East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-15

following composition by Anna Black
horn, pupil of the fifth grade at the
Umatilla agency, has been submitted
to the East Oregonian by Major E.,
S. Swartzlander superintendent.
tuberculosis or consumption is a
dreaded disease which is killing many
people every day. out of every hum
dred that die every year, twelve die
of consumption.
Tuberculosis or consumption is
contagious disease.
1t can be cured II the proper care
is taken of the body.
1t is a disease that slowly weakens
the body and finally causes death.
More negroes are afflicted with this
disease than the Indians, but many
Indians have it and it seems to be
spreading rapidly among them.
tuberculosis is caused by a little
plant which is so small that 1t Is in
visible to the naked eye. 1t can be
seen through a microscope, which
makes 1t appear many times larger
than 1t is. These little plants are
! called tuberculosis germs. The tuber-
culosis germ is called tubercuIar ba-
cilli. These germs will not develop
If the power of resistance is good. III
few germs get into the system of a
weak person, the germs will grow and
multiply rapidly.
This disease is not hereditary. Ev-
cry case begins by getting tne disease
|
of the disease. Persons Will not nave
tuberculosis unless they get the tu-
berculosis germs into their system.
tuberculosis may generally be ac-
| auired by breathing irto the lungs
what come from the dried sputum OF
a tuberculosis patient. A small am
cunt of matter is spit up from the
lungs This matter is called sputum.
| The germs are so numerous in the
sputum that a tuberculosis patient
! will give off from half million TO
four millions of germs in twenty-four
hours.
Every thing that weakens the body
will also weaken the lungs. The lungs
will have to be strong, so that the
germs II taken into the body Will not
grow.
MANY Indians have the disease a
long time but finally get well. Even
under the most sanitary conditions
a million little germs get into the
system of an adult At first the per-
son will feel lazy then he will have
n slight cough: he will lose flesh and
get thinner every day. If the proper
care is rot taken the cough VIII be-
come worse He will have fever ana
sweAts at night. His face will oe-
cone pale. his breath short and MS
heavt will beat faster. The germs
viii break the blood vessels of the
lungs and cause bleeding from the
lungs.
Those people who work in the coal
mines. where the fresh air ana sun
light cannot reach them, those whose
parents and ancestors have had the
disease. those who are narrow chesl-
cd and round shouldered are easy VIC
tins for the disease.
Tobacco and alcoholic drinks weak
on the body. The diseases such as
whooping cough and diphtheria also
weaken the body. A person aIter
having these diseases is likely 10
cot tuberculosis germs into his sys-
tenn.
This disease is sometimes calieu
"The Great White Plague"
Cows sometimes have tuberculosis
From the blk, butter and meat oil
tubercular COW we may get the germ
The house fly is also transmlttei
Of the disease. 1t will walk over the
sputum of a tuberculosis patient ane
then walk over the food. In TINS
way we may get the disease.
Every consumptive person got th'
disease from a human being or al
animal.
A person that has rheumatism ma!
get the disease.
If we do not have nourishing foot
we will have weak bodies.
We should not spread the disease /
we can help it, If splitting were t'
stop. nobody would have the disease
A person who has the disease
should sleep by himself
We should not keep the room too
hot. The average temperature OF
room should be from fifty-siX degrees
to seventy degrees.
A hot room weakens the body.
All band instruments should b
thoroughly sterlized before passing
them to others. We should not pu
anything into our mouths that ha
been in the mouth of another.
If one person of family has tu
berculosis he should use separate
dishes. His dishes should be scald
| ed before washing, so that the no
water will kill the germs.