Bulletin of the North Carolina State Board of Health, Volumes 16-18

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Secretary of the Board, 1901
 

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Page 105 - be made comfortable and prevented from conveying the germs to others. "Let our increasing, earnest prayer Be, too, for light—for strength to bear Our portion of the weight of care That crushes into dumb despair One-half the human race." The committee appointed to consider the recommendations contained in the
Page 75 - but a very rare occurrence. I should estimate the extent of the infection by the milk and flesh of tuberculous cattle, and the butter made of their milk, as hardly greater than that of hereditary transmission, and I therefore do not deem it advisable to take any measures against it.
Page 150 - quote the words of Jenner, whose claims for vaccination, though always positive, were judicious and by no means extravagant. His own words were: "Duly and efficiently performed, it will protect the constitution from subsequent attacks of smallpox as much as that disease itself will. I never expected that it would do more, and it will not, I believe, do less,
Page 67 - precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and
Page 73 - to me very desirable, however, that these experiments should be repeated elsewhere in order that all doubt as to the correctness of my assertion may be removed. I wish only to add that, owing to the great importance of this matter, our government has resolved to appoint a commission to make further inquiries on the subject. IS
Page 65 - to me very desirable, however, that these experiments should be repeated elsewhere in order that all doubt as to the correctness of my assertion may be removed. I wish only to add that, owing to the great importance of this matter, our government has resolved to appoint a commission to make further inquiries on the subject. IS MAN
Page 47 - Flies swarmed over infected fecal matter in the pits and then visited and fed upon the food prepared for the soldiers at the mess tents. In some instances where lime had recently been sprinkled over the contents of the
Page 73 - bacilli of bovine tuberculosis had, without exception (just as in the cattle experiment), severe tuberculous diseases, especially tubercular infiltration of the greatly enlarged lymphatic glands of the neck and of the mesenteric glands, and also extensive tuberculosis of the lungs and the spleen. The difference between human and bovine tuberculosis
Page 75 - parts of New York, regular nests of foci of disease are formed. But, if one investigates these matters more thoroughly, one finds that it is not poverty per se that favors tuberculosis, but the bad domestic conditions under which the poor everywhere, but especially in great cities, have to live. For, as the
Page 74 - alimenta containing tubercle bacilli could not but occur among the inhabitants of great cities, especially the children. And most medical men believe that this is actually the case. In reality, however, it is not so. That a case of tuberculosis has been caused by

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