Show christmas seal drive nas U has definite objective iron county will soon begin ito campaign for the annual christmas seal sale for control of tuberculosis in our state according to mrs wilson N lunt county chairman among other things accomplished with our percentage of the money returned to each county reaching its quota we hope to have all high school students given the tuberculin test to determine presence of in faction fec tion this test is entirely harmless and proves only the presence of tuberculosis germs that have it at some time entered the boby baty it does not tell how many there are or if they have been active enough to cause any damage if the reaction happens to a chest x ray should follow to make sure no harm is being done to the lungs many thousands of people in america react positively to this test but only a comparative few break down with the disease with proper rare care no one need have it do yon know these facts about tuberculosis it is not inherited it is transmitted from person to person in the early stages there are no symptoms in the early stages it is highly curable the high school age is the thresh hold of an age period when many cases of tuberculosis appear high school people need much watching we have enough knowledge about tuberculosis to completely eradicate it if we put it into practice let us all work together in thi this is fight against one of civilizations most dreaded diseases you can do your share by purchasing as many christmas asals as you can afford |