The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-27

The National tuberculosis Associa-
ton co-operates Intimately with
health purpose Notably
the National Bureau Of Health. as well
as State Health Bureaus. RED cross,
etc
There are several serious discussions
about the problem of T. B. ex-service
men Also vocational training for ar
rested tuberculous patients. The
Tuberculosis Association as we'll as
tho Bureau Of Health at Washington
IS giving e1ouS study to these needy
men also. Experience and modern
methods OF psychology. pedagogy vo-
cational training, with sympathetic
opportunity Is elevating these subjects
to a plane far above previous condi-
tions.
During many years experiments
aiming at finding serum that would
q tuberclc-bacilli has resulted
in a small degree Of success Notwith-
standing these many failures, medi-
cal men are stlll hopeful and strenu-
ously striving. In the clinical and
pathological departments. extensive
reviews of these experiments were
given. There are several sanataria
at which learned man co~urageously
persist and it is such persistency with
intelligent direction that finally sue
ceeds. One Of the possible avenues
OF final conquest OF tubercle bacilli
seems to hinge here. To laymen not
familiar with scientific methods, these
prolonged trails seem futile. Not So,
these learned men would not continue
along these lines for years II Anal sue
cess did not seem ~probables Our
gratitude for successful science. Real
b~enefactor Of mankind
what az tubercle bacilli IS sewage
Yes. that subject was ably treated by
DR.. Arthur T.. Laird OF Duluth Your
secretary having been at Nopemins
Sanitorium CDuluth) he may say that
Nopeming is located at Mesaba Noun
tains. where a scientific septrc system
is Installed. Chemical analysis show
ed. nevertheless, that tubercle bacilit
existed in the liquid after having
passed the septic system. whereupon
| chlorine was applied and oscilli de-
stroyed That requirement mas exist
here.
Fx-servic. men in T. 3. sanitoria-
was a subject earnestly treated by DR..
David r Lyman. (Ex. National T. b.
P~r@sident1: DIR. Petit Of Ottawa. Ill,
a widely experienced sanitorium man
ager and others. Many OF the prob
lens here involved are highly per-
picking and because some Of those
men resist direction by the manager
OF the sanitorium. DR.. Petit found il
necessary for the welfare OF other pa
TENTS to dismiss a few ex-soldiers
whose lives he could have saved
Some people are morbidly sensitive
about trivial matters and do not per-
nit application OF remedy. One man
specifically in Lake county died be-
cause he could not conform 10 re-
quirements Of an excellent United
States government sanitorium after
Gary Red Cross and LAKE County T.
8. Society succeeded in getting oppor-
tunity for him
War Risk Insurance was also liber-
ally discussed. Possibilities Of nag
rant abuse OF these facilities invited
earnest consideration. that injured
men, men injured during the war.
should be compensated literally was
agreed. There are others who claim
without having been injured during
service. seems 10 be the opinion OF
some medical men. The late Col. r.
W. Galhraith was on the program TO
discuss what the Ex-service Men and