Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-20

Druggists
Your Health
and Its Care
T. Il. SIMPLE;EIED

A mother has written tO mo want
ing TO know how she can explain the
nature and danger OF tuberculosis 10
her ten ycar-old daughter, who Is in
clined TO have weak lungs, 80 that
the child will OF herself become in"
tcrested in the hygiene OF right living
and thus guard against the possibility
Of contracting the disease as she
grows older.
My advice Is TO tell the little girl
tho following child's story OF tuber-
culosis:
Before the year 1852 no one knew
iust what was the cause Of tuhercu-
losiis Then Or. Koch. a German
physician. discovered that II was
little germ. which ne named the tu-
bercle bacillus.
This little germ Is so small that it
has to he magnified several hundted
times before one can see IT, Al
though II il like seed, It multiplIes
more rapidly than any kind OF seed
that we can see with our eyes alone.
Millions and millions of them may
he in a sick persons lungs. Yet this
germ has been called "the most pow
erful bug in the world" because il
kills more people than any other
germ.
tuberculosis kills more people
than any other disease. While a
large number OF them are grown up
when they die. many OF the doctors
believe that most Of those who are
killed by tuberculosis caught the
disease when they were children.
Tuberculosis is a disease which
usually attacks n persons lungs.
Well people get these germs in
their lungs from the sick. OFTEN
person sick with tuberculosis does
not cover his mouth with hand
kerchief when coughing or sneezing
and someone near him breathes in
the germs with the little drops OF
moisture in the air or carries them
on his hand to his mouth. OFTEN
the Consum ptive spits on the floor
or sidewalk and then the germs are
carried in the dust, by flies and in
Juher ways, TO people.
So tiny are these germs that hun
dreds OF them ride on one little speck
of dust or on a flys foot. some
times children get the germs by
putting to their mouths cups or
other articles that have been used
by IA consumpt!ve.
After the tQDeTCulOSlS germs were
discovered it was soon learned that
they grew best in dark. close and
dirty places, and that bright sun
light easily kills them. tuberculosis
is afraid OF the open air: 1t loves
damp. darkness and dirt.
Although no medicine which you
can buy viii cure tuberculosis. we
have learned that people can keep
from catching it, and that those
that have ii may often he cured, IL
they will only live hcalthful lives
and give fresh air, good foods and
pure water fair chance to
strengthen them.
Here are some simple rules which
II you follow will make it unlikely
that tuberculosis will ever get a hold
on you
/. Always breathe fresh air,
Never sleep. study, work or play in
room without n window open.
2. Eat nourishing food and drink
plenty of pure water, Avoid food
that is hard 10 digest, like heavy
pastries Never eat or drink any
thing that wcakens the body, like
alcoholic drinks.
3. Make sure that everything that
you put tn your mouth is clean.
Wash your hands always before eat
ing and bathe your whole body
often. Clean your teeth every day.
L. Exercise every day in the open
air. Keep your shoulders straight.
Take ten deep hreaths every day.
Copyright, 1918, by RH. Bishop,JrO