Show W- W WV V- V VII II r Let Our Motto Mollo Be I ILet GOOD BY DY DR OR LLOYD HEALTH ARNOLD BeI I o of or and nd Pre III e nor noes Medicine College II I jr of Un Medicine vers I 1 T TOO MANY GIRLS DIE OF TUBERCULOSIS Girls In their teen one ae a e hn lin hn 1 been lIeen crall average of hi haltli alth In f n a c t b for Illinois show A Y tenY that the ten tent t twenty enty age PI pe pP period r Ind I 0 d his has the J I hest health 4 v 1 erne for any ny nyI e eige I ige e period both hoth or boy boys santi and rf o Iris Irle w Bul too many miny 1 IrIs ilg lIe die e pf of to lu u Is ls In tills this ige group roup 1 heir 1 rite rate Is twice as high a ns a- a for boys bo s with It II tuberculosis In the same age period Many Inny moralists will undoubtedly a nag ag their hen heals is b and a 1111 say sav av tint this Is Is the th JOO lun girl Irl heirs too few clothes and stays sta s up too toolate late But then how explain that in to her grandmothers grandmother's day when girls lore bore loads of clothes and the wildest par party party ty was over before twelve the same proportion of girls died of tuberculosis loses losis then as now In n a stud which e se ha e been beell mill mat In Ing in the thc medical research rp de deis is of the of 1111 Ill nois we e e e have learned that since 1870 when hen the first firt It'll statistics statistic In this Country were ere collected the think r ige for de slims from loses I amon among iris was In the ten fourteen year i ear roup roup That pe has ha I I held for ery e de decide HIe In 1870 girls died lied liedo o 0 o each tOO bos bo s In the theten I ten fourteen yi ye y ir it In 1880 1850 2 O 0 I girls In 1810 GO girls In 1000 2 Ij I girls In l 1910 1010 lO G girls In HJ 1920 O 0 2 I girls The jump from 03 girls In to G In 1910 1010 is e lined by bythe the fact that the general death rate for girls in the ISiO 1570 ISSO iSEO and 1810 1510 IS dec decides Ides Was as as much higher than It has he been en so fir far In this century Thle Thie means tint that In the earlier years t not nOI so many miny girls readied reached the ten fo foteen teen sear ear age is lS now with ou nui w ered death rate They had haL 1 re ty plink diphtheria and tier Infer Ine- Infectious dl diseases In se days s Moreover er we l I arned that this thle condition held frue true in twenty t fl i other countries besides our own o where statistics were That set us thinking Modern Clap Clapper per foolishness certainly couldn t be beheld beheld beheld held responsible for n a condition that has held for decides s nil all over time thE world orld The cause Is physiological This ten fourteen year 3 ear car period is the same time when i t girl Irl passe through the thc stage stige from girlhood to It Is In this time that i site she starts her regular stimulation periods when the metabolism meta of the body Is Increased In tuberculosis the cure Is largely rest but Stith Ith this monthly Increased rate the body hody can t rest r r that science can do can 10 loner cr er tills this high stimulation of f the body at nt this tills time It Is a bisie bi of nature tint there must mUt hI be I thc these e rhythmic periods of ed bodily functions on the theother other hind do not have regular pe periods rinds of Increased metabolism 11 hat hat then lien cm can be done about aboul decreasing this high death rate rat amon among girls lime Ilie 1 he common sense thing thin Is don lIon t let the girls get to ou l ou mapsay map say a enthat that Is easier said than done lint Hut young loung oung girls cm bl be kept nw n iy Iy from from nethe Cl cases S of tu to toh tub hi h This Timis is Ie easier to elo donow in now than It was as as In the past because active e of tuberculosis are arl arenow now usually t rought rou ht to shire here they can he given gh Kl en the prop proper er ar cure care lint If a n gill gal should con tr let till tut then tai tile 11 a carp care of II It In the earls earl cs s e hosts Cnn can be he cured cored sHy easily If It Ie he taken tal nt at the beginning be It Is When It Ins has 1 1 pen een allowed to make pro prom Iress ress tint that Its lis cure Is Parents of young girls should be beon beon I on the watch always to note signs of listless or finicky appetite lack of desire to play or do active exercise i irritability The cause may be some other reason entirely but suspect tuberculosIs and tale take her to the doe doc doctor doctor I tor for an examination One ins of the lit rest reat reat landmarks ot of medical science ass ii 1 time the I lot of time the Lill tull tulln t n rulin t test 1 hy by l in II gnet In 1107 1 17 I 1 i y means of the to I test It is possible to find finel omit whether n a peron person has hns ncr ever lift Inri sled by hy the germ of time till tillI I rein v lime Hit test Is m miI mil 1111 liy hy placing a 11 a IU III lit of or n a substance court I till t between the In 1 rs of orthe the skin sl If the person Ins has ever ver evert everlien t I I In en I 1 n a small mall red s spot will appear within two t 1113 ds d's A e tul test dis d 11 is lt not mean that thai the his ill isis It t means only that thai I the Jerm berm of or the lie disease has hiss incite IS I Is s I In the body In most moSI cases the cells ells of the body hunt j a wall around ll time the lie germs sn 0 they cannot et et out nut unless the body 10 loses Its healthy stile slate I There Is not much for alarm when hn the III disease elce Is Ib at the As we said be be- for be-for for till tut cm he lie cured easily I when when oil In Its party t It should never be nil allowed 0 ed to go I further G Ii w union F i I I I |