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CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HOOK-WORN TO BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY MORNING Representatives of the State Board of Health to be In Laurens County for Six Weeks Conducting It. Dis pensaries to be Established Over the County. DISPENSARIES Every Tuesday. Dr. Bryson's of fice, Gray Court. Every Wednesday. Mayor's office, Clinton. Every Thursday. Magistrate's Of fice, Cross Hill. Every Friday. Dr. Donnan's of fice. Boyda Mill. Every Saturday, Court House. Laurens. As announced in The Advertiser last week, representatives of the state hoard of health are to conduct a hook worm campaign in this county foi six weeks beginning next Tuesday. Dispensaries are to bo provided at six dixorent places in the county. (See box nbOVC) where patients are to be examined and treated. Those examin ations are to bo given free of ohnrgo and every person in the county Is n titled to the treatment. A member of the state hoard Ol health has written the following in scription and method of treatment of the disease: What if is and how caused. This disease is caused by a small worm which lives In the small intes tine or bowel. (The worm when full grown is about a half Inch In length, and as big around as a pin.) It is of a dirty, white color.) Cut No. 2 shows the worm greatly inngnifled; as it ap pears under tho microscope. These worms lay e.ngs. These eggs are too small to be seen by the nak ed eye. Under tho microscope they look like this (see cut I). Each female worm may lay over a thousand eggs in a day. They do not hatch in the bowels. These eggs pass out with the bowel movement and get on the ?round. Here, in a week or two. one worm hatches out of each ogg. In hot weather the worm may hatch out in one day. These young hookworms are called embryos. These little worms live in the dirt and grow for two or three days, then they shed their skin and grow for a few days more. They get ready to cast their skin again and in this stage they are called encysted embryos. Under tho microscope they appear to be in a capsule. They are too small to be seen by the naked eye. In places where no privies aro used or where no buckets are used, to catch the excreta or bowel movements, the ground is alive with these little worms They cannot he seen but they are there nevertheless. They can be felt. Let any barefooted person walk on soil which is polluted; that Is, con tains body discharges, and in a few minutes there Is a stinging sensation on the feet. Later this gets worse and in a few hours time the skin between the toes and on top of the foot is red and swollen. The Itching is intense and the desire to scratch Is irresisti ble. In other words, the little worms have burrowed through the skin and caused what we call ground itch, toe Itch, or dew poison. Ground itch oc curs more often In rainy weather or after heavy dews. This Is because the rain washes the excreta and the young worms a considerable distance from 'ho privy or other place where the body v. ?ste Is deposited. If these discharges do not get on the ground, thero will bo no ground itch and no hookworm disease. For thlf reason we never have hookworm disease In cit ies where sewer systems are used, or in country districts where sanitary privies are used. Let us return to the little hook worms too small to be seen by the naked eye which had burrowed through the skin and caused ground itch. Thev .uet into the blood stream Mid pass to tho lungs, from the lungs they crawl up the'small air tubes un til they reach the wind pipe. Wa know that tho upper opening of the wind pipe (larynx) is close to the gullet (esophagus). It is easy to see then how these little worms can be COUghed up from the wind pi no and swallowed. They pass through the ( lit No. 2 stomach to the first portion of the small bowel. Sometimes they are found In all parts of tho bowel, it takes the worms two months or more to travel from the skin to tin- bowel. They cause no disease while taking the journey. As soon as they reach the bowel, they attach themselves by means of two pairs of lips to the lin ing of the bowel or mucous membrane and soon become full grown?that is, about a half Inch long. Each worm has a small tooth, which is hollow like tlio needle of a hypodermic syringe The worm takes holds of tho bowel Cut No. 8 _t lining and this tooth pierces the bowel lining. This little worm not only damages the bowel lining, but It also sucks blood and injects a pois on (toxlne) into the circulation. When It has exhausted the blood supply from one little spot, It turns looso Cut No. 4 j and takes hold in another place. I Although those worms are very [small, there are hundreds, sometimes thousands <>f them in the bowel nl n time, and this causes the patient to become very weak from the constant loss of blood and from the Impaired digestion, These worms, shortly after reach ing the bowel begin laying eggu (see out 1) just as their parents did. These eggs do not hatch Inside the body, bul are expelled with the bowe! movement and hatch out on i';:e soil. The worin will live in the bowel for eight or ten years unless tie1 patient is treated. K\orv worm in the bowel has gone through the skin. Every time we have ground itch a little col ony of hookworms has started for ilia bowed. Hoys and Kills all over the state and often men and women also, go barofooted several months in the year and are Seldom withou1 ground itch. is file Disease Common.' Dubini, an Italian physician was the first to discover the hookworm in man. This was n 1851. In the mines in certain parts of Germany the disease played such havoc among the miners that no man with hookworm disease was allowed to work until the disease had been cured. In America, the first hookworm was discovered by Dr. stiles, of the Unit ed Stall's .Marine Hospital Service, j This was in 1902. When Dr. Stiles made the announcement that many of the people throughout the South liv ing in the small towns and in the Country districts were suffering with hookworm disease, the papers treated the matter as a Joke and even the phy sicians doubted that the disease was I common. .Now anyone who doubts ! that hopkworm disease is the most se rious problem confronting the people of the South, either ha.- not investi gated the matter, or is not open to convict ion. Where (ho Disease is found in (lie United Stales. The disease is found in all of the southern states. It is not found in the northern part of the United States because of the cold climate. As a rule, the disease is more common on Sandy soil. In our State the heaviest infec tion is in the lower counties, and it grows lighter as WO go toward the north western part of the state. As yet, we have not been able to es timate the number of cases of hook worm disease In the state hut we do know that the disease is much more common than people think. Last miiu mer over eleven thousand men, wo men and children were treated in our state in throe months. The Ago Limit. There Is no age limit. The disease is commoner between the ag< s of live Cut No. ."> and twenty-live but it occurs in very young children and In very old per sons. As soon as children get old enough to wear shoes all the year and thus prevent ground itch, thev will gradually recover from the disease un less they are severely infected. It will be noticed that babies In 'he coun try aro usually healthy. When they become large enough to run about and catch ground itch, they become pale and "puny" looking. They are pnle or sallow and have indigestion and other disturbances, How the Disease Affect8 b Person. The symptoms of the disease vary greatly. The disease may be so se vere that we can make a diagnosis by glancing at the patient, or it may bo so mind that the person appears hon 1 thy In evovy way. In these cases wo must use the microscope to make n diagnosis. A sinnll portion of the ' bowel movement Is placed under the microscope. Ii the person has hook** , worm disease the eggs of tho worm can he seen. Tito eggs of the round, the tape worin, und other Intestinal ' parasites can also hi? lound. In a se vere case of hookworm disease the child is usually small for his ago. Tho face Is often wrlcklcd, and appears too old for tin- body. There is a troubled lor drawn expression uboul the mouth. , Tiie skin Is usually yellow. It may have a (loathly pallor or a waxy look. Tin* patient complains of "shortness of breath", of pain in the stomach, or a heavy feeling as though he wen carrying a weight in the stomach, lie Buffers from indigestion and "heart bum" hon incite is common. Tho ap petite is variable; at times the patient eats a great deal and again cares for nothing. Often times he will hnvo a fancy for (day. sand, chalk, soot and saw diis'. Wo used to think that dirt eating caused hookworm disease. We had the cart before the horse. The disease cnilSCS the craving for these things and the patient is unable to resist. Cure the disease and the pa tient Das no desire for those tilings. Recently a physician engaged in the hookworm work was told by a well ed ucated and highly cultured lady who had hookworm disease, that when the craving to eat sand came on, she would I try to get it i!" she knew that she would be shot for doing so. The skin of the person with hook worm disease is usually dry and harsh. The hair of the head is dry and thai on other parts of the body very scant. The patient may he very thin or may be bloated or dropsical. When patients have lost flesh and become very weak they often imagine that they have consumption. If they become bloated they believe them selves victims of "kidney trotlblo". It is a common thing for hookworm pa tients to suffer for years with what thoy call "consumption", "kidney trouble", "heart disease", dropsy", "Dyspepsia", or "malaria". These Imaginary troubles vanish like magic when the patient has been treated for a few weeks, and will not return If the conditions surrounding the home are as they should be. The symptoms outlined above are those found In se vere cases of the disease. (See (hit 15). In a mild case of the disease the child may be full grown for ills age. and Iiis color may be good. The only evidence of disease is indigestion or an occasional headache It Is in these cases that we must use a microscope to make a diagnosis. Some persons imagine thru hookworm disease is found only among the poorer people This is not true. The disease recog nizes no social barriers. It Is found among rich and poor and high and low. If people go barefooted or wear leaky shoes where there are no sani tary closets, they will continue to have hookworm disease. Is There a ('uro? The disease Can be oasllj oun>d ex cept in the extreme cases. Thrre Is no danger In taking the medicine to expel the worms provided the direc tions of a physician are followed. If the disease is mild, it may be cured with two doses of medicine given a "ok apart. Severe cases require 'our or five doses. Improvement us ually takes place as soon as the treat ment Is completed and sometimes be fore. There is no other dlseaso which Is curod ho quickly. In children, the Improvement is extremely rapid. In a few weeks the child Is transformed from a sallow, weak Individual, to a rosy cheeked Child full of energy. In ohler persons the changes are not so marked. If a grown person has had the disease since childhood, and is severely infected, he can he great ly Improved but the ear marks of the disease are always there. In one of our coast counties, a boy Beventeen years of ago, was so se verely infected that he was unable to walk over a half mile without resting. A week after treatment he walked four mil es. Ii*? is now enjoying good health. Often I have seen young men so ill with the disease that they could do nothing which requlrod any more exertion than chewing tobacco or fishing. A few doses of medicine would enable th< se men to follow a plow all day or to do other hard work. Think of the many persons In our state who are now lending a lifo of misery on account of this disease! I (See Cut n. Sometimes, the disease kills;.more often it weakens the sys i< in so thnl the person dies of typhoid fover, pneumonia or some other dis ease, If these people could be cured ! i and could earn SVllgCa and pay (axe* think how much the revenue of your county and of the state at large would. j he increased! These people are now consumers. I.el us cure them so lit a I they inn) become producers. We need ( ill No. T no drone.; in our ll|\'C. There is work for every man. woman ami child to do. We are spending thousands of dol lars each year to educate our chil dren, and we should spend much more, hut many of these children cannot learn. Tills is no( laziness; it is be cause they are sick with hookworm disease or something else. It Is time for us to stop the economic bah. It has been goinn on too long. Of the lo.oon school children examined in this state last year in rural schools, less than li't per cent were absolutely healthy. Many had hookworm disease, throat disease, eye disease and other diseases of a more or less scrloUf na ture requiring medical attention About 75 per cent of them had curioir teeth. We ar<- dying to force; these children to learn when they are nn ablo to do proper work because of their physical Condition. In hook worm disease the child Ib usually dull and advances slowly In school. Is It cheapor to have those children cured or let them go untreated and perhaps die before they are grown? Hookworm disease is not a now dis ease, it has boon in this country for several generations hut has only re cently boon recognized. How WO ( nil (Jot Hid of the '.Mm.inc. First. Every person with the dis ease should be treated. Second. There should lie no null ( tit No. pollution, it >ou have r.n unsanitary privy (cut ."?? you should m;,Ue it san itary that is. make it fly proof by putting llnpB on the seal and on tho rear. (See cuts 0, 7, N. '.'). HllCkcts or other i'ocoptltii ; should ho used and kepi <lean. If you hnvu no pihy. build one like thai shown In cut 7 and use (he barrels shown in cut I), Til. entire cost nl material including barrels and connecting pipe should not be more than $10.00 or $12.00. There are several lypes of privies* which can be used. Write to The Statu Hoard of Health for Information, If a sanitary privy costs ?l(i(t.()() It would In- cheap. It will prevent not only hookworm disease but it will les Bon the number of ciisoh of typhoid lever, and diarrhea or "summer com plaint". What do these diseases cost you every year? A sanitary privy is cheaper than a colli II It you have bookworm disease you should ho I trouted, ll your neighbor has ,i, see thai be is treated. Von are your brothers Keeper livery person who has hookworm disease is a danger to others every time bo pollutes the soil. Ii in an* pale and "puny" you may have bookworm, it you don't know what ails you it may be hookworms. If you wish to know, write to tho 'Slate Hoard of Health, Columbia. Si C, lor a mailing ease, or see physician In ; l.uurons county. This examination will i cos I you nothing. If you have tho I disease, it i ; easy to cure. If you I havcn'l i'. no barm is dour. H?rnern bor dial II i no disgrace to htivo hookworms, li is a disgrace to keep them. Will you write for a mailing case? LauroiiK county lun appropriated money to furnish inodh Ine lor treat - ing the disease, The state Hoard of Health will rcihI a representative to the county He will make microscopic, examinations and administer treat ment to anyone applying. Why not. Him' out ijow, .1" you have tho disease. P'unphlnts on hookworm disease oro furnished free of charge by Statu Hoard of Health, Columbia, S. C. ? , r 1 *int lined &ox_I U Mf/lurnt fank ' \\ 1 | Cut No. ?J SPIOO Tor 1'lHlo was paid at a banquet, to Henry (May, In New Orleans In 1842. Mighty costly for those with stomach trouble or in digestion. 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