The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-27

Those Who Are Attacked With a Cough After an Illness," gave very good description of it.
 Hipporates, in the fifth century be- fore Christ, gave the following symp- toms of tuberculosis: Fever, hem orrhage, pleurisy, bulbous fingers, violent cough, profuse eXpectoration, hectic, and wasted form. He taught that no case ever recovered.
 With the disease advanced to where these symptoms are present, his prog noss is correct today.
 | Tuberculosis is a specific germ dis ease, due to the implantation and growth in the human body of col ony of tubercle bacilli. It is both in- fectious and contagious It may at tack any part of the human body, but is most common in the lungs. The germ is so small that it can only be seen with a very high power micro scope
 Patients with advanced pulmonary tuberculosis throw off in the expec- toration countless millions of the DdClIll udlly.
 , Protected from sun light, they will } live for years, behind rents in the wall paper and in cracks and crevices, and still be capable of producing dis ease. When dislodged by sweeping or dusting, they float about on par ticles of dust too small to be seen and if inhaled or swallowed, produce tu- berculosis.
 T Method of infection: It is generally } admitted that tuberculosis is most commonly contracted by inhalation. The germs are breathed into the lungs, and in this way We may get an implantation and produce the dis ease.
 It may also be produced by swallow ing the germs. The germs find their way to the mouth by contaminated hands, drinking vessels, food often contaminated by flies, last but by no means least, by milk from infected cows.
 After passing through the stomach they are taken up by the lymphatics and are deposited in the lungs or other parts of the body. The habit of careless and promiscuous splitting can not be too strongly condemned. With the tubercular father or mother, spit ting promiscuously, and spraying the whole room with myriads of germs, is it any wonder that we should have thought tuberculosis inherited? The small child playing on the floor con- taminates his hands, conveys the germs to his mouth, either inhales or
 swallows them, and few years later "inherits' tuberculosis.
 So far as inherited is concerned, it can hardly be considered a factor. Sneezing and coughing without cover ing the mouth sprays the whole sur small to be seen, may contain enough germs to infect dozens of people.
 Splitting on the steps, sidewalks or grounds is a source of danger. This sputum is carried into the houses, on the feet and often by being swept over by long skirts, and smeared over the floors and carpets. Later, after it has dried, it is set free by dusting or sweeping, and may be swallowed or } inhaled.
 Another grave menace to the health
 and life of the whole south is the negro. Tuberculosis in the negro is not only menace to the negro him self, but to the white race as well.
 There are very few homes which are not to some extent dependent upon the negro-they nurse our babies, cook our food, clean our houses, wash our clothes and we all know,
 tuberculosis is frightfully frequent
 among the negroes. This is a prob
 lem which, if carefully looked after,
 will very materially reduce tubercu-
 losis in the white race.
 Early Symptoms: It is generally
 the fault of the patient that tubercu- losis is~not more often detectel in it's
 incipiency. As a rule, the patient does not look bad or feel sick and
 refuses to believe that he is sick.
 Often there is nothing to point to trouble in the lungs
 The early expressions of tuberculosis are: Fatigue, without sufficient cause to produce it, loss of interest and ann bition; capricious, or loss of appetite; {; slight loss of weight; often not more than five or ten pounds; slight indi- gestion or heaviness after eating; ten dency to cough or to clear the throat; rapid pulse, eighty or above; varia- tions in the temperature, ninety-eight or below in the mornings and ninety nine or above in the afternoons; anemia is a constant early symptom. Yet during all this the patient is cheerful and will not believe there is much the matter with him.
 He rests few days, takes course of calomel, "Liver Regulator" "Pe-