Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-10


expect to PICK pears from the result
ing tree. as to make u man swallow
typhoid germs and expect the symp.
toms of yellow fever. To- follow
Therefore these diseases are called
Specific, In that n specific germ In
NdrlablN gives rise to n specific dis
ease.
VIII not have time to go into this
subjec, deeply enough To show YOU
'iow zach of these dincrcn, germs get
from one individual To- anotacr a.
| nav, already told you ,h,y cannot
move themselves ana 80 have to de.
penn upon the al, ms cts and OBJ
icct which may be- moved to carry
thrm from one place To- anoth,r.
90 morally speaking they gain nc-
cess to the human system bv three
rout ~ J. ~ inhalation. b., swnl.
loving. . by entering the blood ID,
means of breaks in the routnui;, of
the skin OF by means of th, bite. nf
insects. I may SAY here, however
tina, the organisms causing malaria
and D ob, bly yellow fewer. transferred
10 the human through the agency uf
the infected mosquito. are not veg
cta1los, but tho lowest form of aui-
maj Ne.
Now. thc ali-wi~c Creator. iu put
ting us ~ this world. was well aware
of the inNlsibl, foes which would at
tack Us from all sides and In order
that We might not fan easy victims To-
these ho created within w an In
visible army of defenders This de-
Tending army H. contained IN IL,
blood IN. brood Of each bne Of ~
contains - SPECIFIC substance antag-
"nistic tu each Of the Specific hnc-
g. in which may attack us some ~
MS have thcS. antagonlstic substances
contained N the blood To- a greater
extent ttan others. which accounts
f"r the fact. that of two persons equal.
IS exposed To an Infection. on. maS
succumb. while the other may have
only very mild ease. or escape il al
together.
The autagnnistic substances may
DE. SO To speak. unrqually divided in
the blood. SO that they may be
very strong army 10 oppose an attach
made 10y TIA" bacteria of tuberculosis
aud a Nc.y feeble defense made
against those Of scarlet fever or
measles. 'n watch case that individ-
ual would b" said To- be very suscopt-
iblc t. measles and scarlet fever and
practically Immune from tuberculosis
These substances are under
normal conditions In the blood uf each
one Of a. ana usually IN sufficient
quantity 90 ward on attacks of intcc-
tious sickness; II. however, IN Il par
ticular ease, they should h. INSULT
ci"nt 10 cope with the number of bac-
terra gaining entrance. the very at
tack oi the bacilll stimulate tn. COILS
OF the body To manufacture more and
The battle between the bncili and
The anii-bodics in the blood gins
In deadly earnest, During TINS battle
tn" individual is down sick with the
disease and tie ultimate outcome ot
the ease depends entirely upon
whether the anti-bodlcs can gain the
mastery of the situation or whether
the nave to acknuWlcdg. defeat at
The hands of the bacteria.
What | Wish you to gather from
all of this * simply. that there are
certain specific bacteria which ct
taos man giving re. To- certain wcli-
marked Diseases: that In the blood of
man there are certain aati- bodies
s"-callcd. that are specifically autng-
pnlsiic to each of these bacin, aud
that ~ case of a decided attack. tho
cells OF the body have the power 10
manufacture more OF these anti-hud-
lcs than usual After recovery from
some of these diseases. the blood has
manufactured such an abuudancp 81
them that the individual can never
have another attack of that paruc- !
ulDr disease
r. go further than this into tnis
subject would lead NJ into a. discus. |
sion Of immunity o. subject frausht |
with interest bat decidedly complex !
Now here are two points which ! |
Wisn To particularly emphasize IN |
connection with the hght against in
icctiuus sickness;
The greater the amount of tlcsc |
substances In the blood !
at all times, the greater is the prob |
sickness.
II. The better the general hcaltn
uf tho individual Is at all times. the
greater will bc the amount, OF these
anti-bodics IN the blood
Us nave D'lo'c SAID, We are ddilA
bong attacked by thcs" pathugruIr
bacteria, but with general good
health, the autagonistlc substances Of
the blood easily handle the situation
and We are unaware of the attack cor
90. the defense
The vital question then, in regard
~ an" maintenance at health. partic-
ularly IN regard To- attacks from these
diseases H..
How can ! best keep up nigh de-
gree of health efficiency To answer
tins question We must jump from bar-
THEOLOGY ana hygiene Ia physiology.
In order To- I've We must breathe,
eat work and sleep, In order tul
live correctly We must breathe. eat,
work and sleep correctly.
There are two kinds of air that We
may breathe; pure air and impure
air. out door air and the air In
doors. do not mean by tais to br
understood as saving that all out door
an IN pure nor shat all of the al M
doors Is impure, but that IN general
tde statement Is true
The main difference between nurc