The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-05
TUBERCULOSIS IN BARRE.
Dr. Miller Writes on a Local Situation
How 10 Meet It.

lett that something should be done to
lwaken d more public interest concern
| ing this dread disease Tuberculosis.
| v ! take the opportunity while on my
vacation 10 present to you these few
ines, trusting that they may be OF some
use In bringing about conditions which
sill lessen this trouble in our midst.
| During the year have been in your
.ity in connection with the Emergency
1 hospital Ii has been my lot to examine
large number OF these cases, some IN
he earlier and Others IN the more ad-
sanced stages. Barre, situated as it
II. should not have 50 many Of these
eases. There II something wrong and !
will endeavor to point out q few Of
these wrongs The first thing ! wish
To bring to the public attention Is the
I dust evil in our stonesheds. Nearly
everyone * aware OF this, but there
seems to be little or nothing done 70
4 remedy IT. The breathing Of this dust,
causing ns il does IN inhammatory con-
4 tlition Of the lining membrane Of the
whole respiratory apparatus, weakens
1 the resistance of these tissues and al
! lows 4 ready entrance to the germs
causing consumption, pneumonia and the
like This, believe. IL the chief factor
why 10 many granite cutters fall an
easy prey for the germs causing these
Diseases
Another great evil is the drinking
cup, lis II Is used in the stonesheds and
other public places. Something should
be done 20 discourage and prohibit the
men working in the sheds from using
one cup and dipping the same in the
4 pail. In these stonesheis there are con.
stantly men coming down with this
disease WHICH Is working such havoc
among our people, carrying as It does
ono oift al every seven people to ain nm
timely grave we should not be al
lowed ID spread it in the manner above
mentioned.
4 Every person afflicted with tubercu4
losis should be warned as 70 the care
Of their sputsIm This should either
be DESTROYED by strong anticipates q
fire. The pFomiscuous splitting upon
| sidewalks, cars and ii public buildings
should BE prohibited Nv law II is a
Iwell known fact that spntum which
has dried upon walks and the floors Of
EpubEe buildings Is again taken up by
shoes and women's skirts
Again find that great many peo-
pie make themselves unnecessarily weak
and frail and more prone To disease BY
/ The mistaken use Of tod much clothing
especially about the throat and the
chest. The excessive use Of clothing
does not protect one from disease, but
on the other hand makes them more
sensitive 70 sudden changes in the
weather. We should increase our power
Of endurance rather than weaken il
The use Of champis vests and the likt
should be discouraged,
Another way in Which many people
make themselves wesk and more liable
to disease il the breathing of impure
air. Abundance Of pure fresh air i
one 81 the best remedies We have ii
combating tho disease oil which we arr
writing but | find it a most difficult
task in getting patients to provide them
selves with this free and wonderful rem
edy which nature has provided for ON
use. Everyone should get used Il
q sleeping with their bedroom Windows
open, winter as well as summer Thii
Is especially urgent for those who arr
working in the dusty stonesheds during
the day.
There is another mistaken idea hell
Il bg a great many people. 1t Is the idef
that tobacco is help In keeping ava,
! disease. II Is not and besides being f;
direct irritant to the upper respirator,
passages it produces other harmful re
suits BY It's poisonous effects upon thu
nervous system. The use of cigarettes
il the most pefnieious. The too frei
use Of alcohol also reduces the VITALITY
: and renders one less able 90 throw Of
oncoming diseases.
The neglect in caring for diseases
noses and Threats Is probably one o
the most overlooked portals of entr,
for such diseases as tuberculosis, pleur
isy, rheumatism and many others. Tn
tonsillar tissue Of the throat, becaus
OF it, peculiar anatomie construction am
its topographic relations y more liah
10 become inflicted by tuberculosis thai
perhaps any other part Of the respira
tory tract. Whenever there Is any ten
deney to tonsilitis. BE the attacks eve
sonslighty ! the tonsils ever 50 small. i
is serious imenaee 70 the system AM
. should he properly attended ip.s Th
same IS true 81 odenoid growtks, SO fire.
qucntly found in children.
Everyone working in the stoneshed
! should use some mid antiseptic cleans
. ING solution to remove the irritating
dust from their nose and throat
There are many other interesting
facts about this disease Of which on
could write. but what have writtei
J have purposcly made brief, but befor
closing wish 10 bring ono or two otbe
subjects TO your notice That Is III
! neglect 20 often paid to slight cold
4 large proportion Of tubcrcular case
| have met with give q history Of hay
ing taken very mild cold with Sigh
hacking cough, for which they did littl
o. nothing Cat most taking little pat
emit cough syrup, thinking II wotll
I wear off. The cold seemed TO yet bette
: Except the cough, which did not stoT
: Is physician not being consulted unit
they began to lose IN weight and streugt
and have loss Of appetite. "A stitch /
time saves nine Is an old saying an
It was never truef said than in the carl
: diagnosis Of tuberculosis. Many pee
pie have been led to believe that a
D long as their sputum. does.not show tn
] presence Of tubercul bacillus that the
Z cannot have the disease. This is a mis-
! take. for there are n certain number o
! eases that do not have the germs !
! their sputum until The disease is yer
: far advanced, Tuberculosis can be cure
and tile earlier II i attended to u
! better Yours for health,
G. W. Miller, NJ. D.
Westport, n. A., August 81.
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