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Show Conininpllon ot Hereditary. The accumulation of such evidence la tecomlng so great that over Ihysiclanofexiierlencofeela forced to skate Ihe bellel of Ihe commu alcablllly of cotmiroptloii, saya Iir. W II. thepiell In the AorW Amttioan Itf lira, rheieare also few hyalclana who have not had ooe or more cases that for yean they bad thought hiil been contracted In thla way. How else thau 1 communication aru we to aicount lor. the rld spreaj of con-sum) con-sum) lion amuni,Bt savago uatioiis, wheio llils dlsesw. w&a unknown before be-fore civilized I40le tegan to visit theraT Ihla Is true of our own American Indians, Ihe Inhahltania ol fetitral Africa and man other countries. coun-tries. Intcr-marrylng, or an other condition which might make hereditary hered-itary transmission a feasible cause, certainly could not acoount for In rat Id Irogreaa. IleeMts. some of tho bmt observers and Invistiralora belli ve that consumption la not hcreJItar), andthetola much positive evlilerce In favor of this view. With such evidence of tho salblllly of Inhallug Ihebacllll the queallou would naturally be asked, how do the laclllt git Into Iho almot here, when they ale not found In tha breath of suUWsrs of this disease? We know positively that In these Cases bacilli ale present In the mucus which Is raised after coughing. Ililumulslconllllon It Is Imliossltlo for II to be Inhaled, lut when It drlea aud become uuat It Is blown about, ami It Is lu Ibis form that It becomes dangerous. |
