| Show City Launches s New Drive Against Pneumonia By Training Scientific Guns GUllS on Common Cold c S' S r. r y h h. h 4 r y rY ss yi fl tn E 55 f I v v 74 Z r K 9 I u f a w i I t- t G Jj i. i i SS fri 1 kHE k- k HE liE MAPS CAMPAIGN AGAINST PNEUMONIA S S. S E. E Gilchrist bacteriologist for the city health board A new campaign in the laboratory battle against pneumonia was under underway underway underway way Tuesday in Salt Lake City with the common cold marked for destruction by scientists For science now believes it can conquer dread pneumonia easier quicker and more completely by first vanquishing a lesser if more tenacious and militant foe foe the the common cold cald Faced with the fact Salt Lake City in 1937 had deaths from pneumonia and having determined most if not all pneumonia cases follow after a siege of the sniffles and an attack by a common cold virus public health officials mapped plans to rout the enemy Station Ready S. S E. E Gilchrist bacteriologist for forthe forthe the he city board of health asserting the he city's pneumonia typing station stations is s ready to respond to any fighting nia-fighting demands even demands even of epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic proportions said proportions said the full resources resources re- re sources of science had been placed before the victims of the disease and that the laboratory awaited only the call for aid ald Dr T T. J J. Howells city health commissioner deploring the high incidence and death rates from fram pneumonia in Salt Lake City and Utah Utah offered explanations for the fact act and suggestions to allevi alleviate te the he condition so sa far as is possible Because of the higher altitude here iere and the sometimes dense smoke pall that cannot be filtered through the mouth nose and lungs Salt Lake City's incidence of pneumonia moni monia and death rate is higher than the he Atlantic and Pacific coast re re- re gions It is estimated that one out of every four faur victims of pneumonia succumbs to the disease It should be je stated however that not all cases of pneumonia are reported to health authorities although the disease disease disease dis dis- ease is a reportable one he said He said that to October 1 this year 91 deaths from pneumonia have rave occurred in the city and that probably the figure for 1938 would approach last years year's mark The use of serum has become sciences science's greatest contribution to pneumonia control he said Medical authorities rely first on early diagnosis of the the- disease and then on specific treatment as the only sure means of combating monia Call a Doctor If a person feels the symptoms of a so-called so common comman cold beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning in his system usually system usually noticed by y sniffling headaches pain in inthe inthe the he chest and constriction in the throat throat-a a physician should be e summoned summoned sum sum- and the person resigned to ta spend a day or two in bed The greatest danger in pneumonia nia lies in the little-known little fact that it t is contagious There has not yet been een discovered any method of preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting the disease chiefly because there here are are at least 32 known types of with other organisms micro-organisms sometimes contributing Dr Howells reported Because pneumonia is contagious contagious contagious conta conta- the patient should be isolated as soon as the disease is discovered the he physician summoned and a sample of the sputum from throat or mouth typed The correct serum can then be determined and with medical skill joined to science the he patient will stand an excellent chance of recovery recovery |
