Milford chronicle., 1926-06-18

character, and they are about even
ly divided between races. When we
discover a genuine case of tubercu-
losis, we always advise the patient
going to Brandywine sanitarium. Of
ten times they have the means to
care for themselves and then we ad-
wise that they see their family phys
ician at once. If they do not do so,
we are helpless.
Test 1,5O0 Cases Yearly
"In the average year we examine
between 1,200 and $500 suspected
cases at the two clinics in Whining
ton. AS a rule the suspected cases
are willing for the examination and
if the case seems like a genuine one,
we ask them, in addition to seeing
their physician, to come back to us
in thirty days, so we may make an
other examination to determine whe-
ther their condition has improved or
otherwise.
FRegarding the fallacy that it is
necessary to go west to a higher al
titude TO obtain a cure, the western
states are now urging eastern num-
cipalities to care for their own. Us
ually a tubercular case cured in the
west, and who comes east again,
doesn't make out well. They usually
become victims, in time. l do not
know why, but if they are cured in
drier climate, that is the place for
them to stay if they want to live.
Going west is not always the best
thing, unless the patient has money.
Often times, if it is a working man,
the money for carfare and a rev
months treatment, dissipates all his
funds, and then he must go to work
in order to live. In this ease, it
sometimes occurs, that the eXertfon
of working is the thing needed to up
set the cure and he dies, just the
same as he might in the east.
Can Be Cured At Home
IF he remained at home, here in
Delaware, he might continue at light
employment, and his family CT
friends, could finance hi1 long
enough to bring about an improved
condition, and then with steady but
constant treatment, which largely is
care of ones self, he may cure him
eslf, at home, And if he is cured,
he doesn't have to worry about
changing climate as does the man
who goes west for q cure.
Il have in mind now, a man who
has recently returned from Colorado,
who weighs more than 200 pounds,
and who hopes to enjoy good health
again in the east. feel sure that the
experiment will not succeed. But in
his case his condition is such that
he wouldn't be likely TO win out in
his fight, even though he remained
west. But he might, whereas, his
coming back to Delaware will, 1
think, prove his undoing.
1T is a matter of education, pure
and simple" said DR.. Phillips as he
ended the interview, to examine a
patient.
when 1 was a lad, 1 was taught
to keep the windows closed and
avoid night air. Now, we know that
we ought to have our windows open,
drink plenty of milk, obtain proper
rest, take sufficient exercise and
bathe frequently. But it is hard for a
child, receiving these instructions,
possibly through the Health Crusade
in the elementary schools, to get the
proper encouragement at home. They
say to their father, who perhaps is
a big strong man, but perhaps uned-
ucated, that the teacher tells them
to sleep with the windows open,
drink milk and cut out coffee and do
other things.
"'Oh, that's all piffle,' the father
may remark, "just look at me, I'm
healthy, and 1 have always drank
coffee And so the child is discour-
aged in his or her efforts to become
a healthier man or woman. But the
fight is gradually winning. Statistics
show throughout the country that
the disease is on the wane, except
for some unusual winter such as we
have just had, and they do not come
often"
DR.. Phillips is devoting all Of his
time to tuberculosis work. After
from college he started
in on this line and had several
years experience in New York city,
where he was enabled to obtain the
kind of experience that is now prov
ing most valuable in Delaware. Two
days each week he is in Wilmington
and the other days he is attending
clinics, which have been set up in all
the larger towns of Delaware. He is
Of that Jealous type Of medical man,
who considers the patient before
himself. In other words, he goes,
where the case is or the duty calls,
no matter whether it's at o'clock
morning or 10 at night, and his chief
pleasure is obtained in correctly in
forming a patient that he has or has
not gotten the dread disease, and if
he has it, that proper care and treat
nent, are very likely to bring a cure. |
This conservative, but cheering ad- |
vice, has made DR.. Phillips welcome |
o hundreds of Delawareans, for at 7
he time he diagnosis their case, he
gives them encouragement and urges /
hem to make the effort to defeat !
he disease.