The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-04
DR.. Hill at Anti 7 tuberculosis Exhibit
Tells How Even Tots on Street
Spread Disease.
ANOTHER PROGRAM TONIGHT
State Show to be Brought to Close by
Talks From Bemidji Physicians
And Others.

IN language SO pldlu that CVCly
one of the 400 persons present could
understand. speakers at thu Anti
tuberculosis exhibit at the Armory
opera house here last night, warned
the public against the perils of the
disease which today has fastened its
clutches upon 10000 persons in
Minnesota, 1900 of whom are
doomed to die.
How to escape the deadly tuber-
cular germ and how to successfully
combat it was told by experts, DR..
H. w. Hill of the state board of
of health, as the principal speaker
of the evening, citing many SEEM
ingly trivial incidents of every day
life which have a direct bearing on
the fight against consumption.
E. E. Mcdonald, who presided
at the meeting, emphasized the
great importance of guarding
against the disease and Rev.
Flesher told of the work being
accomplished in this state and call
ed upon the people to awaken to
the great benefits to be derived by
concentrated efforts.
A. R. Blakey, who has charge
of the exhibit for the state,
delivered an illustrated lecture
bringing home with striking
force the ravages of the disease.
Tonight another program. free
to the public, will be given, and
the speakers will include DR.. Gill
more, DR.. Marcum, Rev. Mckee
and another illustrated lecture by
Mr.. Blakey. Rev. Father
O'Dwyer will preside.
In his address last night, DR..
Hill said in part:
Tuberculosis of the lungs is the
most serious of the tubercular
troubles since the lungs are in con-
slant action and we breathe about
twenty times a minute and if the
lungs become affected, all the func-
tons of the body are interfered with,
and after the tubercular germ has
started in with it's work, other germs
proceed to break down the tissues
and in some instances cavities as
big as your fist are made in lung,
the destroyed tissues being coughed
up in sputum. 1t is said that no
one ever died of tuberculosis, that
other germs did the work by des.
troying the tissues.
But how does the germ leave
the body? Practically speaking, i,
leaves by way of the sputum.
There are three principal ways
in which the sputum is carried to
other people. First of all, by spit
ting it out, usually on the sidewalk
This will dry and carry the germs
as dust is carried.
1t is the fact that you will 60 out
and step in that sputum, daub it or
the floor and the little baby crawling
around will get its hands in it anc
then into its mouth. Did you eve1
think of that? Women carry it or
their skirts and all people carry il
on their feet.
Second, the mouth spray. The
breath, when we breath quietly, i:
free from germs. This has beer
found by experiments and is matter
which is brought before each student
in the medical course at the state
universities. When talking, laugh
ing, or singing, the breath comes GU
more quickly and it carries out par
ticles of saliva. This is alright i
the germs are normal but if tuber
cular or diptheria, they are very ap
to become infected.
The third and most important on
of all is that of the hands. From
the time we are children until W,
grow old, we are constantly puttiAe
our hands into our mouths. What
does this mean? Perhaps you hav.
just shaken hands with some on,
who had his hands in his mouth
What was in his mouth goes int,