The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-01

4 Beware tuberculosis after in 4
4 1uenzA. No need to worry II 4
4 ycu take precautions IN time, 4
4 Don't. diagnose your w con 4
4 dition. Have your doctor exam 4
4 Inc your lungs several times at 4
4 monthly intervals. Build up your 4
4 strength with right living, good 4
4 food and plenty Of fresh air. 4.
4 Don't waste money on patent 4
\ medicines advertised to cure tu- 4
4 berculosis. 4
/ Become. "A fresh-air crank and 4
4 enjoy life. T.
4 4
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Washington, d. C. Especial. )-Ac-
cording 20 a report made to the United
States PDhlic: Health Service, the cpl
demic of. Influenza In Spain has al
ready caused an increase in the preva.
lence and deaths from pulmonary tu-
bercuiosiss A similar association be-
tween inlusnza: and tuberculosis was
recently made by Sir Arthur News
ho.ms, the chief medical officer Of the
English, public health service, In his
analysis. Of the. tuberculosis death rate
II. Erigland..ss
In order that the people Of the Unit
ed Ststes may profit by the experience
Of other countries Surgeon General
Rupert Blue Of the United States Pub
lie Health Service has just issued .
warning emphasizing, the need Of spe-
eial precautions at the present time.
Experience seems to Indicate" says
the Surgeon General. that persons
WHOSE resistance; has been weakened
BY an attack Of influenza r peculiar
" susceptible to tuberculosis. With
millions Of its people recently affected
With lpfiue6za this country nov Of
ters cQuditions .fsvoring the spread Of
tuberculosis"
One Million censump.lvss In the
United States.
Then you consider this 4 serious
menaceY was asked. I'm my opinion
It is, thought hasten to add It 10 dis.
tincty one against which the people
can guard. So far az one can estimata
there are at present about one million
cases of tuberculosis In the United
States. There. ID unfortunately no
complete census available to show e1.
.actly: the number Of t%uberculous per.
sonsin each state despite the fact that
most Of the states have made the dis
ease, tep0rtable. In New York city,
where reporting has been In force for
many years, over $4,000 cases Of to.
berculosis ere registered with the De!
:partment Of Health. Those familiar
with the situation believe that the I'd.
dition Of unrecognized and unreported
cases, would make the number nearer
$4,000. The very careful health sur.
vey conducted during the past two
years In birmingham, Mass, revealed
200 cases Of tuberculosis 10 a popula.
hon Of approximately 5000. II These
proportions hold true for the, United
States as a whole they would indicate
that about one In every hundred per
IONS IL .~d5erculous. Each Of These
constitutes . sourc Of danger to b
guarded against"
what 70 Do.
In his statement to the public Sur
geon General Blue points out how
those who have had influenza should
protect themselves against tuberculo
sis. "All who have recovered from In
duenza," says the Surgeon General
SHOULD have their lungs carefully ex
amined by a competent physician. Il
fact, 1t is desirable to have several ex
aminations made q month apart. Sucf
examinations cannot be made through
the clothing nor can they be carried
out in two or three minutes. II thu
J lungs are found to be free from tuber
culosis every effort should be made t,
keep them 20. This ran be done b.
right living, good food and plenty o
fresh air"
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned espe
cially against certain danger signs
such a. decline" and "colds whicl
hang on" TT
These. ne explained, were often th,
beginning Of tuberculosis. III you d
no get well promptly, II your col,
seems to hang Q or your health an,
strength decline, remember that thes
are often the early signs Of tuberculo
sis. Place yourself at once under til,
care Of a competent physician: Tubel
eulosis. Is durable in the early stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tubsl
cuIosis. ~
above IL. Us not trust IN the MI
leading statements Of unscplp1Eplou
patent medicine takers. There ~ D
specific medicine for the cure Of tubsi
culosis. The money spent, on spc
medicines 10 thrown away; It shcul
b. spent instead for good. food and Z
cent living"