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Show ' HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. -lelth Questions Will Bo Answered An-swered if Sent to Information Bureau, U. S Public HeaJth Srv Ice, W&shingtcn, D. C 4 A FOOLISH THEOKY. It is a matter of dully occurrence to' hear parents say th-t it is useless to keep their ehilUicn uwav frOUl their playmates who have any of the communicable com-municable diseases of childhood. In fact, some e v en expose then children i to such diseases on the theory that It Is I" tier for the child to have the d'3-eaae d'3-eaae early in life, and be over with lt. Nothing is more foolish than this' theory It Is absolutely unnecessary for a child to have any of these, and It is I it crime thus to expose them. These! diseases are not the simple thing thy.t many think. Bach one is dangerous' and frequently leads to death, or leaves victims with other disease conditions' which remain with them for long time and cause untold suffering. .Measles may be- followed by a bronchitis bron-chitis or pneumonia, whooping cough by a bronchitis, pneumonia Or heart disease and scarlet fever by disease Of the heart or kidneys or of the ears.' The latter is one of the most fre quent : causes of deafness In children The re-! fore, it will be seen that children ex-: posed to th, "ORDINARY" diseases 01 childhood are not exposed to these dis-1 esses alone, but to many other very serious se-rious and often fatal ones. |