The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
JUVENILE TUBERCULOSIS

| us infected with tuberculosis. latent tuDer r- culosis It usually shoulders for years II not Tor lifetime in the lymph nodes deep n the ast Iack or sometimes in nodes 5("kernes'') in the neck. How do we know any particular individual mar. J bors latent tuberculosis if he has no sympIoms We can ldetermine this only by means of a tuber- culin test. As say, most adults react to q tuner
 and that is fair evidence that the individual has | no tuberculosis, provided he is apparently We'll l (Some severe illnesses may prevent even denn- | itely tubercuous patient from reactlng 10
 Then we have much data from autopsies It is atory that no matter what the cause of death may have been there are evidences or recent or past of cSd reacts the test even though there be no present symptoms or physical signs of disease as elicted by exam @ nm nation X-ray pictures will reveal shadows or en- larged lumph nodes deep in the chest.
 Canddly fear there is still good reason for difference of opinion among physicians as to the | significance of a positive tuberculn reaction and an X-rNs shadow of enlarged lymph nodes or thckened hlum, in school child who IS nos s; 0G- clans of experience who hold that this evidence has no weight in the determination of the chiid's | health rating On the other hand are as many others who insist that it is fair and reasonable to regard the tuberculin reaction and A-ray tuberculosis That means, in piain, lang lansuage
 merely that the child is threatened" with pull monary tuberculosis. The doctors motive TOT or solely to impress upon the parent the import ance of seeing to 1t that the child shall have the advantage of every care of health. Pernaps the laity is beginning to have faint glimmerings of intelligence now.. and the; mere advice tnac child should follow such and such rules of health would accomplish as much as the scare does. | One thing that must be told about the child with a positive tuberculin reaction and x-ray evidence of lymphatic hium tuberculosis IS | this: When such child is anenlic. underweight and not as fond of active play as child should | the same house where lives a person with active l ltuberculosis-one or the other must be removed from the environment.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 | A Customer Signs Up
 want to thank you for the valuable article on Coryza you sent me. including the formula Tor the "fool-proof cough remedy" l have had tnis formula filled three times, and 1t has certainly had the desired effect every time. ! nave a,s9 9 used the gargle you suggest for singers and husIxiness, and find it excellent. Please send me 1srs B. H. W.
 racket. give out few good things free, ana pretend am happyito be of service 10 my Ter feel a patron is in prime condition for a killing I suddenly grow as impersonal as a corporauon. The revised Guide to Right Eating is yours Ma 'am for the asking, stamped envelope pear ing your address. and one little thin dime. done care how thin the dime may be, so long as 1t Is indisputably dime. t@
 Dab of Lacquer for the Tin Doctor You pretend you think so highly of nurses. yet you cali us "little tin doctors" because we mere- ly carry out the duties presched Tor us by one oi your own profession. As . school nurse serve as buffer between teacher and parent in cases of pediculi. inspect throats and sometimes prevent unnecessary exposure to infection by keeping the child with suspicious throat out of contact with others till the doctor can examine him. could not have tonsil operations performed without the consent of the parents and the authority Of . physician even if wished to Please go easy on the school nurse. IT. S. H.) l Answer-I see nothing in any of the duties you describe that even a carping critic like my self can cmplain of. still regard nurses as the | noblest of all women. And do not blame Q nurse at all for taking a job in which she will be compelled to perform services which only | physician is qualified to perform. use the term | ''tin doctor' to. appeal to popular self-respect and to expose the tricks by which certain school boards and health boards perpetrate the tin doc toring evil on the poor. Of course we all know that this racket is worked by the politicians for purposes of graft. and the health officers or physicians who have political berths in the school medical inspection department are getting the graft. Remember. do not blame the nurse | for taking such job any more than ! would blaine struggling young doctor for taking Job as lodge or plant doctor or as physician in . big store or oflce. he finds 1t dificult to live In private practice.
 (Copyrisht Jehn ?. niiIs Ce.l :-.