The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-23
.ANT|-TUBERCULOS|S
LEAGUE is FORMED
Richmond Has the First Or
ganization of Its Kind in
u This State.
ADDRESS BY DR.. HURTY
SEcRETARY OF STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH TELLS WHAT
CAUSES CONSUMPTION AND
THE PREVENTIVE FOR IT.

DR.. J. NJ. Hurry, chairman of the
state BsaSi of Health, lectured to a
moderate sissd audience of the Rich
mond public last night upon The
Means of Preventing the Spreading
of tuberculosis"
The meeting was called to order by
Acting Chairman Jesse S. Reeves.
Chairman Reeves gave very appro-
pirate speech of Introduction, lightly
touching upon the general outline
which was followed later by DR.. Hur-
ty.
DIR. Hurry said in part:
'In Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales
the author relates of horrible mon
sters which inhabits a Labyrinth. This
monster feeds only upon tributes of
children and maidens. tuberculosis
may rightly be compared to this mon
ster, for does it not feed upon the hu-
man being of our world?
Many Die Near Fifteen.
"Those persons who succumb to
consumption during the year vary in
age between fifteen and thirty. The
most of them being nearer the age of
fifteen. This disease exacts q toll of
some 1,950000 human being each year.
In Indiana pneumonia comes first
In destructiveness; then tuberculosis,
carrying away with it annually 5000
persons. Twenty-thousand persons
.in the state are at this moment afflict-
ed with this disease. Three-fourths
of them recover in some form from
1t, but the overwhelming number
above stated, die.
Science has proved beyond a rea
sonable dougt that it is durable, and
If taken in time, death can scarcely re-
suit.
Now for the preventative. So long
as a person treats the body in accord
ance with physical laws and leads the
clean life of Christian, he is just
one step nearer the presentation of
this disease. Good air night and day,
good digestion, plain food, good water
are it's cures. The simple life of
temperance and concord with the
laws of cleanliness, these are the pre-
ventatives of the disease.
Fresh Air Badly Needed.
"Trolley cars, shut tight, with the
insufficient ventilation through the
small windows in the roof; depart
ment stores, factories, school houses
and public buildings not properly ven-
tilated, are the breeding places and in
cubators of this disease. Fresh air,
fresh air in good, large quantities is
what Is called for.
bad air is the initial cause of con-
sumption. 1t is the general opinion
that 1t is one of inheritance. This is
not properly so. One may inherit
he weak body. the weak lungs and
generally frail constitution which is a
great assistance in the developing of
tho disease, but the inheritance of
The disease itself is impossible.
People speak about the night air.
They are afraid that they may be-
come possessed of some very bad
cold which may result seriously. They
are afraid to keep their windows open
Fresh air, fresh air whether that of
night or day. Keep the windows open
at night Breathe in the good pure
air while you sleep. One third of the
life is spent in sleeping and why
should one breathe and rebreathe
ones own air. want to urge the peo-
pie to breathe the night air and to
keep their windows open.
THE principal reason and cause
of tuberculosis Is that of bad air. Nu-
triton lets down, and resistance is
lost The tissues are then in an un-
healthy state and susceptible of the
germs of consumption. Not only do
we acquire this disease by breathing
foul air but we also lay ourselves
open to many other serious diseases.
God gave a cure when He gave us
pure air to breathe.
Rate High In Wayne County.
''The object of my lecture this
evening is to attempt to further the
plans of the already proposed Anti
tuberculosis League which is about
to be initiated in Richmond and
Wayne County. The statistics for
1905 show us that the rate is aston
ishingly high in Wayne county. This
county is above the average of the
whole state. Why? One reason is that
Ing the winter months tile average of
deaths from consumption is above
the general average. 1t will also he
observed further that during the sum-
mer months there are very few
deaths caused by consumption. This
is due TO the fact that people are out
of doors more. They get pure and
fresh air.
Wayne County comes just above
Scott county in the rate of death
from consumption. Scott county is
the last in the list and has more con-
sumptive deaths than any other coun-
ty in the state. There has been an In
crease OF one and one-tenth in the
past few years
Law will not kill the disease but
individual work will eventually block
1t out Several years ago the State