Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-15
HORRORS OF CONSUMPTION.
Sunshine Cure Advocated by DR.. Kline
Many Interesting Discussions.

Sioux City, Nov. 14.-Horrible in its
awful details, yet alluring in its terri
BILE significance, CHASTITY with hidden
portent and still fascinating in its mys-
terry, dread consumption unveiled was
shown to the gathering in the First
Baptist church Friday night through
the medium of stereopticon views
which were tersely commented upon
by DR. w. ]. Kline, of Fort Dodge, an
authority on tubercular diseases who
spoke at the seventh Iowa state con-
ference of Charities and Corrections.
Quick drawn breaths broke the ST.
lence of the dimly lighted church, so
realistic were the portrayals of the
great scourge thrown upon the screen.
Frames shuddered at the wriggling
bacilli pictured at their work in devas-
tating the tissues of the lungs, and all
breathed as with one accord great
sigh of relief when the views changed
to pretty landscapes and handsome
buildings,the sanatoriums of the world
where patients are treated for the
greatest and most feared of all dis
eases.
1t was an education in ITSELF just the
view of the pictures as they passed
along the face of the canvass. But it
was drilled into undergraduates by the
commentary of the Fort Dodge physi-
clan.
An exhibition of charts was first
made showing the proportions of death
from consumption at different ages.
Or. Klme said:
! Nearly one-third OF all the women
between the ages of Is and "a who
\ died IN New York City in 1902 passed
| into the great unknown from consump-
| ton. The rate among men was almost
as great. So ycl see that during the
best and the most active part of hui.
man life the fire RACES the fiercest.
''In tie cities the mortality is the
greatest among men because of the ex-
| cess of their vices. Of the men who
die ranging in age from 20 to Al years
over, one-third die from pulmonary
troubles of the consumptive form. OF
the deathsamong women ranging from
~ to 90 the same proportion holds
/ true, but from the latter age to A the
percentage decreases to one-fourth.'
Much surprise was occasioned by
! the statement made by the doctor in
regard TO the percentages of consump-
tive cases in the state of Iowa.
ut is estimated, and the estimate is
a careful one, that there are 5000 con
sumptives in the state" he said. "Of
these there are S,14S males and 1852
females.
Earnestly he spoke for fresh air and
sunlight. TT is the God-given proven.
tive of all disease. Bring in the out
door conditions. the sunlight and fresh
air and the trees and the flowers and
there will De no mere tuberculosis"
i Let the Sunshine in!
+. DR.. Kline threw upon the canvas il
4 Illustrations of pretty homes and then
pointed out the defects from by
gienic standpoint. To the ordinary
eye .ney seemed very pleasant and
I habitable, but his keen knowledge
4 brought defects that were readily dis
cernible when pointed out.
!, Let the sunshine in" he said
Trees arc all right, but do not cramI
the house 18th them. Have plezty Of
windows and big glasses and KEEP
: them and the doors open"
I Briefly he traced the disease from
its inception, illustrating every stage
with interesting, through grewsome