The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-13

me aust IHGrE with f|GNEEculslF matter
The distance around about a consumpuve
In which this dust can give an impianta-
ton i quite restricted, however.
This bed-llnen and hetC.othes OF con-
sumptives who are confined to bed easily
get solled with tuberCuIar matter. This
happens partly through efforts to spit in
% vessels at a distance and partly
through placing sOlIed handkerchief or
rags under the pillow
BACILLI FOUND IN HOUSES.
Consumption Is called a house disease.
SAYS Doctor Flick, who adds that It is
well named, as It usually begins and ends
there.
Vital tubercuIar matter accumulates IN
a houss because it IS not easily devital-
lied.
as time goes on the number Of living
baciIi increases in such degree that It IS
possible for a sufficient number 10 get into
the system to overcome resisting power.
Houses occupied by consumpttyeS are
breeding places FOR the disease long after
the constructive IS gone. The furniture Of
to-day, ne says. affords excellent breeding
ground for the baciit.
Next T. the hous.. Doctor Flick cites
tn. workshop snG the factory rs being
the most popular refuge for the bacilli
dwelling. because OF the lack of that
cleanliness that exists in the average
I~mplantation of the tubercle bacillus IS
Facilitated very much BY bad yentlat!ou.
Workshops irto which tuberculosis once
has been introduced have their victims
continuously At regular intervals
Stores, declares Doctor FLICK. prepare
people for the invasion OF the tUasrcle
bacillus Probably - Per cent Of all
store employees have an lmpIanta'lon o.
tuberculosis" Ventilation is bad and the
air constantly TebreaLhed- Stores. fOrtI-
uatcly. are not good ~granaries for the
haciIi. They are large and hay constant
" to be cleaned. The kind Of stores from
which there Ig most DANGER are Ca0IE
stores, groceries and fruit stores. The
number of tubercla baCllH which one can
fruit, candy or raw food of any kind will
not however, give al im~plantat!on III
Iese there Is extraordinarily good soil.
The sedeutary life OF the, office clerk IS
quoted as being not so productive Of con
sumption as the special auaptahtiity OF OF
fees for the environment Of tuberculosis
Offices rarely have suitlclent cubic air
space for tho number OF clerks employed.
Besides, clerks usually object to open
windows, their blood being chilled by lack
Of active motion.
keepers 70 close their doors 20 Consump-
tives. This hardship should not BE-, Doc
tor Flick thinks. Hotel life IS usually too
transient TO communicate the disease. All
in all. he thinks the hotel is seldom the
means Of spreading the disease.
CCnsunptiye servants and public con
yeyance3 do much toward me spread Or
that animal and human tuberculosis ar
identical. Meat and milk which have
been maligned as C-0uveyanCeTs of tubeT-
~culOsIs, he says. probably are not
TENDENCY TO RECOVER.
tuberculosis. the doctor ayers. IS one
Of the most durable of all diseases. The
tendency to recovery IS ~ great that even
without medical aid more cases recover
than prove fatal. In the iuc.pielt stages
practically all cases can be cured.
In the advanced stages q majority can
be cured Il proper conditions Of treatment
are tahIished ana maintained for q sufTi-
Cient period. Eight ar ten years time Is
essential 20 q complete cure. Loss Of one
third the body weight ~ very near the
point where chance for recovery ends
While there is no specific remedy for the
disease. there are many remedies that.
when skiIlfIlly used at the proper time.
enable nature to triumph IN It's light
against il. Whatever makes for nutrition
makes for recovery.
The treatment of tuberculosis. therefore.
hinges upon fresh air. proper food and up
on regulation Of rest and diet. nix. eggs,
q little wine are among the Things emu
meratcd by Doctor Flick as proper for the
diet OF the consUmptive.
In concluding his work, Doctor Flick
deals with the question. Should Con
sUmptives Marry
and there is no reason why they Should
not marry so far as the offspring IS con-
Cerned.
There is good reason. however. on their
own account. why they should not marry,
including the fact that c~elihacy is CON
A c~onsumptive should not marry one who
Is not a c~onsumptive. the doctor thinks.
unless the person who is not con
swDptive is willing to make the sacrifice !