The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-08
National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of TurbercuIo-
sis COnvenes in Wash
ingtOn
FRIEDMANN "CURE"
WILL Be DISCUSSED
German Doctor Not Officially Invit-
ed to Attend Many PrOmi-
nent Physicians Present
Two Addresses Delivered
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Washington, D. O., May s.. Promi-
nent physicians and surgeons from all
over the country to the number Of sew
eral thousand today attended the
opening Of the annual convention Of
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis, OF
which Theodore Roosevelt and Sir
William osler are honorary vice pres
idents. The officers Of the organiza-
ton are Homer Folks, president; VIII
liam H. Baldwin, treasurer; DR.. Rob
ert A. Babcock and Or. Edward n.
Baldwin, vice presidents. and DR..
Henry Barton Jacobs Of Baltimore.
secretary Thirty-six OF the largest
cities Of the country are represented
on the organizations board Of direc-
tors. The sessions will continue Fri
day and Saturday.
Under the subject Treatment Of
Progressive Cases Of tuberculosis"
Dr. Mary E. Lapham Of Highlands, N.
c.. before the clinical section Of the
National association declared that the
future treatment Of pplmontry tuber-
culosls in its advanced forms must
be surgical rather than medical.
There are two well defined. dis
tinct classes Of pulmonary tubercn-
iosis," said DR. Lapham. "They are
those that recover. aud thg.s that from
the very start manifest an inability
to arrest the disease. These progress
siye cases may improve but they can
not hold what they gain. AS soon as
this Is recognized. the futility and dam
ger of depending alone on good nurs.
ing, fresh air, and rest must be adj
mitted and surgical aid must be en-
ployed.
This surgical assistance to the
more natural methods Of treatment
gives the lungs more complete rest.
drives blood from the engorged blood
vessels, keeps the lungs from expand
| ing and saves them from the pulling
and tugging Of respiration. It col
lapses the lungs or forces them up to.
gether expels its poisonous purulent
contents keeps the lungs clean and
dry; and makes the growth Of the
tubercule bacilli in the sputum disap.
pear in many cases after surgical
treatment Thus the danger Of in.
fecting others during recovery is re-
moved When case Of pulmonary
tuberculosis belongs to the progressive
type, it may cost the life Of the pa
tient to persist in medical measures
alone Surgery should be tried before
it is too late
DR.. Albert p. Francine OF PhiIadeI
phia delivered an interesting address
on the ultimate results obtained in
the Philadelphia patients discharged
from the Mount Alto state sanitarium
If 1908 and 1903.
In the years 1905 aud 1903, said
Or. Francine. there were discharged
from the Pennsylvania State sant
torium at Mount Alto 900 tuberculosis
patients whose homes we're in phila
delphia. A careful personal study
made Of each Of these patients III
January and February, 1913, developed
the fact that the majority Of them hat
T been able, after an average stay d
six months at the sanit0rium, to ret
+ turn to their regular work on fpli timl
and full pay, and that they had beer
o working since their return for owe
2 TWO years, Where the cases had re
4 lapsed after their return to the eit1
it was usually ueeause they had en-
tered the sanitorium with their dlseas
. already too far advanced Almost Il
: Of those who went to the sanitoflun
!. in Time today are alive and we'll
!. Nearly one half Of the patient
! have one or more members Of lhei
: families who are also suffering wlt
= tuberculosis Ont 81 The ssI ease
= studied. l25 were foreign born wh
a were NOT citizens ol the United state.
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