The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-23
THEY TELL ABOUT
TUBERCULOSIS

Forster, Physician in charge of the
Cragmor Sanatorium, Colorado
Springs, delivered before the Clint
cal Section of the National Associa-
ton for the Study and prevention of
tuberculosis, Denver. June 20.
DR.. Forester's paper was study
of climate and altitude in the treat
ment of tuberculosis. He review
ed number of opinions obtained by
him in the last year. He showed
from these and his own observations
how for the last ten years the en-
phasis in local care of the tubercu-
GUS das tended to minimize the pos
sible benefits of high altitude and
warm, dry climate as aids in the
cure of tuberculosis, but concluded
that these two factors might be great
aids under certain circumstances.
While admitting that he himself
had come to Colorado less than a
year ago with the feeling that cli-
mate was not an important factor,
and that fresh air was about as good
in Maryland or Kentucky as in Den
yer or Colorado Springs, he said that
after he had consulted the various
records of physicians, and had not
iced the results of his own brief
period of work, he felt that the con-
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for climate and altitude ass aids in
treating tuberculosis were not far
fetched.
Abstract or paper on "The Heal
tn of School Children" by Mrs. Hell
en- R. Wilcox, State Superintendent
of Education, Denver, delivered be-
, fore the Sociological Section of the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis, Den
/, yer, June, 20.
! One of the first requirements in
our schools should be teachers who
realize the relation of the child's
physical condition to its school eff.
ficiency, for it is clearly demonstrate
ed that failure in studies, nervous
ness. apathy, dullness and much
viciousness on the part of children
are the direct result of ailments tina,
are easily durable.
4 There are in Colorado 221,98:
school children, and from the mum
Der in this state alone an estimate
of the task imposed Upon our teach
ers may be made. 1t would appal
many physicians and the average
inferno would call for help, yet il
many states this hard and unplea
SAINT duty is forced upon the teach
er, and the physical, as well as men
tai, welfare of the children it plac
ed to prepare for physical examina
ations, of which they have not tn,
slightest knowledge.
1t is time for us to have a littlt
Legislation regarding physical exam
nations in the schools, time for IL
to relieve overburdened teachers b,
giving this work to specialists an,
trained nurses, and while about i
why not set up minimum standart
iof clothing, cleanliness, growth
nutrition and education, and il TIL
standard is not maintained by tn
child, make the parents responsible
The price of bodily efficiency ma
seem high, but the result is wort
the effort, and we must write heal
: tn as habit upon the school Chi
dren. We must preach the gospe
of fresh air, cleanliness and muir
! ton to them.
1t is time for a new American Re-
volution. We no longer believe tina
tuberculosis is -incurable. Let u
stamp out the health destroyin
trust. Let our government tax
: part in the great revolution by ests
: blishing standard of sanitary COZ
ditions in homes and making it NJ