Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-03 | Page 4 | A Hospital for the Consumptive

I A HOSPITAL FOR THE CONSUMPTIVE To the surprise of many, the rue nt red seal drive disclosed the tact thai there are numerous cases of tuh rcu losls insidiously finding lodgment In this part of the intermnuntain west. There was a time when it was com- monly accepted that tuberculosis could not exist in I'tah, but the dls-I dls-I ease will claim its victims here or H wherever it Is allowed to develop and sLLI A warning has b n isurl l the I medical authorities that the disease should be controlled. There Is only one way to control and that is to Isn-lato Isn-lato the afflicted. To do that there must be a hospital or sanitarium pre pared to receive and care for tubercu lar patients. It has been suggested thai a p.irl of th- new Catliolu ho ,,r.il ::i . P n should bo built to accommodate those afflicted with t ii hornilrtal I: With the Union Pacific railroad con i slderlng the advisability ot having a ho pi-. ii at some point in this region where those in its employ may be treated lor tuberculosis, there is an opportunity to make one unit of tho Oalholk hospital In i !" n a ..inl-tSJlum ..inl-tSJlum to receive the railroad patients and others who may need special at tent Ion. No service to humanity is more . ;i p d for todaj tkan the treatment of and prevention of tuberculosis. Sine, the war the disease has spread rapldl and, unless methods ;m r-mploe.. to search out the afflicted and Isolate them, the while plague again may menace civilization. Tuberculosis Is a preventable and curable disease. Dut constant igll-an igll-an o must be cmplovrd to prevent It 3ld. In effecting a cure, certain rules of sanitation and general health must be observed. Only a sanitarium B pact pa-ct I U lag on the disease can give the best results and make possible the Wiping out of the plague