Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-25
ADULT NEVER IN
DANGER BECAUSE
Of TUBERCULOSIS
Dr. [, S. Peters Says InfeC-
ton Theory So FaraS Grown
People Is Concerned, Is Bun
Conbe; Danger to Children,

There is no such thing rs natural
Infection of the adult by tuherculo-
sis emphatically stated Dr. /. 5,
peters Of Albuquerque in a learned
uaper before the New Mexico Assoc
cation for Science, Yesterday If an
adult falls i'll with tuberculosis, the
infection comes from within and has
been harbored since childhood, he
said. declaiming. 1t is only the in
TAM who catches" consumption, not
The adult. for the adult has been inn
munized from natural infection with
ont. no matter how close he may live
to a consumptive, like a wife caring
for her husband, a mother for her
son, or a nurse for a patient
DR.. Peters explained how this ln-
munizing takes place, saying there
are always living tubercle bacilli in
the human system, which begins to
nick them up at birth and continues
gathering them throughout life When
the child's infection takes place it is
generally evidenced by enlarged
glands and this is a symptom that
immunity is beginning to develop, he
said
While there is no danger to the
adult from cups used by consump-
lives or contact with them, the dang
ar to the child is extreme, said Dr..
Peters who pOOh-p oohed the stories
OF infected houses, declaring that the
bad record of such houses is due to
uufav0rable hvgienic surroundings,
not to the fact that Wbercular per-
sons have lived in them. An adult
can not naturally be infected with tu-
bercul0ss in such a house, ne assert
ed. He also denied that there is
anything in the heredty theory. 1t
originated, he said. by the infants in
the family coming in contact with ell
der persons inflicted with tuberculo-
sis. He Illustrated how the tubercu-
losis latent since childhood breaks
out IN an adult. II is not because Of
herediW, but because of the danger
Of contact Of the infant with his par
ents, ha we would forbid marriage,
or would least prevent parenthoOd.
"The anti-tuherculosis campaign
should be directed not so much to
protect adults against infection, for
they are naturally immunized, as to
protect infants" the doctor said IF
that is done tuberculosis viii become
as rare as smallpox since compulsory
vaccination is enforced
Dr. Peters readily answered many
uestons and demonstrated that to
me adult there is absolutely no dan
ger from the dry or wet sputum of
the eonsumptive and that the aver
SION To the common drinking cup on
part of the adult is aesthetic and not
health caution, although as TO In
lants and young children, there is
great danger in such cup. He
pointed out that the Indian, the saw
age negro, the South Sea ISLANDERS,
knew nothing about consumption
When they came in contact with the
caucasian and were therefore not i'm
munized, hence the terrible death rate
from consumption among those saw
age tribes now. He predicted that
me white Eskimos recently discov-
cred by Stefansson would be destroy
ca by tuberculosis for that very reas-
1n' lie said tuberculosis is a disease
oil civilization and tubercular bacilli
aIe strangers to savage tribes before
contact with the white people.
Pfot Lou +. Stallman of the New
mexico Normal university presented
an able paper on. the practical sub
Iect OF Cooking and Its Related Sci
ehces, and DR.. William Henry Long,
Forest pathologist, gave n intensely in
leresting lecture on "A Fungus Dis
eSe OIL our Native Ornamental Shrubs
Joint session was held BY the
.NeW Mexico Association for Science
ana the High School and College sec
.lon' to discuss a system that will
ialse the standards Of all New Mexico
IlBh schools TO such a point that
lhelr graduates win be permitted to
enter the New Mexico higher institu-
IONS Of learning without an examin-
aton. Dr.. L. b. Mitchell, registrar
u The university, led in the discus
SION. Prof. j. r. Wagner Of Santa
was down for the discussion of the
important subject: How to Reduce
sne Break Between the Eighth and
Ninth Grades and Supt. w o. Han
vi vi ROSWELL spoke on THE Need Of a
Hlsh school Inspector in New Next
.o' The subject of r. r. Larkin
MS The Text Book as a Factor in
maucation;" of Margaret Gleason,
ne Aim and Content Of the High
oyhool Course in Home Economics, 80
WINE Prof Hiram r. Hadley spoke
Character"