Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-19
THE COUNTY NURSE DEPT.
PALMA H. GRAIN. Co. Nurse.
Health Clippings

food the Wisconsin farmer produces.
His family should use plenty of it,
Wis. Bankers Farm Bulletin.
A great discovery In the control of
communicable diseases in the Schick
test. The Schick test is used to dis
cover those individuals whose blood
antitoxin is absent The test is made
by the injection ia small amount of
diphtheria toxin just under the skin.
If antitoxin is present in the blood the
injected toxin will be neutralized; If
antitoxin is absent from the blood
reaction occurs, and is manifested by
a redness of the area at the point of
Injection, lasting z to Ii days. The
individual who shows a positive re-
action can become immune to diph-
liberia by receiving a series of inject
ions of toxin-antitoxin, these inject
ions slowly establishing an immunity.
wis. Anti tuberculosis Association.
/ Normal Blood Pressure
The Journal of the American Med
zeal Association says that blood pres
sure changes with age, as well as with
other factors. 1t appears that the
blood pressure in young women is
more uniform than in young men. In
experiments, the range for women was
practically from So to 155; for men
from 80 to 1175. Fifty per cent of
the women's readings fell between los
and 119 mmm; fifty per cent of the
mems readings fell between 1865 and
1865 nm. High blood pressure APP
pears earlier and to a greater degree
in young men than in young women.
1t is suggested that over 1870 nm for
women and over 140 nm for men are
abnormal.
The following is copy of letter
sent to county and public health nurs-
es. If you know of anyone needing as
sistance such as Mr.. Fakes describes,
communicate directly to him, or to
Vernon county nurse.
To County and Public Health Nurses
Many times in your practice you
come in contact with cripples, men,
women, and children who, because of
their handicap are denied even Alright
| ing chance" in the struggle for a live
lihood in competition with their more
fortunate fellowmen. Sympathy won't
help them; neither will charity to any
marked degree. What they need and
deserve is just that fighting chance
and, in most cases, this opportunity is
spelled habilitation-which means a
new leg, new armand reeducation,
knowledge and proficiency in new job
During the last legislative session,
Wisconsin lawmakers passed the In
dustrial Rehabilitation Law which aims
to take care of just such cases as cited
above regardless of whether they oc-
cur in industry, in civil accidents or at
birth. Through its provisions, the
state, with financial assistance from
the Federal Government and the To-
cal community, plans to Rehabilitate
and Reeducate handicaps, place them
| in new jobs, advise them in their eff
forts to advance, make them independ-
ent, sef-supporting citizens, credit
to themselves, their families, the COM
munity
| We need the assistance which men
and women in your calling only can
give. You, who follow most closely
in the steps of the Great Healer, real
ize and appreciate the encouragement
that comes to these unfortunates, and
| likewise, you, more than any others,
want to see them started on the road
to economic independence and happi-
ness.
Give them this chance by reporting
to us all dismemberment cases that
come to your attention-all cases
which you think we might be able to
help. The enclosed blank, filled and
mailed to Mr.. E. W. Faulkes, State
Supervisor of Industrial Rehabilita-
ton, Madison, Wisconsin, will quickly
bring our representative to your pa
tient. These people need help. We
want to assist them. But in this, as
in all social work., Cooperation and
cooperation from all possible sources.
looms out as the true key to success.
Cd ~
ten April 4th from the Survey by Es-
Their johnson, 10th grade, Coon VAL
ley school.
The Right To See Straight
Out of twenty-four million school
children in the United States today,
about ten million are laboring under
grave handicap and that is reflective
eyes, This could be helped to great
lextent, if not corrected entirely. hy
the supervision of the state, and the
teachers of the county, through the
proper eye tests followed by appro-
pirate care.
The state laws enquire children I'M
der a certain age, to go to school a
number of weeks every year, and take
up definite amount of work Very
few states or communities however,
have the proper eye tests for the
children, so they can know If the pu-
pills are able to do the work required
of them. Il
It is particularly in rural communi-
ties that the schools do not have eye
tests, and where the rooms are not
well lighted. Out of the twelve hun
bred and sixty-two rural schools from
eighteen state which reported only
1888 per cent had the pupils eyes test
ed. In several states where the chill
dren's eyes have been examined it
has been reported that from % to go
per cent have eye defects which need
correction. 1t was learned some years
ago after an eye test in Philadelphia,
that IS per cent of the several thous-
and school children had so great eye
defects that they needed glasses. Out
of the one hundred thousand school
children in New York who did not
pass the examinations last year, fifty
thousand were troubled with eye de-
fects. We can therefore clearly see
why some rural communities report
that several pupils are retarded"
In education it is necessary that
the eyes not only have an abundance
Of things to see, but that they see
them correctly. The vision of a child
has very much to do with his conduct.
Many children who must strive for an
education with defective eyes, become
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