The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-12-19

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and their schools follow: Joyce Stay, 81.
Paul Park; Bernice LiBraaten, Con-
wick; Patricia Grinager, Deer Greek;
Eugene l.. Mongeau, Gilmore; Lois An
derson, Redwood Falls; Geraldine Rosso,
Two Harbors; Bernard Kennedy, Lewis
ton; Beth Pulkrabeck, Brainerd; Arlon
Svein, Kenyon; Dorothea L. Obs, Sank
Centre; Marion Olson, Houston; Mill
dred Thurber, Walnut Grove, and Mar
jorie Matheson, Thief River Falls.
Miss Riiokla's prize winning talk
follows:
Youth of Minnesota:
Who is one of your greatest enemies?
I'll tell you-the Tubercle Bacillus, a
ruthless, merciless killer who ranks as
Public Enemy No. from the disease
taking its toll thousands of years before
the Christian era.
John Bunyan in his book, Pilgrims
Progress" very fittingly calls tuber-
culosis THE Captain of the Men of
Death" No other disease at any time
has received as much thought and at
tention as has this killer. Why? Be
cause the white Plague" is widespread
and annually causes one-seventh of the
deaths throughout the world. 1t kills
some 10000 persons each year in the
United States alone. That is not all,
for 100000 others at any given time are
prospective victims. This murderer
causes more deaths between the ages of
20 and 40 than any other known all
ment. From this, we can see that
Youth affords the greatest field for
destruction. Therefore, Youth should
be especially concerned
Like any other law-breaker, the dis
ease is costly to the nation. The total
annual loss to the United States, be-
cause of this disease, is 81 OFT 100000.
The enemy is cunning, for his presence
is not painful. Very few persons know
that they are infected because not until
in its later stages of development does
1t cause discomfort. However, mild the
symptoms may be, they are noticeable
Some of these danger signs are Cd per-
sistent all-in feeling and an increased
pulse rate;. 60 loss of appetite followed
by loss in weight; CD a slight fever
usually noticed in the afternoon; "a a
cough or cold lasting a month or more
accompanied by blood expectoration,
and go pains in the chest otherwise
known as pleurisy.
Finding these symptoms present in
your body, the first thing to do is to pay
visit to a detective. The best to be
had is your family physician. He has
the two finest assistants in the world
at his disposal, namely, the Mantoux
Tuberculin Skin Test and the tX-ray.
Their business is to discover the wrong
deer. The former is a harmless test
usually made on the skin of the arm
If this test proves positive, it means
that the germ is present; but there is no
immediate danger for a positive reac-
ton does not necessarily mean hopeless
infection. For further examination, an
X-ray is taken of the chest. If the
lungs are spotted, the doctor knows
that the tubercle bacillus has begun its
deadly work. tuberculosis is an enemy
youth cannot afford to ignore There
fore, more extensive tuberculin testing
of boys and girls of school age is urged
for early discovery means early re-
covery"
This criminal, like any other public
enemy, has his henchmen. Milk from
tubercular COWS is the right-hand man
of the germ. To safeguard against it
assure yourself pasteurized milk from
tuberculin-teSted cows. Secret Opera
tive No of the Tubercle Bacillus hides
in the bodies of unsuspecting persons
who do not realize that they are carriers
OF the disease. The cough and the
Sneeze are the favorite highways of the
germ. Take all reasonable precautions
to avoid contact with infected in
dividuals. tuberculosis is not inherited:
each case comes from another.
The tubercle bacillus is truly foe of
youth, for it enters the bodies of 25
per cent of our children up to fifteen
years of age. 1t kills more young men
and women below the age of twenty-one
than any other communicable disease
1t robs the nation of its youth when
they are of most use to their country
To guard against this murderer of
young folk, develop healthful living: for
healthy body resists the development
of the disease. BY preventing tuber-
culoSis, We can eventually stamp it out.
Now Public Hero No. steps into the
picture. Do you recognize him?l He S
the Christmas Seal. In addition to his
new design each year. he carries the
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