The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-09-04
Washbun Wisconsin. Thursday. September 18th, 1919
the building has been turned
over completed by the con-
tractors.
Tri-County Clinic

way under direction OF stat
members of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis ass ociation who ar
rived in Ashland Thurday morn
ing. The clinic which is to be
free and open to residents o1
Ashland, Bayfield, and Iron coun
ties, will be held in Ashland fol
he two days, Thursday and Fri
day, Sept. 4th and 9Th, from
o'clock in the morning until 9 o.
clock in the evening. State as.
sociation workers who are in
Ashland making preliminary ar
rangements are Miss Nellie Van
Kooy, r. N, supervising nurse,
Miss Marian M. Corse, and
William E. Doll.
The purpose of the clinic is to
afford opportunity for expert
diagnosis and advice to cases of
tuberculosis and to persons who
have been in contact with the
disease or who have symptoms
pointing to the need for a chest
examination. 1t is one of a
series of demonstration clinics
now being held in various parts
of the state under the auspices
of the Wisconsin Anti Tubercu-
losis association and with the
cooperation Of local county
medical societies and other agen-
cies interested in the campaign
againt tuberculosis and allied
preventable Diseases.
The fact that Ashland, Bay
field and Iron counties have
made provision for a tri-county
sanitorium and that it will be
ready for patients within short
time is responsible for the hold
ling Of the tri-county clinic at
this time. 1t will be the frst
time in the history of the state
that the opening Of sanitorium
has been preceded by such ex-
ceptional opportunities for dis
discovering cases which will be
benefited by treatment and it is
expected that the clinic will fur
nish conclusive proof Of. the
wisdom of the thwee counties in.
providing for sanitorium care.
In Superior and Fond du Lac,
where similar clinics have re-
Gently been held, the large num-
Der Of cases discovered called
forth a definite demand for sani-
torium facilities within the coun-
ty. Several persons in Superior
who did not know that they had
tuberculosis prior to the clinic
examination are now in sanatOria
taking treatment, their chances
of recovery greatly increased by
the early discovery of the dis
ease. In Wausau, another center
lin which the demonstration
clinics have been held, it is ex-
pected that permanent health
center will be established in
connection with the county sani-
torium as a direct result of the
great success Of the demonstra-
tion clinic. In all three cities
the number of patients who
came for examination was far
larger than was anticipated and
the clinic was forced to run until
| late at night.
Believing that the Ashland
clinic will be fully as successful,
arrangements have been made
! t. run it for two days and to
bring larger staff of tubercu-
loss specialists to make the ex-
aminations, DIR. Oscar Lott of
Milwaukee will be in charge of
| the medical staff. He is in
charge Of the state associations S
special department for dis
charged tuberculous soldiers
and tuberculous draft rejects
and is also medical examiner for
the Milwaukee chapter of the
Red Cross in its special depart
lment for tuberculous soldiers
and for gassed soldiers whose
lungs have been affected.
/ An effort to reach all these
cases and urge them to take aG'
vantage of the clinic will be
made by a committee of nurses
. ia advance of the clinic, This
. committee will work under The