The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-15
is A RARE DISEASE.
Parasitic Invasion Which Leaves
Sufferer Incapable Of Exertion.
Penetrate Mueons Membrane OF In
testines and Produce Extreme
Inertia;-Claas of Workmen
Most Liable to Attack.

There is no prospect OF an invasion
of the lazy disease" unless the phase
known as ennui in high-class phrase
ology spreads throughout the city.
Physicians declare that the case OF
ankylostoma discovered in the Johns
Hopkins hospital, in baltimore, has
no reference to the common term, so
when man says he is suffering from
laziness he cannot attribute IL TO a
Record-Herald of recent date.
Naturally the English term used by
DR.. Charles w. Stiles in referring to
the case in the Baltimore hospital
would convey to one the idea that
"la2y disease" has some reference TO
the feeling of lassitude and inertia,
which is known to prevail among the
class scientifically designated the
genus hobo. Local physicians, how
ever, insist this is not true, and say
the tramp should not be given an ex-
ouse for his desire to avoid manual
exertion.
When asked II they thought the in
dividual who pleaded before Maxwell
street justice recently that he had not
worked for years was suffering from
ankylostoma or lazy disease" each
medical expert said; mo; that was
laziness of a different type"
The tramp is lazy because he likes
IT," said DIR. John u. Murphy, "and not
from any physical ailment. The case
referred to in. dispatches concerning
a man in the Johns Hopkins hospital
has reference to rare disease.
Ankylostoma, or the term lazy dis
ease, has no connection with the com
mon or accepted term. ID Is parasitic
invasion of the duodenum."
Record OF only one case being treat
cd in the city was discovered. A few
years ago a southern man entered the
county hospital suffering from ankyl-
ostomR. DIR. Joseph A. Capps treated
the man. who was afflicted practically
with the symptoms described in the
Baltimore sufferer. Parasites known
under the medical term of uncinaria
duodenalls had penetrated the mucous
membrane OF the intestines, causing
a serious loss of blood. They likewise
produced lassitude and inertia, leav-
ing the sufferer without any desire for
physical exercise. DIR. Capps wrote =
history of the case at the time, and IL
was reported in the medical journals
~ n unique and rare disease.
"The statement concerning the con-
dition OF the patient In the Johns Hop
hns hospital is scientifically correct"
said DIR. David Il. Brewer "The dis
ease called ankylostoma is rare
thing, and 10 the best 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 !
situation as that existing in the case |
of the man In baltimore Is practical
ly new"
DR.. Bertram w. Sippy said he had
personal knowledge of but one case
of "lazy disease" that being the one
told Of by DIR. Capps. Gases OF this
kind OF disease always come from the b
south" said DIR. Sippy, "and there they
usually are found in the mountains. !
They are not numerous. recall
sketch Of the disease In connection
with the 81. Gothard tunnel. Tunnel /
workers 'are more likely 20 suffer !
from IL than any other class, and in the |
work there several instances are said !
TO have been found in which The work .
men had been attacked by these para
sites"
DIT. Arthur Dean Bevan and DIR. Hen
ry I. Byford said they had not met
with any case of ankylostomA in their
practice, although both had heard OF
the case treated by DIR. Capps. A