The Monroe journal., 1922-02-24
FIGHT. TYPHOID
AND DIPHTHERIA
State Offers Free Treatment
Against These Dreaded Dis
eases During March
ASKS EVERYBODY TO HELP
Local Physicians Will Visit Various
Communities, But You May
Have Your Family Doctor

Communities, But You May
Have Your Family Doctor
During the month Of March. the
State is putting on a free campaign
against typhoid fever and diphtheria.
The anti-typhoid serum protects
you from typhoid fever for three
years. A great many in Union coun-
ty took the treatment three years ago,
but the immunity which it gave you
has largely passed off; so you who
took it three years ago, as well as all
who did not take it, should avail your
selves of this opportunity of protect
ing yourselves against that disease
which was, before the anti-typhoid
treatment, the scourge of our county.
Typhoid fever is no respector OF
persons. Everybody, from the infant
to the centenarian are subject to its
ravages. Don't think you are i'm
mune; you may be its next victim. The
way to prevent typhoid fever is to
take the treatment, clean up your
premises, screen your doors and
windows, and swat the fly.
lie lItdtDuGnl QOCo nOt NVSs yth
anything. The government furnishes
the medicine and pays the physician
to administer it. You do not have
to submit to some strange doctor to
give the injection; you go to your
family physician, someone you know
and are willing to trust and he will
administer the treatment in his ac-
customed and sympathetic manner.
Toxin Antitoxin is preparation
used to prevent diphtheria. 1t is given
in three doses at weekly intervals in
the same manner that typhoid vaccine
Is. No sores are caused. There is
scarcely any reaction in young chill
dren, but in older ones and grown
people we find reaction more fire.
quently. Toxin anti-toxin causes the
body cells to manufacture diphtheria
antitoxin so as to have supply Of it
for immediate use If diphtheria germs
fet 81 the throat. Toxin anti-toxin
FOR The prevention Of diphtheria is
new, especially to us. The New York
City health department has been us
ing il for six or eight years and has
given Il to many thousands Of chill
dren without any unfavorable results,
By way Of experiment, it was given
to 2,400 babies less than seven days
old and no bad results followed.
The blood of 5000 children who
had taken toxin anti-toxin four years
previously was tested and 90 per cent
showed by test they had enough an
titoxin in their blood to enable them
to resist diphtheria.
For the last two or three years 1t
has been used to a small extent in
South Carolina. During 1921 it was
given to more than 10000 children
between the ages of six months and
six years in North Carolina without
any bad results.
All the physicians of Union coun-
ty are authorized to give the typhoid
and diphtheria treatment free during
the month of March.
solicit the cooperation and as
sistance of all physicians of the county
in this campaign.
The county commissioners will keep
a supply of anti-typhoid serum and
toxin anti-toxin at the Union Drug
Store where the physicians of the
county may get supplied without cost.
All physicians will give the treat
ment at their offices at any time dur
ing the month of March.
For the convenience of the people
of the various communities, DR.. Gar
ren will be at Prospect from 9 o'clock
in tie morning till / o'clock in the
afternoon and at Altan from 2 till s
in the same afternoon on Saturday,
March 4th, 18th and 18th.
DR.. Williams will be at G. B. Wal
ters' store from in the morning till
! in the afternoon and at Union school
house from till in afternoon on
Tuesday, 7th of March, and on the
14th and 2lst.
DR.. Ashcraft will be at Wellington
from in the morning till in the af-
ternoon and at Indian Trail from 2
till in the afternoon on March 3,
10, and II.
DR.. Stewart will be at Wesley Chap
el from 9 in the morning till l in the
afternoon and at Mineral Springs
from to 5 in the afternoon on Sat-
urday. March 4, II and Is.
DR.. Pruitt will be at Euto from 9
in the morning till in the afternoon
and at Sincerity from to 5 in the
afternoon on Thursday, March 2, o
and l6.
DR.. Smith will be at Olive Branch
from a. m. to p. m, and at Fair
field from to p. m, on Friday,
March 8, 10, and u.
DR.. Stevens will be at Brief from
9 in the morning till in the after
noon and at Longs Store from to
5 in the afternoon on Monday, March
G, 13, and 20.
DR.. Massey and DR.. Creft viii wait
on the colored people at their offices
at any time during the month.
DR.. Cref will be at Waxhaw from
9 in the morning till | in the after
noon and at Antioch from to in
the afternoon on Tuesday, March Z,
ID and 81.
DR.. Massey will be at Marshville
from Q in the morning till | in the
afternoon and at Wingate from 2 to
in the afternoon on Thursday, March
2, 0 and 16.
earnestly solicit the cooperation
Of the ministers and teachers of the
county in this campaign against the
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