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Show ADVICE TO "FLU" CONVALESCENTS - SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS 1 AFTER INFLUENZA ! EPIDEMIC. , U. S. Public Health Service Warns Public Against Tuberculosis, i One Million Cases Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis in United States Each a . Source of Danger. "-- Influenza Convalescents Should Have Lungs Examined Colds Which Hang On Often Beginning of Tuberculosis. , No Cause for Alarm if Tuberculosis Is Recognized Early Patent Medi-; Medi-; clnea Not to Be Trusted. ' Beware tuberculosis after In- fluenza. No need to worry if you take precautions In time. Don't diagnose your own con- . ; 1t dltion. Have your doctor exam- A lne your lungs several times at 1 monthly Intervals. Build up your ; strength with right living, good food and plenty of fresh air. . , Don't waste money on patent medicines advertised to cure tu- berculosls. ' - ' Become a fresh-air crank and enjoy life. . -'' , Washington, D. C (Special.) Ac-; Ac-; cording to a report made to the United States Public Health Service, the epl- demlc of Influenza in Spain has al-' al-' ready caused an lncreuse In the prevalence preva-lence and deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. tu-berculosis. A similar association be-. be-. tween Influenza and tuberculosis was recently made by Sir Arthur News-holme, News-holme, the chief medical officer of the English public health service, in his analysis of the tuberculosis death rate I . In England. . f In order that the people of the Unit ed States may profit by the experience of other coun&es Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States Pub-' Pub-' lie Health Service has just Issued a warning emphasizing the need of special spe-cial precautions at the present time. ' "Experience seems to Indicate," says the Surgeon General," "that persons whose resistance lias been weakened by an attack of Influenza are pecullar-Yy-- susceptible to tuberculosis. With i 1 millions of Its people recently affected J with Influenza this country now of- I lifers 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 tk' .it Is, though I hasten to add It is dls-" dls-" I , itlnctly one against which the people 1 can guard. So far as one can estimate there are at present about one million cases of tuberculosis In the United 'States. There Is unfortunately no icomplete census available to show exactly ex-actly the number of tuberculosis per-sons per-sons In each state despite the fact that most of the states have made the dls- t'fise reportable. In New York city, where reporting has been In force for 'many years, over 35,000 cuses of tuberculosis tu-berculosis are registered with the Department De-partment of Health. Those familiar with the situation believe that the addition ad-dition of unrecognized and unreported cases would make the number nearer 60,000. The very careful henlth survey sur-vey conducted during the past two years In Framlnghnm, Mass., revealed 200 cases of tuberculosis In a population popula-tion of approximately 15,000. If these proportions hold true for the United States as a whole they would Indicate that about one In every hundred persons per-sons Is tuberculous. Each of these constitutes a source of danger to be guarded against." What to Do. In his statement to the publh? Sur-v Sur-v geon General P.lue points out how y-"" ' those who have had Influenza should protect themselves against tuberculosis. tuberculo-sis. "All who have recovered from Influenza," In-fluenza," says the Surgeon General, . "should hnve thelr lungs carefully ex amined by a coni)etent physician. In fact, It Is desirable to have several examinations ex-aminations made a month apart. Such examinations cannot be rnnde through the clothing nor can they be carried out In two or three minutes. If the lung3 are found to be free from tuberculosis tuber-culosis every effort should be made to keep them so. This can be done by vf ' right living, good food and plenty of "fresh air." Danger 8l(jna, The Surgeon General warned especially espe-cially acHlnst certain danger signs, such as "decline" and "colds which hang on." These, he explained, were often the beginning of tuberculosis. "If you do not get well promptly, If your cold seems to hang- on or your health and strength decline, remember that these J, are often the early signs of tuberculo sis. 1'lnce yourself at one under the care of a competent physician. Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis Is curable In the eurly stages Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tuberculosis. Tuber-culosis. "Above nil do not trust In the misleading mis-leading statements of unscrupulous pntent medicine lakers. There Is no specific medicine for (lie cure of tuber- cuhmis. The money spent on such medicines Is thrown nwny; Jt should be spent Instead for good food and de-eeut de-eeut living." 4 |