m i i 1:1 i;. i i < .-i- U3 \ DISEASE < >i TNI-: M tSSES 



. from our ini.lsi. Let us not remain indifYeivnt to 



tin- d 



iiy roiiiiniiniiy i i by an acute contagious disease, 



small; I \\hi-h a f<-w people may die. every- 



body is up in arms; while roiisumptinn. a far mon- ].r<-valcn( 

 disease, dcniandin^ thousands of li\ v year, has 



d wcllni-h \\ith ind: -dl who have inadr thr 



disease* a stu<ly have for years come to tin- conduHnu that 

 tiilMrrul>is. especially in its pulmonary form, is not only a 



'Ut one which can. in the majority..! - 

 be completely and laMm-ly cured. It certainly would 

 within the power of man, living in a civi;'. ich as 



United States, where so much intelligence, wealth, pros- 

 v, and philanthropy prevail, to combat tuberculosis as a 

 disease of the masses most successfully. 



