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In the Middle Ages, when mankind lived more consistently with nature's laws, when the brick tenement and the fac- tory smoke had not yet made their "debut, " tuber- culosis was a thing unheard of, whereas to-day this White Plague is becoming more prevalent among us. 109 110 TIMELY TRUTHS Many factors predispose or make one susceptible to tuberculosis. Hereditary disposition, narrow chest, certain diseases, such as the venereal, vaccina- tion, and pneumonia, particular employment expos- ing arti...sans to dust or to fumes of metals or minerals under a confined and unwholesome air (these condi- tions could be prevented if protective means were employed), violent passions, exertions or affections of the mind, as grief, disappointment, anxiety or close application to study without using proper exercise; frequent debaucheries, drinking freely of strong liquors, great evacuations, as diarrhosas, dia- betes, leucorrhoea, immoderate discharge and also frequently the obstruction of the menstrual flow; the continuing to suckle an infant too long under a debilitated state; and lastly, exposure to cold, either by too sudden a change of apparel, keeping on wet clothes, lying in damp beds or exposing the body too suddenly to cool air when overheated by exercise ; in short, anything that gives a considerable and sudden check to the perspiration and lowers vitality opens the way for tuberculosis.
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