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Show TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD The July number of The Builder Magazine of St. Louis carries car-ries a very interesting article on "Tuberculosis in Childhood," by Dr. J. Arthur Myers, medical director of the Lymanhurst School and Hospital for Tuberculous Children, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Myers points out the close connection between cases of pulmonary pul-monary tuberculosis in parents and cases of tuberculous meningitis, bone tuberculosis and other forms of the disease common to little children. Dr. Myers cites a number of cases he has treated in private pri-vate practice and in his own public work to prove his contention that a tubercular parent will, in most cases, infect the young children chil-dren of his family. He says, "Obviously the child must be especially especi-ally protected against exposure during the first and second year of life. An infant perfectly well may under exposure fall ill and die in a few days to a few weeks- In such infants the disease may attack at-tack any of many organs, such as the lung, but tuberculous meningitis menin-gitis is perhaps the most common of the fatal forms of the disease." Dr. Myers also points out that many children become crippled crip-pled for life by bone tuberculosis which attacks the spine causing the deformity popularly known as "hunch-back," and shortened limbs. Dr. Myers states in conclusion: "There can be no doubt that if Masonic bodies establish well-ordered Sanatoria, they will not only save and extend the lives of many of their members, but will prevent much suffering, deformity and death in children now living liv-ing and thousands yet unborn." Exchange, |