. Health in home and town. gle per cent of all the deaths are due to this our country 150,000 persons or more die annuallyfrom this disease. This means that one death from itoccurs in every three minutes. We talk of the terribleloss of life during wars, but have become accustomedto the great loss from tuberculosis. In the four yearsof our Civil War there were killed and mortally woundedfrom 155,000 to 161,000 men. This is not much morethan the number who die annually from tuberculosis inthis country. In terms of dollars and cents this meansa great financial loss to the
. Health in home and town. gle per cent of all the deaths are due to this our country 150,000 persons or more die annuallyfrom this disease. This means that one death from itoccurs in every three minutes. We talk of the terribleloss of life during wars, but have become accustomedto the great loss from tuberculosis. In the four yearsof our Civil War there were killed and mortally woundedfrom 155,000 to 161,000 men. This is not much morethan the number who die annually from tuberculosis inthis country. In terms of dollars and cents this meansa great financial loss to the country. In New York Cityalone, it is estimated that the annual loss from tuber-culosis is $23,000,000. Who are Attacked.—The rest of the story is the sad-dest part of it. Consumption attacks neither the young-est nor the oldest persons. It attacks those from fifteento forty years of age. Often it disables the breadwinnerof the family. More than one fourth of the deathsoccurring among young people are due to GREAT WHITE PLAGUE — TUBERCULOSIS 247 The Early Symptoms. — It is very important thatthe early signs or symptoms of the disease should bewell known. If the disease is discovered early and theproper treatment obtained, a large per cent of consump-tives recover their health. Every one thinks of a rack-ing cough when consumption is mentioned. In theearly stage there may be very littlecoughing, with no thin, and losing theappetite and strength are earlyindications. Breathlessness whenhurrying is sometimes a person has a flushed face and rise of temperature in the Consumption Germs afternoon. Perhaps he feels tired ^^TZ^ZJ^Zor run down. The only safe thing (FromHubersConsumPtion>to do when a cough lingers week after week is to havethe lungs examined by a reliable physician. A Contagious Disease. — Since the discovery of thecause of the disease, tuberculosis has been known to becontagious. By this we mean that one perso
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