The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
GODFREY, OF TUBERCULOSIS COMMISSION, LAUDS WORK
 OF THE VISITING NURSES
Heroisn of Women Consists Saving Taking
 Lives Says State Official in Eloquent Address Annual
 Meeting o Association Takes Place, eA !

tubercle-baciIi, a deeper question been discovered which will kill these bacteria.
 .'As. I have covered in a general way the subject of the bacteria suf- flcient1y for our purpose, I will say few words about hygiene--the preservation and improvement of health, and how shall we preserve ourselves from attacks of this par ttcuIar bacterium? What are the means for eradicating this pest? The answer is simple:-Sunlight fresh air, cleanliness diet, rest, and I might add-cheerfulness t"The toxins we will leave to the attention Of those scientific gentle men who are making a speciality in bacter1ology. We can very readily understand why sunlight, which kills the germs, or cleanliness which pre- vents their entry into the system, or fresh air, which purfffes the blood, would affect the problem successfully
 Babies Don't Have Tuberculosis.
 It Is known that a child at birth does not inherit tuberculosis It merely fnherits predisposition to- wards infection When I state that sunlight kills t1bercle- baciIn in a. very few minutes, Is it not reasonable enough to. suppose that in a. room flooded with ssunli ght, there can be no chance Of infection from the sur roundings? It IS only. in dark cor ners. dust heaps, and in damp, dark spots that this bacillus thriVes Is it a wonder then that young children only able to crawl on their hands and knees, who have the habit of putting their dirty fingers in their mouths, and who are constantly ex- ploring dark corners. soon absorb the poisonous germs Dr.. Nuttal festi- mates from a. series of counts that a fairly advanced case expect crates ! from one and. one-half to four and one third billion sbaciln in ' twenty four hours. Flies, caught in rooms of patients, have been proved to have sufficient baeilh to infect guinea-pigs. Five thousand of these bacilld have been found in one fIy-speck. There is nothing in all this, however, to alarm us, only to; warn us. An tsounce of prevention tstworth a pound of cure.' s@
 sDo we tell our children not to swap gum nor bite from each others apples. nor to put pencils or pens in their mouths? It would be most diff ffcult to get infected with tubercu- losfs in properly kept sanatorium, while in 8 crowded car, with an ad- vanced. case coughing in our faces, the danger would be great Should we not insist, therefore, that those poor suRerers go to- sanatorfun1 where they can be instructed how to care for Themselves and others
 You and Have Had Tuberculosis.
 It has been stated by a celebrated English physician that every one Iiv- ing has tnbercuIosis or has had it. Those who have recovered seemingly have their blood impregnated by anti l bodies sufncient1y numerous to stand attacks from a certain number 4 o1 tubercle-baci1n. We are. most of us l in this category, and with the proper care, are immune from this disease. Others have it in a, stationary degree not getting worse. seemingly not getting better. We have many of these I in the state sanatorfa
 1 : If you agree with these statements
 is 1t not reasonable to suppose that tuberculosis is not only curab1e. but that it can be totally eradicated from
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