The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-03

ITCH man can nave MS D3LQ ana eX-
pensive attention, while the poor
chronic cases quarantined for life
within the confines Of the institution
perform the mental duties of servants
In the kitchen and fields.
Under the new quarantine law
passed by the legislature, infectious
| cases of the disease must be quaran-
tined, but no place is open to receive
them.
DIR. w. T. s. Dodds of the Indiana
society for the Study of tuberculosis,
who made the principal talk, said:
What are you going to do with these
old leather lunged cases which stand
around on the corners and spit for
fifteen years and then die of some
thing else? You can't send them to
jail, the poor farm won't have them.
they will be pardoned at the peniten-
tiary, the church doesn't want them.
You have no place to send them.
Poor Men Spreads Disease.
The rich man is the only one who
ought to have consumption" said DR..
Dodds. "The poor man can't afford
1t. So he has to keep on working. He
makes your candy, bakes your bread,
ticks labels. and gives the tuberculo-
sis to your baby because he doesn't
know any better, and we have never
done anything to teach him any bet
ter"
DR.. Dodds said that incipient cases
of the disease could be treated better
at home, and urged against sending
them away to another climate or to a
hospital. 1T is the old chronic cases
that we want to get rid Of" he said.
a mo ov1ti Vn hi Sc Loo
islation ever passed, and we have to
thank the women of the Federated
Clubs for that. We have the power to
send these cases somewhere where
they can be isolated, but we have no
place to send them.
Are we going to send them to a
poor farm or an asylum? No! We
want a hospital, place where those
who can afford it can pay for the SER
vice. We want to be able to provide
for the rich mans wants, and what he
pays will help pay for caring for the
poor man.
! "Although you can't call 1t by that
name, what you really want is a Jail,
where you can send the chronic cases,
and keep them from spreading the
disease all over the neighborhood.
They can saw wood, raise chickens,
help in the kitchen and do other odd
jobs that will help run the institution. -
Suggests Home Treatment.
Asked whether or not he thought
anyone would send his child to such
an institution under those conditions,
| DR.. Dodds had no answer to make.
1t was suggested by E. H. Harris
that other cities had found the home
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isfactory, and that already good re-
suits had been obtained through the
efforts of the il cal visiting nurse.
| Mrs. Linton, the visiting nurse, said
There is no question about the
need of hospital If We have a hos.
| pital where we can send the worst
cases, we can save the rest of the
family, but the visiting nurse and the
county hospital must work together u
County Auditor L. S. Bowman was
outlook and said: although our tax
rate is uniform at the present time
the total rate of 1926 has become a
burden to many people. / do not
| think that the county board and the
county council would consider an ap
preparation for hospital before 1916
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have been paid. The only PROPOSE
ton that they would consider would
be a loan or bond issue. If they are
shown that real need exists, think
they would take some favorable &C
ton"
Or. Westhafer Talks.
Short talks were given by Dr. West
hafer of Milton, DR.. Ross, Wilfred Jes
sup, Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, Miss
McDivitt and Mrs. Roach.
At the suggestion of representatives
of the Women's Federated Clubs, those
present voted to cooperate with the
Federation in bringing a member OF
the Marine Hospital Corps at Washing
ton, d. c., for an address in Richmond
in the near future. DIR. A. L. Bran
kamp and e. H. Harris were appointed
a committee of two to act with the
committee from the Federation and
the Commercial club in arranging this
meeting.
Auction sales originated in ancient
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