Consumption
TUBERCULOSIS, or PHTHISIS, a more or less rapidly advancing process of lung-destruction, a disease characterized by emaciation, deor PHTHISIS, a more or less rapidly ad- CONSUMPTION, TUBERCULOSIS, expectoration. It is caused by a germ known as the tubercle bacillus.
The predisposing causes are very variable, hereditary taint, scrofulous diathesis, syphilis, smallpox, etc., exposure to fumes and dusty air in certain trades; violent passions and excess of various kinds; sudden lowering of the temperature of the body, etc. The more immeor occasional causes are pneudiate monic inflammation proceeding to suppuration, catarrh, asthma, and tubercles in the lungs.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES The morbid appearance most freence of tubercles in the cellular subupper and back part; but, in some in- stances, occupying the outer part, and of those who die of phthisis is the existstance of the lungs, most usually at the upper and back part; but, in some instances, occupying the outer part, and their function. The left lobe is oftener some cases life has been protracted till not one-twentieth part of the lungs appeared on dissection fit for performing affects the lymphatic glands, the bones affected than the right. This form of affects the lymphatic glands, the bones and many other parts of the body. Removal to an equable climate or to a pure and mild air, may arrest the disease in and many other parts of the body. Reits incipient stage. In October, 1890, and mild air, may arrest the disease in its incipient stage. In October, 1890, tuberculosis by a new medicament which Dr. Koch, of Berlin, gave to the medical world his theory of the treatment of made known by Dr. Koch, Jan. 15, 1891. matter all the other matters soluble in 50 he styled lymph. Its composition was from the pure cultivation of tubercle bacilli, and contains besides the effective matter all the other matters soluble in 50 rather the affected tissues. It has been not destroy the tubercle bacilli, but including lupus, and the fluid has a disrather the affected tissues. It has been tried in various tuberculous affections, tinctly specific action on tubercular processes of all kinds. No markedly successuse. There are quite a number of prep- arations of tuberculin now in use. See ful results have been obtained from its