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Tuberculosis has plagued mankind
since recorded history. The disease
was a mystery for many centuries,for,
although some of the world’s earliesl
students of medicine recognized and
dcsdribed tuberculosis in advanced
stages, its cause was not know until
lato in the nineteenth century.
Then, in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch, a
German physician and bacteriologist,
after years of persistent and tire
less research, discovered the tuber
culosis is caused by this germ. Un
der his microscope, the tubercle
bacillus looked like a thin rod,
1/10,000 of an inch long and about
one-third as wide.
Kith the discovery of this tiny germ
came the knowledge that the disease
which it causes is passed from per
son to person. Thus we know that
every new case of tuberculosis comes
from an old case, and we must stop
the spread of infection if we are to
protect people from this disease.
Tuberculosis germs are sprayed into
the air by persons with active tuber
culosis when they cough or sneeze.
A well person can inhale those germs
from the air or get them from using
the same dishes, silver, bed linen
or clothing used by the person with
tuberculosis.
Many people do not become ill v/hen
they first receive tuberculosis
germs into their lungs. This is be
cause th~ body builds a wall, or
"prison," around the gems to keep
them from doing serious damage, Eut
thu individual may again come in
contact "ith the tuberculosis germs,
receiving a second and heavier "bom
bardment," This time, the body de
fences may not be able to resist the
germs and the person becomes ill \
with tuberculosis.
Or, a person with "walled-in" tuber
culosis germs in his lungs may be
come run-down through lack of proper
rest and sleep, nourishing food, or
from over-work or worry. This may
cause th^ protective wall that the
body has built around the tuberculo
sis results.
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Tuberculosis is an insidious disease
because it is not accompanied by ob
vious symptoms at first. By the
time ibbvious, apparent signs of tu
berculosis appear, the disease has
roaehod a more advanced stage v/hen
euro may be more difficult."
There is, however, a way in which
tuberculosis can be detected in an
early stage, before the germs have
done grave damage to the lungs. p.9