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ALLA SKA CRIPPLLD CHILDRENS ASSOCIATION
BULLETIN
Tho greatest cause of bone disease in
Alaska is tuberculosis. It causos de
formities which result in crippling of
the back, the shoulders, the arms or logs.
One of the greatest problems in Alaska at
the present time arc the.children who
suffer from both chest tuberculosis and
1 tuberculosis of the bone. Since this
condition of chest and bone involvement is
so seldom found in the States, it is dif
ficult to find an institution Outside to
tako care'of such children. Thes6 children
in Alaska, either native or white, rho arc
suffering from tuberculosis of the chest
which is a contagious disease, canhot bo
admittod to tho Seattle Orthopedic, Swedish
or Shrine Hospitals. Most of*the sc
children are native and part native and
as many of them as can bo accommodated aire
sent to the newly established Tuberculosis
Hospital at Skagway, There they receive
treatment for the chest tuberculosis only,
and thoir crippling condition remains
uncorroctcd. * IF HE CAN ESTABLISH A
hospital in Alaska , he can set up a
SPECIAL HARD FOR SUCH CASES.
On tho Crippled Childrens Roster, v;o have
any number of such children for which
nothing can be done. For instance: one
littlo girl had a marked kyphosis (hunch
back). Shortly after she afriee'^in tho
Soattlo Orthopedic Hospital, a follow-up
X-ray showed that'she had developed a
chest involvement, so sho was placed in a
cast and sent to tho Tacoma Indian Hos
pital. Of course, tho rest in the cast
did not' do her back condition any haim.as
rest is part of the treatment for tuber
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