Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-26
PROTECTING SCHOOL
FROM The WHITE
PLAGUE
Scotch Serpent at ITS Incep-
ton Advice Of. Speaker at
International Congress on
School Hygiene.



Bunalo. \. y. Aug. 26.--Amons
the women who have spoken before
the Fourth international Congress ON
School Hygiene, now in session here,
Is DR.. Mary T.. Laphnru. 81 Highla BIDS,
y. c., who selected as her subject
the prevention of tuberculosis by the
medical inspection OF schools. This
II what Or. Lapham said:
III man or child In well and
strong Il does not occur To us 20 ques-
ton appearances. when the business
of life IL being carried on by "A man
In the very heyday OF his strength
and ability We no more think OF his
having tuberculosis than of his have
Ing rnttlesnnke. The robust. ruddy
child playing with his fellows. catinE
and sleeping with all the zcst ~
health. gives no intimatiOn whatever
Of the dark road he has To travel in
adult life when tuberculosis claims Us
own.
THE presence of tubercle bacilll
does not necessarily mean tubercu-
lOsis but il does mean that there Is
possible source Of danger which
may develop az any moment and
which must be carefully watched
throughout life. from the cradle "a
the grave. our public schools offer
unrivalled opportunities Tor the study
and detection OF what Won Adelung
has so well called pathological tuber-
culosis. meaning thereby these early
beginnings of danger. To detect this
flaw as early as possible our medical
inspectors OF schools must acquire a
far higher ability than IL generally
found today.
THE constant training IN the de-
lection OF these difficult cases will
give us an insight into the beginnings
of the disease and the data accumu
lated in the records will furnish a
comprehension as 20 the best meth
DDS to combat " that could be oh
tanned IN no other way. our public
schools will offer vast opportunities
for tracing these hidden stories from
the beginning 10 the end and we SHAH
learn that death Is more often due Ia
delayed diagnoses than any otheg
cause,
"Our people are dying from care
less, ignorant neglect. from blunders
and mistakes and incompetcncy. and
from delayed diagnoses far more than
from an Infection By tubercle hacllll
Delayed diagnosis means death, and
To- wait for physical signs la the
lungs on for manifestations Of ~
health may be very dangerous. Have
our teachers report for examination
all children oelow par for any cause
but do not rest conten, with this
Each child should he regularly exam.
ined and the report entered upon
such school records. Then IN after
years the efficiency OF oar system
can be tested by the number Of cases
escaping detection. for the attendinl
physician can look gp the records OF
a case coming 10 him In later lif,
ana II the methods employed prove
10 be inadequate they win have to hs
improved The status Of the Who'll,
nation as regards tuberculosis vii
be on record and the responsible,
of the inspectors be exposed 90 the
most searching tests.
Tuberculosis must De studied
where Il starts In the public schools
80 that we may overcome Il In oui
children, ana thus cut on our fu,ur,
supply Of cOnsumptivea Tho chill,
IL father to the man, and 20 prevent
the death OF the father we must be
gin with the child"