Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-24
WHITE PLAGUE
CLINICS HELD
ATCONFERENCE'
Physician Asserts Malady
May Be Contracted From
Cattle.
CLIMATE IDEA WRONG

Tuberculosis clinics in charge Of Or.
= Alfred He, ~ Of Indianapolis and ad-
$drssses on Contact Infection" by DR..
]. H. stygan of Indianapolis and on
Effects of Sanatorium Treatment" by
Dr. st. C. Darden Of South Bend marked
the final session today Of the eleventh
annual conference Of the Indiana Tuber-
culosis Association.
The afternoon was to be given over
to 9 business session and talks on "What
Constitutes Nutritional Work. by DR..
A. L. Walters of Indianapolis and 1.-THE
Relation of Bovine tuberculosis to the
Tuberculosis Problem" by DR.. L. J. XII
gin of the veterinary Gept rtment Of Pur-
due University.
The morning session, including the
clinics, was held at the old Medical
School Building, 102 North Senate ave-
nu0.
That bovine tuberculosis is communi-
cable to human beings particularly chill
dNm. was the statement made by DR..
Kigin. He said this fact had been estab-
lisned definitely by experimental results
obtained by physicians in the United
States, England and Scotland. In part
he said:
SAYS EXPERIMENTS
Prove THEORY.
"Bovine tuberculosis is communicable
to the human family, according to exact
experimental results obtained by a num-
ban of noted physicians not only in this
country but in England and Scotland.
Too small a number Of people realize
tuberculosis may be contracted by hui
msn being, especially a child by drink
inV milk from a COW suffering with tu-
!. bGiculosis."
DIR. Kigtn presented reports from sew
eraI noted physicians showing they had
found 10 to 20 per cent of their tuber-
culosis cases among children derived from
thU bovine bacilli. Some ran as high as
90 per cent and the average, he said,
wac considerably more than half, show
ing conclusiVeiy tuberculosis in cattle
frequently is transmitted to human be-
ings through the drinking of milk from
infected animals.
"By graduating tuberculosis IN cattle,
as we are trying to do in Indiana, through
the Indiana Livestock Sanitary board and
the Bureau OF Animal Industry, we are
taking a big step in eradlcating tuber-
culOsis in human beings" said DIR. Kigin
He asked for cooperation of the State
association in this campaign and declared
that unless a unified effort is made to
stamp out this disease, its final eradi-
cation is impossible"
zoe MEMBERS
ATTEND CONFERENCE.
Approximately two hundred members
Of the association and visitors attended
the sessions OF the conference yesterday.
At the meeting last night DR.. Charles
Rockhiu Of Cincinnati declared there is
no necessity for tuberculosis patients to
1aova Indiana for Arizona or apV other
climate. He urged sufferers to remain
in this State for treatment.
He insisted in Arizona a large per
cent of natives die Of tuberculosis than
In Indiana.
'"There are physicians who seem to be-
Ieye there is some mythical thing which
thsy call climate where tubercular pa
tieats viii recover, but I want to say
it does not pay to seek that Elusive
climate"
DR.. Rockhirl said the real solution
of the tuberculosis problem is isolation
for advanced cases and educational work
to prevent the spread Of the disease.
a decrease IN the tuberculosis rate IS
reflected Immediately in a lessening Of
the insanity rate, declared DR.. John II.
Hurry, secretary Of the Indiana board
of health
At the meeting last night, Senator c.
Oliver Holmes Of Gary spoke OF Health
Legislation" Mr. Holmes, who is author
of the public health nurse law Of In
diana, declared, months in advance Of
next session Of the Indiana Legislature,
legislators are being bombarded with
anti-medicaI legislation propaganda. He
made a strong appeal for support Of
members of the Legislature who are try
ing to enact sound health legislation.