Newark post., 1920-02-25
THREE FACTORS IN
TREATMENT OF T. B.
DR.. keene Says Dread Disease
Is Preventable and
Curable

Speaking at Delaware City last
Monday afternoon, DR.. Charles H.
Keene, Executive Secretary of the
Delaware State tuberculosis Com
mission, discussed Tuberculosis
in Delaware" emphasizing the
fact that this is most serious di-
sease, killing about 10000 people
in the United States each year, and
that it is a preventable disease
and a durable disease. 1t is both
preventable and durable by such
simple measures as rest and recre-
alton, pure, wholesome, nourish-
ing food, fresh air and sunshine.
"Sunshine," said he, "is the most
effective killer of bacteria that we
have. Any and all of the disease
germs are destroyed in a few min
utes if exposed to the direct rays
of the sun. Soap and hot water,
elbow grease and sunshine are a
better cleaning process after con-
tagious disease than any method
of fumigation that has ever been
devised. Plants and trees need
sunshine for health and growth.
Much more is sunshine needed by
those most valuable human plants,
babies. Shade grown babies are
pale, anemic and sickly-fertile
fields for the rapid and often fatal
growth of the germs of acute con-
tagious diseases, and of the great
White Plague-Tuberculosis. Let
in the sun and drive out disease"
"The second great health pre-
servative is fresh air. We can live
on only few minutes without air.
The lung which is constantly kept
on starvation rations of air be-
comes readily infected with tuber-
culosis and soon succumbs to this
disease. Most of us contract the
disease at sometime in our lives,
but because we keep our lungs
strong and active with fresh air
we overcome and throw off the in
fection. During infancy and
childhood, air is particularly need,
ed because we are then taking in
vitality for growth as we'll as for
maintenance"
"The third great factor is food
-nourishing food, clean food
plenty of food, and properly cook
ed food. We should eat more
coarse cereals-not fancy break
fast foods-more vegetables, more
fruit, more milk-and this pas
teurized and from disease-fret
cows-and drink more water
Meats should be roasted, baket
and boiled-not fried"
In the evening DR.. Keene dis
cussed Health in the Farm
Home" eve must not only picl
out an elevation with dry soil fol
the home site, secure a pure water
supply and provide a sanitary
privy, but we must protect the
family from acute contagious di
sease. The old superstition tha-
MARY or Johnny are going to have
measles-or scarlet fever-any
how and the sooner they have them
the better" cause hundreds OF
deaths among our children each
year"
"The actual facts are that near,
ly half of all deaths from acute in.
fections disease occurs in children
under two years of age, that about
1870 of those that die from these
diseases are under five years OF
age and that if we can keep our
children free from them until the
age Of ten, almost none die" Keen
your child away from all diseases
even the common "cold." Many sc
called" "colds" are cases of mea,
sles, diphtheria, scarlet fever OF
Whooping cough in the early stag.
es. Conversely, you owe it to your
neighbors to keep your sick child
at home, where he cannot com.
municate his disease to others
Here truly one should do unto
others as you would that others
should do unto YOU Avoid conta
gion and avoid spreading conta
gion."