The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
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ssir until we are constantly breathing
 the germs of tuberculosis.

ssir until we are constantly breathing the germs of tuberculosis.
 In order to illustrate the danger oi living in rooms which have been .
 habjted by consumptives. l Will clls The following, which is vouched TOT a'e reported by Engleman in London.
 newly built flat in a fairly sahi.ay condition. but badly iigntea anu u,, ths tilated. was occupied by famiiy' ene mother being a consumptive when sne rame She died .n the hat. Snortiy afterward the family left. having hveu there for one year only. The nat was next occupied by a family of seven persons, all healthy. Alter a year stay, they left. and some years is.er inc father, mother and two sons died of tnberculosis. A third family, all healthy, next took the rooms. Four children and the father died from tu- berculous disca SC, and the mother ana another child contracted the disease, but did not die A fourth family came into the residence. and after a time the mother contracted tuberculosis of the lungs. and two children died or tu- bercuIous disease of tho brain
 Rscteriological examinations of the cir in cars, streets, public buildings, private residences. and other places show the germs of tuberculosis in vary ing numbers, but such examinations or the air in well conducted sanatoria TOT consumptives, where the patients are compelled to properly dispose or tneir sputum. show in some instances the compIete absence of the germs The only reason why all of us do not die from tuberculosis is that we are en- dowed with such bodies that when perfectly healthy, we can destroy or throw off a great many of the germs--in other words, germs ot tuberculosis will not grow in our us sues if we are in a normal state or health. However, if for any reason our bodies become weakened. the germ d microscopic plant, lands on soil Ia vorabie to it's development. 1t thriVes, reproduces, in a very short time, many more of its species. producing the char acteristic effect on the tissue inVaoed. Generally. the place of invasion IS m the lungs. though any part Of the pooS can be infected with tuberculosis.
 Now, a few words about contracting tuberculosis through ingested food. Meats and other coked foods, even II they contain a large number Of the germs of tuberculosis. are not danger ous, because the heat required in cook ing them destroys the germs. Flies can carry the germs on their feet or their bodies. hence tho house fly Is possible source of danger in spreading tuberculosis. While we have not the absolute proof that milk is the most frequent source of tuberculosis in chill dren, yet we are reasonably certain that such is the case. Many men have gathered statistics which seem to prove this Thus, Gattstein. German, gathered statistics showing that in 4,- O91 deaths from tuberculosis in nurs- iings, only 444 were breast fed. leaving 3,647 deaths in the bottle fed. Louis Fisher of New York. after d study of tuberculosis rare in breast fed children. In my opinion one reason why we have so little tuberculosis among the children Of the South, is that the great ma jority of our children are nourtshed by their mothers-a fact for which the rnother5 of the G~''+h 6@Serve great credit. It is certain that cattle are frequently infected with tuberculosis, so that entire droves of cows, which, by means of the tuberculin test, have been shown to have tuberculosis. have been killed It has been proven that the germs can be in the milk rom the COW, without the udder being diseased in any way; and it is known that mil lions of the tubercle germs can live in d teaspoonful of milk without changing It's taste, smell, or appearance. Lack of time forbids my going into details as to how germs penetrate the healthy mucous membrane of the intestines Of
 
 messnteric glands, and from them to the peritoneum, lungs. and other parts of the body.
 The methods to pursue h preventing tuberculosis should be directed toward (i) increasing the strength and vitality of the individual, thereby rendering his tissues an unsuitable soil for the in vasion and propagation of the tubercle baccilli, and in CD preventing his ex- posture to the infectivc agent, as by the isolation of these already infected. and by destroying the organisms causing the disease.
 The first proposition presented is the up-building and developing of the minds. morals and physiques of our children as they grow to adult life. Mothers. you are careful to have your children's minds developed-to give them the best education possible--and you try to train them to be upright, honorable and God-fearing men and women, but do you perform your full duty to your children in developing