Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-02-22
ANNAPOLIS NURSE
WOULD MAKE OF Us
A HEALTHIER NATION
Declares That ExigencEes Of War
Have shown What May
pe ACCOMPLISHED

Miss Ann Doyle, who was the first
Visiting Public Nurse Annapolis had
and who is now Supervising nurse Of
| the ". ID Division or the United States
Public Health Service. Is making q
stand FOR . healthier nation. She wants
| the u. S. authorities 10 start cam
paign to make people live longer. and
iii making an effort along this line TO
profit through lessons learned by
Army Building
Tomorrow Feb %, is Health Sun
day. and Miss Doyle says:
The savage Of yesterday hung rab-
bits foot around his neck and expect
led to escape all disease. His only
hygienie effort was thus to propitiate
the god of chance.
AS nation We long placed our
selves in that savage's class Chance
was our god Of national health, and
iour acts or Precipitation little half
measures Or cure.
War forced on us quick thinking
and quick action The story Of how
Uncle Sam developed from civilian
population. an alarming per cent Of
whose young men we're physically ur-
mt to fight, a vigorous army and the
lcleanest army OF modern times Is one
of quick thinking and quick action on
ithe part Of the health authorities and
devoted service on the part of ply
sicians and nurses.
Medical Measures Aided
Medical measures, education and
/ provision for wholesome recreation ali
aided ii the light for health.
Now that reconstruction Is upon ns.
an attempt is being made to continue
the active campaign developed during
the war in It's object Of doing for the
whole nation what has been done TOR
| the men OF the army.
The fact that much Of the work was
with men III the camps here ct home
and in the extra cantonnent zones
means that i health policy based on
/ the idea OF community responsibility
both for prevention and cure Of dis
ease, has already been worked out
Al draft examination showed the abb
solute necessity for greater care Of
the health OF our people The work
with the men III the army during the
war proved that 1t is possible to con-
troll communicable disease and work
cd out methods OF doing IL
The problem now is to continue our
work throughout the nation as 4 whole
and to continue ii without intarrup
tion. iii order that we may not lose the
Impetus gained during the last two
years.
Calls Fer Health Sunday
/. AS preliminary call to all the peo-
! pie to begin an organized national
campaign. SurgeOn-G General Blue. Of
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice has sent ont an appeal to II6, 900
ministers throughout the country to-
devote Sunday, February 23. 10 b dis
sion OF how the fight against yenereal
diseases. which are undermining
our national vitality. shall be carried
ION. The Surgeon Generals appeal 70
ministers concludes:
st Ii the social responsibility Of the
communities, of which the churches Of
every denomination are part 70 COL
tinue the work carried on III time Of
war ID order. that the world may be-
made SAFE not only for democracy, but
for posterity !"
Surgeon General Blue appeals es
pecfaIIy to the women 81 the nation. TO.
help liz extending this light for health
Thy seeing that there are at work
shrOs hont tbs nation many more
pnhlak health nuraea The nurse is
one dg khe most powerful agents Tor
hsalkA, and women can work direatly
sor ths safety 0g their children and ne
health 81 tha nation. either taarDugh
becoasng pabllc heaIth nurses thezS-i
solves pr 81 helping 10 have many.
more of these nurses trained and en-
ployed
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