a disease, is before it gets well under way. When tuberculosis 



has Kone far, it cannot usually be checked, T r 



.. , .. . , , , ., , Importance of 



but if the disease is attacked at its beginning, _, r . 



there is everv reason to be hopeful. Among _ y 



* . , , - Ireatment 



the common danger signals are loss 01 



weight, loss of appetite, prolonged "cold" with cough and 

 spitting — the expectorations sometimes blood-tinged — fre- 

 quent hoarseness, afternoon fever, chills, nightsweats, easy 

 tiring, and pains in the chest. One of the earliest symptoms 

 of pulmonary tuberculosis is a sense of weakness and loss of 

 energy, both of body and mind, not infrequently out of all 

 proportion to the extent of the disease. If any of these 

 symptoms are present, the patient should go to a physician 

 and have his lungs examined. 



RACIAL HEALTH 



Success in the struggle for existence involves 



Individual efficiency 



Perpetuation of the Race 



Both personal health and success in leaving progeny are 

 threatened by the grave communicable T , M 

 maladies which are known as the venereal f v . 



diseases. Lack of self-control endangers ~. 

 one's life ; it threatens the life of the wife; 

 it endangers the life of the mother; it imperils the life and 

 the sanity of the child. From the medical standpoint it 

 is vitally important that these diseases should be more 

 fully controlled by public health authorities, that facilities 

 for laboratory diagnosis should be furnished, and that pro- 

 vision should be made for dispensary and hospital treat- 

 ment. Concealment, delay in securing treatment, and resort 

 to advertising quacks and charlatans are in large measure 

 responsible for the extent of the damage wrought by these 

 infections. 



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