcal Dlsco'ery III uoses OF one 10
four teaspoonfuls in half glass of water
before each meal. If emaciated, take one
to two tablespoonfuls of Rodolf's Cream
Emulsion after each meal and in all cases
regulate the bowels with Rodolfs New
Liver Pills. usually one each night is suff
cient. The nature of these remedies is such
that they act in conjunction with each other
in eradicating disease from the system.
Don't use other remedies with these without
consulting their medical staff which is free
to all using their remedies, as the chemical
action of the others might possibly destroy
the medical properties of their remedies.
The Rodolf remedies have cured more
cases Of Consumption, Scrofula and Cancer
Gus Humors, rheumatism and Catarrh
since they were placed before the public
than all other remedies combined. They
were discovered, compounded and have
been tested for years by leading physicians
and are universally conceded by all medi-
cal men to be the greatest blood purifiers
before the American people. All persons
using their remedies are entitled to free
consultation with their medical staff. Ad-
dress, enclosing stamp; Medical Staff,
Rodolf Medicine Co., Brooks, Me.