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SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
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McDuff, Va.—“I suffered for seven!
years,” says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, oi
this place, “with sick headache, and
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Ten years ago a friend told me to try
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I keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
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We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
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vegetable, and has been found, to regu-i
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lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
lhan 70 years, and has benefited more
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t A Resume of the Discovery and J
! Life History of HOOKWORMS f
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$ AMD W7M F THE ST A TE BOARD OF HEAL TH $
| IS DOING TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE f
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MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD.
S. A. Southall, M. I)., Pres.... Lonoke
B. A. Fletcher, M. D.Augusta
W. P. Parks, M. D.Mena
G. A. Warren, M. D.Black Rock
1 . A. Buckner, M. D.Dermott
W. F. Smith, M. D.Little Rock
J. F. Clegg, M. D.Siloam Springs
F. B. YOUNG, M. D.
C. W. GARRISON, M. D.
State Director of Sanitation.
“Nor have we studied and perfected
the means by which government may
be put at the service of humanity, in
safeguarding the health of the nation,
the health of its men and its women
and its children, as well as their rights
in the struggle for existence. This is
no t sentimental duty. The firm basis
of government is justice, not pity.
These are matters of justice. There
can be no equality or opportunity, the
first essential of justice in the body
politic, if men and women and chil
dren be not shieltied in their lives,
their very vitality, from the conse
quences of great industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter, con
trol or singly cope with. Society must
see to it that it does not itseu crush ]
or weaken or damage its own constitu
ent parts. The first duty of law is j
to keep sound the .society it serves.
Sanitary laws, pure food laws, and
laws determining conditions of labor
which individuals are powerless to de
termine for themselves are intimate
parts of the very business of justice
and legal efficiency.”—Woodrow Wil
son.
In 1838, Angelo Dublni, an Italian
physician found a hookworm attached
to the lining of the intestine while per
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forming an autopsy, but attached no
significance to it. In 1879, many la
borers employed to dig the St. Gothard
tunnel through the Alps developed a
peculiar anemia and diarrhoea, found
to he due to hookworm disease.
The disease has probably been in
this country since its early colinization
and the introduction of slavery, and
has gradually spread, as the rural pop
ulation increased, as no effort what
ev< i has been made to protect the soil
from contamination.
It was first discovered in this coun
try by Dr. C. W. Stiles, of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, in 1901, and after care
ful investigation, in May, 1902, he an
nounced that it was one of the princi
pal causes of anemia prevailing among
Southern people.
Not until the Rockefeller Sanitary
Commission was established in 1909,
did the disease attract widespread at
tention, and little was known of its
prevalence, even among the medical
profession. The medical colleges had
not taugl.t the significance of the dis
ease, at, it was little dreamed that
thorough, systematic investigations
would reveal such a tremendous infec
tion with such appalling results as
have been shown by the Commission
in the past three years.
It is interesting and gratifying to
note the increased amount, of work
done each year in Arkansas. The rela
tive). great increase for 1912 was due
to the passage of the Public Healtti
Rill by the last General Assembly,
granting each county the privilege to
aid by making appropriations for pub
lic health work, and the increased co
operation on (he part of the people in
eradicating the diseases.
THE RAVAGES OF THE HOOKWORM
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dd-world hookworm. tflsjlfai
itomum duodenale) fa$W
somewhat from the Jgjjggf
lookworm (necator
American mur- SwSsj
necator ameracanus
iund worm, slightly fiBSaBl
lead turning slightly Hwflffl
If to two-thirds of an
the size of a knitting rjSSSaf
i color from a white
rown, or a reddish | S'rM
ending upon the hu- ffmjgmj
ts host, inhabits the
nd gains sustenance jjJwBF?
s membrane by at- gfgnrf
simulates the oxyu
died stomach worm,
stools unless specific ftffSj&fl
does not multiply in ||^b|
re not hatched until 9|l|gff|
upon soil, sandy soil
ere they receive light, I
ch in 2 to 5 days into
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shed in 3 or 4 more ISm
; infecting stage (en- irjSXI
live in the soil dur
3 twelve months. HWl
N TAKES PLACE. ]|9si
ted ) stage it is in- W/sAvl
he mouth by eating vwKjM
raw^ v e g e t a b 1 e s,
other means. It then VaM
passes into the sto
hb. 00. mach, thence to the '-v^A
®rv»*tly salaried male hookworm. aifl
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Greatly enlarft
female hookwori
small Intestines where it kitnches
itself to the mucous membrane or lin
ing and there grows into the adult
worm.
It may gain admission directly
through the skin, thus causing ground
itch, toe itch, or "dew poison.” It is
then taken up by the lymph and blood
streams to the heart, thence to the
lungs, where it penetrates the lung tis
sue, thence to the mouth by crawling
or being coughed up the bronchi, and
thence to the stomach and intestine,
as described above. Many authorities
claim that this is the most frequent
method of infection, but it is the hum
ble opinion of the writer that the
principal mode of infection is directly
through the mouth, and that the heavy
percentage of infection in children is
due to their unclean habits in playing
in the dirt and putting all kinds of ob
jects in their mouths. This, however,
is immaterial.
Life of the Hookworm.
The natural life of the worm is
from two to ten years, when they die
a natural death, and pass out with
the stool. That is why many of the
older people who have the infection
in childhood do not show the infection \
now. it is the reinfections troni year
to year that cause the extreme types,
though often a light infection in those
who have an idiosyncrasy for the dis
ease show marked symptoms in a com
paratively short time. The mild cases
have, as a rule, from twenty-five to
fifty worms, the medium cases from
fifty to several hundred, while many
of the extreme type have from several
hundred to several thousand.
The symptoms are varied. In the
mild cases there may be slight indi
gestion. or gastric disturbances, slight
headache, slight, dizziness at times,
and mild lassitude. In more severe
cases the appetite may become im
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KIr. 1!). Miller county boy, showlnR j
typical “pot belly" from severe hook- j
worm infection.
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paired, at times ravenous, again nor-,
mai or diminished; palpitation of the
heart may he noticed, and as the se
verity increases the above symptoms
become more and more aggravated,
the cheeks become more or less palid,
the lips and ears lose their ruddy
color, the eyes may lose their luster;
the feet and ankles swell, the face be*
come puffed or bloated and the abdo
men may become distended, forming
the typical ‘‘pot belly;” soreness is
noted upon pressure over the pit of
the stomach; the facial expression be
comes dull and the hair dry and brit
tle; slight diarrhoea or constipation
may or may not occur; the kidneys,
liver and bladder may he the seat of
some irritation; extreme fatigue on
exertion follows, and a general devita
lized condition obtains. Ground itch,
toe itch or dew ppison (one and the
same) may be noted often, especially
in barefooted children. Any one, none
or all of these symptoms may or may
not be present, according to the se
verity. f
Diagnosis.
The symptoms above described are
only clinical signs, and while the ex
treme cases will rarely be mistaken,
at the same time, there are certain dis
eases that present a similar train of}
symptoms. The only positive way toi
determine definitely is to examine the
stool microscopically for the egjgB. The
State Board of Health furnished con«,
tatners, on request, and makes exami
nations free. All anemic or obscure
cases should have a microscopical ex
amination of the fec.efi for parasitic
eggs- >
Effects.
The effects of hookworm disease (or
uncinariasis) can scarcely be conceiv
ed in a single thought, when'applied
to the nation, or even to Arkansas.
There are from five to ten thousand
cases in the state at any given time,
that are incapacitated for work of any
kind. There are twenty-five thousand
cases that are fifty per cent' below,
par, and seventy thousand cases from
ten to twenty-five per cent below
normal. This can be determined in
many ways. Scientific f>roof may be
had by analyzing the blood, and in,
every instance the loss in vital force,
resistive power, or energy, id in direct
proportion to the diminution in the
hemoglobin percentage, and, the red
blood cell count. Practical demonstra-]
tions have been made and it has been
clearly shown in every Southern
State, and most every county, and es
pecially iri those states as North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Virginia andl
others, that have large manufacturing'
Industries, that the employees increas
sd their earning capacity from fifty
to two hundred per cent, according
to the degree of affection, after having
been relieved of this malady. Men
ind boys who had worked for years as
common laborers soon became ambi
tious and expert laborers in a year
ir so.
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ENDORSEMENT
Grubbs, Ark.
Dear Doctor:
I wish to commend you for the ao
tion taken to eliminate hookworm and
other parasitic diseases in this state,
I heartily indorse the work done by
Dr. Bradford and Mr. Reinheart in our
town. They have been very diligent I
in their work, have located several
cases of hookworm and placed our
town aod surrounding country on &
much higher plane of sanitation.
And, in conclusion, I earnestly hope i
that you will give your hearty co
operation to the teachers and me for j
the purpose of maintaining sanitary ,
schools throughout Jackson county.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) E. H. Bowman, f
Dem. Nominee for Co. Supt, l
Summary of the Work in the Southern States, 1910-1913, Inclusive.
Persons examined microscopiaily. 858,377
Persons infected . 369,312
Persons treated ... 339,243
Summary for Arkansas.
Persons examined microscopically, 1911 . 3,460
persons examined microscopically, 1912 . 4,896
Persons examined microscopically, 1913 . 18,399
Total persons examined microscopically . 26,755
Persons having hookworm disease . 8,375
Percentage of infection . 31.3
Persons receiving treatment . 5,903