The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-30
URGES FAVORABLE VOTE ON
TUBERCULOSIS SANITORIUM
Dr.. Fischer of Hubbell Gives In
teresting Address on the
White Plague.
TOLL OF DEATH is APPALLING

Two hundred thousand lives year
is the toll the United States pays on
tuberculosis preventable and durable
disease" declared DR.. A. r. Fischer of
Hubbell. i'm lecture under the auspi-
ces of the Houghton County AntiTu-
berculosis society, at the Elks' temple
last evening before good-sized audi
Cnce OF Calumet Elks and their ladies.
i"Michigan's proportion" he continued.
lis $500 a year. one tenth OF all
deaths in our borders are due To this
disease Again we find that one third
of all deaths between the ages of is
i'm the prime of life.
with such record of death, de-
struction. pain and sorrow 1t is per-
fectly natural that we should ask
what manner of enemy is this that so
insiduously and unrelentlessly invades
our homes, our society and not only
our nation but all nations of the world?
The worlds death rate fills 100000
graves every year by tuberculosis
alone"
DIR. Fischer here entered upon a de-
scription of the disease, the effect tu-
berculosis bacilli have upon the tissues
of the body, particularly the lungs and
then referred to the dangers of spit
ting. coughing and other means, by
which the disease is carried from one
person To another The germs may be
communicated by means of insects.
household pets. food, milk, paper mon
ely. books and clothing thus spreading
the contagion indirectly. The doctor,
In explaining why more people are not
affected by disease when so many
millions of germs are breathed or TAX
en- into the system in other ways stat
ed that the power of resistance of the
human body is great and that person
i'm normal condition can successfully
conquer the germs taken into his tody
providing he does not permit his vital
ity to lower. for once resistance is
weakened the germs get in their work.
When "A person finds he has suspi-
cious signs of tuberculosis he should
seek medical advice at once, declared
the speaker. early diagnosis is the
keystone of successful treatment. Get
the system built up i'm time and you
will win" he stated. THE doctor
should be looked up to as a director
who will outline the course for the pa
tient. The essentials of the curing
processes are: Education. sunlight,
outdoor air. good food, rest and clean
illness. All these things aid i'm building
up resistance"
Throughout the lecture slides were
thrown upon screen to illustrate va
rious points. Several pictures of san
toriums were shown and methods of
porch. roof and window treatments
all of which is getting back to the sim
pie life and getting the advantages of
fresh air and sunlight. The doctor de-
clared that in the treatment of the di-
sCase the patients body should be care
fully protected when in the outdoor air,
particularly in the winter time. He
said that II was not dangerous to live
with a tuberculosis patient providing
the patient was careful. burning the
sputum, sleeping alone and paying at
! tention TO cleanliness in every way.
! He advocated, however, the isolation
Of advanced cases so that danger Of
infection Of others would be lessened.
In closing DR. Fischer spoke of the
good work that is being done by the
nti-tuberculosis society and urged all
voters to vote yes" on the PROPOSE
ton to be submitted next Monday to
bond the county in the sum of $4,000
TO erect tuberculosis sanitorium to
be maintained and supervised by the
county.
| our most crying need now is a hos
| pital or sanitorium for the care of
many urgent cases." he said. such
a place To segregate the advanced cases
would remove many centers of infec-
tion from among the people. This in
stitution could also maintain day
classes where patients or anyone in
terested might receive instruction. Ig-
norance is the fertilization of this
dread disease; knowledge will conquer