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" Consumption is not always, as was formerly supposed, a fatal disease, but that it is 'in very many cases a distinctly curable affection. An individual who is well on the road to recovery may, if he does not with the greatest care destroy his sputum, diminish... "
The Life of Hermann M. Biggs: M. D., D. SC., LL.D., Physician and Statesman ... - Page 395
by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow - 1929 - 432 pages
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Biennial Report, Volume 5

Iowa. State Department of Health - 1889 - 304 pages
...sputum. These means lie largely within the power of the affected individual. It is furthermore to ie remembered that Consumption is not always, as was...particularly the latter, the conditions are different, and the safety would seem to depend largely upon a dilution and partial removal of the floating and possibly...
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The Medical Age, Volume 7

1889 - 608 pages
...will most certainly prevent the spread of ^is disease from one individual to another, are those (kf scrupulous cleanliness regarding the sputum. These...immediate destruction of the sputum and the enforcement of habiti of cleanliness. But in places of public assembly, such as churches and theatres, particularly...
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The Sanitarian, Volume 23

1889 - 598 pages
...greatly his chances of recovery by self-inoculation. While the greatest danger of the spread of this disease from the sick to the well is in private houses...as churches and theatres, particularly the latter, conditions are different and the safety would seem to depend largely upon a dilution and partial removal...
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Annual Report

Indiana State Board of Health - 1890 - 346 pages
...recovery by self-inoculation. While the greatest danger of the spread of this disease from the sick to well is in private houses and in hospitals, yet, if...in places of public assembly, such as churches and theaters, particularly the latter, conditions are different and the safety would seem to depend largely...
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Biennial Report, Volume 6

Iowa. State Department of Health - 1891 - 404 pages
...tubercle bacilli; for when the sputum becomes dry it is easily separated in Hakes from the cloth, and then becomes pulverized and suspended as dust. It becomes...sputum and the enforcement of habits of cleanliness. Consumption. But in places of public assembly, such as churches and theaters, particularly the latter,...
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Annual Report of the Board of Health of the Department of Health

New York (N.Y.). Department of Health - 1891 - 660 pages
...the greatest care destroy his sputum, diminish greatly his chances of recovery by self inoculation. While the greatest danger of the spread of the disease...particularly the latter, the conditions are different, and the safety would seem to depend largely upon a dilution and partial removal of the floating and possibly...
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A Handbook on the prevention of tuberculosis 1903

Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis - 1903 - 428 pages
...affording a reasonable prospect of successful cure. The interest of the community is in the prevention of the spread of the disease from the sick to the well, — this to be along the lines of some well-directed and far-reaching system of education of the masses...
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Texas Sanitarian: A Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 16

1906 - 654 pages
...predispose to almost any disease; but consumption is never ''inherited." Thus, it will be seen that the spread of the disease from the sick to the well is, theoretically, at least, a simple matter, but it requires authority of law, and abundant means and...
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Texas Medical Journal (Austin, Tex.)., Volume 22

1907 - 522 pages
...predispose to almost any disease ; but consumption is never "inherited." Thus, it will be seen that the spread of the disease from the sick to the well is, theoretically, at least, a simple matter, but it requires authority of law, and abundant means and...
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Daniel's Texas Medical Journal, Volume 22

Ferdinand Eugene Daniel - 1907 - 566 pages
...predispose to almost any disease; but consumption is never "inherited." Thus, it will be seen that the spread of the disease from the sick to the well is, theoretically, at least, a simple matter, but it requires authority of law, and abundant means and...
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