. Biology in America. Biology. 468 Biology in Anierica tion of children in the schools and students in the colleges, by examinations made at the State laboratories, by the cele- bration of public-health day; and most effective of all has been the teaching of the people by demonstration through the treatmwit of large numbers at the county dispensaries. ... At times the clinics are small when the dispensaries are new or in communities where the infection is light; but in communities where the infection is heavy and after the dis- pensary has had a few days within which to demonstrate its effecti
. Biology in America. Biology. 468 Biology in Anierica tion of children in the schools and students in the colleges, by examinations made at the State laboratories, by the cele- bration of public-health day; and most effective of all has been the teaching of the people by demonstration through the treatmwit of large numbers at the county dispensaries. ... At times the clinics are small when the dispensaries are new or in communities where the infection is light; but in communities where the infection is heavy and after the dis- pensary has had a few days within which to demonstrate its effectiveness, the people come in throngs; they come by boat, ])y ti'ain. ])y private conveyance for 20 and 30 miles. Our. A Hookworm Dispensary in Kentucky The people travel for miles to obtain treatment. Courtcsij 0/ the Rockefeller Foundation. records contain stories of men, women, and children walking m over country roads 10 and 12 miles, the more anemic at times falling by the way, to be picked up and brought in by neighbors passing with wagons. As many as 455 people have been treated at one place in one day. Such a dispensary group will contain men, women, and children from town and country, representing all degrees of infection and all sta- tions in life. A friend who had just visited some of the dis- pensaries said to me recently: 'It looks like the days of Galilee.' "The people usually begin to arrive early. I visited one dispensary at 8 o'clock in the morning and found 43 per- sons there waiting for attention. They linger; they gather. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Young, R. T. (Robert Thompson), b. 1874. Boston, R. G. Badger
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