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February 11, 1953
The Northwest Times
Seattle, King County, Washington
What is this article about?
Educational article from University of Washington on tuberculosis control in Washington state, highlighting reduced deaths, hospital treatments, case-finding clinics, and mass chest x-ray programs for early detection and recovery.
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
IT'S YOUR HEALTH!
Prepared by the Staff of the
HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
TUBERCULOSIS
The state of Washington has been doing an outstanding job of fighting tuberculosis. Each year there are fewer deaths in the state due to this disease. This doesn't happen just by chance. It has taken a great deal of painstaking work to accomplish the job. And the job isn't finished yet.
Two things are necessary to lick this killer. First, the person known to have the disease needs to be kept away from healthy people. He needs to be treated and the germs of the disease must be destroyed.
To accomplish these jobs, special hospitals have served best. At the present time, 2,400 hospital beds are available in Washington, especially for the tuberculosis patient. The counties and the state cooperate to maintain these beds so that no one need be denied treatment.
Second, a case-finding effort is necessary to discover those who are not yet known as having tuberculosis. The doctors are constantly on the alert to the possibilities of this disease. Where specialists are available, these men have taken time to provide medical services at special clinics for the detection of tuberculosis.
Such clinics assist in making a diagnosis. They help to determine who is afflicted with the disease and who isn't. General hospitals are more than ever aware that the person admitted for some other illness may also have tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that wears the body down, burns it out, so that it is easily set upon by more active germs. The tuberculosis germs may spread from the lungs to other parts of the body and wind up causing kidney or bladder trouble. Tuberculosis may occur anywhere in the body.
The man with kidney disease as well as the man with disease of the lungs should be checked for tuberculosis.
Mass chest x-ray programs have been used repeatedly in the larger communities of the state and in many of the smaller communities as well. These have discovered many persons with tuberculosis long before symptoms of the disease were severe enough to be noticed. Early diagnosis not only helps prevent spread of tuberculosis, it makes possible, with proper treatment, a more complete recovery.
IT'S YOUR HEALTH!
Prepared by the Staff of the
HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
TUBERCULOSIS
The state of Washington has been doing an outstanding job of fighting tuberculosis. Each year there are fewer deaths in the state due to this disease. This doesn't happen just by chance. It has taken a great deal of painstaking work to accomplish the job. And the job isn't finished yet.
Two things are necessary to lick this killer. First, the person known to have the disease needs to be kept away from healthy people. He needs to be treated and the germs of the disease must be destroyed.
To accomplish these jobs, special hospitals have served best. At the present time, 2,400 hospital beds are available in Washington, especially for the tuberculosis patient. The counties and the state cooperate to maintain these beds so that no one need be denied treatment.
Second, a case-finding effort is necessary to discover those who are not yet known as having tuberculosis. The doctors are constantly on the alert to the possibilities of this disease. Where specialists are available, these men have taken time to provide medical services at special clinics for the detection of tuberculosis.
Such clinics assist in making a diagnosis. They help to determine who is afflicted with the disease and who isn't. General hospitals are more than ever aware that the person admitted for some other illness may also have tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that wears the body down, burns it out, so that it is easily set upon by more active germs. The tuberculosis germs may spread from the lungs to other parts of the body and wind up causing kidney or bladder trouble. Tuberculosis may occur anywhere in the body.
The man with kidney disease as well as the man with disease of the lungs should be checked for tuberculosis.
Mass chest x-ray programs have been used repeatedly in the larger communities of the state and in many of the smaller communities as well. These have discovered many persons with tuberculosis long before symptoms of the disease were severe enough to be noticed. Early diagnosis not only helps prevent spread of tuberculosis, it makes possible, with proper treatment, a more complete recovery.
What sub-type of article is it?
Health Education
Public Health
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Tuberculosis
Washington State
Public Health
Hospital Treatment
X Ray Programs
Early Detection
Where did it happen?
Washington State
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Washington State
Story Details
Washington state's efforts to combat tuberculosis include specialized hospital beds, diagnostic clinics, and mass x-ray programs for early detection, leading to fewer deaths and better recovery outcomes.