| Show 21 l 1 ONE OUT oi OF EVERY TEN DIES OF PNEUMONIA PNEUMONIA i I With Steadily Increasing Malevolence This Malady Which Is Especially Prevalent During J January anus anua y a February 4 i i and an March Has Sent ent It Its Death List Higher 1 J f tJ an and Higher Since 1918 b Zi Z 5 Z f- f J r a A i nt a A t i 1 ti 1 r d. d L ti 1 I x I t N 1 h. h rr 1 9 5 z s t 1 i c 7 li 9 1 ri 4 S f f r t L t t- t k I r pS of r 4 s f 1 f 2 c 1 4 I I 14 4 fr I I I f j r- r I I 3 jf 4 II I Ii 1 lq iiII Iq 1 Ii il J I w li I jf Co i II J f iJ B u I rl A severe cold especially when the sufferer is a child is fraught with deadly possibilities possibilities- a anc and n d almost every household ha been the scene of a situation similar to the one so vividly portrayed by Luke Fildes in his painting t The Th D Doctor hoctor e oc or i By Rene Buche r 1 pNEUMONIA is a great killer One A in every ten of us dies of it sooner for or later Usually it begins with a bad cold or the influenza This is a bad winter for pneumonia three Forty per cent of all deaths from that disease occur in the three months of January February and I 1 March Its its prevalence has markedly increased sed since 1918 1916 and the United States Census Office I says that it is killing more people this his this this' winter inter than last winter I Pneumonia is a very ery fatal malady C Of every three persons attacked by it r rone Jy J f one Iv-one y me dies Persons are very susceptible T to it between the ages of eighteen and J thirty But it is especially fatal to the old Elderly persons often contract a adeep adeep adeep deep bronchitis which runs into pneumonia monia and in two days to a week they are are dead If you are in good health you are to toa Ii a considerable extent immune to germs of t of colds influenza or pneumonia pneumonia a. a But But if if you you are a bit below par tour your our vital re re- re Distance temporarily lowered they ma may accomplish an invasion TEY HE are all about us The germs of ot 1 pneumonia indeed are are ordinarily present In the mouths and throats of well weIl people though under such such conditions latent not active They are aro there waiting wait wait- lag ing for a chance to attack and kill us But the tho mischief th these se particular microbes microbes mi mi- can do is by no means limited to that dreaded malady They may cause and keep up a chronic bronchitis or ton- ton They may produce abscess of the middle ear car sinus infection meningitis peritonitis or rheumatism There are several breeds of pneumonia germs terms among which the is chief And usually associated associated associated as as- with them are streptococci a n most vicious bacterial ial tribe which produce produce produce pro pro- duce rapidly progressive infections Wherever there is crowding there are aro 1 conditions favorable to the spread of colds influenza and pneumonia Increase of such ailments ailment always follows the annual C Christmas shopping Whatever cr makes close cloae cont contact Ct among human beings encourages their spread Many 1 a death from pneumonia has been caused by kissing in If one has a n cold the cold germs are more active which means that they are aro moro more energetically infectious The Tho same samo Is true of pneumonia monia germs Too much emphasis can cannot ot be laid upon the fact that a bad coll colt is dangerous it may run Into pneumonia In ordinary conversation when two or more persons are talking together particles particles particles par par- of moisture are discharged from th j mouth to a distance of three or four 4 4 H 11 v J ki t t GI I slip Ah S r r i 4 i Y 11 r I I du r I A I E H A r y l lI I I I ar r. b r I I u r r M u p. p I I t j I r The deadly pneumonia r germ germ as a. the microscope e discloses it I f iI fl J j. j q n nII ii r li II iJ ryel y Ir 1 d i l' l I h N t l I 1 J Jf f I f r it i I Il Ill Irl l r r r r Iq rl ls 1 r 1 1 1 r iI N h I 1 11 1 p 1 I r l 1 Ili l' l k 1 r I r r Ik t l n Il r r il 1 r l r ll Il I r Y 1 I I Y 1 u 4 1 f N 1 f n p l r l rf N l' l s 1 l l 1 Ill Nl t l I i. i x Here is the germ that starts all the trouble When we ve begin sneezing w we say Oh its it's nothing but a cold But these like club little forerunners of disaster often develop into the pneumonia bug and then we weare weare weare are in the clutch of pneumonia feet Such particles carry mucus and with it bacteria which may be infective A small cough will ill project tho particles six fe feet t a n violent explosive cough may send them clear across a small room One sees then how important it is as asa asa asa a mere health precaution to cover the mouth with ones one's hand when one coughs NOWADAYS the thc population of or cities are housed to a large extent in flats which are arc usually overheated Wo We have developed a pernicious habit of living in atmospheres of seventy five to eighty degrees Fahrenheit instead of a normal sixty-five sixty to seventy degrees Our homes home's are too hot as also are arc the restaurants theatres offices and schoolrooms This means that our people are rendered rendered rendered ren ren- dered sensitive hyper to temperature They are like hothouse plants which wither when tropic heat is withdrawn How can it be expected d that they shall I I Th cold germ germ is one of th the d devils Vi s that lurk in a kiss and kiss and frequently death I. I i a is the penalty exacted by unkind fate for a fleeting fleeting t I Joy 0 0 bc be otherwise titan than t n easily susceptible to colds I IThe The The Public Public ire 1 th th Service 83 says Bays S that the best way w way to y to seek escape ir from m pneumonia d tJ g tho cold season is to fortify the body against temperature changes by livi living g in cool rooms by c cool ol morning shoe baths sho baths er-baths and by daily daily exercise in the open air The sufferer from rom a bad cold should lose loso no time in consulting a physician and at once enlist all the skill of science in fighting infighting fighting the in infection Dont Don't wait for pneumonia it really isn't wise vise The thing to do is to tackle the enemy at the start Vaccines composed of preparations of the germs by which the trouble is caused are used exclusively The germs are are propagated propagated propagated prop prop- b. b by billions in beef broth and then killed by heating the broth to boiling boiling boiling boil boil- ing point Being dead they can do no harm but they still contain the sped specific c poison or toxin of the disease which when introduced into the circulation by bya a hypodermic syringe starts start the thc cells of I Y k hw Lr L t i 1 j 0 f d f t J ot oti i ff fl L l lT T Too o great care cannot be exercised in preventing the communication of colds and one of the devices by which this may be accomplished is here illustrated by this mother who is a mask gauze impregnated with a germicide which insures her baby from contagion I f L. L ij In th the diagram is shown how the lungs of a pneumonia victim fill fillup fillup fillup up with pus until the entire area is clog clogged ed excluding excluding- air and the madly adly struggling heart working against a tremendous load ceases to beat i f of the body io to m making king a an poison anti Madly deadly to lo living germs of that particular v lar malady Thus a protection against the fatter Jatter is obtained the obtained the principle in in- 1 being the tho same as that which renders vaccination for typhoid fever effective Pneumonia occurs in consequence of an at invasion of the lungs by the so so- called pneumonia germs which multiplying multi pl plying ing in the tissues of those organs produce an abnormal activity of the tha secretory glands with a copious flow of ot mucus Consequent inflammation with congestion blocks off ff the cells air-cells just justas as a cold in the head stuffs up the nose and prevents breathing through the nos nos- The mucous that lines Jines the cells air-cells swells and at the same time the latter fill up with mucus The lungs are thereby disabled d for f business Congestion of the lungs makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood through the lungs But the heart and the vital centers generally are already depressed by the poisons excreted by tho the multiplied legio legions legio's s of pneumonia germs If the destructive process goes fat fr f r enough the vital system g gives es way the heart quits and death ensues It is failure of the heart that kills the victim of pneumonia The first thing to todo I do when one If It threatened with pneumonia is to go t to o bed and send for a doctor There is no disease in the care of of- which precautions are more necessary than in influenza It is always liable to run into pneumonia If a sufferer gets up to answer answer the telephone or goes into the bathroom the slight physical effort may induce pneumonia It is not safe even to allow him to sit up to eat a meal in bed To allow him to get out of bed prematurely is highly danL dan- dan L I i Pneumonia is notably a crisis tee disc di I After a vcr very few days if all all goes oes well I Ithe the temperature cf the patient suddenly drops to normal He lIe is safe Bae unless an I accident perhaps of imprudence happen hap hap- pen pens The thing tor or him to do is b to stay quiet in bed until tho the doctor tells him that it will be all right tor for him to J i get getup up Bad colds which colds which so 10 often orten run Into pneumonia pneumonia are arc even en the they lead I Ito to nothing worse wore bad enough They e a nr 9 1 I II disabling and by making people unfit for work cause a money loss in this country amounting to hundreds of millions millions mil mil- lions of or dollars annual annually Colds are highly infectious hence tho the way in which they commonly run through families One Ore member of a household catches a cold and presently presently presently pres pres- all the others are aro sneezing or coughing Some Somo physicians urge that a sufferer from a bad old cold old should be isolated isolated iso iso- as as' as asif if the complaint were measles or scarlet fever I |
