El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-07

rather than surgical care-men who
have developed tuberculosis, heart
trouble and functional disorders The
other half of the 10000 must have
some sort surgical attention. of the
5000 surgical cases there Will as the
averages show US. be 10 per cent I'D
dismem bermeur caSeS-W here there
has been a leg or an arm lost ana OF
these 500 men, 300 Of them VIII nave
lost legs. and 200 viii have lost one
arm or both arms The figures show
an astouishinglv small percentage OF
blindness out Of 1900 men returned
to Canada there were only p blinded
men.
Varied Requirements.
a study of these and other figures
carries the conviction that this prob
lem is by no means wholly that Of the
cripple or the manned II is prob
lem of the man who has compll-
cation Of troubles. OF injuries that
while surgical. DO not amount 70 dis
herment- such. for instance, as
man with the muscle Of an arm
shot away causing him to lose the use
Of the arm
with such a diversity OF injuries,
being largely individual so 70 Spedk-
the work Of rs-cducatinE these men
becomes one which cannot be dealt
with along broad general lines pul
each man viii require individual
treatment. individual study OF his
case. individual training and indi-
vidual efforts on his behalf in place
ment after he has been reequipped 70
take up the broken threads Of civilian
1IethuseIuh For Fresh Air.
"1IethuseIah was the first real fresh
air crank" according to Dr. vincent
y Bowditch, in an address enlille4
/ -lTethuseIah and Life in the open,
read before the National association
this afternoon The reason why
lTethuseiah lived so long was because
he knew enough to get all the fresh
air that he could and 20 live out OF
doors dav and night. Hippocrates- tne
I famous early Greek physician. recon-
mended fresh air as cure Tor many
: diseases. and number OF ancient ana
medieval and modern writers ID ule1-
] fcfne followed his suggestion
I'm spite Of this advice. however. Jhe
-rear majority Of people both when
they are sick and when they are wen
have shut the fresh air out instead OF
letting 1t in benJ a-iill - e N ~ y.
an article written in 1875. eNtolled the
virtue of fresh air and emphasized
/ how easy IL was 10 prolOng ones Ike
By living i'm the oDen-
Fresh sir For Children
Recently there have been num-
Der Of people who have endeaNoIel
+o rafute the value Of open air
T-en and 10 advocate that larger sys-
tens of ventilation are mucn NOR z
satisfactory" DR.. Bowditch cited con-
crete instances TO prove 70 the con
trarv. Fresh air secured through tle
omen window OF life out OF doors ls
beneficial 20 the school child not only
ID his body. but in his mind Con
trasted with the expensive systems
I of ventilation installed In many pup
lie buildings. the simple devices used
/ in omen air schools and sanatorla LOT
the treatment Of tuberculosis are not
only much cheaper but vastly more
efficient.
Nearly All Have Tubercle.
Practically every one has tuner sc
or the germs Of tuberculosls IN ms
, body. but not every one has tubercu-
I lCsis." said DIT. Allen X krause, in an
Z address before the association TINS al
I terncon- a..
Scientific Investigation shows thar
T infection from tuberculosis is prac-
ticallv universal and that very Ie"
people pass the age OF 10 without nav
+ Ing some Of the germs ol this ulsease
ia their system. So long as these
germs lie in the system and DO no
produce any particular symptoms OF
disease we NAV indicate their pres
erce by thee term -tubercle- Just as
soon. however. as the common synlp-
toms. such as less Of weight or appe-
rite. fever cough, etc, begin 10 ap-
pear. this indicates that the latent ~
bercle has become tuberculosis. Inc
latter term should be applied only
J where the disease is recognizable