La Junta tribune., 1910-04-09
Il ENCOURAGEMENT of Q natioa
al tuberculosis Sunday 4
be held on April 3lth 4

al tuberculosis Sunday =
HON be held ON April 3lth u
- 2l5.000 churches Of the Unft.
ed States was made recently BY ~
National Association for the S<u1v
and Prevention Of Tuberculosis.
Following campaigns against Coz
sumption that have been carried q
in the churches Of hundreds Of citisss
and sermons on tuberculosis tkst
have been preached before thoasasdD
Of congregations during the past year
movement has been started to g.
tablish = permanent tuberculosis Bun-
day. on which It Is hoped that every
one OF the 33 .OO0. 900 church soers b
the United States will hear the goo-
pei Of health. II is planned to CO.
list the active cooperation Of anti-to-
berculosis organizations. labor unions.
fraternal organizations. and othaf
bodies together with the churches y
the movement. The aid OF leading
churchmen In many OF the principa1
denominations has already been offsg.
ed. All OF the large interdenominAe
tional bodies. such as the Young
Mems Christian Association, You10
women's Christian Association. tt
Kings Daughters and Sons. and ths
various young peoples societies ere
also In sympathy with the anti.tu-
berculosts campaign.
Consumption u receiving one-AA1l
mile of publicity q week. \ ~
unique statement which The Naaisaal
Associattoa for the Study and Pssvso-
tioa Of Tubseculnsis tssues te1Ay. ~
sse11ag y ssuaSsseaA sAalis1lR eaQ,
kpa1sA bVoseUUnFUN S10oo0 49,
pepers q the Units1 States printed
articles concernins tubsrcsIosis. which
when measured. amounted to over 60.
600 column inches Of space in two
weeks.
The investigation which the Ma.
tionai Association conducted includ.
ed all ol the daily and weekly news
papers throughout the United States
~ well ~ some Of the larger jour.
mails and magazines. In the two
weeks which were taken as 4 stand.
ard. II WAS found that 81. .557 column
inches Of space was devoted to the
subject Of tuberculosis. II all Of
this matter were gathered together
at one time II would make q news
paper the ordinary size OF 1853 pages
printed solid. without any advertise
ments. all on the subject OF tubcrcu'
losis. II II were arranged In one
long chain. It would make a single
column Of matter four. .fifihs OF a
mile long and two and one-quartcr
inches wide.
The National Association declares
that consumption will never be wiped
out until the prevalent Ignorance con
cerning this disease Is overcome. To
combat successfully this lack OF
knowledge. immense amounts Of 1t
erature Of various sorts are being
distributed constantly. Within = year
time thousands Of tons OF leaflets
aggrcgating over one hundred million
pages are distributed by the various
organizations engaged In the warfare
against tuberculosis. Hut more than
all Of these individual agencies. the
National Association believes that
the press 10 the greatest means OF
educating the masses concerning this
disease. II the present rate Of inter
cs' on the part Of the Newspaper
world coatinuss. Y 10 estimated that
within . few ysars every man. vo
maa and child In ths UAited States
Will have Isasns1 Tie simple doctrines
Of tubcrculosi&
PesssHtisN - rvbsesv,ssss.
A synopsis Of the elsventh lecture
10 the Mhnsqua Hospital Course. de-
livsrsd March 3tth. at Casa vivienda.
by Dr. q. Walter Holden. supcrinten.
dent Il the Agnss Memorial 8anator.
ium. Dcnver. y - foliows:
The su0Dsssssoa Of tubssesless IL
Of universal interest. Il u. therefore.
Of the greatest Importance that we
fully understand the disease and learn
how 70 combat Il inteiiigcntly.
This applies not only TO physicians,
but 10 those outside the medical pro.
fession; they must combine forces
and not leave = stone unturncd In
their sndcavor 70 change tho condl.
tons which contribute 70 the exten.
sion Of tuberculosis.