The weekly true Democrat., 1909-11-05
.HOOKWORM, FOE
OF SOUTHERNERS
Disease to Be Fought BY Rock
SIsllsFs Million
DESCRIBED BY DSGOVERER

u Win Take Twenty Years % 4Faol~
oats Mulady, ssys pe. stllss--crlps
plss he Victims nOdIly sHa Mentally.
csa as Cured Easily.
According 70 Dr. Charles ". stlies.
the discoverer Of tue hooksOrm an
oaSs. 10 eradicate which John D. Roek-
efsller has given Si.OOOoO0, the mai
ady % confined almost exclusively %
the southern States-ehiefy 10 the rural
diatricta 70 can be easily cured ana
easily prevented. Yet thousands oe
southern country school children are
dWarfed both physically and mentally
by this malady.
children who attend rural schools
in the south are IN many instances -
onfeoblod By the disease that they die
before coming Of age" says Dr. stiles.
''rhe south la educating rural childreD |,
between the ages Of six and twelve
and burying them before they are
tWenty-One. thus putting their educa-
ton Into the crave,
Gauss % Poverty and olstresa
sHookWOrm disease q one Of tho
pFihcipal ea6sos-by Ear the moas Inn
poftant single cause-ef the Wtetcnea
physical, mental and financial condk
ton OF the tenant Whitof os tha
south. It q rot their fault that thog
ere hay. shiftless and lacking n RB,
bliiOn.
by reason Of their lack og deceat
sanitary eonvenlonces many Of tha
country schools and country cburchos
Ga the aouth aFe beeediue places noE
this maiady. Whatsver they may g.
for education and religion. they nro lR
their present condition q menace %
public health.
The Real "Nesro Problem
THE real acute negro problem b
the south at the present moment D
ne problem 6f che hoOkWotm. 46g
the Begro is the principal seAtteror of
the parasite. propagauug and dissanI-
nstlng e whoroyoF be oes. TIE white
people are the sufferers, particularly
the tenant whites.
"rhe south does not need a higher
birth Fate. but lower death rate N
eldshtally. II the bo0kwoFm mischief
were wiped out the labor problem oe
che south would be solved By saving
the children.
'sThe leaders IN southern thought are
showing an acute interest in this sub-
iect and are cooperating In a move
ment b better the conditions of thar
much mlsunderstoOd, misintefproeo0
and misrcpresented uelghbors who are
in less favorable financial clrcum-
stances. Southern physicians. egpe-
cially the state boards OF health. are
alive 10 The subject. and many phyul-
clans are giving free treatment Tor
this disease. The better class Of goath.
ern newspapers aFo taking q live a..
terest IN the matter and are sDroading
the doctrine OF proper sanitation.
Will Take Years 70 eradlsats a
'Srhe dlficultlos OF the situation
should not. hOweyeF, be underestimate
cd. II will take twenty years % eraos
icate the disease. but results sboUl0
begin to show themselves IN aboat nVa
years"
Medical research IN recent years han
shown that cases apparently hopeless
can be cured easily and quickly; that
q couple Of simple drugs will relieve q
victim and ordinary sanitation WA
eradicate the h0Okwogm n a neighbor.
hood.
An needed Tor q successful hattie
against TIE dIeeana, according 70 aklll-
"a tuvestIeaiors WaFe money and pgop-
oriy applied enere1. Both are now a.
hand. thanks 10 Mr. RockefeliaE a
recent article on the hookworm an
ease Eiated that s200o0o0 wou,d wlpo
cot svery vustigo q e a Amegicas
Thoaa who heard of Mr. Rockefellsre
gin confidently believed that it ~
eIco0 900 proved as e1lcacious a. Wno
oEDocisd o. would give ths olhaF NJ
non 1ahfig.
Iha hookNoFn lune'asIa Al,l M
lcal nnn1 enc nncInrE1t1 intI