La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

- any other disease because II
is widespread-in fact II Is all over
the world, and 1t attacks people In
all walks OF life. The rich, the poor.
the high, the low alike are its vie
tins. 1t has been known and recos.
nized as long as We have history to
record Il, up until very few years
ago It was considered TO be heredi-
know that 1t is not hereditary; that
1t is ayoidable and not necessarily
fatal.
\ person born OF tubercular par
ems must be more careful In order
10 avoid IL, because he is not OF 50
robust a constitution In rearing OF
children We must not look for a
change In natures laws for the ben
eft Of our children. You do not eS-
pee q robust. healthy animal from
uudcrfed, diseased or inferior parents;
neither can your children or mine
hope to escape II Ne are not In good
physical condition. SO 1t follows that
persons whose parents were below
par for any cause. are much more II.
able 10 contract diseases like tuber-
Culosis which being germ disease,
finds lodgmeut only in unhealthy sub
Jects, and those Of US who live simple
healthy lives. much In the open. where
the sunlight and air are so freely fur.
nished. and which are natures restor'
atiyes and antlscptics, can work the
way they were intended to do, need
not fear tuberculosis.
As / before stated, tuberculosis is
world wide In its extent Two hun.
dred thousand persons die annually
In the United States from tubercu-
losis Every three minutes someone.
In the United States dies from 1t. In
Colorado l0.02l deaths have been Re-
ported In five years. and many more
deaths have been caused by the dread
disease that, out OF either mistaken
diagnosis or from some effort TO
shield the family. have been report
ed as from some other cause, The
average age Of those dying In Colo
rado Is thirty-nyo year,. only one
half the allotted time OF man.
Tuberculosis is a communicable d.
soasc. that is TO say, a person suf'
fcrIng from II may give 1t to many
more persons who would have escap-
ed had they not come In contact with
the germs.
The only way Il can be given Is
by the inhaling OF the germs. 1t Is
preycutnblo II every person affliet-
cd should be taught that absolutely
destroying all secretions from The
lungs and throat would make II I'M
possible for them 10 communicate u
TO others. and would act on that
knowledge, 1t would make very
great difference Ia The spread Of the
disease al once.
The germ OF tuberculosis Is rod.
shaped. vegetable parasite, so small
that IL requires tense masuifying
some 200 diametcrs TO see Il nj all
plainly This germ finds lodgmsnt In
the lung tissue and multlplies rapid
ly. causing breaking down OF the
parts Involved. and also the germs
themselves throw OFF toxin that
causes the symptom. so common In
this dlsease-fcyer. chills and hcc'
tic flush OF the cheeks.
when the germ Invasion tas"s
place nature sends an army Of white
blood corpusclcs 10 the plac" OF iu.
yasion. and II the body Is la good con
dition and making good blood rapidly.
the fight will be successful. and the
enemy killed. but. /; the reverse II
the case. the germs viii destroy the
army Of corpuscles and continue TO
grow and incrcss. until III. whole
picture OF consumption Is plainly seen
and after a fight OF one to two years
the patient " worn out with the
struggle and gives up the nght. Her.
! wish TO make distinction between
tuberculosis and consumption. One
may have tuberculosis and no, hav.
consumption. In other words con
sumption IL word used TO denote
the pationts condition In late cases
OF tuberculosis when the body Is
really being consumed by the poisonS
generated by the germs. and the pur
germs. tina, always accompany tn"
disease after II is well established :
when the disease Is so far along that
I, merits the name consumption. II is
rarely cured while In the early stage.
!, la readily curabic.
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