A Working Plan for Colored Antituberculosis LeaguesWertenbaker, Charles Poindexter
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A Working Plan for Colored Antituberculosis Leagues
Wertenbaker, Charles Poindexter
Tuberculosis -- Prevention
If the patient is very poor it may be that the league can see that he
gets proper food which he might not otherwise have. The committees of the
league will doubtless find many other means for helping the patient at
small expense. The minister in making his pastoral calls can be of the
greatest help both to the patient and to the community by seeing that the
patient is properly carrying out his instructions, and that he has the
proper facilities for doing so.
_Dispensary._—As soon as the church league is formed, some physician
should be designated who will examine all members referred to him, to
decide if they have consumption. Usually there will be found one or more
physicians who are members of the league, who will probably act in this
capacity. If practicable a tuberculosis dispensary might be established
at some convenient point, possibly in one of the rooms in the church,
where the physicians could be found on certain days at stated hours,
say, twice a week. Here they could see the consumptives, and examine and
advise them as to the treatment necessary. They could also examine other
members referred to them to decide whether they had consumption or not.
Records of the dispensary work should be kept.
It is not practicable at this time to go more minutely into the details
of the work of these leagues, which are now in their formative stage.
The writer will be glad to lend any aid in his power to any state or
church league that may desire it, and all persons who are interested in
this movement are invited to write to him, expressing any views they may
have for the advancement of the work. He will be glad to have any aid,
advice, or criticisms that may be offered.
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Antituberculosis Leagues, by C. P. Wertenbaker
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