Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — MEASLES NOT HARMLESS SAYS DR. J. N. HURTY. [ARTICLE]

MEASLES NOT HARMLESS SAYS DR. J. N. HURTY.

Secretary es the State Board of Health Writes About Measles After Receiving Report From Here. Permit us to address your readers in regard to measles. This disease, according to the report of Dr. M. D. Gwin, county health commissioner, prevails to considerable degree ip your county. Measles must not be looked upon as a harmless disease, and furthermore, it is an error to assume that all children must be attacked by measles. Measles very frequently leave imperfections in the kidneys and the lungs and in various other vital organs. Not a little of our consumption and Bright’s —disease, which occur in adult life, 1b now attributed by the highest medical authorities, 1 to tho measles or scarlet fever from which the individuals have suffered in childhood. We enclose our measles circular and ask you to print such parts of it as you think profitable, in the hope that parents will see and heed the warning. The measles deaths now outnumber the scarlet fever deaths in the state of Indiana. This is a fact which should make us study and think. We have sent a supply of measles circulars to Dr. Gwin, and any person desiring one of these circulars can secure it by application to him. Very sincerely yours, J. N. HURTY, Secretary.