Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-24
PREVENTIVE QUI MIN {
DOSES FOR CHILDREN
New Measures Inaugurated In
Fight on Malaria In Sumter
County's Rural Schools

Preventive doses of quinine have
been distributed to the country
schools at cost that enables the
school authorities, working in con-
nection with the board Of health,
to keep the children free of mala-
ria for one cent day This state
ment was authorized today by Dr..
J. Wade Chambliss, county health
officer, with Dr.. Brannen in direct
charge Of anti-malaria work in
the county.
According to these authorities,
the pupils bringing a cent a day
will be given capsule. If hey
take these capsules regularly, they
will not contract or pass on to 9TH
ers. malaria.
| The regular taking Of these cap
sules not only is not harmful, but
is beneficial. Outside Of its mala
ria killing properties quinine is an
excellent general tonic.
What kind of parent is it who
will not spend cent a day to keep
his child free Of malaria?
Prospective mothers will do well
to protect themselves against ma
Ilaria by taking the proper proven
| tive doses Of quinine. Your doctor
| will tell you what amount a woman
of your weight should take.
/ Quinine will not cause abortion.
Women with severe cases of malaria
took quinine and aborted. Unscien-
tific persons blamed the quinine not
not the malaria,
Careful scientific work has shown
| that in these cases the tiney blood
vessels which carry food from the
mother to the child have been chok-
ed by swollen red blood cells car
Tying malarial parasites and by
free parasites. This starves the
embryo to death and the mother
naturally ahorts.
One cent a day will save these
lives, according to DR.. Chambiss
and DR.. Brannen.
Malaria kills, they say. Make
no mistake about that.
To which they add: The dreaded
congestive chills, black water fe-
YER and hemorrhagic fever are sim
ply dad" cases of malaria. Any
one contracting malaria runs the
chance of dying from a severe case.
Those of you who had a few mild
chills last summer, says these ply
sicians, may have severe cases next
tine. A cent day is cheap life in
surance. When you take out this
policy you are given a bonus as
surance that you can have no ma
laria. Think it over, is the adj
vice of the health authorities.
Talking to representative physic-
ans and always taking their lowest
estimate, says DR.. Bremen, l have
determined that malaria in DOCTORS
bills alone costs this county more
than $4,000 a year.
This figure IS not guess work,
continued Dr.. Brannen. 1t was
obtained by asking each physician
how much he charged people SUI
fering from malaria vast year. The
total obtained was sealed 25 per
;ent in order to be more than sire
hat this is an extremely conserva-
tive estimate.
Tho bead of family Is in duty
Mound 20 protect the health Of his
fapily. BY seeing that every one
of them-including himself--takes
4 daily prophylactic dose of quin
ne he can keep them wei! so far
IS malaria is concerned.
Is it not worth the cost. say the
health authorities One cent a day
pei person to keep your family
malaria free? Rmc,nber that ma
laria causes at least half ofrthe sick
ness in Sumter county.
When are you going to start, is
the question DR.. Chambliss and
Or. Brannen are asking the public