New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20
DR.. HUNTERS LECTURE,
How Consumption Arises and 4
Now Cured!
ii.

Tho Medical Profession OF the civilized wor,A
cow comedies that consumption is always a dis
oosa NJ the Lungs and Always caused By tho
bacillus germ For hundreds OF years It was BE-
,,eved 10 be n disease OF the blood and general
svstem caused by nhertance. which false
theorv II was treated by medicines given through
tho stomach. a treatment so inevitably fatal that
tho disease came to be regarded as lncurable.
The Germ Theory Of Consumption was first
nromulgat ted by Dr. Martin. in 1922. adopted by
DIR. Barron in 1919, by Dr. Carmichael in 1895, By
Prof. LAMA In 1919. and by myself In 1851.
With these exceptions the whole body OF the
profession held to the old doctrine and continued
n oppose and deny the truth CT the Germ
Theory. until after Doctor Robert Koch OF Ber.
lin. in 1882 proved its indsputable truth By
showing I'm the diseased tissues and m the e.
moderated matter from the lungs Of consump-
tives. the actual germs that produce the disease.
put oven then the new doctrine was neither gen.
orally accepted. nor the old treatment changed.
II was not until 1891 that 1t came u be publicly
acknowIed ged by the Medical Schools as the only
true theory. Consumption is now known TO be
causod by the bacillus germ which feeds upon
and destroys the substance u tDe iui 20 d. mag
COTS devour flesh.
Eror, wbence do the germs come? The at
r,ocnhere g filed with countless millions Of df-
,eren, kinds. each OF which has Its appointed
mission in the economy OF nature; our bodies
and all living things are consumed by ITEM after
daatb They are harmless to the healthy body
hut assail and prey upon all dead and diseased
tissues
The germs OF the air are the cause Of many
different diseases. each receiving a name ac-
cording to its kind-Scald Head Lepra Nulgars.
Ring Worm and The Itch are common examples
Of germ disease
Consumption is caused by the tubercle bacillus,
a germ found in the air a all climates In
health the lungs are oficctually guarded against
tho bacillus by the Epithe.um delicate men,
brane which lines the internal mucous surfaces
of the air tubes and cells of the lungs; Just as
the Cuticle covers the exterior skin of the BODY
The Epthelium is the natural safeguard OF the
Irngs Without its protection every human
being would get consumption and the earth Do
accumulated: but while 1t remains urbroken the
lungs are safe, and consumption cannot possl-
bly, arise.
The chief diseases which endanger the Ep,ne'
,,cm and render us liable TO consumption are
Catarrh Bronchitis Asthma and Pneumonia.
Refore Won can get consumption you must hrst
got a chronic Inflammation of the lung surfaces,
severe enough to break and destroy the Epltne-
Iium. You may have Chronic Bronchitis long
time before the Epthelium Is broken. But these
diseases are the nursery from which consump-
ton springs and therefore always dangerous.
Local innammatons OF the air passages and
lungs are easily and quickly cured oy local
treatment applied to the lungs by inhalation ou'
never by stomach medication After the Epi'he-
linn ia broken and he germs have FORMED
Judgment in the lungs. no diet or nursing stoh'
ach medication or change of air can arrest the
lung disease Nothing short of the actuai de-
s.rrct,or NJ the germs and their expulsion from
,ha lungs will save the patients life. This u
effected only by specific germicides applied Oh
,sc,,v 70 the germs and germ-infected parts %
,n,oI,,ion Everything else inevitably falls
ITO be Contnued)