Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-11
TUBERCULOSIS AND
THE SOLDIER BOY
Important Subject Discussed at
Sessions of N. E. Confer.
ence, Rutland.

Rutland, oct. d.-Men inclined to tuber-
ctiiosis, even though they are considered
cured, would break down under the strain
of trench life and, therefore, should be
excluded from the national army. was the
concensus Of opinion OF the speakers at
the Now England tuberculosis conference
kere to-day. The meeting began this morn
ing. The 100 delegates who had gathered
from all of the New England states, at
tended during the day three sessions at
which there were numerous addresses.
luncheon ard a dinner with speeches fol-
lowing was also part of .he days pro-
gram Tho whole purpose of the con-
ference. which will last through to-mor-
row, Is TO consider tuberculosis IN its
relation to the was. To-day the medical
and social problems wcrc discussed. To-
morrow there vii; DO outlines of programs
for national, State ond local campaigns.
The speakers and delegates include heads
of some OF the beat known sanl:cria IN
the country and several e.cinen. medical
men rs we'll.
PUBLIC MEETING.
This evening IL mass meeting. which
attracted many Rutland people. was
held at the Shrine theatre whore all
the business sessions are held. also
y.
dress ce welcome and Gov. Horace +.
Graham spoke In reference to tho work
OF the Vermont Association fo- the
Prevention OF tuberculosis. telling of
the plans for distric. nursing. county
hospitals and a preventatorium for the
benefit of children. Major Isaac Brew
ar of the United States array, stationed
| at Fort Ethan Alien, discussed methods
of eradicating tuberculosis in the army.
touching especially upon the examina :
| ton of recruits. 1t is his plan to take
a mental picture of all men who face
| him and then to set aside suspicious
ones for a more thorough examination
than the time allotted for the general
work permits. The convention heard
of methods used in the Canadian army
| through DR.. J. II. Elliott of Toronto
Ont.
RED CROSS DINNER.
| A Red Cross dinner held at the Ho-
tel Bardwell at six o'clock was attend
ed by practically all of the delegates
Charles NJ. De Forest of New York pre-
sided and ways in which the Red Cross
can help to fight the white plague were
considered.
There was a symposium this afternoon
on Some Social and Statistical Aspects
OF tuberculosis as War Problem" Dr.
Lee X. Frankel of New York gave
figures. DR.. Arthur X. Stone of Boston
explained the machinery at hand in the
| country for the fight. round table
with the discussions led by Miss Ella
P. Crandall of New York. DR.. Merrill
E. Champion of Boston and Willis r.
Chandler Of Providence, r. l., followed
At the morning session the anti-tuber-
culosis workers heard paper by DR..
J Horace J. Howk of Mount MacGregor
n. Y, as to the value of the X-ray in
diagnosing tuberculosis He favored ar
X-ray picture tof the chest OF every
drafted man, making permanent plates
which may be kept as records. DR.. Ed
ward o. Otis. president of the confer
ence. discussed THE Significance Of
Rales." The rafting sound caused b,
| these. he said. is not sufficient evi
dence FOR excluding man from thu
army. There must be other tubercula
symptoms to corroborate them. He be
lieved that many tuberculosis case.
which are arrested and would not other
wise become manifest would break out IL
trench life.
Capt. Estes Nichols, u. S. A.. who wa!
to have been speaker. was called tc
Washington and DR.. Otis told how tn,
Icaptain and himself had examined 5000
men of the New Hampshire Nationa
Guard.
In paper read by another physician
DR.. John b. Halves Of Boston. who coult
not be present. recommended common
sense and not too much dependence OF
symptoms in diagnosis. DR.. Edward B
Hooker Of Hartford. Conn, said that in
fected tonsils and teeth, or even an OLE
appendicitis. were frequently responsible
for the afternoon rise in temperature II
a patient which often led the doctor t.
look for tuberculosis.