Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-06-14
How tuberculosis Is Contracted.

mOSb bClontuC ulbCOVerles Interest tue gen
eral public but little. Yet, when one 4
teal benefit upon the whole world. every
body wishes TO know about 1t, and ought to
know about 1t.
That scientific discovery OF the latter
kind has been made BY citizen OF Mont.
gomery county, DR.. e. @. Schroeder, head
OF the experiment station, Bureau Of Animal
Industry, at Bethesda, is widely known to
scientific men, not only In this country. but
in Europe, is fact which all citizens of this
county should know; especially, as It has
to do with the welfare and safety of every
household and every individual.
The old proverb, ian ounce OF prevention
Is worth pound OF cure" Is one whose
truth is so emphasized in this case that 1t may
be said that here an ounce Of prevention is
worth ten thousand pounds of cure; for
this discovery Is connected with the proven
ton OF that terrible disease, Tuberculosis con.
sumption. All medicine for treating con-
sumption, journeys to Florida, or Mexico or
to the Adirondacks or Colorado; all appli-
ances for the mitigation OF the pains Of this
| scourge are as nothing compared with that
prevention which makes these usually futile
measures unnecessary.
| The results of the long continued expert
ments and exhaustive application of tests In
the animal experiment station are summar.
lied as follows:
| l. A demonstration of the identity of the
human and bovine tubercle bacillus, except
ing as to virulence.
Q. A demonstration that immunity from
tuberculosis can be artidcially induced.
3. The discovery that the degree OF Inn
munity (tuberculosis) that may be induced
ls not dependent, as claimed by other inves
tigators, on the mode Of applying the immi-
grating substance, but on its pathogenic
activity.
4. The discovery of the amazing resistance
of even dead tubercle bacilli 10 the physio-
logical processes by which foreign materials
are destroyed In, and removed from, the
body.
8. A demonstration OF the fact that the gen.
eral antitoxine theory Is not applicable to
tuberculosis"
Among the most important results Of these
experiments is the demonstration that the
tubercle bacillus introduced into any part
Of the body is likely TO take the lung as the
field Of Its activity.
As o corollary, we would conclude (what
has been found TO be the fact In the case)
that It 10 more likely to be received through
the mouth into the alimentary tract than
through the nose directly into the lung.
Passing into the blood through the pro-
cess of digestion, II Is carried by the blood
into the lungs, Its favorite habitat.
In other words, the tubercle bacillus Is
more likely 70 be taken into the system In
food or drink than In any other way.
The practical Importance of this must i'm.
press every one. In preventing the spread
OF this terrible disease avoidance OF the con-
taminatlon OF food or drink from any tuber-
culous source-man or beasts necessary
precaution, and too great care to secure this
cannot be used.
This publication IL entirely without the
knowledge Of DIR. Schroeder, and he will be
more surprised, perhaps, than any other
reader TO see this account Of his discoveries
The writer alone Is responsible for any
mistakes which may have been made In this
untechnical presentation OF them. The con-
viction that II is important that these things |
should be made known as widely as posi-
BILE, mingled with some feeling of pride In q
iellow-citizen who has accomplished what
may be OF such incalcuble benefit to human.
ity has urged me to write.
The opinion OF one who is but layman |
In these matters Is, in itself, of no value at
all but an examination Of the official bull |
letins OF the Bureau Of Animal Industry |
containing the fnll accounts OF the long |
series Of experiments In the transierence of |
tuberculosis will convince any one that the |
conclusions of DIR. Schroeder arc not based |
Since the above was written Bulletin 90 |
of the Bureau Of Animal Industry, on "The |
Danger from Tubercle Bacilli In the Env. |
ronment Of tuberculosis Cattle" has come |
TO hand. Some results Of experiments do |
scribed In II may BIO given In another com
municaiiop. L. L. n.
Rockvillo Institute Commencement.
Rockville Institute, conducted by Miss
Lucy Simpson, and one Of the finest schools
In the county, held Its commencement exer-
cises on Wednesday morning last FOLLOW
ing 10 the program Of exercises:
Duet, King of the Carnival, Misses Mason
and Cashell recitation, The Ferry for Shad-
ow Town, Anna Mobley.; piano solo, Lula
by, Mary Frye; recitation, We Are -four,
north Harmong Lamar, east Anna ma. MORLEY ,,.H
west Mabel Colt, south Robert Peter piano |
solo, Bohemian Song, Eleanor Colt; recita-
ton, Elegy on the Death OF a Mad Dog, Rob-
ert Peter; song, Maiden With the Lips 10 |
Rosy distribution OF premiums recitation,
WoIsey on the Vicissitudes Of Life, Verina |
Ooe piano solo, Venetian Love Song, Anna
Belle Allnutt; Courtship Under Dincul-
ties. Snobbleton, Gussie Lamar-Jones, Trace |
Weir-Prudence Angelina Winterbottom,
Eleanor Colt; piano solo, Serenede, hmny
Cashell; recitation, Annabel Lee, Anna Belle
AlInuu; duet, Sunaower Dance, Misses Ma
son and Smith; recitation, Maud Muller, An
ME Stephenson; song, Love Was Once 4
Little Boy, Misses Alnutt, Fields dot ana
Weir.
Prizes were awarded to the following
pupils:
Primary Observation-Disclosures: Anna
Mobley Spelling. Louise AobIey Geogrs-
phy. Robert Peter; Improvement In 0eog-
raphy, Harmong Lamar Composition. Ma
bel Cot; Dictation, Louise Mobley; Gener-
al Improvement, Talbot Riggs.
Academic Observation-Disclosures, Flea
nor Colt; let Algebra, Lillian Fieldsi End
Algebra, Virginia Lamar Geometry, Annie
Stephenson Dictation, Anna Belle AiInum
Composition, Varina Coe +; Dictionary, Emily
OasaelI; PHI sical Geography, Anna Belle
Allnu,t; Composition and Pen%snshiP, , Grace
Weir; English History, Anna Belle AiInuM
lat Latin, Anna Belle Allnutt; and Latin,
Lillian Fields LIST French, Gussie Lamar
Music, Emily Cashell; improvement IN Music,
lst Elocution, Anna Belle Allnptt and Flo
cution, Anna Mobley.