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Show ADVICE TO "FLU" cemscEfiTS SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT' INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS AFTER INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. U. S. Public Health Service Warm Public Against Tuberculosis. One Million Cases Tubercu- losis in United States Each a Source of Danger. Influenza Convalescents Should Havs Lungs Examined Colds Which Hano On Often Beginning of Tuberculosis. No Cause for Alarm if Tuberculosis Is Recognized Early Patent Medicines Medi-cines Not to Do Trusted. A liewaro tuberculosis after In- fhienza. No need to worry If you take precautions In time. lon'l diagnose your own con- tilt ton. IIuvo your doctor exam- Ine your lungs several times at monthly Intervals, liulld up your strength with right living, good food and plenty of fresh air. Don't waste money on patent medicines advertised to cure tu- herculosls. i Heroine a fresh-air crank and enjoy life. Washington, D. C (Special.) According Ac-cording to a report made to the United States I'ubllc Health Service, the epidemic epi-demic of Influenza In Spain has a!-) ready caused an Increase In the prevalence preva-lence and deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. tu-berculosis. A similar association between be-tween influenza and tuberculosis was recently made bv Sir Arthur News- proportions hoi,: frue for ti'ie United States as a whole they would Indicate that about one In every hundred persons per-sons Is tuberculous. Kadi of these constitutes a source of danger to be guarded against." What to Do. In his statement to the public Sur geon General Klue points out how those who have had influenza should protect themselves against tuberculosis. tuberculo-sis. "All who have recovered from Influenza." In-fluenza." says the Surgeon General, "should have their lungs carefully examined ex-amined by a competent physician. In fart, it Is desirable to have several ex- Hinlnatlons made a month apart. Such examinations cannot be made througti the clothing nor can they he carried out In two or three minutes. If the luncs are found to be free from tuberculosis tuber-culosis every effort should be made to keep them so. This can be done by right living, good food and plenty of fresh air." Danger Signs. The Surgeon General warned especially espe-cially against certain danger signs, such as "decline" and "colds which hang on." These, he explained, were often the beginning of tuberculosis. "If you do not get well promptly, If your cold seems to hang on or your health and strength decline, remember that these are often the early signs of tuberculosis. tuberculo-sis. I'lace yourself at once under the care of a competent physician. Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis Is curable In the early stages. Patent Medicines Da.rgerous In Tuberculosis. Tuber-culosis. "Above all do not trust In the misleading mis-leading statements of unscrupulous patent medicine lakers. There Is no specific medicine for the cure of tuberculosis. tuber-culosis. The money spent on such medicines la thrown away ; Jt should be spent Instead for good food and decent de-cent living." holme, the chief medical ofllcer of the English public health service, In his analysis of the tuberculosis death rate in Kngland. In order that the people of the United Unit-ed States may profit by the experience of other countries Surgeon General Kupert Blue of the United States Public Pub-lic Health Service has Just Issued a warning" emphasizing the need of special spe-cial precautions at the present time. "Experience seems to Indicate," says the Surgeon General, "that persons whose resistance has been weakened by an attack of influenza are peculiarly peculiar-ly susceptible to tuberculosis. With millions of Its people recently affected with Influenza this country now offers of-fers conditions favoring the spread of tuberculosis." One Million Consumptives In the United States. "Then you consider this a serious menace?" was asked. "In my opinion It Is, though I hasten to add It Is distinctly dis-tinctly one against which the people can guard. So far as one can estimate there are at present about one million cases of tuberculosis In the United States. There Is unfortunately no complete census available to show exactly ex-actly the number of tuberculosis persons per-sons lu each state despite the fact that most of the states have made the disease dis-ease reportable. In New York city, where reporting has been In force for many years, over 35,000 cases of tuberculosis tu-berculosis are registered with the Department De-partment of Health. Those familiar with the situation believe that the addition ad-dition of unrecognized and unreported cases would make the number nearer 50,000. The very careful health survey sur-vey conducted during the past two years In Framlngliam, Mass., revealed 200 cases of tuberculosis in a population popula-tion of approximately 15,000. Ifthe.se |