The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-11
WHITE PLAGUE
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plague does not hurt them any and
they dislike going to the doctor Tor
what they think is an unruly cold
Should you develop a perslsten1t cousn
and feel tired and droopy all OF the
time it is well to consult a doctor
saws Miss Edith Lacey. head of the
Public Health Nursing association;
: According to the Kansas state bull
letin tuberculosis is the most widely
spread and deadly disease that affects
humanity The cause of the disease is
a living germ which enters the body
in various ways TuoercuIosls Is d
/. 200 deaths from it every year in
Kansas: 100 a month, which means
between three and four a day.
e segregation Only Way.
1.-The best means, and the only safe
means of combating the dlsease with
Ultimate success and with the best
economy in the end, is segrega1on-1n
"a hospital or sanitarium" says Miss
Lacey. "A comparatively small num-
Der of deaths from tuberculosis &C.
rurs in institutions, and sanitariumS
have demonstrated the possibility of
cure for the disease 1t provides the
best treatment which the consump-
tive patient can obtain. more frequent
medical attention, constant super
<ision, discipline, education and such
relected diet as he cannot get else
fyhere-
river. that patient cannot be taken
grare of in his home, says Miss
Lacey. IAN intelligent person, one
who will obey the orders of the doc
FOR and the nurse can manage pa
fient But this should be done only
when hospital care is impossible.
Is Revolving Sight.
y Miss Lacey told of the disgusting
part of the white plague in a speech
Before a woman's club recently In
telling of the horrors that accompany
consumption she gave an example:
IAN old man in the last stage of
Tuberculosis was found in a barn. He
was lying on a cot; surrounding the
sputum that was lying on the ground.
when found it was discovered that he
had been wandering around unheeded
as long as he could walk, scattering
seeds of a deadly disease (for on ex-
animation his sputum was found to he
alive with the bacillD. The neglected
man was placed in a tent, made clean
and comfortable and although he
only lived a short time, he was no
longer a menace to the homes of To-
peka.''
{ ''The time will come said Frances
willard, when it will be told as a
relic of our primitive barbarism that
children were taught the list of prepo-
sitions. and the names of The rivers
of Thibet but were not taught the
Wonderful laws on which their own
bodily happiness is based and the
duty they owe to the community il
which they live"
Education Is Necessary;
The work done in Topeka by Miss
Maude Boat and her assistant nurses
may be described as educational
nursing. social and personal service
and public health service. Educa-
ton is necessary as whole families
will die without it. Often the chill
dren are the avenues of education to
the parents as the parents often only
their minds. warped by superstition,
defy progress toward the Elosc ordi-
nary standards of cleanliness.
Superstition in Topeka According
to Miss Lacey the nurses have four
axes under the bed to cure night
sweats, reaches in bottle to cure
and leaves on the body
to draw out the fever.
eff all tuberculosis sputunn were
burned tuberculosis would soon be a
millions upon millions of the tiny
germs are coughed up daily to float
around in a dried form AMI find vic
tins among people whose vitality is
low"
Examination and consultation by
Miss Maude Boat, the consumption
nurses, is given free every TUESDAY
and Friday at the Public Health Nurs-
ing association The subject is thor
oiIrhly examined and tests made
which will prove beyond a doubt
whether the deadly disease exists No
charge is made for the examination.
All school children are watched ind
Seyeral negro youngsters have been
1oiInd to have the consumption
Lady Gin London garden)-'we always
feep the hose ready in case of a Zeppelin
aid Visitor-"But surely. my dear. it
-1onId never reach them at the height