Show Daily Health Servi Service e I By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Science has gone far fat enough enough with treatment of tuberculosis to be able to tell teU why some somo people arc are likely to get this disease while others arc are arcand not and what there is in the physical cal structure o of a person to make him more predisposed d to this disease than are arc others Of course you know that each person has bas a constitution which I iff Is individually his own In oth other r words no two of us arc are made mado up exactly alike aUke By makeup we refer not only to the structure of the body but also alsoto alsoto to the powers which It has in its blood bood and in its tissues to resist disease There seems to be some evidence that all of us inherit our constitutions constitutions constitutions largely largel from our ancestors and that some types o of people can resist disease better than others It is known also that the germs vary In their makeup and that the they must find soil to which they can accommodate themselves The germ of tuberculosis that affects birds will not live in the body of ot a human being On the other hand the germ that affects cattle will Therefore in considering h how w people peo peo- pie get tuberculosis we have to know the structure of ot their bodies the number and kinds o of germs o of tuberculosis with which they come comeIn comein comein in contact the kind of foods they eat cat the homes in which they live and many other similar factors Today we not only onty that the constitution of the tho body has a good deal to do with tho the question of whether a person son develops tuberculosis tuberculosis tu tu- tu but that the quantity of germs to which he is expos exposed d and the nature of these germs gel may also be exceedingly significant To state th this s matter in another way way both both the constitution or heredity and environment are Important important Im im- in considering the likelihood likelihood hood of ot ones one's developing losis Of course we can change our en en- We Ve can provide people people peo pea plo with proper nutrition Including a sufficient amount of mineral salts 1 and vitamins Wo We can make s sure re that they get enough sunlight and fresh air nir enough outdoor exercise and enough rest Wo Vo can call make certain that the jobs at which they work do not bring in irritating factors because we know that the constant breathIng breathIng breathing breath- breath Ing of dusts of a n certain type may maybe maybe I be associated with an amount of tuberculosis We Vo can endeavor to find work worle and conditions of work which arc are congenial because even such factors factors fac fac- tors tom as these may be associated with a lessening lessening or increasing of resistance We Vc t know now also atso that a human body that has been infected with influenza influenza influenza enza or measles is in a state in which tuberculosis is more likely to occur therefore particularly after after after af af- af- af ter ouch cuch conditions as these w wo mu must t see lee ee that the patient has enough h rest before getting up and going back bach to work vork We Ve must see sec also that his blood is built up to a normal state Wo We cannot do much to change the anatomical structure of the human being and thus far we wo have not fully established special methods of ot inoculation against tu tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis tu- tu to Increase the specific resistance against the disease which may be naturally in the body However we wc can cnn make certain that those who are nrc likely to de develop develop develop de- de tuberculosis be kept away from sources of ot large targe doses o of tho the germs If It society does its utmost to o control control control con con- those factors that It can control control control con con- it will probably do a great deal dealto dealto dealto to lessen the total amount of tuberculosis tuberculosis tu tu- that occurs in any com corn |