Persons who possess what is called the scrofulous constitution are
specially liable to the occurrence of tubercular matter when their
respiration is defective, or they are exposed to any other influences
that favor its development in the organism. But habitually defective
respiration, or the breathing of an atmosphere containing too little
oxygen, which practically amounts to the same thing, has a very
powerful tendency in the same direction, in persons who are apparently
as free from scrofulous taint as any human being can be.
THE VALUE OF COD-LIVER OIL IN THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
There is a broad but not commonly recognized distinction between what
constitutes a medicine and a food. All the materials that normally
enter into the composition of the living body, and are necessary to
the maintenance of health and strength, may be property classed as
foods, whether they be obtained from the animal, vegetable, or mineral
kingdoms; thus the iron, sulphur, phosphorus, lime, potash, etc.,
required by the system usually exist in and are organically combined
with the various foods in common use, and they are perhaps quite as
essential to the physical well-being as albuminoid, fatty, and
saccharine matters. When the system is suffering from lack of any of
the above mentioned chemicals, their administration is to be regarded
as the giving of nutritive substances, although they be prescribed by
a physician in divided doses and procured from a pharmacist.
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