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Show Harmless Test Gives Information About Tuberculosis Germs The test, which is harmless, is made by placing a patch test on the forearm. If the reaction is positve the area under the patch will become slightly red and swollen swol-len in two or three -days. Then it will disappear leaving no scar or other defects. If a child has a positive reaction it means that tuberculosis tub-erculosis germs have at some time .entered his body. It does not tell -how many there are or if they are doing any damage. A chest X-ray X-ray should then follow to see (that .no harm is being done in the lnngs. Do you 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 this sstage it is highly curable. cur-able. The high school age is the threshold thres-hold of an age period when many cases of tuberculosis appear. For that reason the 9th grade students in all our high schools will be given the opportunity of having the patch test . That we have enough knowledge about tuberculosis to completely eradicate it if we put it into practice. prac-tice. That silicosis commonly known as "miner's con." makes a person more liable to "have tuberculosis. See your family doctor if you desire any further 'information a-Tjout a-Tjout this test. |