Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-04-16
WOODSTOCK NEWS
The Fight Against Tubercu-
lOSiS.

The state board of health is doing
Z = splendid educational work in it's
a travelling exhibit and illustrated
lectures on tuberculosis. Every
\ where they have been well attended,
and the two days exhibit in the town
hall, Monday and Tuesday, was
& visited by nearly one Thousand peo
q ple. much interest being shown In
i the campaign against the great
q white plague
The exhibits arranged around the
y hall showed many of the modern
methods used in lighting tuberculo-
+ sis means for it's prevention and for
the care of tuberculosis patients
Il They included small models of
seeping rooms, outdoor chambers,
n window tents, and also drinking
8cups. napkins and other sanitary
b devices. Well known sanitariums
we're shown in large photographs
Hand charts relating to the prevalence
& of consumption in Vermont were
4displayed on the walls.
DR.. H D. Holton of Brattleboro,
Nchairmau of the state board Of
&health, was the lecturer Monday
&evening, being introduced by E A.
zSpear, the local health officer. His
7talk was mainly devoted to the
necessity of better sanitary condi-
tions in dwelling houses, in barns
land in dairies and it was illustrated
Nwith excellent stereopticon views.
n DR.. E. H. Buttles of the state
\ laboratory at Burlington talked to
|Eanother large audience Tuesday
evening. He spoke of the purpose
I bf the exhibit, the reason why tuber-
tulosis of all diseases was selected
& ps the special object of attack being
Found in statistics and death rates.
ID is estimated that it causes 200, 900
leaths annually in the United
4 States, and in late years it has
taused 450 deaths each year in
3 Vermont. Consumption ttacks
|Sthose who live in crowded or badly
s <kentilated buildings; it is one of the
" most fatal diseases under many con-
Millions, but it is also preventable
e bnd is curable if taken in time
B Smallpox is no longer feared, owing
~ o the discoveries of modern science,
" hnd what has been done in the case
bf this and other diseases will ulti-
K nately be done in the case of tuber-
%bulosis.
The lecturer was aided by many
& btereopticon views, the pictures
showing different kinds of germs
W which produce diseases, their form
"a hnd grouping, and how they attack
he healthy blood cells.
Dr. Buttles told of some of the
N tommon sources of Infection, as
Z common drinking cups, the sputum,
IN bnd the househy was of course con-
Il 1emned as dangerous germ carrier.
# DR.. Trudeau of New York was the
Originator of the fresh air, outdoor
Treatment for tuberculosis. He was
Nh victim himself, but outdoor life in
the Adirondacks, good food and rest
N brought about cure; the result has
Y been the establishment of sanitaria
q all through these mountains
+ Not everyone can go to SANTA
30rlum; for those unable to do 80 there
very effective home treatment.
m Consumption cures" do not cure;
n bnt there is a good chance to get
lMwoll with fresh air day and night.
as much rest as possible and food as
M much as one can digest. OF incip
r len. cases about 80 per cent are
cured, over so in moderately advanc-
u ed and 80 in far advanced if right
methods are persistently followed.
Carl G. Smith of Woodstock is
travelling with the exhibit as cleo
trlclan and assistant.