El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-19


100 to the mountains. rest. and
VI drink goats milk" said Hippoc-
crates to his tubercular patients; and.
although for 1000 years the greatest
scientific genius, energy and effort
have been expended in combating
the awful malady. no better advice
has ever been given consumptives.
No more destructive disease has af-
flicted mankind nor has any other
caused so much pain, sorrow and .suf-
fering-
1t IS said that more has been writ
ten on the subject Of tuberculosis than
any other save that Of Jesus Christ.
And FL Paso is in the heart OF the
greatest locality in the world for the
arrest and cure of this disease. Al
ready there are numerous sanatoria
here for the treatment of the malady.
Just now the Baptists of the United
States are establishing a plant that
is intended eventually to be the great
est Of its kind in the world for elini-
mating the great white plague.
Mystery Until Lately.
Not until 20 years ago, when a Ger
man scientist discovered the bacillus
that wrought the fearful destruction
to all parts Of the human system, had
anything material been learned about
the disease except that thousands Of
fallacious theories had failed and, by
process Of elimination. numberless ne
cations had been established.
Since then II has been known that
the disease is the result OF the raw
ages Of vegetable parasite on parts
of the body As general rule, as
soon as the parasite causing q disease
is known some serum that viii de-
stroy the microscopic evil is generally
found; but it seems that the tuber
cular bacillus successfully defies the
skill Of the wise, the prayers Of the
righteous and the necromancy OF ,
Few families in the land have
escaped the great white plague" and
no man has been able to number its /
victims Conservative estimates place
from one-seventh TO one-fourth Of all j
deaths annually occurring in the
United States as due to tuberculosis !
The bzcilI most frequently attack I
the lung tissue, gradually destroying I
il, until one literally starves 10 death I
for the free air that SO abundantly /
surrounds him.
A victim of pulmonary tuberculosis /
may well sympathize with Tantalus. {
who, with water up to his lips, SUI
fered every agony OF thirst Yet there
is but little physical pain incident 70
pulmonary consumption. Frequently
this parasite attacks the throat and
the bones, when It produces Unspeak-
able physical agony, victims passing
in pitiless pain
No part Of the human system is
fnvulnerabie to this bacillus, and
sometimes every organ is affected
and miiiary tuberculosis soon
claims its very own.
The annual economic loss to this
country from this disease is simply
incalculsble. Not only is the energy
Of the victim eliminated from the
forces Of production and progress, bur
also thar Of his attendants and the
money consumed in his care and nee
essary attention frequently con-
sumptives are bedridden for three or !
more years. When one begins TO !
study the statistics Of known cases Of
tuberculosis and 10 count the actual
determine bic cost to the country, his
understanding fails and his magma
ton alone can rescue him
The maiady is rendered additionally
terrible on account Of the many err
roneous notions that prevail and re-
suits that follow the almost universal
fear and dread Of the disease It is
Infectious, transferable, Unbeatable
and communicable by every conceiv-
able means and manner from one per
son to another
Not as Dangerous a. Supposed.
A great many persons avoid tu-
bercular patient almost as carefully
as they would one afflicted with
smallpox or leprosy- Its victims are
forced 70 surfer al manner OF neon
veniencas and dlscomforts from mis-
taken ideas Of the communicability
Of the malady. often forced TO under
20 practical isolation Families are
broken up. fathers leave their chill
dren, babes are torn from mothers
breasts. and wives desert husbands,
producing every conceivable kind of
mental and moral suffering and sor-
row.
Any disease with such a history
would be expected to have caused an