The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-11-25
Or. HENRY BOSWELL FAV0RS
Us WITH A SPECIALLY Pre-
PARED ARTICLE ON
TUBERCULOSIS.
IT THE REQUEST OF THE DEMOCRAT DR. B0s'
WELL GIVES SOME SOUND IDvlcE
ON TUBERCULOSIS.

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/ assure you that.it is q pleasure to
DISGUISE subject so important, and
one which reaches the intimacies OF
every home whether by directattack
or upon some relative or friend, and
In such meeting realize that am
talking to people no different from
other communities anda people who
have been brought up to believe tina t
tuberculosis was an incnrable, inher-
tied malady handed down from
members or the family In days gone
by, and, too, that you people, as
others, have been brOnghteup to be.
lieve that when God created you he
likewise made arrangements to look
after you your remaining days. And
like all other people Of our country
while you have accepted modern dis
coveries in every fieldspf endeavor
stilI you have continually rejected
most OF those which have been for
the prolongatlon pf hnman life and
the prevention OF human Ills, and we
have the peculiar situation I'm this
country of people pEcticing Meth
ods OF transportation and commu-
niCation of the Twentieth Century,
and prevention OF diseise as was
brought here from the wilds OF Airi-
ca by the ignorant negro slave. or
which have been handed down from
the North American Indians, and It
3is not unusual in such work to- find
q mother travelling m an expensive
Twentieth Century car with her lit
tie children and the ancient bag OF
asafetida tied about their ,necks to
protect them from various epidem4
les; or the father OF tile family carry
ing rabbits foot III his pocket, or
perhaps more common with the.
white people,--an Irish potato To
prevent certain Ills, instead Of ac-
cepting Twentieth Century preven.
tion which hassbeeH made possible
hy the work OF man as directesF by
the Supreme Being lsnonepf as be-
lieve that modern discoveries would
have been made had it not been for
the Divine direction and end wnient
OF the human millst with that power
to work ont the mysteries OF the va
rious powers gives DS sthe Creator
sIt ia such neglect or failure to OBJ
serve the precaution or to practice
modern sdiscoveries that today
makes tuberculosis the one disease
which claims more victims than all
of the wars OF time, In this country
claiming more than 100000 lives an
nually and costing, millions OF dol
lars. and am reminded that during
the two years we were In the recent
War we lost $4,000 men from injuries
and wounds received by the various
implements OF war, and during the
same time In this country we lost
more than 100000 people eirom Gnber-
culosis, and yet thought little about
It. More than forty-five years ago
DR.. Villemin, a Frenchman. gave to
us the discovery OF infectiousness Of
this disease, thus banishing to the
forewinds the old idea ofinherftance.
A few years later. or TO be exact,
about thirty nine years ago, Koch.
German scientist isolated the
germ which caused this particular
disease, andsby SO doing gave TO the
world the actual causitive factor
and made possible the prevention OF
this terrible malady, yet our people
who accepted In later years the ar-
tomobiIe and flying machine for
transportation. wireless telegraphy
for communication things far more
wonderful and mysterious, and con
tinuing TO wear the bag Of asafetlda
about their necks, and attending
funerals OF those people dying OF tu-
berculosis In Mississippi and NeshO.
ba County, and with long faces pro-
claiming to the world when they see
the young men or women buried
that God saw fit in his Supreme
wisdom to take John and Mary
home. and thus showing the resPon-
sibllity zoi this lffe--a life which was
promised u period of three score and
ten years, q young man or young
woman who was promised l,y their
government protection OF Helm
their pursuit ot wealth and happi-
ness. 4 life WHOSE responsibility was
placed upon your shoulders and.
mine pushing thisoff upon the Lord
and refusing tGIaccept our responsi-
bility, and may ask you people II
you can look today at the homes up
on whose doors hangs the little