The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10

at}nut:rH 10 the fact tna0 enS s, .z64<zs that has cursed the worid ,s;ts ;tx malignant presence IS tuper- s,,1oz;s The Black Plague has siam its thoassnds, the Yellow Plague mas s,4,a Izz tans of thousands. put tnls ytb;<4 fIzQue has slain and IS siaylng ;<< E.1n6<e1s of thousands, ana IS now x{nvin1 Approximately o,0VV eSelS vssr 6 Arkansas alone. Lord cur *TH ffe Secretary of Foreign Analrs for the British government, saio i " recent speech made in London;
 ssTuberculosis is far more deadly and Instructive than war, anu c3uSes Infinitely more sunerlhs th4n famine."
 H.14 fhen shall we combat this fes,f4] eFii? How seek to overcome f6ia v;r;ous enemy of the bodles or men that is dragging down to pre- rnntura death and untimely grave an hundred Thousand or more persons III fhIs nation and 5000 in our own State every year? To thls queseloh an l5hat seience, investigatlon anu eA- ueYience can answer IS: Euucatioh' i3n1afiof and Sanitation.
 Nnu while there are three (3) ways xsj,e4abv one may become infected ss.;fh Enc Tuberculosis germ, that IS bv Iota1 infection, ingestion, and ln- < halafion. yet by far the most common xSnv i4 bV inhalation. The two other methods ase so comparatively rare as saf fo 66 considered in this paper. Ihc vast majority of tuberculous persons become so by breathing into fhe{r Innas the tuberculosis germs. No<e fhon can this be preventedT All fhu world knows or ought to know fhaf flis can only be done by gather ino ;rfo properly conducted sanatoria alf f,,b4rculous persons for proper f1seaf1ent. But what is the proper ffcatneut for tuberculosis? Aye, therpa the rub!" All that medical <cionee. Observation and experience can fa6Iu is that the open air, rest and more rest, carefully regulated ex4fe;<c and proper food is the sure and only remedy thus far known to fhe world Now we know, know by bitter experience, that this remedy can only be properly applied in the duly recognized and ethically con- ducfed sar1atorium. Hence the sure need of sanatorium care for all tuberculons persons. In the sana- toriu.n we find the proper isolation.
 
 herlted has been long since exploded and uktex1v discredited Tuberculous parenfs infect their children by asso-I ciat{on and by association only. Prou1iSc1ous expectoration, coughing and sn8ezing is largely, very largely indeed the cause of the wide spread czzrSe o{ Tuberculosis. We must sepa- rate tic tuberculous from the non }r1bercuIous persons. We must iso-| lafe fh4 tuberculous persons so they 1nax uot infect the well. This is the crux o{ the whole matter. We will never t& able to successfully combat tthefcUIosis until we gather the txIbertuI>5z1s persons out from among henlk|Es and thus strike at the very S0irfee of the spread of the death- de&|iuR germ This isolation can 7ie4sf 6e had in the home, it can never be h<5 In sanatoria and hospitals XIIete b<omiscous diseases are treat ed If <en only be had in sanatoria e1f&hIi9Hed and maintained for that exp|fc1< Purpose and then only under the xQidance, observation and treat menu q Competent and experienced d6tt0x8 4Nd nurses.
 N0# as to the need of the tubercu- loq4 uefsons for sanatorium treat n1elll Hot only must we gather the 71IIT1 1lIIgus persons into the saiis- t6fI|u1 Tor isolation but there, and f1ex1 only can they receive the nec- eee4kY observation. We must ob- 4erx< 111o note the pulse, temperature al1 estion of each patient In &1fS U& must note everything that 1o the vitality of the patient 46I <oo, the scientific and thorough rex| Examination to note the pro- xx414 M the disease is absolutely es- Sen<Io[ and this can rarely be given anywhere other than in the sana- for]a11 fn what homes can and will be taken at least three times each day f|le teaperature, the pulse beat ac- EnrAtsix counted and the diet be pf4feriT regulated? Few, sadly few lnateN This is done by competent plys'flans and nurses in the properly con4uc<ed sanatorium. You can not Pr9rexIy treat tuberculosis without and accurately noting and et6rQluH these things and as rule t t4n on1y be properly done in the We now come to discuss what is pernap4 the most important function Q1 fne fanatorium, and that is the rexulH{Ion of the life and conduct of 1ne funerculous patient. If the pa- f'eIIT ]s to improve in health, is to f. Qa|ly o7ercome this dread enemy, and o> <e9<eTed to health, then such an eIe FzzE De required, must be gently z k4za .z@lz-1 ii needs be, to sleep in the 2ther to live in the open air, .s Eh and often in bed, eat suffi-
 0d proper food and refrain
 zY practice or habit that is
 o<1s to health. The patient
 1oroly learn and habitually
 regularity of. living that
 ne times seem irksome but
 psolutely essention for his or
 being and restoration. Not
 xlntion of the daily life of the
 4ome days and then relaxa-
 the vgilant and rigid regu- the life every day and all
 f1i the deadly germ has lost z and health and therefore
 ss IS once more the potion
 me time grieviously afflicted.
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 restrained and regulated if Zz* sto be any hope of cure and .. De done only properly ap-
 the sanatorium, for in what
 1A be found the proper author { <: zlz power to compel if needs be <ulation? The sanatorium ers such necessary help.
 ne sanatorium affords the qnatation. If eternal viQi-
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