Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-19
MORE 0|u DR. WHITE
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Ol COtDlS.--blllS OuI duIOId UOIGd1lS is beyond all descriptive words.
 e title is written of the summers of Alaska, but it is not to be forgot ten that the time of sunlight in AL ask equals that of other countries or localities having rainfall. It is a land of sunshine and showers, where wild flowers grow in profu sion of varieties A wonderful Sun- shine has Alaska with a long sunlit day during the summer. Professor KeFter of Hamburg in his research on climatology refers to the rapid plant growth of the far north and, due to the element of the suns spectrum the ultraviolet ray.
 We, therefore, treat tuberculosis in Alaska as elsewhere-by making the most of the out-of- doors, the fresh air and the sunshine. We have sun p0rches to accommodate both sexes during the summer and patients are stunned with caution at the beginning until gradually rich coat of tan is the result. Our interest is particularly centered on chic dren, as the toll is heavy among them. We have found that if treat ment is started early, the response is pleasing in the first and second stages.
 "Too ofter there has been confu- sion in the minds of some as to whether or not the cold is bad for our patients but I have never yet seen any i'll effects from our fresh air treatment when the patient IS kept comfortable in bed with plen- ty of warm yet light covering. We find our complication arising more because a large percentage of our cases of tuberculosis have not only an envolvement of the lungs but also a lesion of the intestinal tract and associate digestive dlStur- barces. This is undoubtedly be- cause in this country the diet has not been routine nor the cooking and preparation of foods adapted to the needs for good digestion. The fish and wild game, especially rein deer meat, are very popular with the natves. Their diet not vel bal anced and frequently so poorly cooked that it cannot be we'll as- simulated.
 Since the out-of door air helps to stimulate the appetite many times over, the Alaskans usually have large capacities. This is bene-' ficial when they are taking the treatment for tuberculosis and can have a supervised diet.
 Some of our cases have been so successfully treated that it demon states the method of cure in the far north as in the states Arthur, for example came here with terri ble open ulcers on his feet that he had been suffering from for IT years He was treated in our hos pital for 10 months at the end of which time his feet were we'll heal ed.
 Lydia was scrawny, and sick when she came up the Yukon river by dog team. After IA months she changed to a healthy, happy girl. In her family she is one of five liv- ing out of 14 children Her mother died at the age of 45 from pulmon- ary tuberculosis Kitty, smiling plump child, is a sweet little girl who gained 19 pounds in our hos pital and could not be recognized upon her discharge as the same tragic mite who had arrived there. Many other similar examples could I enumerate, but this will suffice, l hope. to show that we treat our tuberculosis by heliotherapy ln Al aska similarly to the methods used in other countries and, believe, as successfully
 Tuberculosis is the first killing
 disease of Alaska and in certain
 localities one-fourth of the chll-
 dren only reach adoiescent age,