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Show I DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN How Great Progros Can Do Made In tho Constant right Agalnat Tuborculoaln. Dr. S. A. Knopf in an address briefly and clearly outlines the duty of oach eltlr.cn In combating tuberculosis: tubercu-losis: If you aro In the presence of a consumptive con-sumptive who Is not yet under medical medi-cal care, teach him whnt you know of tho prevention of tho dlsoaso and advise ad-vise him to feck tho counsel of a competent com-petent physlclnn. If ho Is too poor to pay for a consultation, and too proud to ask It for nothing, toll him to apply ap-ply to the health department, which will send one of Its physicians without with-out cost. No tuberculosis Invalid, no matter In whnt stngc of tho disease whether living In a pnlnco or in tho poorest tenement house, should be without n medical adviser. If you meet n consumptive who Is Ignorant of the precaution he should take, do not shun him Uko n leper, but treat him with kindness, and convince him that whatever he docs to provent the spread of tho dlsoaso among olhors will also lmprovo his own condition nnd liicrcnsc the chances of his recovery. re-covery. Let me (ell you that a clean, conscientious consumptive Is bb safo a porson to nssoclato with ns nny-body, nny-body, If In your dally llfo you can Influenco others to mnkc themselves familiar with the necessary knowledge knowl-edge of tho provontlon of tuberculosis, tubercu-losis, do so! If through your Influence, Influ-ence, your words, and cxnmplo yon can combnt the fearful curso of our nation nlcohollsml beseech you, do your duty. ' Somo Individuals have, by virtue of their calling, a special duty to perform per-form In tho combnt of tuberculosis. Of theso I mention, first, tho teachers of tho public schools, the clorgymon. tho editors of tho public press, employers em-ployers and philanthropists. |
