Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-14

missionary, nnd In spite OF rigid oieanil.
ness and extreme care. after years ION a
Nieun, TO the maiady.
has developed Il II not very CONTAGIOUS
nut there Is the Ereateat danger WHEN
mere are tubereuious, uiceraung SOFAS
ana exposure to small pox, cholera, tJr
yellow fever Is more TO be desired than
70 meet this dread FOE the lepfous baeli-
lus' Tor from Us relentless grasp there is
no release. The consensus OF opiuion IL
now, that lcprosy is not an hcreditary
disease. We bow before the names n
Nifchow and. kaposi who declare that il
cnn not be hereditary, and therefore, Ii
should have been extinct hundreds Of
Years ago had not contnglon eVermorc
nothing, that win produce Il only conta,
gion. The disease first existed In the land
OF me Pharaohs, and the isrAelitcs proh-
ABLY carried Il with them to Palestine
Then the Cruaades disseminated IL untIi
u invaded every country in Europe when
~ inc Thirteenth century, Franrc alone
nhu Two thousand lcper hospitals The
disease soon after this began to declinc
but continued to persist ut Bergen Tho
present status OF the disease IL this In
tue most civilized countries IL IA ON the
decrease, and In other countries tho re-
verse. while the importation OF a leper into
new settlement dlsseminatos IT, Thrso
can not portray the hidcous and rovoiting
slRht OF either OF these varieties botter
than that by an eminent writer who has
true poetic style. with tho soft airs 81
summer there has come N toTper on hit
trnniei the blood coursed not a. wont
within his veins. dluncss crcpt DER HIS
eve, q drowev sloth fettcrad his limbs
like palsy, and his inien with all lis iofil.
ness seemed struck With cid, HIS voice
place OF the clear silver kew; md brnin
and sense grew faint. ~ u the llrht and
very air were stoeped In auggishncss
Day after day, he Law M if An sieon Ills
skin grew dry and bloodloss and white
scales with livid nurnie covered him.
from the dull neah about them. the 'hmSs
deenencd beneath tho hard unmolatened
scales, and from ,helr edgca grew the
rank white hair" The Invasion OF tho
disease is slow and insidious. the incnha-
tiV@ period being years, when sometimes
the ,rnyRges are rapid and speedily
natal. II has not been observed Ia in
fants, thus proving its non-hereditary ma
lure. The most athognomonlc symptoms
are' the nasal swelling and obstruction,
the forehead and face, the heavy over
hanging eyebrows now hairless and
savage In aspect: the lips arc hard, swool.
" enlarged from the head with the other
features hypertrophied. The fingers arc
greatly, enlarged, stand surfly apart, the
nails drop on or ulceratc out uodulos
appear all over the cGtretntics, anh the
facial expression IS exceedingly aged,
The mucous membrane OF the mouth,
phurynN, and lnrynN become thickoncd,
and the voice becomes n whisper, the
cornea becomes Opaque by leprous in
ultrntlon so thnt hefetl OF All the brnNtA
IN this niunhle state, tho SUFFERER longs
to die. The painful spots on the ucrve
tracts. and surface areas torture tho poor
victim. lntonsfying his agony,
The anatomical characters are ln,ereat-
ing TO the pathOloglst; but TO ho thorough
ly convoiHHnt with the symptoms Ia tho
essential thing to us ALL so that when THIS
South Texas man appears amongst us, we
shall ut once recognize him, ana hone
shall he pardoned for only cnumeratlng
SYMPTOMS. Respectfully.
H. j. Raincy.