New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-27

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ments BY the lowest a1iralls. that drop % Jelly.
the amOeba appear TO be the result Of sensations
The phenomenon Of heiiOtropsm for instance.
where these simple creatures leave the dark ard
crowd into light places. cannot be shown to be dus
TO chemical physical causes only. They seek
oxygen. which is more abundant where sunlight
penetratcs. hut they have TO ue aware that they
need Il. and have some knowledge OF tbs
fact. when tEey get H."
Let IL this theory OF Cope's can be applied
to the eper bacillus. The tubercle bacillus which
is nearest in kind %. 4 not Identical with tho
leper bacillus perhaps a variation OF the SAM,
species. when disturbed b. operation for tubercular
fstuIa HES himself once t. the secret cavsrns OF
the human body; and there is developed forthwith
either tuberCular meningitis pulmonary cor
sumption He hides himself either the cavity OF
the skull the apex Of the lung where there II
least motion for the lungs elasticity hardly dis
turbs him in the recesses OF the apex. Evidently be
is angered for instead OF quietly browsing bree-
ing his little family IN peace and couteutment as
he had done While Twins in the fstula. he now vio-
lently attacks the human tissue and anzrily feeds
upon 1t and mUti9ues. surely he has known OF his
danger n bis former habitat. and has thought out
his means OF escape and revenge. In lupus or skin
tuberculosis. which is prevalent IN all eper cOun-
tries. the incubation probably takes place BY means
Of insects Here there Is choice to the bacillus
as to localization and he IS satisfied or compelled To-
remain where he was put
An internal incubation OF the IsDe- barfllu- a. an
/ easily imaginable and even as probable as OF
tube-cle baciIH fla~ia sanguinis houlins SALE
hSh Is eaten an over the world: raw ash is eaten in
many ieper countries Fish. especially the card
which is 50 general element OF Authorization In
Japan where IL Is always eaten raw even living
and while the flesh quivers Gt t. the feast dish there
the turkey. so 10 speak. feed on Larvae OF NOS
qutoes. and may well be suspected Of connrunica4
ing the spores % diseases extracted By the insects
rom the exposed parts Of diseased bodies II not
spores. then the toVines OF the bactf That Their.
Is spore 10 leprosy Is shown 70 be probable BY the
following letter which 7 received from DIT a. j.
Edwards Of the Board OF I.eper Control ~, T 81.
lana;
tAoeeyille La after lapse OF many years. and
sotIrre 90 is+, on any competent proof Of the
ne P3ssl6ility Of the bacH remaining active in
It IS 10 this point I invite YOUR opinion III nv
memory be not at fault. I read some years ago in
that The bacillus had been found in the earth.
InlhIoTmed as TO the period OF their viabIlity
uhder such SURROUNDING Some thirty years ago
Of the members went away TO die but one in san1
AMY AMY, remained here and slowly rotted away
leprosy was held 10 be- hereditary and nOn-con-
served: the infected and soiIed dressings being
pitched out into the back yard TO rot away with
unfortunate and held very little Intercourse with
del about a ne 'ns AaI9snd o. the hTst lspsr
uOn OF the disease while the wife OF the Other
after the death Of her iepeT husband a hale and
hearty woman or the cases occurring recently.
rear OF the male eper. two other eases in families
residing within l.y yards 81 the infected spot.
curing in children born some years after the
death Of the leper. Another case occurred IN
woman who lived for two years ia a new cabin
erected on the site % the leuer wCusn's home.
Is there anything here Of cause and erecte can
-- ..e . - % M, sllc N
/ with your conclusions -l tire matter. etc
In ny reply TO DIT. EdwarCs's inquiry I stated
that the disease endemic louisiana since
the advent Of Evanseline's people the Acadians.
and Of Canary islanders. and IeDrous Alsatians
from France I recited to him some observations
Of my friend Dr. Bevan Rake. % the Trinidad
Leper Hospital DR.. Rake examined the earth from
eight leper graves IN his cemetery where bodies
had been buried upward Of two years. In seven Of
these autopsy had been done before burial IN
the eighth there was no autopsy. OF the seven
graves DR.. Rake found in the top earth two feet
down evidence OF baciIH which took the Ieper stain
but in the earth from the eighth grave there was
no such evidence. From these circumstances Z
reasoned 10 Dr. Rake that By the autopsy OF ths
seven something had been liberated in time to pre-
serve its life and which had then begun its journey
upward the light ike any plant would do Z
reasoned that 1t was the spores Of Ieper bscilli.
the bacilH themselves being dead. These spores
had so far developed within feet the surface
that they were almost leper baciII. Thus We could
explain the for the long period OF incubation
in leprOsy. which. as have said Aiming in Hawaii
found to be about two years. Without human
habitatiOn. these bacH cannot become true Ieper
baciH and may not be able 20 complete their cycle
Of Transformation. IN the case OF the tapeworm
Of human beings there is required another previous
existence OF leDer baciln. which have yet
solved,
Many different baciIH which prey upon mankind
have come from animals As for leprosy. its cri-
gin is unknown. although its oldest habitat was
Central Africa. the home OF the lion and elephant.
whose names were preserved By the students %
this disease In leOnJiasts and elephant8ss Old
Greek name OF leprOsy. II Is easier. perhaps.
trace the origin OF tire bacillus Ike the leper
bacillus that Of tuberculosis The bacillus Of what
is called aviary tuberculosis is likely be a race
OF human tuberculosis baciIH. and chickens (and
even their eggs Of Ieprous scOurged Colombia have
been found transmit leprosy, through their flesh
to when allowed TO eat the refuse OF leper
asyIums Thus tuberculosis might be communi-
Gated indirectly TO in that lupus and leprou5
scourged human abode from the focks u infected
parrots IN the Andes. which highly tuber-
culous. by means Of insects which had fed upon
the dead carcasses Of the birds In country
where there are thirty thousand Iepers. in Co
lombia and where parrots are SO numerous as TO
obscure the sun when they ~. and where nearly
every other man has lupus. skin tuberculosis.
the question may well be- asked whether there may
mot be some connection between parrots. and not
only one out two human diseases. by those who
know the similarity OF the rubercle and lepra-
bacilH and the frequency Of lung tuberculosis
among the lepers. We know that as leprosy de-
clines in a country once smitten by il. where IL
has been for a long time endemic. even Epidemic.
tuberculosis takes is place. for instance in Nor
way and Hawaii to-day In Norway old leper
asvlrrrs a. they were closed with the decline %
prevalence OF Ieprosy have been turned into tuber
culous sanatorta, as that disease has alarminsly
increased.
DR.. Jose Macedo. the eminent authority OF Peru
on uta az lupus. skin tuberculosis. Is called
there says:
Insects Cong-shanks). flies. butterflies. spiders
and various ticks propagate the disease The com
mon belief that the bite Of the long-shank tCulsx
h6minivgra). 0f the tick lIxodes AInerlcanlsl the