Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-08

shown that his father or mother.
or both, have died Of consumption.
This being true, we repeat the
question, Why Is It that the doctors
are today almost unanimous in de.
claring that consumption is not he.
reditary.
The answer is this. that the doc,
tors are trying TO defend the germ
theory OF disease They try to show
that consumption is due TO a germ or
microbo; that no one can have con.
sumption unless this particular dis.
ease germ gets into the system. They
call It tuborcular bacili.
There is not a word Of truth In
this germ theory,-not a single word.
II is purely imaginary and has no
reliable justification.
To be sure. the doctors hnd bacteria
In the sputum of consumptiye pat.
tents. They could also find bacteria
in tho sputum Of any other person.
Any and all sputum contains bac.
terra. In case Of consumption the air
cells are especially clogged and load.
ed with retained sputum. Thus Il
happens that more bacteria could be
found in the sputum and s~ecretions
of consumptive patients than in
other people.
But these bacteria, or sdcalled dis.
ease germs. do not produce consump
ton. They are an effect, not a cause.
They are TO be found wherever re-
tanned secretions are TO be found.
Every hollow tooth contains myriads
OF them. They swarm in the bron.
chial tubes and lungs OF every per.
son, sick or well. In healthy tissues
they do not find such permanent lodg.
ment AZ In diseased tissue.
But, instead Of looking at the min.
ute organisms as an effect rather
than a cause, the doctors have set
out to show that they cause disease;
that every individual disease has a
special microbe or germ which causes
IL. Therefore, in consistency, they
are Obliged to pretend to believe
that consumption Is not hereditary.
To admit that consumption can
pass down from generation 10 gener.
alton is, of course, 10 undermine the
germ theory Tho doctors cling 10
the germ theory with a death grip.
They have been obliged to give up
n by n every rational theory 10
support the administration Of drugs In
the sure OF disease.
Time and experience have proven
every theory which the doctors have
conjured up. The germ theory was
formulated al a time when the whole
medical fraternity was In utter de-
spalr as to being able 10 have even O
rational excuse for drug medication.
Il is their last hope. They have been
driven back from fortress 20 fortress
until in the germ theory they have
taken their last stand. II defeated
here the practice OF medicine Is In
chaos. and the pr%etenses and claims
OF the medical fraternity are a nebu
lous mass under conyicting expert
ences. No wonder they fight 10 main
tain the germ theory.
They arc quite willing 70 approve
Of the marriage Of consumptiye PEG
pie rather than give up the germ
Not long ago the doctors
saying that It was a crime for a
consumptiYe person TO marry; that
there ought 10 be medical experts
so as 10 prevent the marriage Of all
people suspected az being consumP
tive. But now. since the germ theory
has risen TO such importance IL must
be defended at all hazards. The
doctors have not only left on saying
anything against the marrige Of con
sumptiye people. but are actually pro