IS CONSUMPTION HEREDITARY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2456, 22 March 1909, Page 3

IS CONSUMPTION HEREDITARY.

The children of consumptive parents •will hail with joy the - information that -the dread disease from which 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 (Afelbuorne), of January S, states as follows—j.e., “Au important discussion base recently taken, place at the Royal Society of Medicine, in Loudon, on heredity in reference to cancer, tubercle ...(consumption), and. nervous diseases. “Dealing witli the subject of tubercle, Dr. Arthur Latham, while admitting that our knowledge of hereditary 1 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 transmission of the germ is so infrequent that it is- a negligible factor ; and “7. The theory' that there is an inherited predisposition to tuberculosis is -based on insufficient evidence.” The above statement, coming as it does from the most reliable source, elearlv serve® to show: 1. That consumption is not a hereditary disease, a> it has so long been supposed to be. 2. That it m spread by means ot germs from the suffering party, and 3. That its prevention is simply a question of destroying these germs. The most powerful germicide, known to science is Qui bell's “Iverol.” It is guaranteed to be from 10 to 35 times more effective in killing off the germs of disease than carbolic acid, according to the organism selected, and -as it is noil-poisonous, non-irritant, ancl does not stain the most delicate fabric it is -a perfect disinfectant. . • The most eminent scientists in Australia ia.nd Europe have subjected “Kero! ’ to the most trying tests, and certify to its splendid germicidal efficiency. ’ „ ' T ... - Messrs Dalgefcy ami Company, j-ami-ted, are the sole: importers of “Kero, in New Zealand, and will be pleased to supply full information regarding it.