Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-08
Half of Money Wasted.

meet tnlS great Hteu
Half of Money Wasted.
Rabbi Sidney Goldstein, social service
director of the Free Synagogue of New
York city, discussed the work of the joint
tuberculosis committee of New York
The committee is composed, he said. OF
representatives of the United Hebrew
Charities, the Montefiore Home. and the
Free Synagogue, and has fund of
about $4,000 year with which TO
carry on its work.
More than one-half Of the work done
by tuberculosis sanatoria is wasted"
said Rabbi Goldstein. There is grow
ing conviction that the sanatorium
covers but small part of the tuber-
culosis problem and that if It stands
alone it is doomed to failure. In the
summer of 1912 a committee composed
of representatives from the United He
brew Charities. the Montefiore Home
made thorough Investigation of cases
discharged from the Bedford sana-
forum in the years 1909. 1917 and 1911.
Four hundred and fifty-nine cases were
cent could be located: of the 1910 group
only 80 per cent could be located, and
of the 1911 group only per cent
could be located. The Significant and
OF the cases discharged in 1911 and
located in 1912, So per cent had lost
or relapsed. This means that within
six months to a year % per cent of
wasted-that is-s52 out of every 500
expended in sanatorium treatment is
lost within twelve months.
Benefit of Exercise.
That various forms OF exercise aside
from walking may be found beneficial in
the treatment OF tuberculosis patients in
sanatoria was the statement contained in
a paper read by DR.. Charles W. Mills of
liberty. n. z. who was assisted in the
preparation of the paper by DIR. Herbert
Maxon King Of Liberty. Wood chopping.
road making, horseback riding. ETC.. il
was stated, had been found beneficial I'M
der proper conditions and with the exer-
else of proper care.
Surgical methods of treating tubercu-
lous patients were described in a paper
by DR.. Edward Archibald of Montreal.
who told of benefits which in selected
cases have followed artificial collapse of
an affected lung. Such collapse. il was
stated, may be brought about by the in
lection into the pulmonary cavity of nitro
sections OF ribs over an affected lung.
In either case the lung collapses and
fails to perform the function of breath
ing. and in such collapsed condition treat
ment becomes easier and the response is
more rapid and satisfactory. Extreme
care, 1t was stated, INST be exercised in
following either method, as the operations
involved are fraught with great danger
Sessions Of the clinical. pathological and
sociological sections of the association
were held this afternoon. among the
speakers being DR.. George NJ. kober of
this city. Homer Folks of New York,
DR.. Theobald Smith of Harvard Univer-
sity and number of investigators in
various lines of work for the study and
prevention Of tuberculosis
It's Annual Dinner Tonight.
The national conference of tuberculosis
secretaries. holding its meetings in con-
nection with those of the association.
Will hold its annual dinner tonight at the
Ebbitt Hotel. At the dinner reports of
several committees are to be presented.
among them being the report of the COM
mittee on cooperation and coordination
by the chairman. Miss Elizabeth Crowell
of New York. and the report of the COM
mittee on reorganization and member
ship by Chairman r. G. Paterson Of Co
lumbus. Ohio
At last nights session of the ad-
visory council a symposium was held
on the general topic of medical ex-
aminations of employees. The speakers
included DIR. J. w. Extraordinarily of
this city, who discussed medical exam
ination of employees as feature of in
dustrial Insurance; DR.. Theodore b.
Sacks of Chicago. DR. Harry L. Mock
of Chicago and DR. James \. Britton OF
Discussion of the papers was opened
by Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation, who took the
stand that organizations of laboring
men might be expected to resist the
of compulsory medical ex-
inf OF bal
liberty Of the employees. |
George w. Perkins of Chicago, presi- |
dent of the International Cigarmakers |
Union, took the same stand, the two |
of organized labor in !
dicating Enthusiastically the antagonism /
of labor unions to any laws which, by |
requiring medical examination of
men and women might be re-
rarded as interfering with the right |
81 such employees to labor when and |
where they could ind work Others |
na rticipating in the discussion were
Mai. William Lyster of Washington
and James Minnick of Chicago.