The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
FIGHTING TRIM.
Personal Endeavor Necessary to Main
tain Public Health.

In a pamphlet entitled Fighting
Trim" issued by the United States pub
lie health service, Surgeon j. NJ. Eager
| lays stress upon personal endeayor OF
every individual a. of the highest public
! importance in the organized war against
| disease. The wonderful victories that
| have been won in combating infectious
maladies have had tendency to divert
/ popular attention from the equally i'm.
portant personal fertilization against dis
eases of all kinds The question OF pre-.
paredness against onslaughts of the en-
envy, a query prominent in the minds Of
everyone in these days OF warfare, is
put in a special personal bearing as re-
lating 10 the dangers threatened by dis.
case, the permanent enemy of mankind.
Are YOU personally prepared. il is asked
for the hand to-hand encounter with dis
ease that you are sure 10 be forced into
sooner or later or in which perhaps you
are already engaged Unless you are
willing 20 suceumh without q struggle,
fight YOU must. no matter how feeble
your fighting proclivities are. The in
cvitability Of the battle against disease
Is strongly insisted upon. Peace between
nations il j. stated, may not be- an IN
attainahle hope, but even when the much
desired era Of human concord comes and
armed strife among man has ceased.
there will still be an everlasting battle
10 fight a ccaselcss struggle for few
more wears 81 health and life 4 desper
ate conflict against foe Who. a. far asl
victory over the individual fighter is
concerned. is certain in the end 10 win
the battle against disease.
In the defense against disease two
thiugs are necessary a systematic union I
Of fghters the sanitary organization 4
and personal preparedness. the product
II intelligent and diligent personal ~
gene Personal preparedness Is TIE ~ /
tfiotic duty of every citizen ~ an aid
10 national sanitary defense. No man a.
, member Of society IL morally free o.
live unhvgicnieally " 20 acquire dtseasa
through lack 81 personal care. like a I
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be health rsks impartiug 10 others bic D
loose morale. ~ even transmitting de-
,ase % the whole community
Health is mans most valuable pos.
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