The daily progressive-miner., 1916-08-28
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW AB0 U I
 TUBERCULOSIS
USEFUL FACTS FOR THE HUBER cuLosis AND THOSE LIVING
 WITH THEM.

The Miner is in re eeipt of 8 pamphlet distributed hy the Department og the Interior. Bureau of Education. prepared by the National Association for the study and prevent ioa of tuberculosis. an association or sanined to battle this prevalent troub- le. To aid in this fight, the whole of the pOmphlet will be published in The Progressive Miner commencing with this issue followed in subsequent is sues until the whole has been publish ed
 PREFACE
 There is today among the public a great amount of transformation and misunderstanding about tuberculosis, a transformation and misunderstand- ing which has many bad results. part ly by causing suffering with this dis ease to live unwisely and to do things which are harmful 10 them. partly by causing the public to be unnecessarily afraid of infection and. therefore making them look upon those who are afflicted with this disease with need less fear. What is needed. if tuber- culosis is to be conquered in this eoun- try is a better knowledge by the public of what this disease is and what the patients themselves and their friends can do to combat it.
 The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis realizes that the only way to remove such transformation is by the dis samination of accurate knowledge on the subject. The following pages have been written with the aim of making plain to the layman what he can do if he, or one he loves, has developed this disease. This booklet contains the es- sential facts, and if its teachings are taken 10 heart and it's directions are carefully followed. 1t should do much to bring about the early discovery and the successful treatment of this pre- yalent trouble
 In any book destined for popular in- structiOn 2 certain amount Of repeti- tion is essential fl certain important details are 10 be impressed upon the minds Of the readers. and il is hoped that such repitions as are found in this booklet will. for this reason. be pardoned-
 Charles [. Minor. M D. Chairman, Asheville, N C.: David R. Lyman, II. D.. Wallingford. Conn William II Boldwin- Washington. D. C.; II R. II. Landis- T. D. Philadelphia. Pa: Jno. IL bowman. II D.. Cleveland. Ohio. Committee on Educational Pamphlet or The National Association for the Study and Prevention Of Tuberculosis. greatly since the beginning Of the war,
 L Do You Value Your Health2
 If so, what follows Will interest you; read iy carefully; II will pay you
 H. Why Are People Afraid or Tub erculosis9
 Because every third person between fifteen and sixty dies of it, or every fourth person between twenty and fifty; or, in other figures. il kills about one tenth of all people who die al any age Also because it disables and renders useless and helpless those who have it, and is often the means Of beggaring their families.
 III Why Should You Bother Your. self About It if Yoa Are Not Sick With It2
 Because you. or some of your fam fly. may develop il at any time; there fore. by knowing something about it, you can greatly lessen the chance oi getting it, or. should yoa get it, can lessen it's danger to yourself and your children Further. every man and woman worth the name wants to help others who are in trouble. This pamphlet will teach you how to do that
 The Germ And Its Poison.
 " What Is Tuberculosis?