The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-07-06
Management Of tuberculosis,

The following Is from a paper read
at the Central Tri-state Medical So
clety at its meeting in catlettsburg.
Its careful perlsal and study viii be
Of value:
We use the word management I'M
stead OF treatmant because much npIe
is dependent upon the proper hand
llag Of this disease than the use of
drugs can ever hone TO be-
The literature that is annually sown
broadcast over the entire country
bearing on this one subject is eRor-
nous societies, both professional and
lay for It's arrest and prevention,
ire to be fuund on every hand,
public lectures 20 the masses ON ehis
most interesting subject are frequent
" held,--and slowly but surely the
public ls being educated up to the
importance OF united effort 10 stay
the hand OF this fell destroyer. The
patient and laborious Investigations OF
our brightest and best trainde minds
in scientific Ines are surely bringing
results tina. win some day gladden.
the hearts of millions OF people. To
all this the properly enlightened lay
man g, by no mcans indifferent He
too. by sad experience, has learned to
dread the great white plague that
every twenty-four hours claims four
hundred victims In this land alone
! -Four hundred families mourn the less
Of loved one every day our less b.
dsath frcm this enc disease being
annually about uae hundred and fifty
Thousand. Men Of financial turn u
mind say this loss measured in dpllars
and ceats would maount to throe hnn-
bred and thirty millions Of dollars.
But this Is only a s1rdid view Of this
vital master; who cln estimate Ia
gold the value OF broken hearts, nn-
dered ties and blasted hopes the
anguish. the tears, OF the utter deco
lation Of those who have each Jay
said a sorrowiul aaieu 20 these de-
parted ones. most OF tham claimed
in the prime Of life. To their mourn
ing ones. The touch OF a vanished
hand: the music Of q voice forever
Eashsd, is terrible aud abid.ag
reality: aud yet with an this gloom
and blaekness there IS a silver lining
IS this dark cloud over and over 81
has been provoa THIS dr9ad disease
both prayea able end Durable
In this great warfare The maa be-
hind the gun is the general pracu-
toner. On him lies the greatest res
possibility, both for preyeauoo and
cure. But strange as i may seem
too often the early cures are either
overlooked or neglected until IL is
too late to help. The day OF gr,-,,
20 far as the patient IS concerned has
passed by, nothing but chronic iGya-
lidism or death awaiting him.
One practitioner has no BELIEF Ia III,
prevention or durability Of the mai
ady. while anchor places AL his hon,
in drugs. Between the two the vic
i'm IS lost. The one sends him away
to die among strangers; the oihel
literally drugs his patient TO death
The wlde-awake ard farseeiGs prac
{ tiy!oaei scents the danger f'om dtar
r He puts his patient ca ms gnarl. Il,
| las been drilled IN The technique %
physical diagnosis even slight ollui
) cal symptom are readily observed
} by him., and II his paiieli has con
. fidenoe IA Ills medical adviser. he VII
profit very greatly by strictly fol
: lowing the directions that wisdom
and experience both give him
One Of the first steps in the man
: agomelt CT these clses after an sarl!
, end positive diagnosis has beer mad,
i is to take the patient into our conf
dence. Do not make the mistake o
telling him his ailment Is OF tut it'll
Importance, that II is OILY a sligh
indlsposition under which he IS labor
ing,-prcbably Just cold from whicl
he will soon recover; an short, n