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R 6 0 CI OFFICE: -e 0 O, 0 B. MAYER ON ~#Address Delivered Before In Edg Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men: I thank you for the honor of beinig present tonight, to take part in this -anti-tuberculosis *meeting. I be lieve tuberculosis the most important question of this time, and when the history of the twentieth century shall have been recorded, with its Mareoni wireless telegraphy, and air ships and other feats of progress, there will have to b'e recorded one other achievement that is second to none of these, and that is the cure and prevention of tuberculosis. The conquest of this great devastator of hume health and destroyer -of the human life. will ever be regarded as one of the greatest that has ever been made. For a long, loiig time, the great wh-ite plague has destro'yed its hun dreds of thousands yearly, and man kind was helpless-not that there was no cure, for one has always been pres ent, but because it was not recogniz ed: and today when this remedy 'has~ become knotwn 'by the illumination which medical seience has shed along its course, its usefulness is curtailed by the fact that so few are aware what can be done to stop the dread disease. I ndcerstand you are here tonight to form an anti-tuberculosis league, to wage war on this great enemy of our race. None have ever gathered in a nobler cause nor haive any ever en listed in an army that can rescue more than this one. Armies that -have fought for the preservation and pro tection of human life have had to march far away and endure hardships and dangers, as did those who fought for Cuba; but the army that you are to form a part of, does not have to leave -home, nor endure any hardships nor dangers. The enemy you are to' fight t.hreatens the lives of five hun dired thousand of your fellowmen in America alone, and will destroy al most all of them, unless a way of es eape is made known to them. The battle against tuberculosis ha., begunn in earnest, and in the right r H D.S W HO FLOUR, GRA Special 1114 Caidwell TUBERCULOSIS1 Anti-Tuberculosis League ~ efield. way. ~There is nothing that can equal organization in fighting any thing; and the wor'ld-wi:le organization of the people into an army to fight tu berculosis will be successful. That you may have some idea of the magnitude and importance of the task before you, let me give you some facts about this universal and fatal malady: It is estimated that one bun dred thousand of our fellow men die in America each year, and that int our own State'at least fifteen hun dred die yearly, and that there are now five hundred thousand consump tives in America, each one of whom is expectorating -at least one . millioni germs a day. When you remember that this disease is co:manicable, and that each one of these five hun dred thousand persons is a distribut ing point, it at once becomes a ques tion of the greatest importance how an we save these unfortunate fellow men of ours, and in saving them, save ourselves?~ I-t was established by Robert Koch, of Berlin, that tubercu losis is caused by a germ. This dis covery deservedly made him one of the famous men of the times; and as this knowledge pointed the way to eure this dreadful disease, as well as to prevent its spread, his name should be, and no doubt will be, honored as long ,as time shall las.t. The establish ment of the fact that this germ is the cause of consumption. that is, no case of consumption e'an develop -without the entrance of this germ into the human body, is equaled in importance by the fact t:hat this germ only leaves the body in cases of consumption of the lungs, by the expectoration. This germ is conveyed into the human body by infected food and drink, but more frequently by dust that has been infected by the expectoration of the consumptive, who, not knowing the danger of his expeetoration infects his surroundings with it. and which i conveyed into the lun2s of whoso ever brethes it. The (langer of con tractng this disease by the use of the dshe nd cuns used by those in LESALE ( IN, HAY, MDL te IOLLER ic3. PEERL E Jno. B. Mey Street. fected with it, should be universally known and carefully guarded ag nst. This germ :has been found in everyI part of the world that is inhabited by man, and is ,the most difficult of all germs to destroy; freezing does not kill it, and- it seems.to live inde finitely in favorable places. Strong chemicals often fail to destroy it. The only certain ways now known to de stroy it is by boiling it for four minu tes, and by exposure to sunshine, which kills it in t.wo minutes. We cannot lay too much emphasis on the important fa-et that sunshine is the most certain means that is available for tihe general destruction of this germ. If it was not for the great destructive power . of the universal sunshine, our world would have been so thoroughly infeeted with germs that most of tire human race would have been swept away. An import at lesson is here taught by this fact. The homes that :have shut out the sunshine to protect carpets and cur tains, have placed its inmates in great peril of contracting tuberculos is. This germ is not only found in all parts of the inhabited globe, but it attacks all forms of animal life. A foe that is universal, and that at tacks all forms of animal life, and i.s so difficult to destroy, certainly is one that seems to be almost uncon querable. These facts. which appear almost insurmountable, only add hon or and glory to tehe successful battle that :bas been won against this germ, entrenehed in the hman body as tu berculosis. Although this germ is invisible to the naked eye, and is only visible 'if ter straining through the microscope, it is nevertheless a distinct form of life, as much so as an elephant or a fly, and under favorable cireumstan es has the power of reproducing its kind. Like most of the di.sease-producing germs, t:his one does not, nor cannot, propagate itself outside the body of some animal, and while it may mamn tain its existence, it does not multi ply. It is interesting to know how it does multiply, after it enters the body of some animal; and to illus trate how this germ produces such rapid and wide spread destruction in the body, I state for the benefit of those who have no knowledge of Bae terioogy, that they multply by ch Ivision. That is, one germ divides in half, and these thalves grow rapidly and continuously, and as it will onl.v take 116 times of this arithmetical di viio to produce a million germs, o see at once what a monster we ;ROCERS ISSES, SUGAR K IN G and WILLIA SS MEAL AND H ~rs FAMOUS NEW OR] WAREH have to contend with. Having shown .the strength of our enemy, let us consider the forces that -re to contend against him. The nor mal human blood possesses germici dal .and curative powers, and con tains at least two parts that are ef fetive in t.he fight against disease. The blood, as you know, contains eighty per cent of 'water, whieh holds a number of substances in solution, also a great number of round-bodies called cells, red .and white ones. This flid.part of the blood is known as serum, and is the antidote for many diseases. The white cells also are very effective fighters, and under the microscope can be seen in the fight with germs, taking~ them into t:heit substance and destroying them. These are the chief means of recovery from germ diseases. A most brilliant illustration of the curative power of blood serum is to be found in Anti toxine for Diphtheria, which is ob tained from the blood of the horse. It is evident then that what ever assists in maintaining t:he blood in its normal 'condition, thelps to cure and prevent disease, and whatever produces any abnormality of the blood makes us more liable to con tract diseases, and less able to over come them. There is nothing that as sists in ma.king normal blood more than pure food, pure air and sun shine: indeed, these are absolutely necessary. From what I have stated, it is now clear that to prevent the spread of tu berculosis. -we must prevent the pas sage of this germ from those affected with it to the bodies of those who are not; and as this germ only escapes by the expectoration in lung cases, "ll we 'have -to do is to collect all the sputum from these cases and destroy it. For this p)urpose, sputum-flasks have been devised, that can be carried in the pocket. and all the expectora tion suecessfully collected and depos ited in the flask, and this boiled at a convenient time, which will success fully destroy the germ. This will pre vent t:he communication of tubercu losis of tihe lungs from one person to another. Any other means of saving he expectoration until it can be de stroyed. may be used, but the flaskI spittoon seems to me. however, the mst perfect. The dust problem is one of the most imp)ortant in the prlev~en'tion of this disease. and is the hardest one. No ingenuity of man can ever prie vent dust: and until some future time. this nart of the means of pre ,veo winl he imperfer-t It is onb\ 'Sc A ND 'chan' Sand MEATS M TELL FLOUR U DNUT GRIT.S -EANS MOLASSES OUSE: Southern dust laden with germs that is dan gerous. If no germs are allowed to infect thbe surroundings by consump tires, the danger of contracting tu bereulosis by dust will be reduced to a minimum. As has already been stated, the consmptive germ attacks all ani mals, and therefore, .the pet dog and pet cat are such dangerous means for the spread of this disease that they must be abolished, or their owners, as well as their friends, must continue to run the risk of tuberculosis as well as hydrophobia. This brings us to the considera tion of the means to be adopted for the management of the white plague; and from what I have already said about this disease, you will antici pate the treatment which is so simple and suceessfdl. Sunshine, pure air and good food, with rest, will cure most of the cases of pulmonary con sumption, the proportion of recover ies depending upon the faithfulness with w-bich these means are used and the progress the disease has made be fore .the proper treatment was begun. From what has been said, you will understand that much depends on the early recognition of the disease, not only to save the persons infei'ted, but also to prevent them from infecting others. Here is illusttrated one of the great est achievements medical science has ever made. It will sound like a fairy tale to tell you that by means o two or three drops of a fluid placed in -the ye, *we can tell whether the person has tuberculosIs or not. This. test with Tuberculin will detect the disease both in man, and in animals, i" the earliest stage-before there is any manifestation of the disease. The great success which has foi lowed the efforts of the Episcopal Emmanuel Church Society, of Bos ton, in treating tuberculosis of the lungs by this out-door method, with Iits sunshine and pure air and good food and bodily rest, should encour age the efforts of the people. of the South, who have more sunshine and pure air than any people in the world. If they can cure seventy-five per eent of their cases, we ought to have a larger per cent of recoveries. It will do little rood to let our efforts end with advice. I believe the object of your League will be al most a-ecomplished if you will make oe demonstration of this method of e11un tuberculosis. by treating one ease by out.-door air, sunThine and )oilV rest. I wish to impres Upon you the MITH, Jr. S 0 S S a4ala is 0++e48 imoraeeo tee taeensabu tuecuois he av owbens iortae peet of the sresadbouf tirlsdis;ey hedn the nbers abnent o e n taron.qes Tshe rablity ofehisence ol atalo diberce,osispure, duses ir ance sunshindfe.rTec,fit ol Deri quars vere-thessfia of thpoe inear frno the eones that spredenf their dspeae;b rdufaihnesi the me ueof t:e mcaes for tacity fere, wilr cenaike eari.o nl aeds eae,st reaenis saldotal itymfemberculosisnowlde to igser ingu the yeasknowedg that haes tirfed and faoitlns n that use conver measf it re pwer, ake tuerustians n ly dus raeouts Rmebe r "thes knoled e udos off the stones.'' MEN AND THEIR IMUSTACHES. The Upper Lip Fashions of Europe and of This Country. "In Europe,'' the barber said, "it i; the fashion fo.r men to wear their mustaches long and trained carefully, at the ends, in wvhich shape :they must be looked after at the cost of much time and trouble. Here it is. tfle fashion for men to wear t-heir mustaches short, which may not be quite so pretty, but is vastly mayre convenient and comfortable-, and is of the country characteristic, it is do ing away with surplusage and keep ing the decks cleared for action. "No man who has had his inus- - tache trimmed short once,'' the bar er said, "would ever let it grow. Making it Pleasant for Him. Chicago Tribune. "Gentlemen,'' said the toastmaster 4 [at the banquet, "we have listened to ome excellent orators this evening. and I am sure we bhare enjoyed their efforts very much. I have purposely kept one of our best speakers for the liast. amnd after you have heard him I know you will be glad to go home. Gentlemen. I have the honor to pres ent Mr. Ketehum A. Cumnmin, who will now address you.'' Already. Already Congressman Nick Long w-t as ommenced to shrink.