Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08
CONSUMPTlO
A Medical Expert ON the Dangers of Coz
tHEinn IN 'm the Disease.

Medical Expert ON the Dangers Of Con-
taginn Ia ,n the Disease
knowing that there are more
eases of pulmonary consumption mt
'"inrHd" Springs III proportion to
its population than III any other city
ur town III the United States, and
p"rhapS in the world, | wrote some
tim" ago for information To DIR. =.
j.. S"lly of that city, well known AZ
writer on consumption and china
t"l"gy, and Who's" experience in the
treatment of that disease has been
iarG" AMI extends over II period of
many years. In reply received the
follow ing:
''IH" dan&"rs of cnntagion from
r"nsumptiV" ar" :" easily control
Ird that II L. hy no means necessary
To srlnrAt" r"nHumptivcs from
healthy PERSONS. You ask me con.
| corning my experience here At
least Il third of Our population are
cUnSumptIN"s. Th"town, which con-
tunS som" lH.uuO people. has boon
"Ht;.hn-h"l :u years An inquiry
mad" 10y disintcre,tcd ply eirians III
! To the number of C:i>rS of Almp-
tnn that We're known to have origi
! mated III the town resulted in n re-
port OF 20 i'll all. Although il is
probable that our brilliant Sunshine
and dry air more quickly DESTROY
tn" vitality of the hacilli than your
eastern atmosphere, yet III the Door.
cr lodging houses OF the town there
are many i'll Ventilated rooms. in.
side or on the north side of tn,
building, inhabited hy CONSERVATIVES
and their families, whore reckless
Ness OF rNPr"torutiOn and careless
ness of ordinary cleanliness ar,
marked features of their dOmcsti,
mcnaG", yet cases of cOntagiOn ii,
not average more than one Il year. '
Al Colorado Springs the conSump
uNcS mlnEl" with the other resi-
dents of the city on all occasions -
at church service, th"atcr, concert,
and III the ONCrhcatrd and crowded
rooms of private residences durinl
social functions. They reside III tn,
same hotels, boarding houses nnt
private dwellings, with those not af
tiiCtcd with the disease, and no mt
tempt ut isolation has been made
Notwithstanding this apparent in
difference on I'll" part of tho loca
authorities To tn" contagiousncss O
tn" disease only 20 cases have origi
mated Ill Colorado Springs in ?
years.
Vt DaNOs PlatZ, III Switzerland
where | y rnt II winter II few year
ago, II very large number of con
SuinpNN"S were staying. The hotel
were crowded, and of the 100
strangers i'll the village about !, 90
were COnSumptivcs. AT the hotel a
. which ! st!<d there were about ~
guests, about 80 of whom were con
~Wmptiv"s. At Duvos, during tn
winter, the invalid's day for outin
Is limited To Il. hours. The romain
der of the - hours is spent within
. doors. No one stood in dread of con
tracing the disease. and no case
occurred i'll which il was cOnveyc
from person To person. No specia
precautions were taken by the phy
Sicians and local authorities to pro
vent cOntugiOn other than good ven
tilati"n of the living and bedrooms
AS i'll Colorado Springs, no cases q
the disease originated at Davos. -
DR.. Clinton Wagner in New YorI
Medical Record
"JULN Is, 1896. our StOrc, four dwell
ing houses and three barns were waShe
away by IA flood. Soon after the com
munity was visited by an epidemic q
bloody iluX. In short time we sol
ten dozen of Chamberlain s Collie. ChoI
era and Diarrhna Remedy, and in ev
cry case where it is used the result
were all that could be desired in fac
our physicians admitted that it wOul,
do more toward bringing about cur
of tluX than they could do. "-BUsH
KNIsLEY, Auburn, w. Va, Oct. 8, 1896
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