Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-12
kline DISCUSSES EARLY STAGES
IN TUBERCULOSIS.

| IN TUBERCULOSIS.
Specialist Declares Disease Ma,
BE Cured.
| While much has been written and
said relative to the spread of tuber.
culosis among cattle, considerable ag
itation is being felt throughout the
country in regard to the seriousness
of prevailing white plague" cases.
The state board of health, realizing
the ravages of tuberculosis. has ap-
! pointed DIR. j. w. Kline of Fort Dodge
as state lecturer on this subject. DR..
Kline is at the head of sanitarium
in Fort Dodge, where tuberculosis is
treated entirely.
On last Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock, DIR. Kline met the members
Of the Delaware County Medical soci-
ETY. in the Council chambers, and al
though suffering from a laryngeal at
tack and severe cold, spoke about
tuberculosis, how the physician may
discover symptoms in early cases,
and regarding the work of the state
board, which hopes to cooperate with
the various county medical societies
orb nut 40 cfo
ly, by the assistance of the family
physician, to stamp out the disease
so far as possible.
Il am here today" said DR.. Kline,
ito talk about early tuberculosis
and at the request of state board
am going from one county to another
discussing with medical societies the
best means of identifying the dis
ease. My lecture of today will be
followed before many weeks by an
other, when suggestions regarding
the treatment of tuberculosis will be
given"
1t is recognized by the medical pro-
fession that advanced cases in tuber-
culosis prove fatal, but when the
disease is intercepted in its infancy
and proper treatment administered,
the patient stands good chance for
recovery. DR.. Kline used several illus
trated charts in explaining progress
of bacillus from the time it reach
-es the lung, either by inhalation or
of digestion. until it increases itself
and millions of baccilli, after weeks
and months of development, adhere 10,
the tissues or membrane and form
congestion with the blood corpuscles.
However, Nature is using every pre-
tentative and until the tubercle
breaks through the air duct, there
is slight expectoration, and even at
that time the sputum is apt to con-
tain no baccilli.
DR.. Kline declared that no ply
sician should delay an examination
until patient evidences, through his
sputum, symptoms of tuberculosis,
but ought, when first called give the
person critical analysis, which may
be done as follows: strip the patient |
to the waist, observe the breathing,
which will plainly show irregular
movement of the lungs il same are
affected with tuberculosis; note the
color of face whether 1t is healthy
or paid, also the lips which may
appear pale. The temperature will in
dictate in an average patient regis
istration of 81 degrees in the morn
ing; FORMAL, or SO Clio at noon or be-
fore o'clock, and in the evening it
will rise to 99.5. A dry, hacking, irri-
tating cough may accompany the
and hemorrhages may re-
suit in early cases. DR.: Kline dis
couraged percussion, or the light,
quick tapping of the finger tips on
the chest for determining by reso-
nance the condition of the organ, but
advised that each physician use aus
culation, or the act, art or process
of listening for sounds produced in
the chest to determine any abnormal
indications. BY this method, more ac-
curate diagnosis may be ascertained.
Skin tests are used commonly In de-
termining, whether or not, a patient
is afflicted with the disease, but, as
DR.. Kline said, in every case, the
physician should use all
known available means in finding
out the true condition Of the patient
and in his final analysis, believing
that the person contains bacilli germs
of tubercular nature, that immedi-
ate preparations be made for his i'm
mediate recovery, before allowing the
disease to penetrate other membranea
and tissues.
The lecture which was to have
I,eea given at the City Opera house
that evening by DR.. Kline was post
poned on account of the speaker be-
ing unable to use his voice properly
:. Kline will, however. make anoth-
= visit to Manchester, probably on
vida ' evening, May p, and it is
,cned that a large number Will pei
,resent to hear the specialist.
PUMP WATER BY POWER.