Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
1861 Christmas Seals
Have Been Delivered
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The Christmas Seal letter which
accompanied the Seals cited ma
tional reports indicating that the
tuberculosis germ is becoming re-
sistant to the drugs commonly
used for treatment of the disease.
! At the time the letter was pre-
| pared, the number of new cases
| detected in Delaware this year
was running substantially ahead
of the number for the correspond
| ing period last year.
The need for a tuberculosis
vaccine, longtime goal of medical
research that has never been at
tained, was emphasized.
The impact of respiratory dis
eases other than tuberculosis was
! pointed out in an address at the
| Delaware Academy of Medicine a
week ago when DR.. Harold L. Is
rael said that emphysema is a
much greater problem than the
more widely publicized lung can
GER. At the same meeting, Dr. H.
| William Harris said that medical
science has yet to find the cause
and the cure for emphysema. The
lecture was co-sponsored by the
Academy of Medicine and the Del
aware tuberculosis and Health
Society
Since Americas first Christmas
Seals were placed on sale in the
Wilmington Post Office in 1907
the state has been a leader in the
tuberculosis movement
Miss Emily P Bissell, com
munity minded Delawarean, intro
duced the Seal in an effort To raise
$500 to support the treatment of
tuberculous patients hOspitaliZed
on the banks of the Brandywine
River. The press publiciZed the
effort and a total of $4,000 was
raised
From that beginning the Christ
mas Seal has developed into a ma
tional institution, an instrument
which both raises funds for the
fight against TB and other respir
atory diseases and symbOliZes the
historic struggle which man has
waged against these diseases.
Last year about $4,000 Della
wareans responded to the Christ
mas Seal Campaign, sending
checks to the Delaware Tubercu-
losis and Health Society in return
for the Seals they received in the
mail.
In return for these Christmas
Seal contributions, Delawareans
receive dividends in the form of
services.
Free chest X-rays are available
at the TB society's clinic and at
mobile X-ray units which tour
the state.
A cooperative program between
the State Board of Health, Z. 5.
Public Health Service and Della
ware tuberculosis and Health So
ciety is combating outbreaks in
tuberculosis, other respiratory dis
eases, and venereal diseases among
migrant workers.
A program of occupational ther-
apy and rehabilitation for hospi-
talized patients with tuberculosis
is subsidized with Christmas Seal
funds.
Home visits to tuberculOuS pa
tients by staff members of the Wis
iting Nurse Association are made
possible by Christmas Seal con-
tributions.
Educational programs such as
the recent lecture at the Delaware
Academy of Medicine are made
possible.
Student nurses are trained in
the care of tuberculOus patients
in special classes at the Emily P.
Bissell, while other girls receive
scholarships to enroll in the nurs-
ing program at the University OF
Delaware.
The tuberculosis society joins
with educational groups and health
units to conduct tuberculin skin
tests of school children.
Vital medical research is con-
Quoted through the Christmas Seal
contributions of Delawareans.
DR.. Gerald A Beatty, president
of the Delaware tuberculosis and
Health Society, today issued an
appeal to all Delawareans to give
generously to the fifty-f1fth an
nual Christmas Seal Campaign to
permit the Society's important
work to be continued.
I'VE pride ourselves on the fact
that the Christmas Seal was intro
duced to America right here in
Delaware by a Delawarean, DR..
Beatty said. I'VE hope sincerely
that the response to the 1861
Christmas Seal Campaign will be
a generous one that will permit |
us to make strides toward the day |
when these diseases will no long
er be a threat"
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