The weekly soliphone., 1916-12-21

page Is is found the following advice.
II you catch the disease, how can
sou ind it out soon enough to cure it?
Remember that this disease can be
cured in the majority of cases if it is
discovered early, While if it is not
found out uosl it is advanced, it rs
hard to cure lt at all.
Early Discovery Essential.
A careful doctor will always strip
our chest to the skin for examination,
and no examination through the
clothes is OF any use at al. Further,
he viii study your fever every two
hours for at least a week, will have
your sputum examined in every case
and will so very carefully into the
past. history Of your case and your
SURF undiags
Early Symptoms
II g5d cannot get expert advice, an
Intelligent study Of your symptoms
may make you reasonably sure Of
what you have.
The disease may begin III different
ways. TIE most common early symp-
tom is possibly a slight cough, usual
Iy, but not always, in the morning,
and which Will not yield to treatment.
Every cough that lasts more than
three weeks should be regarded as
suspicious. A chronic cough with
splitting which has lasted for years,
even though IL has never made it's
owner sick, is very suspicious.
Often, however, before a cough ap-
pears there are other symptoms
which warn us, and of these none is
more useful than an unwonted sense
OF tiredness, exhaustion or WEAKNESS,
coming on without any good reason.
This is often supposed to be only lazi-
ness, OF is ascribed to malaria"
nervous prostration," or to other
conditions. 1t usually comes on in the
afternoon bet yeen and o'clock,
ana may be accompanied by flushed
cheeks, bright eyes and feverishness.
Often tGeA patient will waken just as
tired as ne went TO sleep. Just as
with The cough, so persistent Weari-
ness should cause you to consult your
doctor.
Again. a long-continued hoarsehess
which does not leave is suspicious.
An important symptom of the trouble
is Il steady and unexplained loss OF
weight aud this should always excite
ones thought. A very suggestive
early sign is loss of appetite or per-
sistenl indigestion or stomach trou-
bic" frequently the trouble begins
with slight blood-spitting, which
may not oe followed for long time
By me development of real trouble,
ana where che doctor can ind no
changes III the lungs, but such blood
splitting or nlood-streaked sputum, Is
Practically always a sign of tubercu-
losis 4ud, must never be neglected or
explained away without a long and
gcraI-4 study OF lhe case. Night
r--elt3 IN OF times Dc inc first symp
Cou, . they are usually proceeded for
q ionG rlmo by ether symptoms} and
arc mol . commGu early symptom. A
persistent pain IL The chest, especially
.z Inc sifoulS9r, Enogld be carefully
iftgas .l5 SIS s.na not passeo on as
,.fF s1,di djRma OF neuralgia, as at
tl4koss4 1! tse. nrst manifestation Of
d, tsirlla.nobS pfeurisy OF The top OF
Ah4 llina 81
,.ss soa.alot5es .ihia may be a
h51f.e1s of. aanCls ana may make
/, 100 !, ale lesdp ahy 5000. Therefore,
il 1hS faoa 2f suen symptoms, what
seYtrl dostor Inds, alter your meth
<itiS Oh liYiag at once increase yons
frsBD ali, ilnprovs your food, lengtfen
iyoahiaos4fESof sleep and rest, and, II
al 81 possible lessen your hours Of
work, lthqs you may strengthen your
ibody is the point where it can throw
soft the beginning OF the disease. He
who i1sisrs on being absolutely sure
that he mas tho disease before he be-
Gins to treat it, viii ofen throw away
his best chance for getting well, for
when there are such unmistakable
symptoms as hollow cough, abundant
shifting. high fever, proluse sweats,
flushed cheeks and great loss OF
weight, it is usually very much harder
if not impossible, to get a oure,
The Arkansas Society for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis has
purchased 5000 copies of this pamph-
let for free distribution. Everyone
interested in. this subject should write
today TO the secretary of the Society
at the City Hall, Little Rock, and one
will be sent