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Show ADVICE TO "FLU" CONVALESCENTS SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS AFTER INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. U. S. Public Health Services Warns Public Against Tuberculosis. One Million Cases Tubercu-Icfsis Tubercu-Icfsis in United States Each a Source of Danger. Influenxa ConvatttctnU Should Have Lungs Examined Colds Which Hang On Often Beginning of Tuberculosis, No Cause for Alarm If Tuberculosis Is Recognlxed Early Patent Medl-clnct Medl-clnct Not to Be Trusted.- , lie ware tuberculosis after In- fluen.tn. No need to worry If you take precautions tu time. Don't dlagnoso your own con- dltlon. Have your doctor exam Ine your lungs several times at monthly Intervals. Build up your strength with right living, good . food and plenty of fresh air; Don't waste money on patent A medicines advertised to cure tu- ' t bcrcutosls. Become a frcsh-alr crank and enjoy life. ' Washington, D. C. (Special.) According Ac-cording to a report made to the United Slates Public Health Service, the epl dcinlc of Influenza In Spain has already al-ready caused an Increase In the prevalence preva-lence ami deaths from pulmonary tu-berculoftin. tu-berculoftin. A similar association between be-tween Influenza and tuberculosis was recently niodo by Sir Arthur News-liolme, News-liolme, tho chief medical ofllcer of the KtiCllnIi public health service, In his umilysls of the tuberculosis death rato In ntiglaud. In order that the people of the United Unit-ed States may profit by the experience of other countries Surgeon Genera Unpen nine of tho United 8tatcs Public Pub-lic Health Service hts Just lUJ . warning emphasizing tho need of special spe-cial precautions at the present; time. "Experience seems to Indicate," says the Surgeon Oeneral, "that persona whose resistance has been weakened by an attack of Influenxa are peculiarly peculiar-ly susceptible to tuberculosis. Vlth millions of lis peoplo recently affected with Influenxn 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 listed. "In my opinion It Is, though I hasten to udd It U distinctly dis-tinctly one ngslnsl which the people can guard. Ho far us one can estlmnte there aro at present ubnut oue 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 In eucb stale despite the foci t lint most of the states have made the disease dis-ease reportable. In New York city, where reporting has been In force for many yenrs, over M.000 cases of tuberculosis tu-berculosis are registered with .the Do-, pnrtment of Health. Those familiar with the situation believe that the addition ad-dition of unrecognized and unreported cases would make tho number nearer 00,000. The very careful health survey sur-vey conducted during the past two years In Framlngharo, Mess., revealed 200 cases of tuberculosis In a population popula-tion of approximately 10,000. If these proportions hold true for tho United States as a whole they would Indicate that about one In every hundred persons per-sons Is tuberculous. Each of thesn. constitutes a source of dsnger to be guarded against" What to Do. In tils statement to tho public Surgeon Sur-geon General lllue points out how those who havo had Influenza should protect themselves against tuberculosis. tuberculo-sis. "All who have recovered from Influenza," In-fluenza," says the Surgeon Cleneral, "should have their lungs carefully ex-amlned ex-amlned by a competent physician. In fact. It Is desirable to have several ex? amlnatlons made a month apart. Such" examinations cannot be made through the clothing nor can they be csrrled out In two or three minutes' If the lungs are found to bo free from tuber cutosls every effort should bo 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. Place yourself at once under tho rare of a competent physician. Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis Is curable In the early stages. Patent Medicines Dsngerous In Tuberculosa. Tuber-culosa. "Above all do not trust In the misleading mis-leading statements of unscrupulous patent medicine fakers. There Is no specific medicine for the cure of tuberculosis. tuber-culosis. The money spent on such medicines Is thrown nwayj It should k spent Instead for good food and de Mt living." ' -- - |