The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
CHEST CLINICS ARE MAD
POSSIBLE BY T. B. SEA,
Over 5000 Persons Examir
Last Year in State of MaryIa

During the current year, over sc
persons were examined at the en-
clinics held throughout the coun.
under the joint direction of the S.
Department of Health and the Ma
land tuberculosis Association. I
chest clinics are among the activit.
made possible through the sale of I
Christmas tuberculosis seals. Spes
ing of the clinics DR.. R. H. Riley, dir,
tor of the State Department Of Heal
said: ''The figures give some idea
the volume of work done, but a glimI
into the individual records gives
much better understanding of
human side of the service rendered.
Here's a story of that sort.
October, 1884, a young woman W.
brought to one of the county elm
for examination. She was under
was married, and had two childre
one, baby few weeks old and t.
other year and half old. Her hu
band was out of work. She had bee
troubled by continuous cough, VII
eXpectoration, and the husband wer
to the County Health Officer for az
vice. At the chest clinic, where 81
was examined, at the request of til
family physician, she was found
have a moderately advanced case @
tuberculosis of the lungs.
about two weeks later she enteret
the State Sanatorium at Sabillasville
but made little progress at first be
cause of her anxiety over the It'll It'll
family at home. The public healtl
nurse from the County Health Depart
ment, kept in close touch with the
family and made regular visits to the
home. A few days after the mother
went to the Sanatorium, the younger
of the two babies developed a cold, and
was taken to the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital for care and treatment not avail
able at home. tuberculosis had already
set in. The baby died, a day or two
later. :.
Progress on the part of the mother
was further delayed by the news of the
baby's death. But eventually she be-
gan to improve and then gained steadi-
ly. In April, five and half months
after her admission to the Sanatorium
she had improved so much that she was
allowed to go home. The disease had
been taken in time. To use medical
term, it had been arrested. She was
practically well again. She reports
back to the clinic regularly for fol.
low-up examination. She has kept
well and has been able to take up hel
household duties. In the meanwhile
the husband is back at work and the
little family is on it's feet again.
"While the young woman was at the
Sanatorium, the other members of the
family-her husband, the older child
her three brothers, her father and hel
nlother-were all examined. One oil
the brothers showed signs of early
tuberculosis. He was advised as tt
the necessary care. He has been fol
lowing the treatment at home, and is
on the way to recovery. The sister anc
brother apparently contracted the dis.
ease in childhood from an aunt, who
lived with the family and who hac
tuberculosis. The baby contracted il
from the mother. Three generations
were accordingly involved. In check
ing the disease in the sister and broth
er, the links in what would probably
have been an endless chain of infec
ton, were broken. The early discov
cry of the disease, and the willing CO.
operation of every member of the
family in the plucky fight, had much tt
do with the successful outcome.
"This is the kind of service you are
helping to make possible when you buy
the double barred Christmas SEALS"
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