The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16
PREVENTION d
TUBERCULOSIS ! ] J ] |. [: 5 /
Association Formed for.
Purpose Of Fighting
the.DiSe aSe.
DOCTORS WORKING
in HEAR " A CGORD
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white Plague 4 the Greatest
. Menace Of Modern Times.
Three Hundred Deaths Are
Caused by Itain Rich
mond Every Il. /, q
S8tfs Y ear.

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Yesterday afternoon at a. preliminary
meeting OF several committees appointed
by charity organizations medical socie-
Etlcs and medical colleges. the initial steps 8
were taken II, the foundation Of an as
ISOLATION to prevent the spread Of t = I:
iberculosis in Richmond and to institute
measures to alleviate and cure the many
cases now existing among the poor.
Such movements have been begunSand
are already In activea operation in work Y *
2of the larger American H and European
cities. and Richmond is In this. but en- m
sphasizing its progress and the great adj adj
vance that It has oeen making sotpromis-
singly In other lines. 559 /
Tuberculosis, according to the doctors,
Is at the present time the greatest sin 3
gle cause OF death and inval idism. with
their attendant sorrows and financial loss.
THE great advance that preventative medt- :
cine has made in the past fifty years.
since the discovery Of the causes OF the
Infectious diseases and the application
OF means for their Prev ion, will take
takes and finally. accomplished the exter-
5mination 5of the great white plague.
"a glance at the progress with other
Infectious diseases illustrates the posi-
tbilities In this one which Is the most fatal
OF all. III
Before vaccination and qua antines pre-,
vented small pox,, SO, 600, 900 people died
"a century III Europe from this one dis
ease Tho mortality In this century will
not Sbe az many llousa Dis. u he city OF
Munich from a B66 to q Ss1 had an average
mortality: Of 20s3 q year. after meth ods OF
prevention were sestabl isheds rom 1851
to 1883 the mortality was 40 ~:
The city. 4ofs New z ork methods OF
prevention has reduced It yearly mortal
sity from tuberculosis SO per cent. in the
past fifteen years, thus saving 900 lives
q year or 4o. 900 a decade
One hundred Thousand deaths occur a
year from tuberculosis in the United
states, t.yetHit is preventable in every In
stance and durable In 80 per cen t.fsof
cases according to the: best authorities,
Nearly One a Day.
About three hundred. deaths occur q
year from this disease In Richmo ono. *
II The disease is now recognized to: be
very communicable, much more; SO for
Instance than tho dread leprosy, yet no
means have been provided in Richmond
FOR, the isola tion Il OF cases OF this dis
ease. except at the Almshouse where sun-
der the excellent administration OF DR..
Treyillian0 and Mr., Davis. ~ \ special iso-
lated ward has been set aside for con-
sumptives. Over a year ago the begin
ming Of this movement, which Is now tax
Ing such general scope was begun 8un-
der1the direct control of ociated char
tiles, hut the field was SO large and q
large part SO technical tina 1t was tn ought
best to organize a distinct society to deal
with this question.
8 Committees have been a pointed rom
the state Medical Society, from the Rich
nond Academy OF Medicine. from the
Associated Il Charities OF Richmond, the
University College OF Medicine and the
Medical College Of " Virginia.
1.-THE members OF the committee from the
9Acade envy or Medicine are DR.. VIM. s.
Gordon, DR.. Manfred 4 Call Or, Henry
ls'INIreman Cook. " y t5j, "a iss .g.4
From the Associated Charities: Mr.
Robert Lancaster Mr.. semms. Miss Cab
aniss. III Bi ,5f. 4,
From the University College Of Medi-
iscinc: Dr.. Moses Hoge DR. 4 A.. T. Gray
DR.. VIM. G. Gordon, l3 & NJ. s8 gl5 IA. e;
From tho Medical College Of Virginia;
DR.. Ennio w illiams. DR., ] ohm Davidson,
Dr.. Manfred Call. ~ II
Gift Of a Farm.
y; Attorney General VIM "A. An erson has
offered attract OF pasture and mountain
lland OF 200 acres in Bedford county lol
1.-The purpose OF establishing there a State
santorium for. poor consumpt Ives. T his
|5offer will be presented to the state Medi
cal Society, which meets in Norfolk this
| fall and their committee appointed FOL
formulating campaign against tuber-
culosis will advise the acceptance OF this
offer! and the solicitation Of State appro'
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