The last few years have seen a marked change in the attitude of the general public towards the disease termed consumption. Constant dinning by speech and by pen on the part of the medical profession and those interested in the physical weal of their several States has roused the people to at least a more than passing interest in the disease which claims more victims yearly than any other.

With the discovery of the tubercule bacillus, some twenty years ago, a definity was given which has helped much. All over the world associations have been formed, some for the prevention of the spread of the disease, while much money, time, and energy have been spent in the establishing of sanatoria for the treatment of those unfortunate enough to have contracted the disease.

These, roughly, are the instruments required for an effective fight against the disease.