The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-30

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 Today and Monday will close the tli- berculosis exhibit in Birmingham, and while there are thousands of persons who have visited 1t during the last two weeks, there are many times the total number who have not yet seen it. Today is "pub- lie school day" and police day." and a special invitation has been extended 10 everybody interested in the schools to visit the exhibit today. The teachers and pupils arc particularly invited, while the addresses of the day will be by prom inent educa tors.
 Yesterdays programme was so varied that 1t brought out an extremely large number despite a few showers. It was mothers, printers labor and laundry day. each of which was sufficient to at tract a good crowd. At noon Director Routzahn visited the dining room of the Young Womens Christian association and delivered short talk, urging their CO., operation in the campaign against tu- berculosis.
 Suburbanites were very much in evil dence yesterday, the municipal officials from the small towns just outside of Birmingham being among the visitors.
 Small towns throughout the state con- tinue to take an active interest in this exhibit quite a number of additional towns having been heard from during the last day or two in regard to the form ipe af of so East Tallassee where a committee has been organized by s. T. Pauncey to carry on the work.
 Tuscaloosa Is also waking up to the situation, headquarters for the distribu- ton of printed matter having been estab- lished at the Brigham drug store in that town. This printed matter is being sent out by the state board of health.
 Several of the towns in Pickens coun- ty are also falling in line. Aliceville s particularly active, Prof. J. P. Doster of the Aliceville academy having started the campaign there. The same condition exists at Reform, where c. G. Dodson is arranging for a public meeting toward the starting of the campaign there. The Alabama Herald of Carrollton is urging the people of Pickens county to take part in the war against tuberculosis, and is assisting materially in the organization of societies in that district.
 Dr. M. R. Seay, county health officer of Lamar county, is agtating the move ment there. Dr. A. M Graham and Dr. J. C. Smith of Banliston are waking up people in Fayette up in this regard. Dr. c. o. Oliver of Haleyville is arranging for a public meeting for the people of Winston county and expects to have a smooth working organization perfected within a few days.
 Dr. w. M. Jordan presided and Drs Frank Lupton and Dr. T. A. Casey dis cussed 'The Methods of Infection and Dissemination of Tuberculosis at yester- day afternoons session Their remarks were very pointed along this line and showed how the cooperation of the peo- pie and common sense application of it was an absolute necessity. Learn all about how to handle the disease while you are healthy" was the keynote of their remarks.
 A few remarks from the latter part of Dr. Caseys address, telling of how the disease spreads, reads interestingly It is as follows:
 "How does tuberculosis spread? Two things are necessary, one is the seed which is the tubercular bacillus, and the other Is a suitable place for their Judgement and propagation and that suit able place is the human body in a low cred state of health? This may be ac- quired or we may inherit weakness or predsposition. In other words we are not born with the disease, but we may be born with a weakness or condition which will cause us to fall a ready prey to the germs of the disease. How do these germs gain access to the human body? Are they carried there by the bite of some animal or some insect or do they take wings and fly? No, they can fly without wings. The air is the medium through which they pass, just as water is the medium for carrying the germ of typhoid fever and cholera These diseases are said to be. water born but consumption is air-born. The germs always come directly or indirectly from some one sick with the disease. The sputum or spit coughed up by a con- sumptive has millions of these germs and in this way the disease is dissemi- mated and conveyed from the sick to the we'll"