Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-04
FREE EXAMINATION FOR
TRACES OF TUBERCULOSIS
Fourteen Stations to BE Opened
Wednesday Under Auspices OF
Academy OF Medicine.
ACTIVE WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE
Extensive Preparations for Sale OF
Red Cross Christmas Seals Being
Made by Richmond Antitubercu-
lOsis Association.

Fourteen stations. where free mcdl-
cal examinations Will l." made on Wed
nesday as Il preventative of tubcrcu.
losis Will be established hy members
of the Richmond Academy Of Mcdicin.
and Surgery. The movement is In line
with Il similar one in many cities, nav
ing been inauEuratcd by tho NationH!
Antitubcrculoiss Society with an id.:.
OF stamping out the disease in it's in
cipiency by educating the public into
the value OF having an annual cxamI-
nation.
These free stations will be cstab-
ished In various sections Of the city
Physicians will work III RELAYS, AMI IL
IL expected that hundreds Of men ana
women will be examined in ,h. course
or the day. Any one found to have
traces OF the disease VIII hc So In
formed and sent TO his family rhysi-
cian for treatment The stations VIII
be placed as follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mission Nine
tccnth and Grace Streets: Bcvcrlcy
Street Mission. 1900 Beverley Street:
st. Andrews Mission. 5:5 South Belvl-
derc Street; House of Happiness. 2lOC
Nenable street: Mead. Memorial rec
tory. Twelfth street. South Eichmond
Methodist Church. Fulton; Mutual liz.
Insurance Company az New York. Mn
tunl Building: Medical Col!cp" ST VIZ
'Iinia Dispensary. Twelfth AMI Clay
Streets.
Coiored-Moorc Street BuptiNf
Church. 1907 West Leigh: buchanan
Street School 900 Buchanan street.
Colorcd Orphanagc. III Charity Street.
Medical College Of Virginia D!spcnsary.
Twelfth and Clay Streets; 81, l.ut"'s
Hail. Twcnty-sixth Street: Baptist
Church. Decatur and Fifteenth streets.
ORGANIZE WAR ON
WHITE PLAGUE IN STATE
Many forces actively n, work in
the fight to stamp out tuberculosis.
The Virginia Antitubcrculosis Ass"cia-
ZION Is now organizing for tn" sale OF
100000 red cross stamps throughout
the state. Last year the s"als were
sold in all except fourteen counties
part Of In. funds from IN" sale
this year will b." devoted towArd. 81.
hospital fund for crippled children.
There arc said to y" several Thousand
tubcrculous children In The State win
no special provisions for their care
II is hoped that :, place Will ha estah-
lished in Virginia wh"rc som" at lcas,
Of these children can b" restored to
health The red cross seal helped i'm
tho establishment OF tho negro sara-
'"rium. which the State Is preparing
TO build
Tn. Richmond Antitubcrculosis AS
ISOLATION viii put Ia. rc,' cross Christ
mas seals on sale In the schools to-
day. Last year the chiidrcn sold seal.
amounting to $1,000. OF which $500 was
turned over 10 the fresh air schools OF
tl9e NliS.
The following prizes have been Of
fcrcd by the Richmond Antitubcrcu-
losis Association: TO the school sellir.
tho largest number OF seals S25: 10 the
group OF children selling the largest
number. SIS. and $40 10 the Individual
child selling tho largest number. IN
addition TO thcAc prizes the Virginia
Antituberculosis Association offers n
state prize OF s25 Ia the child selling
the largest number. ami $40 and So 10
the children selling Che second and
third largest number. respectively.
Roanoke has claimed these prizes for
tn. past three years.
All OF the volunteer antitubcrCuloSis
work is carried on through tn. sale OF
III. Red Cross Christmas seal. In Rich
mond the association will this year
continue its nurse and run AN exccu-
tive Office for the coordination OF all
the work now being done in the city
The schools are much Interested in the
work. and IL is said the children AL
ready have large orders for seals