| Show what will united states do to meet W wartime artime tuberculosis problem I 1 by DR GEORGE feord T PALMER president cat illinois tuberculosis one of the ir tragic agic conditions in europe at the present time is the unusual prevalence of tuberculosis among the soldiers and the civil population and one of the signal mistakes on the part of the warring nations was that none of them foresaw or made preparations for this cal calamity amity it could have been prevented to a large extent by the exclusion of persons from the army through more careful examinations of recruits and by protecting persons with tendencies from the tremendous physical and mental stress of modern warfare it could have been ameliorated by the provision of hospital and sanatorium facilities the development of an extensive dispensary and visiting nurse service the creation of farm colonies and by keeping intact instead of dissipating the existing agencies for fighting this important modern modem war disease with these things neglected tuberculosis now actually threatens to decimate france its ravages in belgium are horrible austria hungary russia italy and germany are feeling the acute sting of the white plague and england although better prepared than all the rest is findan finding tuberculosis an enormous wartime problem france is now struggling tinder the burden of a half balf million of her people crippled by the wounds of battle and another half million suiT suffering ering from active tuberculosis of her soldiers 1 have been returned actively tubercular and france now working frantically hopes fo t ohavo have sanatorium beds by the end of the year to care for these tives belgium has seen her actively population increased between and per cent in the past two years what will the united states with facilities for the care of tuberculosis hopelessly inadequate in times of peace what will tho the united states do to meet her wartime tuberculosis problem |
