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The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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IPUSLISALDBY TML noR.TM CAgOLirSA 5TATE- BOAIgP °>-MLALTM"1 [BJ. Howell W<strong>at</strong>, M.D., President, Waynesville. Charles O'H. Lauohinghouse , M.D.Richard H. Lewis, M.D., Raleigh.Greenville.J. L. Ludlow, C.E., Winston-Salem.Edward J. Wood, M.D., Wilmington.W. O. Spencer, M.D., Winston-Salem.A. A. Kent, M.D., Lenoir.Thomas E. Anderson, M.D., St<strong>at</strong>esville.Cyrus Thomp.son, M.D., Jacksonville.W. S. Rankin, M.D., Secretary and Treasurer, Raleigh.Vol. XXVIII. DECEMBER, 1913. No. 9.EDITORIAL JOTTINGS<strong>The</strong> January number <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Health</strong>Bulletin will be our almanac number.It promises to be one <strong>of</strong> the bestnumbers we have issued. Be on thelookout forit.If you have time to read but onearticle in this issue, by all means letth<strong>at</strong> article be the one about the exposure<strong>of</strong> the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor. If youdon't learn something, besides have asmile or two coming before you getthrough with it, cancel your subscriptionto the Bulletin and demandyour money back.This month the St<strong>at</strong>e San<strong>at</strong>oriumfor the tre<strong>at</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis, <strong>at</strong>Montrose,pens under the direction <strong>of</strong>the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>. Only incipientand moder<strong>at</strong>ely advanced casescan be admitted. <strong>The</strong> capacity <strong>of</strong> theinstitution <strong>at</strong> present is only fifty beds.For further inform<strong>at</strong>ion regarding admittancewrite to the Secretary <strong>of</strong>the Board, <strong>at</strong>Raleigh.According to a newspaper account,the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor Company claims th<strong>at</strong>since this Board exposed their gaspipe fraud their sales have increasedgre<strong>at</strong>ly, If th<strong>at</strong> is true, why does thiscompany object so strenuously to beingexposed? Such st<strong>at</strong>ements remindus <strong>of</strong> liquor people, who when votedout <strong>of</strong> a territory brazenly declareth<strong>at</strong> they sell more liquor there thanthey did before.Don't close your bedroom windowsthese nights just because it is cold.Your lungs need just as much pure,fresh air as they did last summer,when your bedroom didn't seem to havehalf enough windows. <strong>The</strong> whole secretis in keeping warm <strong>at</strong> night.Dress warmly and sleep comfortably,if you have to wear heavy woolenSOX and a suit <strong>of</strong> underwear, besidesthick, warm pajamas. <strong>The</strong>n don't pileon thick comforts th<strong>at</strong> feelheavy, butuse lots <strong>of</strong> light, warm blankets.Keep warm <strong>at</strong> all hazards, and thensleep toith your windoxos open.Some time ago we <strong>of</strong>fered to loanlantern slides and stock lectures tothose who desired to use them, iftliey would pay the transport<strong>at</strong>ioncharges. Since th<strong>at</strong> time we havebeen completely swamped with requestsfor the loan <strong>of</strong> the slides andlectures we then had, and now we arepreparing other similar lectures onconsumption, p<strong>at</strong>ent medicines, care <strong>of</strong>the eyes, ears, nose and thro<strong>at</strong>, andothers. If you want them, writeearly.

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