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Show ADVICE TO "FLU" CONVALESCENTS SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS AFTER INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. U. S. Public Health Service Warns Public Against Tuberculosis. One Million Cases Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis in United States Each a Source of Danger. Influenza Convalescent Should Hava Lunga Examined Cold Which Hang On Often Beginning of Tuberculoala. No Cauae for Alarm If Tuberculosis la Recognizee! Early Patent Medicines Medi-cines Not to Be Trusted. Beware tnbomloda nfior in- fliDMi.n. No nml to worry If you ink.' iii'i'cnutloiiH In Ihiuv , I mil i 1 1 iii mi . im' your own con- illllon IIhvi. your doctor cxniii- IM your lungs several Union nt monthly Intervals. Ittilld up ymir sii'iUKtli with rlKlit living, good fooil h rid plenty of fresh ulr. Don't wuste money on ntenl ineilirincH advertised to cure tu- lierrulosls. Heroine a fresh nir crank mid enjoy life. ' Wnshlngton, D. (X (Special.) Ai-cni'illuK Ai-cni'illuK to n report uiiiile to the United Stales I'uhllc Health Service, the epidemic epi-demic of Inlliicii.u In Spain has already al-ready canned an Increase In the prevn-h prevn-h me and deaths from pulmonary tu Iici'cuIokIm. A similar association between be-tween lullucna ami tuherculosls was recently made ly Sir Arthur News-holme, News-holme, the chief medical ofllcer of the English, public health service, in his analyala of the tuherculosls death rate In Kncliind. In order thnt the people qf the I'nlt-ed I'nlt-ed Slates may profit ly the experience of nther cnimtrles Surgeon (ieneral Rupert r.ine of the (Jolted statu i'ui- lic Health Service has Just Issued a Warning UnphaalllHj the need of special spe-cial precautions at the present time. "I Apcricnco seems to Indicate," nays the Surgeon (lencral, "that persons whose resistance has been weakened by an attack of inlliicii7.ii are peculiar-ly peculiar-ly susceptible to tuberculosis. With millions of Its penple rcceiilly arfeclecl Willi Inlliieua this country now of fern conditions favoring the spread of tuberculosis." One Million Consumptives in the United States. "Then you consider this a serious menace?" was asked. "In my opinion It is, though 1 hasten to add It Is (lis- tlnctly one against which the people can guard. So far as one can estlmnte there are at pre sen I about one million cases of tuberculosis in the I'ulted , States. There Is unfortunately no I complete census available to show exactly ex-actly the number of tuberculosis per-: MM In each stale despite the fact that I most of the slates liue made the dls-'j ease reiNirtable. In New York city, i whore reporting has been In force for many years, over 83,000 cases of lu-bercttlosls lu-bercttlosls are registered with the Do-pa Do-pa rl merit of Health. Those familiar with the situation believe that the addition ad-dition of tin recognized and unreported cases would make the number nearer i 60,000. The very careful health survey sur-vey conducted during the past two years In r'nimlngham, Mass., reveiifed 'Jim cases of tuberculosis In a populn tlon of approximately 10,000. If these proportions hold true for the 1'niled States as a whole they would indicate that about one In everv hundred persons per-sons Is tuberculous. Kach of these constitutes a source of dancer to be guarded against." What to Do. In his statement to the public Surgeon Sur-geon (ieneral Hlue points out ltw those who have had Intluoiia sh.Mild protect themselves against tuboniilo-sls. tuboniilo-sls. "All who have recovered from In-tluen.a." In-tluen.a." says the Surgeon ilmeral. "should hart their lungs earefnfly ex-linilned ex-linilned by a competeiil pin si. tan. In fact, it Is deijlrable to have several examinations ex-aminations made a month apart Such examinations cannot he muile through the clothing nor can they be carried out in two or three minutes. If the lungs are found to be free from tuberculosis tuber-culosis every effort should he made to keep them so. This can be done hy right living, good fm.d and plenty of fresh air." Danger Signs. The Surgeon (ieneral usmed especially espe-cially against cvrtaln danger signs, such as "decline" and "colds which hung on." These, he explained, were often the beginning of tuberculosis. "If you do not get well promptly, If jour cold seems to hang on or your health and strength decline, remember that these are often the early signs of tuberculo-Bla, tuberculo-Bla, I'lace voiirself at once under the care of a competent physician. Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis Is eiirable In the early stages. Patent Medicines Dangerous in Tuberculosis. Tuber-culosis. 'Above nil do not trust In the misleading mis-leading siatemrnts of unscrupulous I ,i'i nt medicine fakers. There is no pacific medicine for the cute of tuberculosis. tuber-culosis. The money spent on such medicines Is thrown avvu.v , It should be spent Mislead for good food and de-cejil de-cejil living." w.s.s. |