The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-23
Europe's Advancement IN Pre-
tentative Work Is Theme
for Pulpits.
SUNDAY 70 BE OBSERVED
KEYNOTE or DiscoURsEs 70
THAT IAN OUNCE or pREvEN-
TIoN 10 WORTH A POUND or
cuRE"-To EDUCATE.

Chicago, April GA new note Of
hopefulness in the fight against the
white plague" will h. sounded from
pulpits OF Chicago in observance OF
Tuberculosis Sunday. by the an
nouncement of the strides which have
been made in Europe in it's prevention
by the agency OF ozone. artifically
produced. IAN ounce Of prevention is
worth pound Of cure" was the key
note of all the discourses. Consequent
ly the fact that fetid air of crowded
workrooms, sweatshops, factories, OFF,
ces, schools, banks and halls can be
sterilixed and Ii being sterilized by
ozone in England, Germany and
France promises q new great measure
of defense in the cities where human
ity swarfs most and suffers most from
the fear OF the white plague"
The problem OF pure air In cities.
where the best that can be had from
the outdoors is laden with effluvia
and dirt and soon becomes hopelessly
bad, Is In fair way OF solution accord
ing to authorities quoted from the
pulpits as to discoveries of Ransome,
Border, Stoker and others, specialists
in tuberculosis treatment abroad.
salvation Of Cities.
Producing the quality of air Of the
seashore and the mo0rland for use in
doors-this he has pointed out IL the
salvation Of the teeming cities. Ster-
ilixed, vitalized, Ozonized air, which,
now by the Vohr method is produced
by electricity. IL now q household and
industrial commodity. Science has
abandoned the idea that ozone can be
economically and conveniently made
by chemicals and American ingenuity
has developed method-in Chicago
which makes the ozonizing of q room
as simple as that Of cooling 1t with
electric fans-and In not q dissimilar
way.
Nine hundred pastors joined In the
pulpit campaign against the white
plague" in cooperation with the Chica-
20 Tuberculosis Institute. The move
ment in Chicago is part Of q national
movement to inspire every pastor in
the United States to devote one Sum
day In each year to teach the value Of
fresh air. cleanliness. and ordinary
care a. q means Of protection against
tuberculosis.
The problem Of. the poor consump-
tive Is one that at times faces every
member Of the clergy. The aim Of a
permanent Tuberculosis Sunday" Is
to teach that the disease is prevent
able and to show by what means its
inroads can best be lessened.
An organised movement in all parts
OF the United States in which Frank
II. Wing. superintendent of the Chi.
cago institute. is taking q leading
part, has for its objects:
The education Of all persons in re-
aiIment.
Some % the Weapons.
The establishment, on an adequate
scale OF:
1. Hospitals for advanced incur
able cases.
2. Dispensaries for early diagnosis
and advice.
5. Sanatoria for treatment of cur
able cases.
The obtaining of proper state and
municipal legislation to necessitats
proper precaution against spread o
the disease.
Cooperation with all sound move
ments for the betterment of living and
working conditions.
The league Is seeking to enlist thu
cooperation of anti-tuberculosis or
ganixations. labor unions. fraternal or
ganigations. together with thu
churches. In the chrucheo next Sun
day literature will be distributed t,
members Of the congregations and ev
erything that can. will be done t,
teach that tuberculosis can be prevent
ed and cured.
As 4 means for preventing tn
spread of the disease the institute ha
issued booklet advising all bran
ches how they can help.
In the cure of tuberculosis ozon
also holds promise of advancement
European chemists having first don
great service In discovering its ma
ture and origin-from oxygen whic
Is changed from two atoms to three
the third being ozone, tireless ens
my Of putrefaction and an agent q
health. Arthur Ransome, M. D.. NJ. A
~. ~. ~. F.s -. ~. D, SHlus ~ mas ION
been shown that an excess OF fres
air approaching to open-air treatmen
has been beneficial in all kinds of m
crobic diseases, not only In consuml
ton. It ID therefore natural to II
Quire what there IL In outside air this
can lead to such remarkable result,
TN the first place we must note II
comparative purity. Exposure to tn
open air implies both more and pu
er air than Is afforded by the frees
ventilation at least . hundred time
Tho air Of ordinary living room
however clearly these may be, neve
contains 0zone.
ssOzone Ii the natural enemy Of o
Ganic impurity. and IL thus a mos
powerful cleansing agent
sFtom what has gone before It
& obvious that pure mir II indispensab
ana therefore that We must avo'
proximity 70 large towns Or TO fActo
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