Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1903-05-08
is A RARE DISEASE.
Parasitic Invasion Which Leaves
Sufferer Incapable Of Exertion.
Penetrate Mucona Membrane os In
tsstines ana Produce Extreme
IDertia--1iaas of MolAsheu
Most Liable TO Attack.

There is no prospect Of an invasion
OF the lazy disease" unless th, pnase
known as ennui in high-class phrase
oloEy spreads throughout the city.
Ply sicians declare that the cnse OF
anky lostcma discovered Ia the Johns
Hopkins hospital, in Baltimore, has
no reference TO the common term, so
when man says he is suffering ICON
la1iness he cannot attribute it To a
parasitic invasion, says the Chicago
kecord-lierald Of recent date.
Naturally the English term used by
Dir. Charles w. Stiles In referring to
the case in the baltimore hospital
would convey to one the idea that
LAZY disease" has some reference 10
the feeling Of lassitudc and inerta,
which IN known to prevail among the
class scientifically designated the
genus hobo. Locai phyAieiRns how
ever, insist this Is not true, and say
the tramp should not be given an ex-
cuse for his desire SO avoid manual
exeriien
When asked II they thought The In
dlNiduai who pleaued before Maxeel
street iastice recently that he had not
worked tur igysars was funrtilg from
unky yiaatuua or "lafy dsseHse. ehrh
medical expert said. No. that was
la@ncss Of different type"
The tramp is lazy because he Likes
It," said DR.. John i, Murphy, "and not
from any physical nilment. The case
a. "a In a. t.tI
man in the Johns Hopkins hospital
has reference 10 rare disease.
Ankylostoma, or the term lazy dis
ease, has no connection with the com.
mon or accepted term II Is q parasitic
invasion OF the duodennm."
Record OF only one case being treat
I'd Ia the city was discovered. few
years ago a southern man entered the
county hospital suffering from ankyl-
ostoma. DR.. Joseph A. Capps treated
the man, who was aiilicf cd practically
with the symptoms described ia the
Baltimore sufferer. Parasites known
under the medical term OF uncinaria
duodenalls had penetrated the mucous
membrane Of the intestincs, causing
serious loss II blood. Tlcy likewise
produced iasaltude and inertia Ieay-
ing the sufferer without any desire for
PHYSICAL exercise, DR.. Gapps wrote
history of the case at the time, and IL
was reported IN the medical journals
as q unique and rare disease.
"1he statement concerning the con-
dition Of the patient In the Johns Hop
kins hofptnl is scientifically correct"
said DIR, David X. lirowcr. "1hc dis
ense cnlied ankylOstoma IL rare
thing, and 10 the beyt of my recollec-
tion has only been discovered once or
twice in this country. The relation Of
that parasite Is Comparatively Of re-
cent discovery Typhoid fever has
many Of the same symptoms. but such
a situation as that existing in the ease
of the man in Baltimore is practicai-
ly new"
Or. Bertnam w. Sippy said he had
personal knowledge of but one ease
of "lazy disease." that being the one
told Of by DR.. Caps, "Cases OF this
kind of disease always come'from the
south said DIR. sippy, "nnd there they
usually are found in the mountains,
They are not numerous ] recall
sketch of the disease in connection
wiz fhc -. Gsti.a.l iuancA lnnnei
workers are more likely 20 suffor
from i than any other class, and In the
work there several instances are said
to have been found ii which the work
men had been attacked by these para
sites"
Dr. Arthur Dean Be,an and DR. Hem
rs T Byford said they had not met
with any case of anlSylost oma in their
practice. although both had heard Of
the ease treated by nr. Capps.