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Show A WEEK OF TUBERCULOSIS ONE hundred million persons giving their attention for one week to the problem of tuberculosis in war time this is the desire of those who are fighting fight-ing the great scourge of tuberculosis in this country and in Europe. For this i purpose the week of December 2d to 9th has been set aside as "Tuberculosis Week" for the United States. Through the churches, the schools, the press, letters let-ters and every other possible way, the public mind will be focused on this fight. We must conquer tuberculosis or tuberculosis tu-berculosis will destroy us. We will conquer con-quer the disease as soon as the people understand what tuberculosis is, how it is contracted, and how it can be controlled con-trolled and destroyed. For that reason this week should be widely observed.- n |