The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-06
THEY THAT DEVELOP TUBERCULOSIS

Nearly every adult has a little tuberculosis, latent or shoulder ing focus in lymph node some where, from infection in infancy, childhood or youth. Only a few of these ever develop active. clinical tuberculosis. Why doesn't every one who iS Infected with tuberculosis in early life succumb to the dis ease? Because the great majority so infected have sufficient immuI1- ity to protect them from ordinary, small, not too frequently repeated infections or from infections with tubercle bacilli of not too virulent a type or strain.
 Let's say nothing at all about resistance" here. That doesn't mean a thing. Immunity means something. It has Q definite, specific significance. Resistance" is a trick word when doctors use 1t, a mal- apropism when laymen use in in this way. Whenever anybody utters the word "reSistance'' in discussing susceptibility to disease I know at once that the discussion will lbe un- profitable. Every written or spoken argument or exposition of the cause and prevention of respiratory infection in which the word 're- sistance" is used is just so much medical hoey, in my judgment, and heaven knows our internal medical literature is stuffed full enough with such piffle, without mixing it in everything we feed the laity.
 Equally hackneyed and inane is the familiar teaching that plenty of pure fresh air, plain wholesome food and regular sleep" protects against tuberculosis. Ask the "ex- pert" Casually some one other than 8 bona flde physician) that says this to explain what he means by pure fresh air and good wholesome food and after he has fioundered about you will know no more about 1t than he does.
 A large part of the food that passes as choice, refined, pure, wholesome and especially easily digestible" today, nutrition author ities tell us, is actually deficient in or devoid of essential nutritive ele- monts, particularly minerals and vitamins. Instead of sounding of everlastingly about good whole some food, the composers of anti tuberculosis propaganda might use some of the ink they have at their disposal to inform people of the vital importance of sufficient daily intake of minerals and vitamins as well as proteins, fats and carbo- hydrates, to maintain good nutri- tion and immunity against tubercu- losis. They might even take 8 chance and teach people the su- perior value of all dairy products and green groceries in this respect, especially fresh raw milk from tuberculin-tested cows Cor cream, butter, sour milk, skim milk, but termilk, cottage cheese, Dutch cheese from the same tuberculosis free source), or the fresh raw milk of goat, an animal practically immune to tuberculosis.
 Every one should eat an egg a day, as good eating, good 1lourish- ment, good protective food, good economy. No room here to go into details, but suffice that an egg pro- vides what it takes. Every one should have his egg cooked as he prefers. Raw egg has no advantage in fact is less nutritious than cooked egg unless one prefers egg raw.
 By green groceries we mean any and all fresh vegetables and fresh fruits available, and in this cate gory the greens such as dandelion greens, mustard greens, beet tops