Show ADVICE TO FLU convalescents SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT INCREASE IN tuberculosis AFTER INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC U S public health service warns public against tuberculosis one million cases tuberculosis in united states each a source of danger influenza convalescents should have lungs examined colds which hang on often beginning of tuberculosis no cause for alarm if tuberculosis Is recognized early patent medicines not to be trusted beware tuberculosis after in no need to worry if you take precautions in time dont diagnose our own con dialon have your doctor exam it ine your lungs several times at monthly intervals build up your strength with right ahing good food and plenty of fresh air don t waste money on patent medicines advertised to cure tu bercu losis become a fresh air crank and enjoy life washington D C special ac cording to a report made to the united states public health service the epi dimic of influenza in spain has already caused an crease in the prevalence and deaths from pulmonary tu A similar association be influenza and tuberculosis was recently made by sir arthur news the chief medical officer of the public health service in his anal Is of the tuberculosis death rate in england in order that the people of the unit ed states may profit by the experience of other countries surgeon general rupert blue of the united states public health service has just issued a warning emphasizing the need of special 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 susceptible to tuberculosis with of its people recently affected with influenza this country now offers conditions favoring the spread of tuberculosis one million consumptive in the united states then you consider this a serious menace nas asked in my opinion it Is though I 1 hasten to add it Is distinctly one against which the people can guard bo 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 the number of tuberculosis per bons eons in each state despite the tact that most of the states have made the disease rc portable in new york city where reporting has been in force for many years over cases of tuberculosis bercu losis are registered with the department part ment of health those familiar with the situation believe that the addition of unrecognized and unreported cases would make the number nearer the very careful health sur aci conducted during the past two spare in mass revealed 2 cases of tuberculosis in a population of approximately 15 if these proportions hold true for the united bates as a whole they would indicate that about one in every hundred persons Is each of these constitutes a source of dacher to be guarded against what to do in his statement to the public surgeon general blue points out how those ft ho have had influenza should protect themselves against tuberculosis all who have recovered from influenza flu enza says the burgeon general should hae their lungs carefully examined by a competent physician in fact it Is desirable to have several examinations ami nations made a month apart such cannot be made through the clothing nor can they be carried out in two or three minutes if alie lumps are found to be free from tuberculosis every effort should be made to leep them so this can be done by right living good food and plenty of fresh air danger sign the surgeon general warned espe clelly against certain danger signs such as decline and colds which hong on these he explained were often the beginning of tuberculosis if you not get well promptly it your cold to hang on or your health and strength decline remember that these are often the early signs of sis place yourself at once under the care of a competent physician tuber Is curable in the early stages t patent medicines dangerous in tuberculosis cu losis above all do not trust in the mis leading statements of unscrupulous patent medicine takers there Is no medicine foe the cure of tuberculosis the money spent on such medicines js thrown away it should be spent instead for good food and de swai S wai |