OCR Text |
Show TUBECOLiOSIS BY J. W. NIXON, JK. A few of the indications of the disease coming on are: a slight feeling of fever-isiines fever-isiines every afternoon; a aligns, persistent per-sistent cough; a gradual loss of weight; a tired feeling at all times of the day. When any of these ailments are found to exsit in an individual, he should observe ob-serve the golden raie, and immediately get help, tor something is wrong. He must take toe greatest care not to make otners liable to tne disease, which can be done in so many ways. For example, he must notexpecoraie in public places, or an place where tne germ may became be-came iiu'ecieJ, because of its power of risistence. He should not work inquiries or with cattle of any Kind; he snuuld handle no foutl whatever; every time he sneezes, cjugns, expjctorai.s;s or in any way causi a spray u cjmj iroui the mouch it snouid o caug.ii. 10 a handkerchief, or something wnic.i can be burned, lor it may coiuam thousands 01 germs. T.Kieioie it. snould oe burned as a sa.e-guard sa.e-guard agaiiiat nailer. Fur me patient's best good, he should not over-exert Oi f-iligue iiluiseli. riis room Snoul oe the largest, ost ven-ilai-jd room in tne house, a uere the greacst amount ol Suiilig.it encer. tie slluUid rest out ol dours as mucu aa possible. Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis cannot. wiLhstaiid pure air and and suij.-iiiiie. li ine pai.i.-nt is unauie to be out oi dooro, his Ued should be by tne open winjo. vVe owe a greatdeal tj Dr. Jijward L. irudead u.' his experiments ex-periments and di.-cuveries in this line. Nutritious loodsldifs and good digestion diges-tion are essential, so that ail the lood take.i into tne body inav be assimilated and converted incj nealthful ger.n-re- sistn.g tissues. Eacn individual will re-I quire ciiiereut foods on account ot individual in-dividual physical diu'erences. In general his food should consist of roasted or broiled broil-ed beei, mutton, lamb, fresn vegetables anJiruus. Cereals mixed libe'-ally with cream, plenty of sugar and good butter. Also eggs am Iresh milk. Things iuch as sweets, pastries and all dainties must be avoided. There should be half an hour's rest on a bed or reclining chair before- and after each meal. Patent mtdicines are absolutely no good as a cure for tuberculosis, because they are three-tourths alcohol, which only makes tne person more susceptible to the disease. ISecause of the increasing knowledge in regard to the prevention and cure of this disease, a universal fight is be- ing waged against it, with the hope of totally destroying the disease. We see the social aspect is as important as the medical. In the year 1906 over 14.000 people died of consumption in the state of New York. There are at least 50,000 cases of tuberculosis in that state today. Statistics show that thirteen per cent of the population of New York, California Cali-fornia and several other states are afflicted with tuberculosis, while in Utah it is less than seven per cent. On I account of this condition in New York j they are making a state-wide fight against tuberculosis. It being a good example for each state to follow, I quote their procedure. "They are de-1 de-1 termined to get at each person in the state in a variety of ways. Newspaper articles and advertisements, street-car signs and bill-board displays, cards to be placed in the pay envelopes of work-ingmen work-ingmen and to be distributed in schools, and churches, contain concise and valuable valu-able information to be applied by the I individual. Tuberculosis exhibits are displayed at county fairs and in the various towns and cities, and weeklong 1 meetings characterized by something of : the methods of the old-fashioned religious re-ligious revivals, are held in the large places. These meetings are addressed by speakers who drive home salient facts about tuberculosis. Smaller traveling travel-ing exhibits with photograph records of lectures are sent to the lesser towns, cities and villages, and county organizations organiza-tions are formed in diiUrent parts of the state to co-operate in the work, and are suppled with mateiial for use in locai exhioits, lectures and meetings. The slogan adopted for this crusade is, 'No uncared-for tuberculosis in 1915.' " The proper care of all existii.g cases of tuberculosis, would mean the development devel-opment of no new cases of tuberculosis, and thus the extinction of the disease. So take care of yourself at the right time, in the right pace and in the right way. Nurses and physicians can tell on entering a home, and especially es-pecially the bedroom, if there are tuberculosis tuber-culosis germs there or not. One great safe-guard is to keep your bedrooms scrupulously clean, and be very particular par-ticular and investigate the rooms you are assigned to when away from home in hotels, etc. The prevention is more important than the cure. Poverty with all that it implies; darkness, dust, foul air, impure food, physique destroying vice, utter ignorance of sanitary safe-guards, strenuous worK, lack of recreation, unwholesome un-wholesome and excessive diet, ill ventilated venti-lated houses, irregular habits of life, te id t lower the physical organism, and gives the disease germs the desirable desir-able conditions for development. The two main ways of infection are through the air we breathe and the food we eat. We get it from the air in tne form mentioned above, by some one expectorating ex-pectorating or oiherwise leaving the germs where they become dry and float about with dust in the air, and then taken into the body. In reference to food, there should be a rigid inspection ..u nnr mi.at and milk: the eerm can live onlv a short time on vegetables and are not so dangerous. There should also al-so be official investigation of factories, offices and school conditions, and legislation legis-lation against expectorating in public places. But the most important of all is to educate each individual to a keener keen-er sense of responsibilities to his race, fellowmen and himself. |