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. Help make the sale of 1921 as much
(bigger than that of 1920, as that of
(1920 exceeded that of 1919. Michigan
lias made steady progress each year
lnce 1911; will you help maintain
this steady growth? Here is the rec
ord: 1911745,210; 19121,125,818;
19131.556,173; 19142,053,607; 1915
2,640,659; 19163,500,000; 1917
.411,742; 1918 Christmas Roll Call;
19197,822,484; 192012,201,701.
Frank B. Leland Says
Complying with the request that I
write a message to the people of Mich
igan on the subject of tuberculosis
for the coming Christmas Seal sale, I
could almost confine what 1 have to
say to the one word "Hopefulness
However, I must explain Just a little
the basis of this pleasing hope.
Sixteen years ago when I first be
came actively engaged in the interest
of those afflicted with the white
plague, little if any real constructive
work had been done In the United
States in combating this terrible dis
ease. A few doctors in various parts
of the country, following the discovery
of the tubercle bacillus by Koch, were
doing what they could to arouse the
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FRANK B. D ELAND, DETROIT
people to the necessity of adequately
caring for those afflicted, and to guard
against others becoming affected. Dr.
Trudeau in the Adriondacks was build
ing his cottages for the out-of-doora
treatment of the tuberculous and his
example was being following by just
a few pioneers in this work.
Perhaps half a dozen states had buit
or were building sanatoria for the
treatment of these sufferers, largely
for demonstrative or experimental
purposes; and that was all. Then at
least ninety-nine and nine-tenths of
the people believed tuberculosis was
an Inherited disease and that when a
person had once acquired it, he had
only to wait for death which usually
,was not. so very long in coming.
In tke beginning it was very diffi
cult, ften well nigh impossible to
interest people In this work. How
over, the leaven gradually spread and
the results obtained brought more And
more converts and a few more help
ers Into the fight. With the adoption
of prevntlve na" curative' methods
in various localities, it was observed
that the percentage of deaths from
tuberculoma in tbose localities be
came less and other placet commenc
ed to adopt like methods. Now whole
states, many of them, and I think I
may be permitted to say Michigan
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A Case in Point
By E. G. PIPP, Detroit.
E. G. PIPP
About two years ago, a young wo
man who was then in my employ and
had been for about eight years came
to me with the
statement that her
doctor, one of the
best in Detroit,
said she had tuber-
' ' There was a
. iH S BPot on eacn lung,
A. i nnt larva hut
there just the
same.
During the term
of her " employ
ment we had main
tained a camp in
northern Michigan for Detroit girls
afflicted with tuberculosis, the money
for maintaining the camp having
been furnished me by good people of
Detroit. The girls sent were selected
by the Detroit Board of Health.
We had cared for 45 girls, and 38
of them had returned cured. The
selection of the patients was entirely
up to the Detroit Board of Health, but
It had become the work of this par
ticular young woman to 'keep the rec
ords of the patients, to know that they
were provided with funds that would
make It unnecessary for them to en
gage in work that would prove unfav
orable to their continued progress af
ter their return home. ,
Her experience had taught her
that tuberculosis positively can bo
cured. She had seen 38 living exam
ples of it.
She knew that there were certain
essentials to a sure recovery, and that
they are:
The discovery of the disease in its
early stages.
Fresh air every minute of the 24
hours of the day.
Absolute rest so that the energy of
the body can bo used to fight the dis
ease and build up reserve strength.
Wholesome food in sufficient quan
tities. Freedom from financial and other
worries.
She had all the physical symtoms
to substantiate the doctor's diagnosis;
a slight fever in the afternoon, mild
night sweats, a. capricious stomach.
In fact these led her to consult the
doctor.
She was philosophical about It. She
did not leave Detroit, but lived in the
outskirts of the city where she could
have a comfortable room and fresh
air.
For one year her business was that
of curing herself. And at the end of
the year her doctor said the cure had
been brought about.
But during the second year, she has
been careful about her work, and has
been careful in every way about pro
tecting her lungs.
Today her face is round, her com
plexion good, her health excellent,
but she hasn't lost her caution.
We are too apt to think that all we
need to do to fight and whip the Great
White Plague is to build hospitals,
send the patients through them for
a period of several weeks or a few
months, and the work 'is done.
Hospitals which give patients plenty
of fresh air, the right kind of food,
all the rest they need and freedom
from worry can effect a cure if the
patient Is taken in time.
And environment means a whole
loL
One time our chart showed that
very one of eleven patients had lost
weight In a single day. One of them
had been taken with a severe hemorr
hage, and It affected all so that they
lost. The one was placed where she
The cuts printed over the top of this page give a small glimpse of some of
Michigan 8 tuberculosis equipment. The scenes depjeted here however only
hint at what is being done in the Wolverine State to combat the white plague.
It is impossible to print cuts of all the sanatoria in the state, but a list of
them is as follows: State Sanatorium at Howell, Munisinfe Sanatorium, Forest
Beach Sanatorium at New Buffalo, Chippewa County Sanatorium at Sault Ste.
Marie, Genesee County Farm at Flint, Houghton County Sanatorium at Hough
ton, Jackson County Tuberculosis Hospital at Jackson, Falrmount Hospital
Kalamazoo, Pine Crest Sanatorium (private) at Oshtemo, Ingham County
Sanatorium at Lansing, Morgan Heights Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Morgan
Heights, Woodlawn Hospital at Muskegon, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium
at Grand Rapids, Ontonogon County Sanatorium at Ontonogon, Saginaw City
Tuberculosis Hospital at' Saginaw, Schoolcraft County Sanatorium at Man
istlque, Herman Kiefer Hospital (city) at Detroit, Tuberculosis Pavilion
(Private) at Detroit, Detroit Tuberculosis Sanatorium (city . at Datroit, Elolse
Sanatorium (county) at Detroit, Wexford County Sanatorium at Cadillac.
These sanatoria, together with those now under process of construction or
soon to be erected, have capacity of about one half the minimum number of
beds needed in Michigan. It is estimated that there should be at least as
many sanatorium beds as there are annual deaths from tuberculosis in the
state. Michigan has gone a long ways to that goal during the past few years,
but we are still a long ways from providing for the minimum needs of the
state.
However, together with the preventoria, the open air schools and several
other agencies, the state is beginning to take care of its tuberculous, and the
result is being shown in cutting down the death rate to 79.8 per 100,000 dur
ing the first six months of 1921, the lowest mark in the history of Michigan.
could have individual care, and the
others gained. Another time a nat
ural born trouble maker disturbed the
harmony among the others with the
same ill effect.
You can't worry and get well; ease
of body and ease of mind are essen
tial. But we must not lose sight either
of the before and the after part.
The work is largely educational.
Tuberculosis will be whipped finally
and fully when the public knows
that early discovery means the sav
ing of the life and at the same time
preventing the further spread of the
disease.
To be sure that the life is saved
there must be follow up work after
the patient has left the hospital, to
see that the conditions which permit
ted the disease to gain a foot hold in
the first place are not permitted to
bring ron a relapse.
And what is good for the sick is
equally good for the well; that which
will cure a disease will prevent it.
We should always remember that
tuberculosis hasn't a chance in a well
nourished body that breathes fresh air.
To get plenty of nourishment, free
dom from worry and fresh air is. an
industrial question, but so closely
connected with the health question as
to be a part of it.
We of Michigan should remember
that of all the large cities of the
world Detroit for a great many years
was the freest from tuberculosis, and
is now, although our thousand deaths
a year are far too many.
A cure can be brought about any
where in our own state of Michigan.
But the great work of education
must go on, as must the work of sav
ing lives and preventing the spread
of the disease by caring for the af
flicted. This nation loses three times as
many lives each year from tubercu
losis as we lost in the great war, and
the tremendous loss is needless.
In carrying on the great work of
education, we are working not only to
help others but to protect ourselves
and our own.
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The Governor Says
.
GOV. ALEX J. GROESBECK
Honorary President Michigan Tuber
culosls Association.
Shortening days, chilly nights and
falling loaves warn us of the approach
of winter, and with winter comes the
glad Christmas season, heralded by
the Michigan Tuberculosis Associa
tloiiannual sale of Christmas seals.
The proceeds of this sale will bo
used in the fight against the tubercu
losis scourge and will gladden many
a heart with the thought that some
one does care.
The salesmen receive no remunera
tion. Their work is a labor of love. .
"Buy Christmas seals and save hu
man lives".
"Christmas seal your Christmas
mall".
(Signed) ALEX J. GROESBECK.
The Capitol,
Lansing, Mich.fH
OcL 17, 1921.
MICHIGAN HEALTH TOAST
We pledge the health of brother-man
Throughout our lake-bound state;
Of stranger and of next of kin,
The lowly and the great.
We pledge pure air on hill and plain,
Life out-of-doors' triumphant reign,
Surcease of illness and of pain.
We pledge our state's best wealth:
Strength of a clear-eyed, hardy race,
Laughter of children, woman's grace,
The richest gift In earth's wide space,
The heritage of health.
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Michigan's Declining Death Rate
1910.. 7.1,. 97.6
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
94.6
90.9'
87.0
87.3
90.6
1916 92.7
,-f9i7.frrrT19.6i7
1918 10L71
1919 85.8
1920...... 81.7
1921. Jar June . 79.8
Gives Close-Ups of Christmas
Seal Children
By
HARRIET CULVER
Detroit Free Press Staff
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They gave Anne Lieberman two
days to live when she entered the
children's building
at the Detroit
Tuberculosis San
atorium ..Not. 25,
1919.
Now she is
acknowledged the
mother of all the
other babies in her
department and
though she is a tiny
five-year old, she
HARRIET speaks with au
CULVER thority and the
little tots obey her gladly.
The cheery Christmas Seals have
wrought the miracle in Anne's life
Just as they have helped the scores
of children who have been within Its
snow-white walls since Anna T. Dodge
used her money to enable little chil
dren to have their fighting chance in
life when the shadow of the great
White Plague was found to hover over
them.
I wish I had time to tell you about
all the children who are now under
the care of Miss Ethel Dudley who
loves them with a love that passeth
understanding. There's a human in
terest story about each one that
brings a lump to the throat and a
mist to the eyes, from four-year old
Ralph who has lain for a year on a
Bradford frame but never complains,
to 15-year old Ywe Moy, he Chinese
lad who has the rapt face of an artist
and the smile of a little child f he
lies on his snowy pillows and paints
pictures for the school room walls.
You would like to meet Otto who
was considered a hopeless case a year
ago and can now walk and romp about
the corridors, and Emma, who is a lit
tle roly-poly now In contrast to the
emaciated condition she was in last
February when she entered the insti
tution, and is so affectionate that you
couldn't help loving her if you tried.
The-world has to be the mother of
most of the children who are within
the walls of the hospital right now.
For sickness and bad luck have com
bined to deprive these helpless chil
dren of the love and protection of
mothers and fathers. Some of these
children have one parent left but the
family circumstances make it impos
sible for them to give these, their
most helpless ones, the care they
ought to have. And so it gives one
the greatest feeling of thankfulness
to know that in the Anna T. Dodge
building they are getting that most
priceless thing in all the world
whole hearted, sympathetic care. For
money can, of itself, buy everything
but that. And that is why, in the
humblest of hovels, we sometimes
find the most wonderful of creatures
the little children who are loved and
nurtured by mothers who have time
to listen to each heart beat, and to
whom they can take all their childish
troubles in full confidence that they
will find a willing ear to listen to
them, and a kiss to make the world
all bright again.
You have all heard of Billle, who
is one of the oldest babies in the De
troit Tuberculosis Sanatorium. For
Billle is five years old and he was the
most helpless of all tiny creatures
when he entered the, institution at the
age of ten months. Billle has a fa
ther on whom family cares rest rather
lightly, and so all of Blllle's five years
(Continued On Page 3)
MICHIGAN'S CLINICS
Sept., 1920. to July, 1921, Incl. Held
by State Dept. of Health, the Mien,
Tuberculosis Assn. co-operating.
Number of counties covered .... 41
Number of towns covered 114
Number examined in tuberculosis
clinics 2S0
Number examined in children's
clinics 74U
Number examined in ex-soldier
clinics .' 159
Number of positive Tb. cases ... 156
Number of suspected Tb. cases . . 730
Dr. Olin Say!
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DR. R. M. OLIN, MICHIGAN
Commissioner of Health
"Invest as many pennies in Christ
mas seals during December as you
will in postage 6tamps and you may
feel assured that your act is assisting,
the state and your own community in
the 'prevention and control of tuber
culosls", declares Dr. R. M. Olln, Mich
igan commissioner of health, in en
dorsing the Michigan Tuberculosis as
sociation's annual seal sale.
"Unlike many organizations which
go to the public for popular support",
eays Dr. Olin, "this association ha; a.
positive record of accomplishment In
lowering the tuberculosis death rata
and alleviating misery and suffering
to which it can point. Buying Christ
mas seals is not 'giving money: It is
an Investment in health, and Uvea,
and happiness."
Supt. Johnson Sayi
My dear Fellow Workers:
Cooler days of autumn remind us
once more that the Christmas season
is approaching and with the coming
of the-Yule-tide again comes the an
nual sale of Christmas seals. No .ex
tramural work is more Important tpan
Is this. The Interest aroused by this
sale not only calls the attention of the
children and the parents to the great
work done in the fight against the
white plague, but it also develops an
interest in our neighbors and their
problems. This goes a long way to
ward inculcating In a practical man
ner the spirit of the gTeat command
ment: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and thy neigh
bor aa thyself."
Faithfully yowa,
T. E. JOHNSON.
State Superintendent of Publio
Instruction. ,
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