The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-26
TO Stay the Great White Plague.
EDITOR THE TINES:

| bDllOh lHE lines.
| The universally and wholesale
ravages OF tuberculosis are but very
slightly appreciated by the commu-
nifty i'll general Physicians here and
there, III this and other states are dis
seminating literature, and striving to
educate the people as to their danger,
and their duty with reference to this
disease Men and women, both in pub
lie and private life, are shocked by
the statement that this disease num-
bcrs one hundred and fifty thousand
| victims every year, making a mortal
| lty greater than the carnage of the
| Russian japanese war. And this
death-rate goes steadily and remorse-
lessly on, day alter day and year after
year. No rank or station or climate
| is exempt; 1t attacks the prince and
/ the pauper alike, under given con-
IitiOns No question before the
nation is of more pressing Importance
today than the consideration of in
| tclligcnt measures to halt and destroy
this fearful peril
\ great movement is now on in
which the people and the authorities
are asked 10 join the doctors in an
effort 10 effcctually dispose OF the
germ-laden sputum of the consump-
| tive. The sputum contains the infect
ing material. When the splitting habit
can be controlled, the battle is won,
and tuberculosis will be stamped out.
! Every consumptive patient knowing
| the destructive results attendant up
on the distribution of germs from
the lungs, throat and nose, should
use every precaution which intelli-
gcnce can suggest 10 prevent the
further spread of this disease among
his fellowmen Every instinct of
humanity suggests that he should be
extremely cautious about splitting;
spit into proper receptacle, Gas in
a paper box made especially for the
purpose by Johnson & Johnson),
which can afterwards be destroyed by
ire. This prevents the transmission
OF the disease to others and safe
guards the public
The state, the municipality, and
society have definite duty TO per-
form towards the enlightenment OF
the people on this question of pre-
VcntiOn. il is the absolute duty of
the state to provide suitable insti-
tutions Tor the education and care OF
the Consumptivc poor. What rich
field OF labor is this for Our Civic
League. and our Ladies Literary
Clubs. TO educate the public in ref
erence to prophylaNis, by means OF
lectures. discussions and the distri-
button of literature. Our Farmers
Clubs. also, should take up this ques-
ton, and learn the importance of the
menace OF bovine tuberculosis among
dairy cattle, for it is the same germ
which causes the disease in the cow
II is vegetable germ. and is widely
diffused. During the nineteenth cen
tury i is estimated that the death
roll OF all the wars was 14,000,000,
while during the same period and
countries, consumption carried off 30
100000 There are about $4,000 con-
sumptives in Michigan today, and
nearly 1900 die of it annually in this !
state alone. And yet consumption is
4 durable disease. Sevcnty-five per
cent OF the cases OF tuberculosis, rec
Ognized in the first stage, get well. |
Fresh air and sunshine, the proper
kind of food. and hygienic measures, !
taken in time, and persistently fol
lowed. will almost invariably even
tuate in recovery.
This has been written for the pur
pose OF calling the attention of your
readers to the importance of this |
question, and melting them to post |
themselves. and do what they can i'll
this campaign TO stay the ravages OF !!
the great white plague.
c. Mccormick. |