The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-11-02

and women that live clean, temperate,
sanitary and sensible lives and who
give the body the attention which1is it's
due, will stand the best chance
against the germ of tuberculosis. On
the other hand, we are teaching that
drunkenness will weaken ,the body so
that it is peculiarly susceptible. That
~privation, that is lack of proper. and
nourishing food, will create a condi-
ton which can not successfully resist
the germ. That incorporate habits,
such as excessive S Of drugs, tobac-
co, stimulating beverages, cver-indul-
gence of physical passions, and the
lack of the proper amount of rest, will
engender a condition which can nok
resist the germ of tuberculosis.
We are teaching that tuberculosis is
a disease, of the poor. While it is true
that the rich do have it yet the per-
centage is low compared to that of the
poor. Poverty smost certainly brings
about UNEMPLOYMENT requisite for the
development of the disease. Because
of this, we are teaching the necessity
for the registration of cases, so that
municipalities may take the necessary
steps to remove the environment which
is bringing it about. We are teaching
the necessity for dispensaries, where
the INDECENT consumptiVe may go, free
OF charge, get a careful examination
and get full and competent instruc-
lions as to how to live so as to get
well and protect others. We are
teaching the necessity for visiting
nurses. whose duty is to go into the
homes of the INDECENT consumptive,
teaching proper home sanitation and
hygiene. These nurses are not to go
only once, but often, and to see that
the instructions which have been giv-
en- are understood and are being car.
ried out. We are teaching the neces-
sity for hospitals for the advanced
and Hopeless cases, where they can be
and removed from<their COM
munfties as a possible source of infec-
ton to Others. We are teaching the
necessity for sanatoria, where durable
cases may go and regain their health.
and be instructed in the proper meth
DDS CT living, to later become mission
aries in their respective communities
teaching the laws of right living, san
station and personal hygiene as it has
been taught-to them.
We are teaching the doctrine of con-
of the "sure cure nostrum
1t is unanimously a~greed@by
the medical profession that there is
drug known that is a sure cure for
consumption. Yet, there is not of
you who can pick up a newspaper and
net find from n to a dozen ure
cures advertised, which carry with
them a guarantee to cure or your
back and with it, a volume Of
testimonials to prove their false
The sure cure nostrum for ~tubercu-.
losis may be divided into. two classes
the positively harmful and the mega
lively harmful. In the first class
should be placed those nostrums con-
opium, hasheesh ,chloroform and
any considerable quantity of alcohol.
These drugs have V cured a single
case of tuberculosis. Stimulated by
the alcohol, lulled into a feeling of inn
and hCpefulness by the
morphine he continues his habits I'M
til the final breakdown comes, from
which there is no reclamation. In
the other class of sure cure nostrums,
the negatively harmful, should be
placed these connections which, in
themselves do no harm, but do keep
the patient away from a proper treat
ment which may bring about a cure
or arrest of the disease.
We believe that the school is proba-
bly, the most hopeful field for bur la
bors against tuberculosis. For imme-
diate practical results for lowering the
present deathrate hospitals, dispense
ries and visiting nurses probably
the more important; but for the
achievement of the final victory, the
probably offers the best oppor-
tunity, where we can apply ourselves
to forming correct habits, rather than
to correcting bad ones. There we
have the best chance to check the
germ before it starts on it's deadly wor
There, through the education of the
children, we can best educate the
whole community. At the same time
we are teaching the necessity for
open air shcools; schools where all
children with a predisposition to the
disease can be brought back to health
and vigor, at the same time they are
receiving their education.
We are teaching the necessity for
medical inspection of school children
It is known of children more espec-
Ia1Iy those who live in crowded dis
tricts, that about fifty per cent of them
the infection before the end
Of the fifth year. What shall we do
with them? Shall we take charge of
them then, before the infection has
made inroads on their vitality, e
that they receive proper are and at
and reclaim them from the
disease? Or, shall we let them go en-
the arduous duties of school life
spending, per capita, about $3.50 each
e to educate them, only to have
them die Of tuberculosis before they
reach the age of eighteen? 1t is esti-
mated that over seven million dollars
are spent in the United States each
year to educate children who will die
Of tuberculosis before the eighteenth
birthday. That means sever million
wasted on education each year
in the United States; while if We were
to spend half that much on open air