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44 KORTII CAROLINA 1K)AR1> OF HEALTH. to live ill conformity with any fixed methods of hygienic practices^ while they Avill hear you along this line, it is exceedingly difficult, in my experience, to get them to conform in their daily habits of living to any measure of hygienic practices which is essential to the cure and to the limitation of this disease. Dr. Weaver: Mr. President, old Rip Yan Winkle has always been noted for his conservatism. I doubt at this time the feasibility of reporting the tuberculosis cases. I think the pamphlet issued by the Board of Health covers the ground thoroughly. As the gentlemen have aptly said, it is a campaign of education, and I doubt whether the profession is educated up to that point Avhereby they can reach the laity yet. Tubei^culosis is not so infectious as we may have been taught to believe. We should teach the people one thing—-the essential thing—and that is the care of the sputum; that it is only dangerous in its dry state; that while it is in its moist state probably it is not very contagious. The laity should be taught how to prevent tuberculosis. They should be taught to take care of the cuspidors, those who are affected with it—to have the contents destroyed by burning. It is the people in the rural districts that need to be educated; not so much in the towns. You must remember that there is from 90 to 95 per cent, of rural population in ^STorth Carolina, and that there are more cases of tuberculosis in proportion to population in the rural than there are in the thickly settled districts—in the cities of over eight thousand inhabitants. And why? Because the people have never been taught the importance of taking care of the sputum; and the laity, visiting a family where there is an infection, probably sit in the doorway and around the hearthstones and spit, and the tubercle bacilli ai'ise in the air and thereby disseminate the disease in half a dozen families. I have one instance—ra sad instance—I might relate, where I was called to see a young lady and she had tuberculosis—no, she had consumption. I Avarned the family of the danger of it and how to prevent it, but they took no heed of it, and six months later I was called to see her, but she was in a dying condition, and in a few days was dead. A few months after that T was called to see the second member of the family, a daughter, and
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1905-1906 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-011 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 11 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1905-1906 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-011-0052 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 11 |
Page Number | 44 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 44 KORTII CAROLINA 1K)AR1> OF HEALTH. to live ill conformity with any fixed methods of hygienic practices^ while they Avill hear you along this line, it is exceedingly difficult, in my experience, to get them to conform in their daily habits of living to any measure of hygienic practices which is essential to the cure and to the limitation of this disease. Dr. Weaver: Mr. President, old Rip Yan Winkle has always been noted for his conservatism. I doubt at this time the feasibility of reporting the tuberculosis cases. I think the pamphlet issued by the Board of Health covers the ground thoroughly. As the gentlemen have aptly said, it is a campaign of education, and I doubt whether the profession is educated up to that point Avhereby they can reach the laity yet. Tubei^culosis is not so infectious as we may have been taught to believe. We should teach the people one thing—-the essential thing—and that is the care of the sputum; that it is only dangerous in its dry state; that while it is in its moist state probably it is not very contagious. The laity should be taught how to prevent tuberculosis. They should be taught to take care of the cuspidors, those who are affected with it—to have the contents destroyed by burning. It is the people in the rural districts that need to be educated; not so much in the towns. You must remember that there is from 90 to 95 per cent, of rural population in ^STorth Carolina, and that there are more cases of tuberculosis in proportion to population in the rural than there are in the thickly settled districts—in the cities of over eight thousand inhabitants. And why? Because the people have never been taught the importance of taking care of the sputum; and the laity, visiting a family where there is an infection, probably sit in the doorway and around the hearthstones and spit, and the tubercle bacilli ai'ise in the air and thereby disseminate the disease in half a dozen families. I have one instance—ra sad instance—I might relate, where I was called to see a young lady and she had tuberculosis—no, she had consumption. I Avarned the family of the danger of it and how to prevent it, but they took no heed of it, and six months later I was called to see her, but she was in a dying condition, and in a few days was dead. A few months after that T was called to see the second member of the family, a daughter, and |
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