The Washington times., 1908-09-30
NeW York Is Leader in Phtl1isis War,
Is Declaration of Dr.. Koch, the Specialist

by tuberculin treatment.
THE conclusions are that In applying
the treatment the production OF The
highest degree Of immunity to the
poison Of the germ attainable in each
case without producing any constitution
al or local reactions, Is the principal
aim TO be held in view. Reactions
should be avoided as much as possible,
and the highest dose reached in each
case should depend entirely on the toll
eranCe shown by the Pc 'ieut to the
poison, whether this be a raction Of
milligram or q cubic ccntimeter or
more"
Licensed Sanatora
Private sanatoria should be licensed
said Dr. Herbert c. Clapp. OF Boston,
In a paper read in section six
Although public charitable tubercu-
losis sanatoria are rapidly multiplying.
there are in the United States very few
tuberculosis sanatOria for people Of
means" he said. There are many nat
uraI reasons why from a financial
standpoint there Is little indUcement for
anybody to take the risk of starting
one; but the greatest obstacle Of all IS
the very unfortunate phthisiophobia,
now so prevalent, which often results
in the refusal Of local boards Of health
Cwhere they have the power) 70 license
them. This might be partly remedIed
II the State. rather than the municipal
| ity, exercised the licensing power. A
State officer (eX-Ofhcio) has a wider
range OF vision and an ability to de-
eide such questions with greater fair
ness and Justice to all He is naturally
more free from local prejudice and less
| liable to be Influenced by personal con-
siderations than a town officer in his
own town. The license might be grant
I ed by the governor Of the State, after
consultation with the State tuberculosis
/ commission. or with the board Of trus-
tees in charge Of the State sanatOrium-
I Or. the state board of health might be
the advisory board. Such a hoard should
! be board Of appeal at least, even II
/ the local authorities retained the ICcUs-
/ ing power IN the FIRST instance.
AT any rate, however planned, il
ought not 70 be made too difficult for
proper persons to secure a license 20
| establish such institution, which should
/ be encouraged for the direct good they
do. and also to educate the public, and
! education Of the public As the best cor
receive Of DhthisiOphCbld-"
Disease in Animals.
| 4 paper on Tuberculosis in Wild Ami
mails In Captivity" by ". Reid Blair, Of
. the New York Geological Park, in which
he said the disease creates havoc among
monkeys, attracted much attention.
! tuberculosis among primates IS pre-
! eminently a rapidly progressive disease
! and not a self-limlting affection" he
said
/ ANY monkey from which tubercIe ba-
! GILL are being eliminated at any time is
| a prolific center Of infection; and the
practical conclusion to be drawn IS that
such an animal must Of necessity be iso-
lated from other animals the moment
= Il
cred
since 1903 tubercular diseases among
the wild animals I'm the New York Zoo
logical Park have played a very unim-
} pOrtant part in the death rate. This is
! due to the careful selection OF the AMI
mails purchased; the hyglenic buildings
in which they are Quartered: the rigor-
/ Gus exclusion OF all animals known or
/ suspected TO be tuEeTCular from the
! cages Of the uninfected; and at the first
| signs Of the disease in any OF the ami
| mails. separating them from the healthy,
/ the cages washed and thor Ighly disin-
! feCted after the removal OF such ami
mails, and before healthy ones are placed
In these compartments
! our quarantine system whereby all
new arrivals are Isolated for short
period and carefully observed before be
ing placed on exhibition, has given ex-
cellent results IN the control Of tuber-
| cUlOsis among these animals"
The sessions for the colOred schools
VIII be held on the same nights as those
for the white pupils, but the hours OF
study Will be from 8 70 10 o'clock The
COlOred high school will meet at the
Armstrong High School, p street, be
tween First and Third streets northwest.
while the cOlored grade schools viii be
held in the following school buildings:
Garnet. Stevens. Phillips. Randall, Love
Joy. and Garfield. Cooking classes VIII
be instructed at the Garnet, Ran iaII.
and Stevens school buildings, and the
manual training instruction VIII be
4 given at Stevens, Randall, and of
; course, Armstrong, where more varied
, instruction along the Industrial lines IS
given.
| The subjects IN the grade schools will
be identical with those Of the regular
, day schools, with the addition of type
writing.
In order to avoid crOWding and con.
70 fusion on the opening night the prin-
2 CipalS OF the various schools will be at
: ! their respective buildings on Friday and
Saturday Of this week. between tine
p hours of and p. m, for the purpose
| Of issuing tickets oC admission to in
tended students.