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10 The Health Bulletin made in one day, it has been necessary to specify a day and hour on which each patient is to report for examination. These appointments are made by the county nurse or other person arranging for the clinic," before the examiner arrives, and while no one is refused an examination if there is an open date, the nurse endeavors to fill the list with those that have been closely exposed to tuberculosis. This applies alike to white and colored where X-ray and laboratory equipment are available and where the Von Pirquet and subcutaneous tuberculin tests for tuberculosis may be given and such other studies made as may be necessary to arrive at a proper diagnosis. All positive cases are carefully instructed as to treatment and referred to their family physician, who in turn secures sanatorium treatment whenever possible. If it is not possible to place all patients in a sanatorium, Patients reporting for examination for the Tuberculosis Clinic held in Surry County. Dr. Spruill, physician; Dr. Williams, health officer, and the County Public Health Nurse at the right. This clinic ran for twelve days, making one hundred and fifty-seven examinations for tuberculosis. patients, a special day usually being given over to the examination of colored patients. The nurse is furnished a list of those in her county dying from tuberculosis within the last year, and also a list of all the reported cases. The families are then visited and each member offered the opportunity for a thorough examination, without charge. All physicians in the county are advised at least two weeks prior to the clinic, the dates on which examinations will be made, and invited to bring all doubtful cases for examination. If definite diagnosis is then not possible, the patient is referred to the State Sanatorium Clinic, the best home treatment obtainable is furnished. We see many undernourished children at these clinics, and in many of these cases find diseased tonsils and adenoids. Their parents are advised ta have these defects corrected and extra nourishment is recommended. Children of this type provide the breeding ground for disease, and no more important work can be done in this field than getting them in condition to resist infection, which means properly nourished. Cases that are negative to tuberculosis but are in a "run-down condition" are very susceptible to infection, and great care is
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1921 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-036 |
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. |
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 | 36 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-036.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-036 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 30 (image) |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1921 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-036-0208 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; all images; photo; article |
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. |
Filename | healthbulletinse36nort_0208.jp2 |
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 | 36 |
Issue Number | 11 |
Page Number | 30 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 10 The Health Bulletin made in one day, it has been necessary to specify a day and hour on which each patient is to report for examination. These appointments are made by the county nurse or other person arranging for the clinic" before the examiner arrives, and while no one is refused an examination if there is an open date, the nurse endeavors to fill the list with those that have been closely exposed to tuberculosis. This applies alike to white and colored where X-ray and laboratory equipment are available and where the Von Pirquet and subcutaneous tuberculin tests for tuberculosis may be given and such other studies made as may be necessary to arrive at a proper diagnosis. All positive cases are carefully instructed as to treatment and referred to their family physician, who in turn secures sanatorium treatment whenever possible. If it is not possible to place all patients in a sanatorium, Patients reporting for examination for the Tuberculosis Clinic held in Surry County. Dr. Spruill, physician; Dr. Williams, health officer, and the County Public Health Nurse at the right. This clinic ran for twelve days, making one hundred and fifty-seven examinations for tuberculosis. patients, a special day usually being given over to the examination of colored patients. The nurse is furnished a list of those in her county dying from tuberculosis within the last year, and also a list of all the reported cases. The families are then visited and each member offered the opportunity for a thorough examination, without charge. All physicians in the county are advised at least two weeks prior to the clinic, the dates on which examinations will be made, and invited to bring all doubtful cases for examination. If definite diagnosis is then not possible, the patient is referred to the State Sanatorium Clinic, the best home treatment obtainable is furnished. We see many undernourished children at these clinics, and in many of these cases find diseased tonsils and adenoids. Their parents are advised ta have these defects corrected and extra nourishment is recommended. Children of this type provide the breeding ground for disease, and no more important work can be done in this field than getting them in condition to resist infection, which means properly nourished. Cases that are negative to tuberculosis but are in a "run-down condition" are very susceptible to infection, and great care is |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-036.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | The Tuberculosis Clinic |
Article Author | Spruill, J. L. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-036 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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