The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-24
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camps close to the cities with visiting
nurse and private physicians in at
tendance a success.
We have seen several once flourish
ing camps abandoned, not only by lack
of material, but because of increasing
demands upon philanthropic workers
that was unbearable.
Some Drawbacks.
The use of visiting nurse with pub
lie or private physician in attendance
does not prevent the spread to other
members of the family in spite of in
structions and daily warnings.
Neither is Reid Memorial hospital
considered by all complete success.
But are we to abandon the good of
this institution because of some fail
ures.
Neither is it necessary to abandon
to the discard the visiting nurse and
home care Of tuberculosis patients.
We are sure there is common
ground, second realize the enormity of
the problem even in Wayne county.
All students of tuberculosis recog-
nize in 1t two distinct problems-first,
that of the incipient case; secondly,
that of the advanced case.
Unfortunately no ouch distinction
has been made here, all has been
jumbled together as a single problem
Home Cure Possible.
All should recognize the incipient is
not the dangerous one to the commun-
ity and may in many cases be cared
for in the home and cured without
danger and in others with a little pre-
caution.
But who is the incipient case?
They are the ones not knor'n as
tubercular-they are usually the per-
sons with little cough and expectora-
ton and may be even capable of per-
forming manual labor but whose
strength is under par, real menace.
He Is the one to be waited upon and
a source of constant expectoration.
Suppose we care for him in the
home with sputum cups, instruction of
nurse, and daily supervision. Who is
to empty the dangerous sputum cup.
the body excreta, battle the fevered
brow, and hundred things daily-the
visiting nurse? No. Her calls are
daily, others await her cheerful call
Even our plucky visiting nurse with
all her skill, knowledge, and instruct
iOA W OtACIS Was d NlCIliH I'll lypuOlu
fever.
Not because she did not know pre-
vent but because she could not employ
constant supervision.
One case of tuberculosis in particu-
lar has attracted the attention of many
OF our warm hearted citizens to it's
needs and for nearly year 1t was
under the care of the visiting nurse
and physician
Scarcely had the sod covered the re-
mains of the brother than the same
group of workers are preparing to try
and save the sister with window tent
and charity-they find she has an in
cipient case contracted from her
brother.
Home treatment of the tuberculosis
advanced case is cheaper to the county
in first cost, but it has never prevented
the spread to other members of the
family in spite Of the instruction and
warning.
It is used because there is not room
or appropriations enough to furnish
proper hospital care for the sufferers.
It's use is usually sad commentary
upon the Indifference Of the commun.
ity to the inroads into the lives of so
many of our youth of so fatal disease
and as a menace to community lives
Is Wayne county ready to face the
first cost from human standpoint
and Is she yet educated to the place