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Show !j Tin's Is Statement Made by Dr. f Ellerheck at Tuberculosis Meeting. ; ALSO ARE CAUSE OR 1 SPREAD OF DISEASE ffi- Drs! 'Basconi and Tyndall Dis-1 Dis-1 euss Other Matters of j Interest. H f M W Thwl decaying teeth and the lit health V W thai results from this condition Is re- H )Q sponsible Tor 1'H per cent of the failures H R of children to graduate from tho public H l schools, was the unusual statement made tj by Dr. Will 1.. Ellerbeck, dentist, to an H if audience of between U00 and 1U0 inter- B if cstcd men and' women al tho leeturo B K course given by the National Society for B f tho ' Prevention of Tuberculosis in the B ''A Hooper building Wednesday night. B 7J "There uro a- quarter of a million chll- B. ' dren who fail to graduate from the pub- R' H ",: schools of this country each year," H, ,g aald Dr. . Ellerbeck,- "and statistics have Hi ft demonstrated Hint fully 10 per cent of B tj these failures has been caused by bad g teeth and the ills thai arise therefrom. I Should Visit Dentist. 'I "N'inely per' cent of the diseases of ?fg the teeth may be prevented by clcanll- II "ess of the month and the teeth. The spread of communicable diseases is made J easy by decayed teeth which give iodge- ;W rnenl and culture body for disease germs If that may find their way to the mouth. ' "Frequent visits to the dentist Tor the f purpose of having the teeth thoroughly rSfi cleaned, and to check tho spread of decay ud ' lllling or otherwise when decay lias A once commenced, will decrease the cost ri of dentistry t0 nor cent for each indl- Ii vidnal, and will Increase his general ' health remarkably." f) Dr.' F. S. Bascom was- another speaker 0, at the lecture course Wednesday night, "ml the large number of physicians and , nurses who were present, as well as the s men and women from other wailts of y life, gave him close attention. His sub- ,t jeet was the responslbllltv of the physl- ti? I" preventing- the sit:oad of tuber- II1 cuiosis. r Dr. Bascom Heard, if; Dr. Bascom said thai though vaccina- '(' ilon had saved many thousands of lives'. !; though II had exterminated smallpox f from tho army and navy and even from jV nations, there is Home opposition to this means of prevention in the minds of the ) masses today. Vie also said that though U 1,10 discovery of antltoNin had placed a i tire preventative of diphtheria in the .if reach of the masses, the masses are slow I to adopt It. and In many cases vigorously 'VI oppose its use. lie added that this same i ; t clnss opposes the measures of prevention i of the sjvead of tuberculosis that uro Ji proposed by the medical profession and f J others who are interested in tho welfare of the human race. In all parts of the I world. The best results cannot be ob- ( J talned until this opposition is overcome by general education of the musses. 1 Attitude of Masses. 4 Men and women In whose families i tuberculosis exists, object to the roporl- H of such cases to the health author! - i) ties. Such cases should be handled In K such a manner that the public health will not bo endangered. The stale should take a more radical interest in ?i such diseases. Tubercular cases, should 5 ' not be shipped from one state to another v l" spread disease along the wav, but J the state should care for the Indigents. .U who arc nftllcted with the disease. Sani- 'li larlums should bo provided by the state for the rare of victims of the disease. ' The maltor should be taken up by the j legislature, and such provision as is nec essary should bo made. Physicians can do but little alone, but should have the J co-operatlon of the slate and of the ; masses. Stereopticon Used. ft , Wr. W. R. 'Tyndall gave an Interesting lecture, illustrated by stereopticon slides, ,i I" which he described the different forms j; of tuberculosis. Including. scrofula, white O swelling of the knee Joint, hip disease ?i and other manifestations of the same j disease. Dr. Tyndall said that tuberculosis is al-ways al-ways a local disease at llrst. and If treat - ment Is undertaken at once upon the 'i manifestation of the disease, a euro may I J hi almost every case bo effected. |
