Show n U lis EASE MY n D Y AUTOS MAY CUT TEN YEARS FROM THE LIFE OF A PERSON I 1 fumes from the cars produce congestion and decay in throat and lung tissues V I 1 new york feb 24 it ithe the gasoline i driven drive autor automobile noblie has added a new disease to the woes boes of civilization a disease which may cut ten years off the life of the persons afflic afflicted tea i I 1 would call it automobile disease land have discovered that not only in new york in ift streets frequented by such motor cars but in paris london and berlin it also exists dr henry becker a physician made this statement last night after conducting tests for nearly a year on patients suffering from the sew new malady which affects the tissues of the throat and lungs causing congestion and decay and giving a working area tor the baccilli ot of consumption pneumonia grip and other affections peculiar to the respiratory organs i 1 cabout about a year ago the doctor said a man whom I 1 later found to be I 1 a member of the traffic squad stationed in fifth avenue at a point where abe tie gasoline fumes from the cars often choked him came to me com planning of chronic sore throat his case baffled me examinations it was no ordinary disease and I 1 conducted an investigation I 1 found teat one week after the blue coat had been transferred to a district not haunted by motor cars he got well 40 other ther small cases came to my attention and I 1 communicated with physicians in european cities the international investigation proved that my tentative theory was right r some device should be used to absorb the f fumes umes f from rom these machines as they ahey endanger probably thousands of liv daily especially of the traffic toffic squad policemen emee I 1 1 |