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Show I To Check I War Disease B A plan of campaign to prevent tbo BBV SfTcad of tuberculosis, or consump- BBV den, among tho enlisted mon of our HBV carmy and nlso nmong the civilian H population has just been nnnouncod HBV irr 'tie antl-tuborculosis workers of BBS U country. In tho recommenda- BBB i-OSoss to tho National Defense Coun- BflB ?, adopted at tho annual meeting HB i'X tbo tuberculosis societies at Cln- BBB eimiaM, attention Is called to tho Bfl '-wry great lncreaso of tuborculosls HH fc the armies 'of Kuropo and In tha H - draining camps. It Is also polutol H t3nt that every mnn returning hom H because of tuberculosis becomes n H -c:rntcr of Infection in bis home com- xmaiMy. This Is resulting in a great KH 'jlaexfaKe M the dtscaso nmong th H 'trlTlllaii po)ulutlou of Kuropo and Otniila. H to offset this dismal forecast, It H . the expressed belief of tho experts H ei.il this danger cau bo mot and the B steady decline of the tuborculosls B lt-ath rato continued by prompt and BH Vmltod action. In this belief they HS CUTe' the government authorities that HB cvrry recruit who, in bis physical ex- t crratanUon, bIiows any suspicious Ht iryjnploms or has been exposed to an flit mnnaual degree of infection from CnbercUlnJix, should be referred to n tuborculosls expert for further examination. exam-ination. If It appears that ho has a latont tuborculosls Infection which may becomo active under the Intense strain of modern military life, ho should bo rejected and should he urged to place himself under proper medical care. In addition they urge that all troops should bo carefully watched for symptoms and bo examined at intervals of throe months. Every soldier who has had a cough for a. period to two weeks or any other symptoms of pulmonary disease or whoso general physical conditions havo undorgono a serious deterioration, deteriora-tion, should be referred to nn expert for re-oxamlnatlon. Should he give evidence of Infection ho should bo sent to a sanitarium or farm colony until tho dlseaso is tfrrested. Sulta-blo Sulta-blo employment may be then provided, provid-ed, but he should not bo returned to actlvo military Bervice. wees To help carry out these recommo- datlons tho convention pledged to tho government the support of all tuberculosis tuber-culosis societies nnd public health workers nnd urged that tho tuberculosis tubercul-osis oxperts of our country he registered regis-tered nnd organized nnd commissioned commission-ed as resorvo officers. i forts. They nro commended when tires they build givo unusually good service. Just as thoy aro "called to the carpet" If thoy turn out a tiro or tubo that Is not up to standard. They havo beon impressed with tho Savage slogan, "Nothing Too Good for Users of Savage Tires." Mr. MacCloverty Mac-Cloverty referrcd-to the advertisements advertise-ments which the Savago peoplo recently re-cently published, asking motorists fo report cases ot unusually good sei-vlco sei-vlco given by Savage tires. He said tho beforo tho Savago ITlro corporation corpora-tion asked motorists to co-operato that everyone was sure that tho sportsmanship of motorists could bo rolled upon, but that motorists responded re-sponded far better than expectod and that everyone connected with the Savago Tiro company, Including tho mon in the Savago manufacturing plant, were greateful for this cooperation. |