The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-05
A GREAT SUCCESS
State Tubercu Osis Exhibit At.
tracts Thousands.
People Gene for Miles to Hear
Lectures.
IN SIX WEEKS, $4,000
Halls Are Not Large Enough in
Some Places.
Marvellous Results From State
Teachings.

The state tuberculosis exhibit. organ
lied and operated under the supervision
of DR.. S. j. Crumbine of the state board
of health, has just entered the seventh
week of it's career and in totaling up
the result of the six weeks on the road,
DR.. Crumbine has found that almost
1900 people of Kansas have taken adj
vantage Of this wonderful exhibit and
it's teachings.
This is a gratifying result to the state
board of health and to the sponsor, DIR.
Crumbine The exhibit started from
Topeka during the latter part of Au-
gust on tour which will take in every
town of any size in the state and will
be on the road exactly two years. The
interest in the exhibition and the num-
Der Of people who have turned out to
witness the pictures and to listen to
the lectures is in itself worth the
money that the state has placed into it
Mr.. Crumbine is of the opinion that
this itinerary up to date has done more
for the people of Kansas in educating
them to beware of the consumptive
germ than anything ever printed or
circulated before. The people have
come for many miles to listen to the
lectures and inspect the exhibits. They
have been serious in their attention and
have asked thousands of questions of
the staff in attendance. 1t has been a
great education for the common people
along sanitary and health lines and the
effects of it will be seen in years to
come.
School Boards Interested.
In the reports which the staff of the
travelling party has been sending DR..
Crumbine are found many interesting
features of the conditions and the pre-
va1ence of tuberculosis in the north
eastern part of the state. When it is
known that 1000 Kansas people die in
the state every year from tuberculosis,
it is enough to make the people wake
UP and take notice and they are max
ing known every feature of their living
to the doctors and nurses of the state
exhibit. When people realize that four
people die every day from tuberculosis
when there is a cure for it they natur-
ally long for knowledge on the subject
One of the best proofs Of the success
of the staff is the interest taken among
the school boards over the state. At
almost every town the staff has visited
the school boards have given the chill
dren holidays and they attend the ex-
hibits in a body. Here they are given
stereopticon lectures and are taught the
very simplest methods of preventing
the spread of the dreaded tuberculosis.
1t has been proven that the simplest
methods are the easiest in guarding
against this disease Dr. Crumbine
considers it very important that the
onconling generation become aware of
the consumptive germ and guard
against it.
The staff consists of a trained
nurse, Miss Laura Neiswanger, a |
general assistant Mr.. George Thomp- |
son and the doctor in charge, Pro- |
fessor s. G. Emley, of the State uni |
versity medical school at Rosedale. !
In every city where the exhibit visits |
the sanitary conditions, sewerage
and general outlay of the towr and |
it's water supply is studied-the result |
is placed in writing and sent to the |
city officials. The trained nurse
visits the homes of the poor and |
goes where the people are not able
to leave their homes, making sug-
gestions here and there and irpprov-
Em1ey lectures and explains the ex-
hibits and Mr.. Thompson assists in
all the work. Miss Neiswanger also
lectures to women only and many
duct the exhibit far into the night in
order to answer the public and per-
sonal questions Of the interested peo-
pie.
In almost every town it is neces-
sarv to turn people away from the
doors-it is hard to find place to
house the exhibit and the crowds 1t
draws. AS an example mere Is an
extract from a letter written to DR..
Crurnbine by the trained nurse. Miss
NeiSwanger:
"Our attendance at the exhibit
yesterday was about 1,O0o WIN aDou.
reach the door. The doctors of the
town have worked hard to help us
make the work a success and l am
sorry the room is not larger"
These are the conditions every
where. People come to the towns
from the country and from the sur
rounding towns to make carefuI re.
search Of the ravages and cures of
the white plague. Literature of all
kinds is given away and everything
POSSIBLE is done to bring the people
out of ignorance concerning the prop
a cafior dissemination, cause and
cure of tuberculosis. In some towns
tha attendance has been larger than
the population of the town.
The following is the list OF towns =
and the total attendance
since the beginning of the tour of the
state tuberculosis exhibit:
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