River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-05-17
A Successful Clinic

Wisconsin Antl-Tuberculosis Asso-
citation, according to final report re-
ceived from the Wisconsin Anti
Tuberculosis Association.
At River Falls 112 examinations
were made, and five patients were
pronounced presumptive cases OF
tuberculosis. There was one other
patient pronounced a suspicious case,
definite diagnosis being impossible
in one examination. One patient
had tuberculous wrist. Two pat
tents had tuberculosis in its quiescent
form, and three had healed tubercul-
Gus LESSONS. Other findings at the
clinic were: dental defects, 25; de-
fectiye tonsils, %; simple goiter, AZ;
nose and throat defects, 10; enlarged
glands, Is; organic heart disease, 81;
chronic bronchitis, s.; acute bron-
chitis, l; anaemia, 2; pleurisy, 3; UNI
derweight, L. The condition of one
patient was such that immediate san
atorirm treatment was advised, while
another was urged to enter SAN
atorium a little later, if progress to-
wards recovery was not being made
at home. Forty-three patients had
not been vaccinated. This clinic was
financed by Christmas seal funds.
Fifty-nine patients were examined
at Ellsworth. One of these was pre-
sumptive case of tuberculosis and an
other a quescent case. This clinic
was won as prize in the Christmas
seal sale, and the school children were
especially interested, SO of those eX-
amined being under 10. The bad
condition of teeth was an outstanding
feature of this clinic, IL cases OF
pyorrhea and II others of dental de-
fects being found. Other findings at
the clinic were; diseased tonsils, %;
adenoids, Is; nose and throat defects,
Z; enlarged glands, 80; simple goiter,
/ organic heart disease, 4; chronic
bronchitis, A; Forty-one patients had
not been vaccinated.
Sixty-seven examinations were
made at Prescott, and three presum-
tive cases, and two suspicious cases
of tuberculosis were found. Other
findings were: defective teeth, .; in
Guiding one case of .pgoerhea; simple
goitie, 10; defective tonsils, Ia;
adenoids, 8; other nose and throat de-
fects, 3; organic heart disease, 3; en-
larged glands, 1; chronic bronchitis,
/. Twenty-three patients had not
been vaccinated. One of the things
urged by clinic workers was the pur-
chase of scale for the school, it be-
ing impossible to weigh or measure
the children because none could be
procured. The close relationship be-
tween proper weight and health, and
the fact that scale and weighing
and measuring stimulates children to
follow health rules in order to reach
their normal weight were the reas-
ons advanced for urging this pur-
chase.
Other local people of the county,
who took an active part in the clinic,
were: River Falls, Mrs. r. S.Mitchell,
Mrs. Ella Taggert, Mrs. J. S. Wads-
worth, Mrs. l.. S. Doolittle, Miss Rosa
Cheney, Mrs. Everett Dodge, Mrs.
John Knapp and DR.. Rolla Cairns,
seal sale manager. Prescott, f. L.
Hawkins, seal sale manager and Rev.
Brenneman, who offered the use of
his church for the clinic; Ellsworth,
Miss Travis, Red Cross secretary,
and Elmer B. Johnson, seal sale man.
ager.
Among the things urged upon all
the visitors at the clinic was the prac-
tice of yearly physical examinations,
which assure the discovery OF all bod
lily disorders including tuberculosis,
cancer, Bright's disease and diabetis,
in their early and most easily
durable stages. Patients were ad-
vised to build up their bodily resist
anee to disease by regular routine
of living, with special stress on plenty
of fresh air, especially in the sleeping
rooms at night; long and regular
hours of rest; and good, nourishing
food, including milk, leafy vegetables
and fruit. Those who were found to
have tuberculosis were told that this
is a durable disease, and that while
they might get well at home. sanator-
ium treatment was the best, because
at an institution everyone Is making
a business of regaining their health
and carry out regular routine with
out the interruptions which are I'M
avoidable in home life. The fact
that goitre is preventable was ex-
planned and special stress was placed
on the Importance of preventive treat
ment for children. The need of being
protected from smallpox by vac
cination was emphasized, and it was
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