Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1914 — SCOURGE IS STILL DEADLY [ARTICLE]

SCOURGE IS STILL DEADLY

Claims of a "Cure" for Consumption Have Not Been Verified by Scientific Authorities.

In spite of the statements of a number of individuate who have recently claimed that they have found a “cure” for consumption, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the highest authority on this disease in America, declares that there is no information at hand to justify the belief that any specific cure for tuberculosis has been discovered which deserved the confidence of the medical profession and the people. Backing up these statements, the United States Public Health Service declares that outside of the three essentials in the treatment of consumption, namely, rest, fresh air, and good food, “there is no drug known, however rare or expensive it may be that has any curative action tn this disease, and all remedies advertised as such are to be avoided. Patent cough medicines are harmful; radium, X-rays or electricity in any of its forms have no special value in tuberculosis of the lungs. No serum has yet been found that will cure it, and there is no plaster or poultice which has any effect on the disease itself.”