River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-04-26
Pierce County to Have
Travelling Clinic

Plelce county Will nave the SCR
vices Of the Travelling Clinic of the
Wisconsin Anti tuberculosis Associ-
alton during May, when three com
munities in the county will be visited
The schedule as announced is as fol-
lows: Prescott, May 2 and 3; Els
worth, May and 3; and River Falls
May A and s. The clinic team will be
divided at Prescott AID Ellsworth,
one examiner going to each place
while the two doctors will make ex-
aminations at River Falls, The Pres
colt clinic will be at he City Coun-
ell Rooms, the Ellsworth clinic at the
Court House, and the River Falls
clinic at the Armory.
River Falls is familiar with the
work of the clinic through the exam
limitations held here a year ago by
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION. Twenty-Five cases of pre-
s,Ynptive tuberculosis and four sus-
picious cases were found among the
1O7 patients examined at this time
Many of the patients had not suspect
ed the presence of the. disease, but
due to it's early discovery and proper
trerg.ment, will completely recover
theif health.
A special effort to bring all per-
sons throughout the county, who have
been directly exposed to tuberculosis
for some time, especially members OF
families in which there is or has been
a consumptive, will be made. 1t will
Of course be impossible for workers
to reach all such homes in the County,
but people, who through close associa-
ton with tuberculosis have been eX-
posed to infection, are urged to take
this opportunity to make sure of the
condition of their lungs. "Play safe
is the clinic slogan, for early Dis
coveGy Means Recovery" and few
months delay in diagnosis, may mean
years of illness and enforced idleness,
which would be greatly shortened II
treatment were begun early.
Do you tire easily? Have you been
losing your pep? Is your appetite
poor and have you been losing
weight? Do you get feverish in the
s afternoon, and haves you a slight,
persistent cough? DO you have 'indi-
eestion? These are the danger sig
nails of tuberculosis, the Wisconsin
Tuberculosis Association states,
and call for an immediate examlna-
ton. In addition to contact cases
and persons having these symptoms,
the following should not miss this OPP
portunity to make sure the condition
of the; lungs: those suffering with
'ulea- ~, bronchitis and other dis
eases of the chest; anaemic and I'M
derweight children; ex-service men
pronounced tuberculous and those re-
iected in the draft for this reason
former sanatorium patients.
More than $4,000 examinations
reaching every corner OF the state
and nearly every county, have been
made by the Travelling Clinic OF the
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Associ-
alton since this work was started IN
1919. In 1922 alone, ten Thousand
examinations were made by the state
association. While seeking out un-
suspected cases of tuberculosis IN
their early and most durable stages
is the main purpose of the clinic, at
tention is also given to other bodily
disorders coming to the examiners
attention, ard examination includes
the heart, nose and throat, teeth,ano
glands of the neck as well as the
lungs. This work is made possible
through the annual sale of Christmas
seals, and is aided by local orgamza-
tions which in most communities beal
part of the expense.
Drs. 7. L. Harrington and j. r
Shlmpa of the staff of the Wisconsin
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conduct the examinations. No treat
ment will be given.