Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

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revolutionary ms they may seem his
theories may not lightly he passed over
ana dismissed as those 81 an irresponsible
notoricty seeker.
The old accepted beliefs regarding
tuberculosis human consumption Ia
brief, We're that any one, child or adult
might catch the disease. that il was
most frequently caught by inhaling the
baciili in dried. puverzed human sputum,
that the children Of consumptive parents
Sere born with the disease in their baby
systems. that. once caught" consump
ton was practically incurablc; that the
tuberculosis OF cattle and that which in
fects luman beings were wholly different
forms having no relation one to the
ether: that the bovine form could not
cause consumption in the human being.
These. In part. are the old beliefs
against which DR.. Schroeder sets his face
and the weight Of attained results and
proofs secured in the course Of years 81
careful exact experiment and research
work.
The theories presented by Dr. Schroe-
der controvcrt these old accepted beliefs
at every point and In SO doing they carry
"a message OF cheer to humanity. in that
thev lift n burden of Apprehension. 81
fear. from thousa nds of human hearts.
He says-backing every statement
with masses of proof-that every one
Of these old beliefs Is fallacious He
saws that rarely does tuberculosis
originally enter the human system
through the lungs-so rarely IN ldct
as TO make possible exceptions note
worthy He says that infection -
never caused by dried. powdered hu-
man sputum' breathed into the lungs.
He says that In not more than one IN
stance In a hundred thousand Is the
child of tuberculous parents born with
the disease in Its system. He SAYS
that except in cases far advanced. tn
berculosis is comparatively easy 10
cure. He says that human beings can
and do contract human tuberculosis
through using dairy products-mlik.
cream butter and cheese-derived from
cows affected with bovine tuberculosis.
He says that the human and the DO
vine types OF tubercle bacilli are so
nearly related that. planted in the
human system. the bovine type readily
becomes Transformed into the human
type He says that infection occurs
through the stomach. and not through
the lungs: through the food. and not
through the breath. He says that the
seeds OF tuberculosis are originally
sown in the human system at some
period below the age OF sixteen 10
seventeen years. And he says that hu-
man beings who have attained the age
OF twenty to twenty-five years. and
whose systems are free from the Turk
ing seeds or latent tuberculosis. never
reed fear that they Will catch the
disease.
Cheering statements these. Cheering
even if startling. But with what
proofs are the new theories backed. In
as brief form as possible. and stripped
"a much as may be of scientific and
physiological verbiage. the proofs are
here set forth
As to prenatal infection. Tho IN
born child Is nourished by its mother
arterial blood stream. The bacilli OF
tuberculosis may he, and are. borne
in the bloom streams OF the veins-the
venous circu1ation-but they are never
carried in the arterial circulation. Vt
least tubercIc bacllli have never yet
been discovered In the arterial circula
iion of human being.
Infection by inhaling dried human
spntum'-to dry human sputnm 70
point where * may toe reduced to dust by
being ground beneath the feet of pedes-
TRANS would. in very favorable condi-
ttons require several hours. Such dry
ing in an oven heated 100 degrees +.
can only be accomplished In three or four
hours. on a pavement the time required
would ne far longer Tubercie bacilli
exposed TO sunlight for thirty minutes
are killed: OF colony containing TEEN
ing millions Of the bacillt. not a single
one will remain alive after half AN hour
exposure to the sun rays. Subjected
for half hour to temperature of
la degrees F., every bacillus is killed.
not one retains tho slightest trace OF life
after exposure to such n temperature
for thirty minutes. Dead tubercle bacilli
never did and never can cause infection.
Manner OF infection-the germs Of tu-
herculosis enter the system by way OF
the stomach not the lungs Perhaps IL
would be better 10 say BY way OF the
mouth Bur how?
Madam, sou walk along the street with
trailing skirts. Your gowns hem sweeps
across and picks up part Of that which
a consumptive person has expelled upon
the pavement a moment before. Still
moist and hidden under the edge OF your
garment from the light. this matter
clings. and you carry IL into your home.
You trail Your skirts over the rug upon
which your baby plays The baby creeps
about over the rugs resilient surface.
often putting his little fingers into his
mouth. The moist fingers take up the
bacill which you have borne into the
house, The fingers carry the deadly
baciIi into the babys mouth. Perhaps
they pass with the saliva into the Stom-
ach. perhaps they find a Judgment on
some gland within the rosy mouth In
either case they sooner later enter
what is known as the lymph current
and are borne TO some deep-seated lymph
gland. where they Turk until illness
lowered vitality some such favorable
condition-favorable To them-arises. Then
the dsease-weakened gland breaks down.
the bacilli enter the lymph current again;
they pass into the Vein blood that Is re-
turning to the lungs to be revfviiied and
recharged with oxygen. In the lungs the
bacilli are filtered out lodging in the
microsopically minute blood capiIlaries
within the lung structure. There they SET
UP what the doctors call "tubercular
LESSONS. which are spots or centers of
infection: these spots II not eradicated
spread until the entire lung Is involved
and consumption has developed
In the case OF infection through using
milk. butter, etc. from tuberculous cows,