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HEARTIEST GREETINGS
Integrity
Skill
just obtained from a tuberculosis
survey made here in Boston where
we have 75 per cent of the mor-
tality rate from tuberculosis for
the state of Massachusetts. While
By GOVERNOR FRED W. GREEN.
the official figures are not yet pub-
lished I am informed on high au-
thority that the Jewish mortality
rate in our own city is the lowest
I wish to thank The Detroit Jewish Chronicle for
of any race. The same holds true
this opportunity to extend to its readers my heartiest
I for the city of Philadelphia, where
greetings of the season. It seems to me that the new ' a year ago Murray P. Norwood
ccmpleted a similar survey.
year otters more hope of happiness and prosperity -
The cause of this relative immu-
than could have been anticipated for any recent year,
nity of the Jews to the white
and that not only the Jewish people but all of us
plague has been differently inter-
preted by different writers. The
should rejoice in its promise of good feeling and co-
race element has been given atten-
operation.
tion by many authors who state
that here the vitality of the Jew-
ish race, its tenacity of life, and its
per of resistance to the noxious
effects of contagious disease is evi-
dent. Lombroso attributed the n-1-
ative immunity of our people to the
fact that the Jews are engaged in
By MAYOR JOHN W. SMITH.
oecupations which require no ex-
pesu•e to the vicissitudes of the
weather. This fact, in my opinion,
should render us more liable to be
At the approach of the Jewish New Year it is my
affected with this disease, than oth-
privilege as mayor of Detroit to express my admiration
ers, who have a large number of
for the part that the Jewish faith and men and women
agriculturists in their midsts, and
of the Jewish race have played in the history of the
work out of doors, and not in the
"sweat shops" in which a great
world.
number of our people are confined.
As an example of steadfast faith and high courage
Doctors Tostivint and Rendinger
under the most difficult conditions, history shows no
also do not regard it likely that ra-
finer picture. Through centuries of oppression in
cial peculiarity explains this im-
munity. because Palestinian as well
every land they have kept a light aflame of their
as Tunisian Arabs are just as Sem-
ideals.
itic as the Jews and yet they suf-
I esteem it my good fortune to be able on this oc-
fer considerably more front tuber-
casion to tender to all the members of the race the
Swedish Massage
culosis. Dr. Behrend with many
others are of the opinion that the
good wishes of Detroit.
Turkish and Russian Baths
Jewish lesser liability of tubercu-
losis is due to the laws of "kash-
Private Rest Rooms
ruth," particularly the rules and
regulations that govern "schech-
Swimming
Pool, Showers and Gym
itah"—the slaughter of animals. In
the light of our present knowledge
of the origin and spread of tuber-
By GOVERNOR ALFRED E. SMITH
culosis some of the foremost au-
Of New York.
J A. CHIERA, Mgr .
thorities (Behrend, Calmette and
others) are of the opinion that tu-
berculosis is more often acquired
by ingestion than by inhalation.
The approaching high holy clays of the Jewish
Thus, the Jewish dietary laws are,
people, Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur, give me the
an excellent preventative when
opportunity which I gladly take each year to wish
strictly adhered to. As is well
them a happy and prosperous New Year.
known our "schoehtim" must care-
fully examine the internal organs,
What I learned about the observance of the high
particularly the lungs, pleura or
holy days from my old neighbors on the east side
linings of the lung, chest, liver and
when they gathered in the synagogues to meditate and
spleen—a process known as "b'dik-
pray made a deep impression on me.
ah."
A
It is noteworthy that those ani-
They taught me that New Year's day should not
mals
whose
lungs
present
any
ad-
be used solely for joyous celebration, but rather as an
hesions to the chest wall (adhesive
occasion for spiritual stock-taking, for humility and
pleuritis) are considered to be in
repentance in order to improve our ways of living in
the class of "tarphus" and there-
fore unfit for our food. The same
the coming year.
is also true even when various lobes
The religious heritage of your people should be
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of the longs present adhesions of
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held precious by the younger generation. It has been
-in, It the other. ('his is remark-
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a great influence from which other civilized races have
able, inasmuch that only recently
the relationship between adherent
been the beneficiary, and the children can make no
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linings
of
the
lungs
and
tubercu-
greater contribution to our American citizenship than
losis were established. The lungs
to apply the teachings of the faith of their fathers to
roust be expanded by blowing air
the daily problems of living under the free institutions
:oto them through the windpipe and
the expansion most he perfect. To
of our country.
avoid all sources of error the lungs
In wishing my fellow citizens of Jewish faith a
are 1110W11 Up 1.11111Cr water and in
good New Year, marked by prosperity and peace, I
the tastiest delicatessen, made under the super•
case Of any' perforation (tubereot-
join them in prayer for the continuance of those
losis being the most common cause
vision of Chicago Rabbis.
of perforations of the lungs) the
deeper principles upon which our nation is founded
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entire carcass is condemned.
and which have always been nobly upheld by the
Another important factor is the
Jewish people.
infrequency of alcoholism and sy- 4vor4,00mtvovcvovocv.w4woo.wvvov.wmqcvcs.w.W
philis among our people. As is well
known, these factors lower consid-
to Oe pa rticularly susceptible to erably our natural immunity to any
this disease, or form the proper s ail disease, especially tuberculosis. A
for the implantation of the tuber- case of delirium tremens in a Jew
vular germ. Thus, Oder drew a is seldom seen in European or
parallel be he eon intention in tuber- American hespitals. The abstinence
culosis and the parable of the has been spoken of by many authors
sower, which illustrates the import- as a racial trait. Some have even
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once of the nature of the ground maintained that I he Jews are im-
By MOSES J. STONE, M. D. !,
upon which the seed falls.
mune to alcoh o l. Likewise sypliil-
'Some seeds full by the wayside lis is very infrequent among our
I Ur. Moses J. Stone was for-
• and the fowls of the air came and people. Dr. Fishberg states that
merly on the staff of the tuber-
I devoured them up.'
the relative infrequency
syphil-
culosis department of the Massa-
This illustrates that by far the
chusetts Stale Infirmary 81111 greater majority of the bacilli are lis among the Jews is an accepted
fact tip all who are entitled to an
has been it member of the staff.-
scattered in the air where they
of the Witirilm+in State Sana• perish quickly from exposure to opinion on the sub bet.
Another theory which carries
curia at Rutland and Westfield.
the air and sunshine.
weight with it is the theory of the
At present, he is assistant head
"Some fell upon stony places."
"survival
of the fittest." or the
of the pulmonary department of
TheSn bacilli, although they do thorough urbanization of our peo-
the, Massachusetts General hos-
not find lodgment in our system ple. Many claims are that tuber-
pital.—The Editor.)
I meet such it formidable immunity culosis is the price we pay for our
infection
Tuberculosis is an
that they soon perish.
caused by a germ, disme•ed by I "Some fell among thorns and the civilization. Since the Jews are
Robert Koch, in 1852, and known thorns sprang up and choked among the oldest civilized people,
we have been thoroughly "tubereu-
as the Koch bacillus, or more corn .; them."
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larized," thus see represent the
monly "bacillus tuberculosis.
These are the gavilli that pro- progeny of those sturdy people who
Unlike :other germs, as that of sy- duce some tubercles for slight irri-
philis, typhoid, etc., infection with itation in our system, but are 3:5:n survived all the adversities of the
this germ does not necessarily overcome. This is probably true in middle ages. The Jews who could
cause disease. Besides infection the great mainly of our popula- not adapt themselves to a confined
atmosphere succumbed to various
with a virulent germ, our body has tionin
,
per IS
)80 t 90 per can t . diseases which thrive in city at-
"But others fell on good ground mosphere, chief among which is
and sprang up and bare fruit an tuberculosis. Thus the weak were
hundred fold."
eliminated from our midsts having
Rosh Ilashonah
'Phis represents our annual mor- had but slight chance to perpetu-
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tality toll front this plague. Thus ate their kind.
we S00 that the soil or the resis-
Whether one theory or the
fancy of our body is the greatest other is correct is only of acade-
factor in combatting the disease mic importance. No one factor.
since the germ is omnipresent and but perhaps a combination of
its avoidance is practically impos- these many factors, play a part in
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The fact, however, remains that
to this disease?
although we have been accused of
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physician by the name of Galen de- weaklings in body, we to with-
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a long, narrow flat chest with
winged girdle bones, a depressed
breast bone and prominent ribs.
Dwellers in large cities, particu-
larly those residing in densely
Rosh Hashonah
Rosh llashonah
overcrowded tenement houses, lack-
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ing of proper ventilation, fresh air
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and sunshine are considered to he
the first victims of the bacilli tuber-
culosis. Tailoring and all other in-
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door occupations are known to sup-
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ply the greatest number of victims
from this disease. Poverty, grief,
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anxiety and excessive mental exer-
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tion, want to exercise, fresh air,
and sunshine, all have an influence
on the liability to this disease.
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Among other factors, Fishberg also
mentions diabetes and consanguin-
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eous marriage as important factors.
The incidence, then, of tuberculosis
among our people should be ex-
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tremely high, or much higher than
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among our white and well-to-do
Gentile neighbors. The statistics,
however. show the contrary. Ode
says, "The Jews everywhere have
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a low mortality from tuberculosis."
New Year's Greetings.
Many competent and reliable au-
BITUMINOUS
thorities like Lombroso,
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Bordier, Richardson, Bowditch and
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a number of others have shown sta-
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tistics that Jews in almost every
Fish, Oysters, Frogs and Sea Food.
part of the world are less liable to
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tuberculosis.
•• Pound or a Ton."
In London, it was found that the
Jews in the 1Vhitechapel district
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have relatively only about one-half
as many deaths due to this
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