TUBERCULOSIS 



\ DISEASE OF THE MASSl - 

 AND HOW TO COMBAT IT 



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Pulmonary consult > ulonis of the lungs, is 



disease cause* i l>y t h- presence of the tubercle barilla*, 



I'in. in tin- lunp. The disease is locally 



characterised by countless tubercle*, that is to nay, small 



rmnoVtl bodies, \\-\\-l- t<> th<- naked eye. The bacilli can 



ii the affected organ. It is this littl<: 

 parasite, fungus, or mu 

 room belonging to th< 

 lowest scale of vegetnM.- 

 \hich must be con- 



:iS thi' >J 



cause of all ulous 



(li>ra>r>. This j.ara>it- iM 

 only gradually de> 

 tin lung substance through 

 recesses, l>ut 

 lie same timr 

 in poisonous sub- 

 stances called toxins \\ hi.-h 

 rise to . and 



a serious, sympt< 



important earlier 

 symptoms of pulmonary 

 tiiU-rrulnvis an- lon^-r.miinn-.l rough or hoarseness; loss of 

 flesh; flushes or i in fa sensation in the after- 



noon; occasionai night-sweats; (hilly -n*ati.ns in the morning; 

 loss d ..inrtiinrs a littl.- >tn>ak of bloo<! in tl 



loss of strength manifest f in getting 



easily; frequent colds; a perceptUl< < I uickening of the heart- 



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