Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Communicable, out Durable.

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Communicable, out Durable.
Consumption Communicable. Curable.
Preventative IS the tide % an ns,ructfve
little pamphlet that is lciny sown broad
cast by the III lnagers Of tilo. c rs d. n be-
mar OF tie consuElp;ive' of tire District
The pamphlet STATES tat consumption is a
curable disease ii rccoSniz I'll and trea ed in
IT'S early ages. The only sue way of de-
lecting consumption in its cary stages 1. by
a. microscopic examination of the pltient's
sfutum tspittingsl ani ticsa examinations
rect southwest. If tte plticn. waits un-
, III cough ng. night sweats and wasting
flesh show ciear,y that lie a. size has con
sumption, it VIII. In many cases, lie too late
20 erect cure, L < stated Ii special
feed. fuel, separate beds. an add ionaI
room or ether material relief is required or
! II the per- onal services of q friendly visitor
are needed To promote the recovery OF an
ind!gent patent the agent of tho Asso-
ci1tcd CEar.t-os vi .n,'eay,I Ia $ cure the
needed Ee.T.. Every eff-rs vii he mad 10
unite all available meats for the cure OF
each ind:v-duir case ard TIE prevention OF
further contGg.Cn.
THE remedies are sunshine. pare air and
outdoor life, and plenty o. nyuri Ling food,
especially milk and eggs; a separate bed.
and, when possible. separate room, with
windo" open day ANA night In advanced
cases, where there is more OF less fever,
complete rest is nee Is sary.''
"GorsumotiGn." adds the instructions, sis
a disease of TIE lungs caused ny minute
germs. contained in great numbers in the
matter coughed up by the con umptives. To
prevent contag1n this matter. called
sputunl. must he quickly des rroYsd. There
is danger in kissing persons with cOnsun1p-
ton, or using tie same eatirS or drinking
utensils. unless they ha @ been di5infected
with boiling water. Men with co 1sump ion
should not wear hearuS consumptlVe
room Should be q S.uIeCted by ScruOblnS
floors and woodwork and embarrassing
wills before it is again occupied. The
health department. il requested will disin-
feet the room in which a consumpive has
lived"
a Typical Case.
Among the incidents Of the tub lrcp,os.s
crusade in Washington is typical one
related by Secretary Charles f. Weller.
little colo~ed girl in a poor alley was over
heard melting her father and mother TO
s.eater cleanliness a2d temperance. de-
handing more fresh air in the home and
explaining how the neglect of such precau-
ticns might help the consumption bugs,
meaning bacilli, to kill them.
The statement is made that 1t has been
learned in the past few years that tuber-
culoSiS is not hereditary. This tatement,
which is made by eminent medical author
ity, seems to contradict 4 long prevalent
tradition. 1t is also said that consumption
is a malady whose victims far outnumber
together sparing neither rch nor POOR.
seizing upon life wEEe ii is yet only a
promise but most memorable in tie fuiness
of its tide-this malady can be largely pre-
vented by the universal and persistent
practice of intelligent cleanliness.
The stronghold of the plague is the tene-
ment and c0ngeste1 byways of Washing
ton. Not all the deaths here from tubercu-
losis are recorded as such, officers of the
Associated Charities say. Many deaths
supposed to be due TO hip disease bone
diseases and insanity are really due to the
white plague" which causes one-third of
all the deaths of persons between the ages
of fifteen and forty-five years.
Food for the Disease.
1t is in the alleyways ana tenements
among the crowded poor that the plague
feeds, on ignorance and poverty, in dark
halls, foul rooms. dark closets 1t is here
that unceasing danger lies for the whole
community. Darkness, foul air, ignor-
ance, drink" says eminent authority on
consumption, these weaken men, women
and children. and so maze them ready for
infection. Then the germs, If breathed in,
may bring pulmonary tubercniosis-col-
sunption-or if swallowed, tuberculosis of
the stomach the intestines; or il brought
in contact with a wound, tuberculosis OF
the skin or joints Tuberculosis of the
lungs is one great form of the plague to
be fought above all others. 1t can DO
stamped out