More than 1000 new cases of tuberculosis are treated in Louisiana each year, reported Dr. day A. Waggenspack, president of the Louisiana Thoracic Society,
He spoke Friday morning at the Jung hotel to the annual board members' assembly of. the Louisiana Tuberculosis Association, and local associations.
One case of TB equals 10C cases of pneumonia in lost wages the cost of therapy to the state and emotional toll on the family he said.
IMPORTANCE STRESSED
He said that if doctors can be taught the importance of the en tire field of chest diseases, they will in turn teach the public.
The recent broadening of the thoracic society to include all respiratory diseases gives the so ciety a wedge to interest physi cians in this field, he added.
Also at the morning session Mrs. Katharine M. Hicks, secre tary of the Louisiana association told the members that "volun tary efforts, such as the TB as sociations, are the substance o the American way of life." ELIMINATION END
Dr. Sydney Jacobs, a directo of the National Tuberculosis As sociation, explained that the prin cipal aims of TB groups are th elimination of TB and increase emphasis on all respiratory di:
eases. W. Findley Raymond, ex-j ecutive director of the Louisiana! association, described the policies and policy-making procedures of the association.
The afternoon sessions were workshops for board members on the use of volunteers, publicity and meeting procedures. Jerry Hodge, field consultant for the state association, concluded the workshops with a discussion of the differences between the Christmas seal program, used by the TB groups to raise funds, and the various federated or united funds used by other agencies.
The, meeting ends Saturday with a symposium on pulmonary emphysema at 8:30 a. m. at the Veterans Administration hospital. The symposium is open to all interested persons.
