Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-09
MEET Of FIGHTERS
Of TUBERCULOSIS.
GREAT INCREASE ~ AyTI-Tu.
BERCtLosIs AGENCIES DIR.
ING FAST DECADE
HUNDREDS OF HOSPITALS.
sale uf Red CrOss Seals For Last
Year Estimated NJ More Than
Icrty-thrce Million
Seals

By Ato,isi,d rre-s.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. May s.
The work Of the National tssocia Ion
for the prevention OF tuberculosis.
whic heas begun lust ten years ago
was reviewed at the opening session
of the tenth annual meeting OF the
Association here Thursday.
DR.. Charles j. Hatfield. OF rhila-
dclphia, one of the directors, report
ed tha after wears work there are
over 900 anti-tubcrculosis agencies
nov we'll established as compared
with Les than 90 such agencies IN
1905.
Tho agencies today include $50
tubcrculoHs sanatorIa aud hospitals.
$40 dispensurics. nearly .2o0. anti.
tubrrculoala associations ana 2S0
opcr mir schools and fresh cir class
60. lle.lds'. considerable Number
OF boards Of health aud other agcn
cics are taking an active part IN
this campaign
while the National Association
cannot lay claim 10 the organization
Of each an dey'ry individual piece
of anti-tuhcrculOsis work developed
drring this years" says the report,
1T IT, probably no cNagyeratlon to
say that NJ least great part of this
movement has been stimulated diroc.
ly by our association. II In. there
for. significant 10 you, who are mem
bcrs of tho association 10 note that
while the entire budget of the Ma
ti0nal offica for this period has been
only So0.0o0. federal. state. aud To-
cal anti-tuherculosis agencies. both
public and private. have expended
during this same period PRACTICAL,
tlOO. 600 .OOO I"
Dr. Hatfield also reported upon
the Red Gross Christmas Seal sale
for last year and estimated that when
all the returns are In. the aggregate
sale ALL reach more than A2.Voo,-
600 seals. gain OF 10 per cent over
1912 Plans for the sale next fall
have already been perfected and the
tul iff ai Iiasss. Ifa.s 4. a.
eunr some OF lhe nioai s,siui.csu.
Developments Of new work during
the past ycnr have been IN the states
OF South Carolina. Oklahoma, and
South Dakota In all OF these states
The new activities have been siimu-
lated bv the sale OF Red Cross Seals
nr. Sacks Makes I,eport
The Medical Examination Of En-
ploycs' was discussed by several
speakers at the night session OF the
Advisory Council OF the National As
ISOLATION fer the study and prcycn-
tion of tuberculosis. The heads Of
two biz Chicago houses. employing
thousands of men. testified that the
regular medical examination OF all
employees was not only humane. but
good business"
DR. Theodore B Sachs. chairman
OF the committee on factories OF the
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute. re-
ported upon the first three years
work OF The committee. He said
systems OF medical inspection were
In various stages OF development In
fifteen large industrial concerns IN
Chicago
AT present. the cost Of the cX-
animation Is borne by the firms .
he said. but II g. evident that with
the spread of the principle. medical
examination must become eventual
ly a part of industrial insurance
DR. Sachs said he hoped 10 see tho
plan extended 10 every large city
~ fH, ffpgt.H C,a,.. H-..a.. 49,.
liminsry steps have been taken hc
said. IN Newark. y J.. Buffalo. y Y,
Grand Rapids Mich. and other cities
fricdmann'S I,cmcd, Discussed
In paper entitled Subsequent
Report Ol Patients Vho Received
Injections OF Friedman Vaccine a
Year Aga" Dr George Mauuh"i-
mcr OF New York declared cmpahti,
cally before the Clinical Section oi
The National Association for the
tudy and prevention o. tubcrculOSi.
hero today tha, the friedman Vac.
cine had exhibited neither curativ,
nor preventive powers" and that II
could not therefore be- recommended
In March 1913" said Dr Mann
h'imcr. eighteen patients wcr,
treated under my supervision Ol
these. fifteen can be- followed NJ. and
o' that number threc are dead Tho
number of injections in th n case,
ncrr one. two and four. respectively
pf the remaining tVelys patients. ten
received one. and two received iou'
injections Five of the ten patients
Vho received one Injection developed
ahsr tses AZ the site of the injection
aud were therefore unsuitable foi
further injections. according To th'
inventor The other five patient
Verc not reinjected. either bccaus'
they did not see the improvement
thy had been led to expect or be
cause they had become worse and
had lost confidence In Friedman. Al
20 their present condition. five ol
them are nov unchanged and five
are worse than a year ago.
One patti nj. who had four iniec-
ions. feels well and presents signs
OF an arrested lung process, but he
has net gained In weight aud has de-
volopod a new tuberculosis process
Ia another part Of the body The
second patient with four injections
has tuberculosis of the knee Joint
aud Is nov decidedly worse than BE-
fore. The infilirato OF the fourth
injection broke down aud discharg
, ed pus
Where ahscesses resulted at the
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