Consumption In Hospitals

W'lüMi í comes m ' considered that trae o'ii ■'. sev-en íl í ■ of ion, i ; !■ ■.'! ese becomes app llins?. it '■ ú :i ii ■■■ :, ' is coni -L '; ; ; i ' '. A ! coasumptlve spits on the floor or in 8 ii.l when i he spul a dri ■:■, i lio germ-s ;ire libera1 I i blow 1 tirouj b Ir in1 o any lungs. It can üii 1 must be stampei! out as lepro.-y was iai England by preven tin' :.k froaa comtaminating the wdi persona. There are thousands ol poor peopie "who, igettiiig consumption, are ueglected by thelr friends, depríved oí' sities almoet, and husíled into a corner as incurable, yec staying with tliem to spread tlie awíul disease through lack oí knowlodge to prevent or cure. At the last meeting of the st-itd board oï health Dr. V. C. Vaughaa presented the subject showlng "tlie neel oí a state hospital to care for these unlortunates, where by care, they may be cured, and where, by attentton ,to sanitary regulations, all sputa arad, excretions may be destroyed(- thus ilie spread oï it. He showed h-ow mach more necessary thus is than an asylum for the (e minde 1, who ;ue harmléss people, -hile a (onsumptive is a menace to the coiiimuiiity. Mediaal science is making rapid advair. enu-ni and is aow closely studymg pi-eventatives to disè ise, or that is better thíun che cures. There is no better ' , for such a hospita) thau ■ ■ ■ in ■. onneel ion vvith the University, wliert: the beei ei'; in the country can m tke speei .■- ol coiisumption. lt is believed llült Oll :: 1T.V fliscovered a way io arrest the awfui ajn! hithrbo incurable di ;ase. Tiie state oí Michigan has taken the lead oí the warld in her Unlvei She shouW now come Eorward to make the first advance to cure and io stop ithe mos i oí an ! deadi e ,s . ... 'i mankind. There la the Land here, owned by the state, for But-h a. hospil il building, and here are the best physicians surgeons, employed by the state. Au that la Qeded is a suitable bui 'i he matter wil! be put before the néxt ore and we may e: to fee soine very sa.lutary results irom tlie establishing oï a h spital tor I Lv s. Snip! as 11 may be, there la a profit to the state nov over and above all expenses, Eron University boepital. Such a liospital aa is spoken of a i v be made to pay its expenses, besid ■ ing .a great lielp to the st udents, and at the saaie time a blessiiig to tïioua of poor consumptives.