Show 0 I Ij II II f j r I I i PNEUMONIA h I A fever ushered in by a cl chill i iA I A pain in the chest or side or or sometimes in the abdomen A Cough which brings up a rusty colored sputum The pu pulse puse sc is is rapid the l. l Breathing rapid too and difficult so that even the little muscles on each side of the nose may be brought into play Here we have the typical Picture 0 of f pneumonia that most mos fatal die dis disease se of winter and early spring It is estimated that there there're r in an re to cases jn this country every year thousands ands are carried off in the theSle prime of f life I I tJ When n I l was u a medical student Was taught th that t I could do little I more lore than to secure for my patient goo good d nursing and that Was S nUI nursing nursing- sing w which h Fh h would save sav 1 the e patients patient's strength so so that thai he e might s' s I husband all his hig hearts heart's resources sources for its critical gle le r But now there is a serum serum available against against- pneumonia caused by types 1 2 5 7 7 14 and 18 This makes about 85 per cent of all cases of pneumonia But if the patient it to get the advantage of this saving life-saving serum it must be given giyen early and the serum must be selected according to the type of with which he i is s infected A committee of the he New York Academy of Medicine Medicine Me- Me i that tha t free dicine recommends I 1 serum should be available to physicians ians that request it that I grant grant- adequate funds should be gl grant granted nt- nt ed to the department of health for pneumonia control work world and for research I The carrying put out o of th these s recommendations re re- commenda commendations ion jn in your i hl ty in th the near ne near r future may maybe be bea a matter of life and death to tot t y or td f to s 's someone me whom no f you you love lov |