Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-17
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5 ORGANIZE 10 FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
COMMITTEES Congress Plans Thorough Edu-
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Early in October there was held In
st. Louis, at the Hall of Congresses.
N connection with the Worlds Fair,
the American International Congress
OF tuberculosis, which consisted OF
representatives gathered from all
parts of the American continent, TO
discuss the best means OF preventing
and curing this dreadful disease. spe-
cial attention was given to the subject
of prevention. The congress was in
session three days. Many important
questions were discussed and commit
tees were appointed for the purpose
Of carrying forward an active cam
paign against this most terrible of all
the foes of human life. The commit
tee of publicity was charged with the
duty of organizing proper educa-
tional campaign in connection with
Chautauquas, conventions, assocla-
tons and fraternities of various sorts.
for the purpose of placing in the
hands of the public information re-
lating to the best means CT preventing
and combating this scourse. Those
who are especially interested in this
phase of the question should address
for further information the American
Congress on tuberculosis, Committee
on Publicity, % Thirty-Third Place,
Chicago. III.
Movement to Suppress tuberculosis.
Science has demonstrated beyond
question that pulmonary tuberculosis
or consumption OF the lungs is both
preventable and durable disease.
This disease is produced by germs
which find their way into the body
through abrasions of the skin, through
the mucous membrane Of the mouth
or the iLtestines and through the
lungs. The germs Of the disease are
found in the sputum of persons suf-
tering from tuberculosis. The germs
are also found in the flesh and milk OF
animals suffering from the disease
The germs are found nearly every
where. These germs cannot live in
the tissues of thoroughly healthy
person, as the cells of the body Gre
capable of destroying the germs, bot
when the body is weakened by ind1-
gestion, by the habits Of breathing
foul or bad air, by anything which i'm
pairs the health, the tissues lose their
power to destroy germs SO that when
they enter the body they find lodge
ment, grow and develop and tubercu-
losis of the lungs, bowels or Of some
other part is the result.
Statistics show that at least 10000
persons die of this disease in this
country annually. Four or five times
that number of persons are sick all
the time with this disease. Tubercu.
losis kills more than any other mall
ady. Experience has shown that the
disease is not incurable, as has been
generally supposed, but Is q very cur
able malady If taken in time, and If
the right treatment is applied. Not
less than one hundred thousand lives
could be saved every year by the ap-
plication of proper means for prevent.
Ing and curing this terrible disease.
[ ButtermiIk for consumptives.
Buttermilk is an excellent food for
tubercular patients. 1t may be taken
in the quantity of one to three quarts
a day, according to the amount OF
other food taken. The patient may
take two meals, three meals, or four
meals day, according to the quantity
I of food taken at each meal, and the
!, kind of TODD. A safe rule is never to
! allow q consumptive to so hungry. He
should eat whenever he has appetite,
so that the full digestive power OF the
stomach may be utilized In furnishing
the body with constructive material
Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather.
When the skin is warm it is red or
pink in color. The cold air Of winter
| causes the skin to become whittier In
color. This is due to the contraction
of the blood vessels of the skin. The
amount of blood passing through the
skin is decreased, and the amount OF
heat thrown off into the cold air is
likewise decreased. If glass of wine
or brandy is taken the skin becomes
red. The sensation of warmth pro-
duced Is delusive. The victim i'm
AGNES himself warmer. Indeed, the
skin is warmer, but at the same time
a great increase is observed in the
heat thrown off from the skin. The
result is an enormous loss, OF heat to
the inside of the body.
DR.. Parkes. the eminent English
sanitarian, says: "All observers con.
denim the use of spirits, and even OF
wine or beer, as a preventive against
cold" The names of DR.. King, DR..
Kane, Capt. Kennedy and DR.. Hayes
may also be cited as holding to this
opinion. In the last expedition in
search Of Sir John Franklin the whole
crew were teetotalers.
Prof. Miller states that the Russian
military authorities "interdict it's use
absolutely in the army when troops
are about to move under extreme
cold. part of the duty of the corporals
being to smell carefully the breath of
each man on the morning parade, and
to turn back from the march these
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A Toothache Remedy.
A medical remedy for toothaohe OF
great repute Is sodium salicylate
There is no other drug equal to It,
especially for those cases where the