The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-05-04
ADDRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS.

~ We copy from the Winchester
= News of April 26 the following
address delivered on Sunday morn
iny at the Christian Church by DR..
II. Russell Henry, son of j. ii.
Henry of our county.
DIR. HENRY's ADDRESS.
The physician is a priest OF
nature. His duty is to study Her
great works. ard learn from them
Her laws. His mission is not only
to heal the sick. but also to teach
the well Natures Commandments
that they may learn not to trans
gtess them.
Mo more striking instance Of
Concerted action against the disease
bV the combined efforts of the
S6edical profession and the laity
has ever been seen in this country
than the war that is now being
waged against tuberculosis. The
following facts willtshow you the
cause for this far-reachlng allah
sorbing and vital movements.
tuberculosis affects in the shape
of mild or severe form one-half
of the whole human race. 1t
causes the death of one seventh of
all persons who pass away. killing
One-third of those who perish be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty
FIVE.
In the United States 100000
! persons die annually from tubercu-
losis. In Kentucky, $500. There
are now 10000 existing cases in
Kentucky. tuberculosis cause
more deaths than all the other in
fictitious diseases combined. These
figures are sufficient to show the
awfulness of this dread disease
which has been one of the worst
scourges of mankind from the
dawn of history to the present
day.
DEFINITION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis may be defined as
a general or local disease produced
by the implantation and growth of
the tubercle bacillus. The action
of this germ is peculiar in that it
stimulates the cells of the body
wherever it may lodge and grow.
to the formation of little masses of
new tissue which are called mill
airy tubercles. A military tuber-
Gle may, therefore, be defined as
a nodule of new formation around
an irritated point, the focus of
which is the tubercle bacillus.
The tubercle bacillus is a no d
shaped vegetable parasite approxi-
mately one-six-hundredth of an
inch in 4 length and one-hundred-
Ehousandth of an inch in width.
This germ was discovered by
Robert Kosh of Berlin, in 1882.
1t can only be seen with a high
power microscope after being sue
cessfully stained by, one of the
analin dyes. The daily eXpectOr
alton of consumptive may con-
tain millions of these bacteria.
1t is perhaps well at this point to
fix clearly the relationship of tu-
bercuiOsis to consumption. Tu-
berculosis is caused by the i'm
PLANTATION aud growth of the tuber-
Gle bacillus. Its growth lowers
the vitality of the tissues and in
vites other germs as associates. A
partnership is formed for mutual
advantage and the destruction of
Me individual upon whom they
prey Without them the tubercle
bacillus probably would, and in
Amany cases does, soon become ex-
tinct. Consumption is an ulcera-
tive or destructive process set up
by the association of the tubercle
bacillus with other germs. Practi-
cally speaking consumption may
be regarded as late stage of tu-
berculosis of the lung. The lungs
are the organs most commonly at
tackled by tuberculosis, but the
disease may occur in any part of
the body and especially in the