Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-06

Houston. September D.
Lenrosy In believed by all OF tho beat
authorities TO he contagious. though not
so much 70 as consumption una tvnhoid
fever. There IL no doubt of the convey.
anoe OF one OF tho latter diseases py tho
! FORM OF bnccilus known 60 produce tho
| dlseaso, Tha law OF nuaceptihility to a
particular disease, or diseases. has not
| YET been explained II liz wcll known
fact, however, that every individual In A
law unto itsclf la regard to the suaccn-
tlhllty TO any germ some being worry Hua-
cepiihle, white others arc almost proof
against, quite 70 at uineFl mud again
u ia Very wen known that the law OF
the organism varies at different poriuds
OF life IN the same Individual.
Some OF the States arr now agltatmg
quarantine measures In the trcntmont OF
consumption. All conHumptivoH and len.
ruua patients should be- prevented from
mngling with the MASSES: they should
observe certain rules and precautions that
N, known to prevent or lessen the dan.
BetG To mankind IN geacrnl Thls does
not mean that they should be- Imprisoned
or cruelty treated or dealth wlth-a hoIpn
With comforts should he provided FOR all
such.
Armantr liapscn'a discovery IN 1881 OF a
specific lcprasy bacillus, which was found
70 be presont Ia enormous numbers In
the lymph channels OF the skin I'm oaseR
Of lcprtfy, led TO the discovery OF utburclc
bacillus by Koch. II II new believed by
many eminent authorities that loptuHy ia
but one form OF consumption "a rather
rare form lust Ms oorea CSt Vitue' dnncc)
Is one form OF rheumatism. 1ubcrclc
hacllll aru found In an the tlssucn OF tho
body oven the bony structures. Pulmon-
AIRY tuberculosis ia tho most common form
of the disease There arc good authori-
tics that do not believe lCpruHy TO bo a
form Of tuberculosis Of the skin. How
ever This may be- all are agreed 40 far
rs / know, OF It's contagious nature. hut
that only u few people have the soil for
this plant Many persons may haudle
this disease all their lives with perfect
immunity but this does not prove that II
IL not conveyed from one individuM TO
another, and cure should be exercised to
prevent this conveyance.
Dr. Dnvifn In Tuesdays Post SAYS that
a history OF an the cases OF loproBy M
tho Charity Hospital, New Orleans, shows
u history Of hereditary communication.
THIS Is almost always true OF conbumD-
ton, but II has been proved beyond doubt
mat both diaeapeH can be conveyed by
inoculAtion In many individuals, no. an
ana the baullli OF each disease can bu
grown In culture media, II 10 not believed
by scientists that any individual nherits
any disease, hut Tint they inherit soil
suitable FOR the growth or DEVELOPMENT
~ the disease germ plant, II N hc-
ieved by most scientific Investigators that
Lacilli partake more of the nature Of
liant life than OF animal llfe-it " much
mere OF a minute plant than mold, yet
like II IN many ways II viii only grow IN
certain soils and at II certain temperature.
individuals get by Inheritance II soil that
certain Of these plants grow IN. Pulinon-
airy Tuberculosis IN tho most common form
OF tubcrclo baclll because tho bacillus
tplanO II taken into tho lungs with the
air. aud II the soil IL suitable vigorous
growth Nv made. Yet bacillus OF leprosy
Is u much mora raro plant, but there can
be little doubt OF it's contagious nature or
tf its being conveyed from Quo Individual
10 another whenever u Hoil snltable IN
found for Its conveyance and transpnntn-
tiOn. j. N. Blair NJ ID.