Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1917 — Spread of Tuberculosis One Of War Dangers, Is Warning [ARTICLE]

Spread of Tuberculosis One Of War Dangers, Is Warning

“While preparing for war every possible precaution,” says Dr. W. J. Marcley, a director of the Minnesota Public Health association, “should be taken to make certain that the men who enlist are free from tuberculosis. There are probably many enlisting whose resistance against disease is low and who will become active cases of tuberculosis when the men are subjected to the- hardships of camps and trenches. The idea that camp life will harden the system of the weakling is false; it will harden those naturally strong but has the opposite effect upon people especially likely to develop tuberculosis. ——— “Many cases which will become active as the result of mobilization will return as spreaders of infection to various communities of this state. Accordingly. all local health organizations, health officers and visiting nurses, should endeavor to see that equipment exists in their communities for the proper treatment of these cases. The council on national defense has formulated plans for the co-operation of all state organizations that should assist in this work.” ■