Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
WAR IN MISSOURI.

We all rush to our newspapers as
soon as they are within reach nova,
days to learn about the wa in Europe.
We try to understand the position OF
the various armies opposing one an
other and to pronounce the names OF
the cities that are being bombarded
or destroyed and we wonder what will
be the final outcome Of all this strug-
gle.
There was a time when there was a
same sort of war in Missouri, on q
smaller scale, between men in gray
and men in blue, that is now going on
in Europe. Thank God that day Is
past and can never return! But there
are other wars being waged within
our boundaries that will count fol-
much in the future of our state, car
ried on not by armed men seeking
one another's lives, but by earnest
citizens battling for what they con
slider their own best interests or the
good of the commonwealth. Such are
the conflicts between vice and virtue,
between temperance and intemperance
and between health and disease.
Foremost among the latter, and hav.
ing enlisted on it's side a host of the
thoughtful people of our various com.
munities, is the fight against tubercu
losis or consumption which has been
especially active during the past ten
or fifteen years and which has won
notable victories.
We used to think that If a person
had consumption they might be cured
if they could afford to go and live in
Colorado or New Mexico, but that
there was small chance for recovery
at home. Now we know that the ques
ton of a cur depends not on the
climate in which one lives but, first
Of all, on recognizing the disease early.
and then on carrying out such methods
OF treatment as can be employed as
well in Missouri as elsewhere. Rest
omen air living and good food are the
trinity that work for the salvation Of
Liz DDuN anu that may put Ill Cl0 "
this dread disease.
To some degree and by a certain
number of people this fight can be
made successfully at home, but with
many this is not practicable. House.
room and domestic arrangements may
forhid. And how, under any circum
stances, is it possible for the mother
of a family, perhaps accustomed to do
ing her own work to secure the rest
which is SO vital an element in the
cure of consumption? Manifestly 1t is
impossible. No sleeping porch can
do 1t. Only leaving home and betak.
ing herself to some place where she
is free from responsibility and from
the necessity Of working can give heI
the chance. Just exactly this oppor
tunity for rest, for outdoor living and
for properly regulated diet as well as
wise medical supervision, is Offered
to her in the State Sanatorium for
Tuberculosis at Mount Vernon and no
where else. Furthermore, for those
unable to pay their own way the state
and the county provide this care with.
out expense.
In establishing this State Sanator-
ium it was not the purpose of the leg.
islature to furnish a hospital for ad-
vanced consumptives whom there is
very little hope Of curing, but to pro
vide a place where early cases might
be sent, with a good prospect of hav'
ing their disease arrested and OF be
ing returned to their homes in a few
months greatly improved II not cured
and having learned how to properly
care for themselves. This plan has
succeeded wonderfully well, and 1t Ia
surprising to see what a contented
and wen happy crowd is here az
sembled.
The first step to take for admission
to the sanatorium free Oh expense as q
county patient is for the patient or hil
friends to apply to the county court
to send him there. Then the couri
notifies the superintendent and he
writes to the patient telling him what
to do. All simple enough Il the people
weuld only do t.
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