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fantasy. In all the delicate tintings
of colors.—this our aurora borealis |
—is beyond ail descriptive words.
ittle is written of the summers
of /laska, but it is not to be forgot
ten that the time of sunlight in Al
ask", equals that cf other countries j
or localities having rainfall. It is
a land of sunshine and showers,
win re wild flowers grow in profu
sion of varieties. A wonderful sun- ,
shine has Alaska with a long sunlitj
day during the summer. Professor
Kernel’ of Hamburg in his research !
on climatology refers to the rapid
plant growth of the far north and. j
duo to the element of the sun’s
spectrum, the ultraviolet ray.
“We, therefore, treat tuberculosis j
in Alaska as elsewhere—by making
the most of the out-of-doors, the ;
fresh air and the sunshine. We
have sun porches to accommodate
both sexes during the summer and
pat-ents are sunned with caution j
at the beginning until gradually a
rich coat of tan is the result. Our
interest is particularly centered on
chi dren, as the toll is heavy among j
them. We have found that if treat
ment is started early, the response j
is pleasing in the first and second
stages. .
“Too ofter there has been confu
sion in the minds of some as to
whether or not the cold is bad for
our patients but I have never yet
seen any ill effects from our fresh j
air treatment when the patient is j
kept comfortable in bed with plen- |
ty of warm yet light covering. We
find our complication arising more
because a large percentage of our
cases of tuberculosis have not only ;
an envolvement of the lungs but j
also a lesion of the intestinal tract
and associate digestive distur
bances. This is undoubtedly be
cause in this country the diet has |
not been routine nor the cooking
and preparation of foods adapted
to the needs for good digestion. The
fish and wild game, especially rein
deer meat, are very popular with
the natves. Their diet s not wel bal
anced and frequently so poorly
cooked that it cannot be well as
similated.
“Since the out-of-door air helps
to stimulate the appetite many
times over, the Alaskans usually
have large appetites. This is bene
ficial when they are taking the
treatment for tuberculosis and can
have a supervised diet.
“Some of our cases have been so
successfully treated that it demon
states the method of cure in the
far north as in the states. Arthur,
for example came here with terri
ble open ulcers on his feet that he
had been suffering from for 17
years. He was treated in our hos
pital for 10 months at the end of
which time his feet were well heal
ed.
“Lydia was scrawny, and sick
when she came up the Yukon river
by dog team. After 14 months she
changed to a healthy, happy girl.
In her family she is one of five liv
ing out of 14 children. Her mother
died at the age of 45 from pulmon
ary tuberculosis. Kitty, a smiling
plump child, is a sweet little girl
who gained 19 pounds in our hos
pital and could not be recognized
upon her discharge as the same
tragic mite who had arrived there.
Many other similar examples could
I enumerate, but this will suffice, I
hope, to show that we treat our
tuberculosis by heliotherapy in Al
aska similarly to the methods used
in other countries and, I believe, as
successfully.”
Tuberculosis is the first killing
disease of Aaska and in certain
localities one-fourth of the chil
dren only reach adolescent age,
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JACK PROSSER, Prop.
is the verdict of Dr. White after
three years of close study from j
his Tanana hospital headquarters, j
Tuberculosis has created great
ravage among natives, it is true,
and, to a certain extent, whites
are more or less immune, but the
disease has been with the human
race for centuries past, long be
fore Babylonian days.
Dr. White is taking south with
him a series of photographs which
gives an accurate portrayal of
various cases and stages of im
provement. About a year ago
there were shown in Seward mov
ing pictures of the Portland
Shrine hospital for crippled chil
dren; the work and cures per
formed there, as depicted in the
many reels, brought gasps of as
tonishment from the audience.
At the Portland clinic was shown
equipment of the higest type; the
surroundings were magnificent
and the most skilled phycisinns in
the world practiced there.
But down ax Tanana, an isolat
ed village with but a hand-full
of people, Dr. White, in charge
of the Bureau of Education hos
pital. has performed marvelous
cures; many of the real necessi
ties of hospital equipment are
, lacking—not even an X-ray mach
ine—but the cures attained thru
the medium of the sun’s rays, are
startling, to say the least., Dr.
White, a specialist on tuberculosis,
[ is of the firm belief that Alaska’s
i Interior sun rays are equally
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1 as powerful and healing as those j
i that are found at the Switzer
| land sanatarium which has a
world-wide fame. The long hours \
of continual sunshine, with it’s
curative shafts shooting direct to
earth without being filtered thru!
clouds or a murky atmosphere,;
is particularly noticeable in the i
Interior whereas on the coast it
is but natural not so many clear
days are enjoyed.
There is great work to be
done in this work in Alaska, Dr.
White stated, for it has been pro
ven if medical attention is re- j
ceived by the young patients,
inroads of the disease can be
checked. The photographs Dr.
White is taking to the States bear
; out his statements to the fullest
! extent. The fact that such a lios- !
; pital is operating in Alaska will t
| be news to 99 out of 100 but if .
| the reader could but see these j
pictures an amazing story would j
be simply told at a glance.
MRS. WOOD SOUTHBOUND
Noble Harold I. Wood of An
i chorage, who was initiated into
: the Shrine Older Saturday night,
! was accompanied to Seward by
j Mrs. Wood and daughter who are
^ awaiting here the arrival of the
S. S. Victoria upon which they
will embark for the states.
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Miss Carrie Reese of Anchor
age was a week-end visitor in the
city, returning home yesterday on
the Shrine Special. Miss Reese
just recently returned from the
McKinley National Park.
Bargains in Outboard Motors
at Brown & Hawkins Corp. adv.
“I know an easy way to keep from
getdng fat.Light a Lucky
instead of eating sweets’
THE modem way to diet! Light
a Lucky when fattening sweets
tempt you. That’s what thousands of
lovely women are doing—successfully.
The delicately toasted flavor of Luckies
makes them a delightful alternative
for fattening sweets. Toasting does it.
Toasting removes the impurities and
improves the flavor of the finest to
baceo. That’s why folks say: “It’s good
to smoke Luckies.”
Men who pride themselves on keep
ing fit discovered this long ago. They
know that Luckies steady their nerves
and do not impair their physical con
dition-many prominent athletes have
testified to this fact. They discovered,
too, that Luckies don’t irritate the
throat—a fact subscribed to by
20,679 physicians.
A reasonable proportion of sugar in
the diet is recommended, but the
authorities are overwhelming that too
many fattening sweets are harmful
and that too many such are eaten by
the American people. So, for moder
ation’s sake we say:—
“REACH FOR A LUCKY
INSTEAD OF A SWEET.”
“It’s toasted
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Claude Maxie, Anchorage young
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employed here for the last few
weeks assisting in loading the S.
S. Taiyu Maru, left Saturday for
home.
Fruit Jars and Jell Glasses at
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Reach
for a
Lucky
instead
of a
sweet*
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