The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
is A RARE DISEASE.
Parasitic Invasion Which Leaves
Sufferer Incapable of Exertion.
Penetrate Mucens Membrane of In
testineH and Produce Extreme
Inertia-ClaSs of WOrkmeR
@o@t 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
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
parasitic invasion, says the Chicago
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
"lazy 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-
cuse for his desire to avoid manual
exertion.
When asked If they thought the in
dtvidual who pleaded before a Maxwell
street justice recently that he had not
worked for 12years 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 DR.. John b. Murphy, "and not
from any physical ailment. The case
referred to in dispatches concerning
man IN the Johns Hopkins hospital
mas reference to rare disense
Ankylostoma, or the term lazy dis.
ease, has no connection with the com.
mon or accepted term. 1t is parasitic
invasion of the duodenum."
Record of only one case being treat
ed in the city was discovered. A few
years ago southern man entered the
county hospital suffering from ankyl-
ostoma. DR., Joseph A. Capps treated
the man, who was afflicted practically
with the symptoms described in the,
Baltimore sufferer Parasites known
nnder the medical term of uneinaria
huodenalls had penetrated the mucous
membrane of the intestines. causing
serious loss of blood. They likewise
produced lassitude and inertia. leav-
ing the sufferer without any desire for
physical exercise. DIR. Capps wrote a
history of the case at the time. and II
was reported in the medical journals
as a unique and rare disease.
The statement concerning the con.
nitlon OF the patient in the Johns Hop
klns hospital is scientifically correct
said DIR. David II. Brewer. "Tbe dis
ease called ankylostoma is rara
1hlng, and to the best of my recollec-
tion has only been discovered once mr.
Twice in this country. The relation ~
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
DI tne man In Baltimore is practical
Dr. Bertram w. Sippy said he had
personal knowledge of but one case
OF lazy disease" that being the one
told of by DIR. Caps. Gases of this
Kind OF disease always come from the
south" said DR.. Sippy, land there they
usually are found in the mountains
lhey are not numerous. | recall n
sketch of the disease in connection
with the st. Gothard tunnel. Tunnel
workers are more likely to suffer
from 1t than any other class, and in the
work there several instances are said
10 have been found in which the work.
men had been attacked by these para
Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan and DIR Hon.
~ I. Byford said they had not met
WIN any case of ankylostoma in their
although both had heard of
ihe case treated by DR.. Capps.