IS CONSUMPTION HEREDITARY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2454, 19 March 1909, Page 3

IS CONSUMPTION HEREDITARY.

The children of consumptive paroi its will hail with joy the information that the dread disease from winch, their parents -suffer or have succumbed is by no means a hereditary one. In -a'leading article on the influence of heredity in disease, the Age ;Mclbuorne), of January 8, states as follows—i.e., “An important dAcn-sion base recently taken place at tire Royal Society of Medicine, -in London, on heredity in reference to cancer, tuvercle (consumption), and nervous diseases. “Dealing with the subject .or tubercle. Dr. Arthur Latham, while admitting that our knowledge, of hereditary influence in this -affection was very incomplete, summarised his views .under a number of heads, of which only the -first and last need be noted: “1. That the hereditary tvs.r-mis-sion of tlio germ is so infrequent mat it i-'i d negligible factor : and “7. The theory that there inherited predisposition, to tiiborculcs:s is based on insufficient evidence.'’ The above statement, coining as it decs from the most reliable source, clearly serves to show: 1. That consumption is not o. hereditary disease, as it has so long been supposed to be. 2. That it is spread by means _of germs from the suffering parry, and 3. That ito prevention is srmr-.y a question of destroying these germs. The most powerful germicide -known to science is Quibell’s ‘'Korol. ’ It is guaranteed to be from 10 to So times more effective in killing off the germs of disease than carbolic acid, .ae'vrding to the organism selected, and as it is nan-poisonous, non-irritant, , and does not stain the most delicate fabric it is a perfect disinfectant.- - The most eminent scientists In Australia sand Europe have subjected. “Kerol” to the most trying tests., an-d certify to its splendid germi-ciciai efficiency. ... Messrs Dalgety and Compar:y.Lianted. are the sole importers _o‘i' •Korol” in New Zealand, a'nd will bo iL vid to supply full information regarding :t.