The broad ax., 1920-05-01
cANoER-HEART DISEASE
EEPHRTEIs.

Three diseases not listed among thOs'
Of major sanitary Importance kiileC
s,4s7 people in Chicago last year. They
are cancer, 2,52S deaths; organic hear
disease, 1881 deaths and ehrOni'
nephritis, 2,OSs deaths.
Cancer, a. Is now understood, il
largely preveRtable; that is, surface Of
external cancers are easily durable, II
taken IN the early stages Of develop
ment. Medical authorities are agreed
that delay in diagnosis and surgical
treatment is responsible for most
: deaths due to cancer. And becausc
this is true, people are urged to seek
the physician 3 advice in cases Of sores
or admissions which refuse to heal OF
that do not yield readily to simple
treatment. It is also well recognized
that an operation, susually simple and
not painful in character is the remedy
to be employed. Drugs and ointments
are Of no valne and, as rule, do more
harm than good
Organic heart disease, while not in
the preventable class, is in many cases
= result Of incorrect habits Of living
and the strenuous life. The driving
pace set by many men in the whirl
Of the business world tends to greatly
hasten the breakdown Of the human
machine in it'd most vital parts, which,
with less OvererOwding and proper care,
would last much longer.
To 9 large degree, too, OyerwOrk,
nervous stress and strain and the rush,
hurry and worry Of modern life have
a very important relation to the deaths
due to nephritis. In fact both organic
heart disease and nephritis are the
common signs Of breakdown
when the human machine has
been mereilessly driven at high
speed and over all kinds Of roads for
years; and whose owners have not
thought it worth while to lay mp for
either a much needed rest or repairs, or
an 0verhauling Of any kind.
When the machinery in your ANTONIO
bile begins TO show signs Of a break
down and fails to work as it should,
you send the ear to the experts to be
overhauied and put into good running
order. Why not then, when heart,
liver and kidneys are not funetioning
% you know they should, take your
human machine around to the medical
expert and have him look If over. In
other words, 60 to the doctor while
ron can. Don't wait until he has TO
come to you, for it may then be too
late for him to do more than jnst
patch you up here and there; when,
IL you had gone TO him sooner, he
could probably have made you good
as new. The trouble is too many PEG
pie wait until. hguratively speaking,
they are ready for the scrap heap.
The doctor esnt do any more with q
bnman machine which is can shot To-
pieces, than the skilled mechanic can
With battered up liver that is ready
for the seap heap.
Any kind Of MECHANISM to be emeientI
and durable needs care, attention, and
freqoent ovsrhauling. Don't neglect
your machine.
Statistics show that from 1907 To-
1919 1857 deaths occurred in indi.
viduals exposed to street dust IN
this grOup were street cleaners, drivers,
teamstsEs eoaekmsn, street ear con
dusson and motozmen. OF the aeathsl
eoasanption caused 2s.s
per cent, ether respiratory diselses,
rs per cent. At ages 81 Is and over.
Among street cleaners. however. the
uaorta1ity due . eonsumpfion VS. ozly
10 per cent a. compared With 5 per
cent encnk etrset ear eonductolz.
phieh void in1iests that tie airty
az T. tie street. ears ens twice -
dangerous a. tks dusi IN tie st1esss.