But most of all is the degree of infectiousness of art increased by the degree of sincerity in the artist.
And not only is infection a sure sign of art, but the degree of infectiousness is also the sole measure of excellence in art.
There is one indubitable indication distinguishing real art from its counterfeit, namely, the infectiousnessof art.
This dread might perhaps be explained by a belief that there is a certain infectiousness in the dead spirit of vegetation which renders its approach dangerous.
As the infectiousness of typhus fever is very much lessened by free ventilation, this precaution is often alone sufficient to prevent its extension to them.
It seems probable that a very small portion of cholera discharges suffices to infect a very large body of water and maintain its infectiousness for a considerable time.
There is no reason for believing that measles can be propagated during the period of incubation; on the other hand, there is no satisfactory argument for the denial of its infectiousness in the desquamative stage.
To say that infectiousness is an essential characteristic of art is not the same thing as to say that the more it infects, either extensively or intensively, the better art it is.
I accept fully Tolstoy’s postulate of infectiousness as a primary quality of art.
How does he make use of art and its infectiousness for his true purpose?
There is another interesting feature of its life history which is of practical importance, and that is, like many other bacilli it is increased in virulence and infectiousness by passing through the body of a patient.
The infectiousness of milk can also be proven by the frequent contraction of the disease in other animals, such as calves and pigs which may be fed on the skim milk.
The factors which interfere to prevent such wholesale disaster are the same which governinfectiousness throughout the disease.
Control ofInfectiousness by Treatment--Importance of Salvarsan.
The truth of the matter is that, as Hoffmann says, no treatment can guarantee the non-infectiousness of a syphilitic in the first five years of his disease.
Moreover, even though these objects remain moist, the spirochetes are likely to die out within six or seven hours, and may lose their infectiousness before this.
The control of infectiousness in syphilis through treatment is considered in the next chapter.
There are, however, obstacles in the way of complete control of infectiousness by treatment.
The duration of infectiousness may be longer, although it is not the rule.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "infectiousness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: carrier; epidemiology; infection; malignancy; poison; taint; toxicity; vector; venom; virulence; virus
