The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-04

TUBERCULOSIS
CAMPAIGN
DR.. CLARENCE HUTCHINSON AD-
DRESSED GATHERING YESTER-
DAY AFTERNOON, WHILE DR..
ANDERSON AND DR.. RoUTZAHN
SPOKE AT LAST NIGHTS SEES
SION.

Undoubtedly the tuberculosis exhi-
bitIon and the general campaign
| must be, beyond a doubt, a most
worthy one, for who ever saw such
beautiful weather favor an institution
so continuously, III order, it would
/ seem, to give everybody, man, wom
an and child, an opportunity to take
advantage of the PreseQce in the city
Of the exhibition. And they are GER
tainly making the best of their
/ chance. The exhibition again, as on
Tuesday, was crowded all day long,
listening and drinking in this educa-
ton for the good OF the body.
At eleven o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the days work started off With a
WhiTl, TO a big gathering OF people,
among whom were conspicuous quite
a good many of the cigar makers of
the city.
At one p. IN. the hall was crowded
with school children from school No.
:. one and all on the same errand or
knowledge hunting
At three O'Clock, according to pro-
gram announced, the Daughters of
Isabella, and a large number OF other
people, occupied the attention of the
management of the exhibition.
Or. Hutchinson Spoke,
The four o'clock session was opened
by Director Routzahn, who immedi-
ateIy introduced Doctor Clarence
Hutchinson, and the hall was packed
to its doors TO accommodate the
crowd Of eXpectant people.
The subject on which Dr.. Hutchin-
son addressed the audience was How
TO Cure Consumption" and the man
neT in which it IVES handled and the
information impaired, was well
nv nT ton Times q crOuy9 oOTtId
the hall have accommodated SO large
a number. DR.. Hutchinson said in
part:
IF ] had to choose my own subject,
[ would not have chosen How to Cure
Consumption but would rather have
chosen How to Prevent Consumption,
for we all know the old adage, An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
OF cure
Consumption is communicable;
that is, it is catching. 1t is also cura-
bic, but first OF all it can be prevent
ed. II is a germ disease, and this
germ can be handled. can be raised or
killed the same as YOU raise OF kill
a chicken or bugs. IL enters our body.
lives, moves and grows and repro
duCeS just the same as bugs or any
plant Will" DR.. Hutchinson said
again: Il want to impress upon every
member present that consumption is
not hpreTditary. the fact that the
mother or the father or both die with
coP>dmption, it does not necessarily
follow that the child should have
consumption. OF course, the tendency
to contract consumption is greater in
a child born OF consumptiVe parents
than in child born of healthy par
ents, but if he is brought up in by
gienic life and food, he is just as able
to resist the disease as a healthy
child. Now, We do know that
the consumption germ is absolutely
opposed to fresh air and sunshine. It
viii not grow or thrive in fresh air
and sunshine OF course. the drier
the climate the better the air and
sunshine is for Consumptiyes, but
many people stricken with Consump-
tion think they have TO go out TO Colo
RADIO or New Mexico and are not able
TO go, and so give up and die This
is not right. | believe any consump-
tive patient can be cured as we'll right
here in Pensacola as almost any other
place 1t is true the sea coast is not
the best place, because there are fogs,
but one could so a few miles inland
and be free from the fogs. The
point of prevention or cure settles OF
one thing fresh air and sunshine
l would advise consumptive patient
to stay in the fresh air all the time;
eat. sleep and live in it,
The session was concluded with a
lecture by Director RoutZahn, accom-
panied by stereopucon illustrations.
Special note should be taken by
the public of the proclamation of
Mayor Goodman regarding the tuber-
culosls exhibition, and everyone
should respond gladly and willingly to
the call. for their own sake as we'll
as for the sake of the city and
country
The O'clock Session.
At the eight o'clock session, the
feature of the program was the ad-
dress by DR.. W. +. Anderson, cover
ing in detail the subject under dis
cUSsiOn. tuberculosis. Dr. Anderson
spoke for about slf an hour. taking
the subject from start to finish, from
the means OF contracting the disease
and carefully going over the ways
OF prevention and cure, giving his au-
dience a clear insight into the great
mortality resulting every year from
this terri le scourse. At this session
there va quite a large crowd, which
totalled the days attendance TO about
two hundred more than the day pre-
cedint
Today Is negro day at the exhibit
ton and there VIII probably be a
much greater attendance than at last
Thursdays
Late Wednesday evening the secre-
taTy of the ColOred carpenter union
called up the Office of the exhibition
and notified them that the colored
carpenters union would attend in a
body at the eight o'clock session
Thursday niGbr 14-o4rId
donate TO the campaign fund of the
exhibition the sum OF five dollars.
which will be handed in on their ar
rival at the hal.