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Sunday, October 28.1979 DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE Page TB
Cancer, heart disease: the century’s deadliest epidemics
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NEW YORK (AP) —
Sinister echoes from our
sickly past: plague,
smallpox, tuberculosis,
diphtheria, whooping
cough, polio.
Scare words from
history? Not entirely.
Even plague, a disease
now far from people's
minds, crops up each
year in the south-
western and western
United States. Thirteen
have been stricken this
year by what used to be
called the Black Death;
20 in 1970.
Small reminders of
the pestilence that
wiped out 25 million
people — a quarter of
Europe’s population —
in the 14th century.
Heart disease and
cancer are this cen-
tury's epidemics, be-
cause people live long
enough to encounter
them, spared the
terrible toll that kept the
average lifespan to the
thirties in earlier
centuries.
But the old devils still
leave their calling
cards.
Little is heard of
tuberculosis anymore,
and it’s wholly curable
now. In 1905, about
50,000 cases were
reported in the United
States, down to 28,521'
last year.
Far from the scourge
it used to be, tuber-
culosis nevertheless
keeps cropping up
“every day,” says Dr.
Lawrence Farer of the
Center for Disease Con-
trol in Atlanta. There
are still pockets with
high esse rates in areas
with new immigrants
from Asia, Africa and
Latin America, and TB
remains a health
problem with American
Indians.
But drug treatment
today is so effective that'
“there's no reason that
anyone should die of
TB," says Dr. Farer.
Still, as late as 1976,
there were 3,130 deaths.
TB has a long in-
cubation period and"
some cases occurring
now result from in-
fection as long as 30
years ago, when it was
still rampant.
Plague is less
significant, with only
about 1,000 to 1,500 cases
worldwide each year. In
the United States, the
plague seems to peak in
five-year cycles, for no
obvious reason, ac-
cording to Dr. Arnold
Kaufman of the CDC.
“In 1980 and 1981 there
should be another peak
and then slide off
again," he says.
The plague bacillus is
spread by fleas that live
on rodents, causing an
inflammation of the
lymph nodes — the
classic bubonic plague.
Pneumonic or
pulmonary plague is
more dangerous,
because it is more con-
tagious. Patients are
isolated at the first sign
of infection and treated
with tetracycline, strep-
tomycin and sulpha
drugs.
Cases in the United
States are concentrated
in Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, and Utah and
in California and Ore-
gon. Prairie dogs can
transmit plague via
their fleas, posing a
threat to campers who
place their sleeping
bags on old rodent
burrows. Hunters also
should exercise care,
avoiding dead animals
and those that appear
sluggish.
Pollo is as nearly
extinct as the plague,
though a reminder of
the days when it was a
fearsome thing came
recently with an out-
break among unvacci-
nated Amish in Penn-
sylvania, Iowa, and
Wisconsin. The num-
bers are small, though,
15 cases in the United
States and Canada this
year. In 1952, the United
States had 20,000 cases.
Also at an all-time low
is measles, with fewer
than 12,000 esses up to
August. As with polio,"
the decline is the result
of vaccination, and Dr.
Alan Hinman, director
of CDC’s immunization
division, says he thinks
the October, 1982, target
for complete
eradication will be met.
Other diseases that
nowadays are mostly
reminders: 16,600 in 1978. German
Whooping cough, with measles — rubella —
250,009 patients in the dropped from 57,000 in
late 1930s, is now down 1969 to 17,000 last year.
to 2,000 a year. Diph-
theria, from 200,000 in
the 1920a to fewer than
100 now. Mumps, from
152,000 cases in IMS to
Worldwide, the most
dramatic achievement
in relegating a scourge
to history involved
smallpox, now virtually
eradicated. The United
States hasn't reported a
case since 1949.
These advances in
public health are
reflected in the CDC
itself. It began in 1»42 as
the Office of Malaria
Control in War Areas,
then in 1946 became the Control reflects its
Communicable Disease change in direction to
Center, In the 1960s, the prevention of disease,
center became involved "Much of the im-
in international, as well provement in life ex-
es domestic, infectious pectancy in the 20th
disease control. The century can be at-
name change to the tributed to the
Center for Disease prevention of com-
municable disease,"
says Dr. William H.
Foege, center director.
Now the center is
focusing more on
chronic rather than
infectious diseases.
For example, the CDC
contracted in late 1977
with 10 states —
Colorado, Georgia, Il-
linois, Maine, Michigan,
Mississippi, Nebraska,
New York, Rhode Island
and South Carolina — to
conduct community
diabetes demonstration
projects.
Sears
Wheel Balancing
4 wheels
Regular $22
1488
Come to Sears and have our ex-
perts spin balance all four of your
wheels off of the car for the low
sale price of 14.88.
Sale end Nov. 3rd
3008:5
SAVE
Regular 10.99
099
. each
Get the power
you pay for
at Sears. .
Reg. low prices
DieHard® i battery. 500 amps
of cold cranking power and 130 F=0Qa
minutes of reserve capacity. 122°0
Group 24C. •
Sears 48 battery. <410 amps of
cold cranking power and 107 r/QQs
minutes of reserve capacity. FaTe 2 0
Group 24C. CPU:
Sears 36 battery. 350 amps of
cold cranking power and 80 min-
utes of reserve capacity. Group 24C.
Sears 24 battery. 225 amps of
cold cranking power and 50 min-
utes of reserve capacity. Group 24C.
| 99*
349*
* With trade-in.
SAVE 41%
on Heavy-duty
Plus Shocks
Regular
588
Installation extra
Wiper ring helps keep dirt and water
out of shock and seal area .. .helps
give shock long life. For most Amer-
ican-made cars.
While Quantities Last
or Until Dec. 1st
NO RAIN CHECKS
in
A.
C.
.SPECTRUM PLUS
FDUAL1
oil filter?
B.
Tire sale
prices end
November 17th
A. Prestone II® anti-freeze
Gallon 979
Reg. price. •
B. Windshield pre-mix
Gallon 1 09
C. 2.99 dual oil filter
Only 944
Sale ends Nov. 10th and
Satisfaction Guaranteed
or Your Money Back
Sears
zams, ROEBUCK AND co
Reg. 6.99 without installation, ea. 5"
Features l^-in. piston — provides more
ride control than most standard 1-in. bore
shocks. Helps make up for worn suspen-
sion parts. For most American-made cars.
Sale Ends November 10th
90° OFF
Spectrum Plus
motor oil
5-quart
container
Reg. 4.89
Stays in grade to help give continuous en-
gine protection. SOW offers maximum
protection of any Sears oil at hot operat-
ing temperatures. Sears Best 15W-50.
Sale Ends November 3rd
SAVE $28 to *60
on 4 Steel-Belted Radial tires
Tires for pick-ups, vans
SuperGuard 78
LT. Nylon bias plies
run cool. C load
range.
G78-15 *RWL
5995
F.E.T
SuperGuard
78 LT
G78-15LT
H78-151 T
• Raised White Letter
lead
name
C
C
53.95
59.95
C
3.18
3.45
Where America shops
for Value
Each of these advertised items is readily
available for safe as advertised
Ask About Sears Charge
SEARS
SUPER
VALUE
. Save on pairs and single
tires, too. Two steel belts
and two radial plies for
strength and responsive
handling.
4-ply polyester tires
Guardsman. Poly-
ester cord resists flat-
spotting for a smooth
A78-13 blackwall
and old tire
17788
Guardsman
and old tire
A7s-13
878-13
C78-14
E78-14
F78-14
G78-14
s6o-15
G78-15
H78-15
Sears price
blackwall
each
25.88.
27.88
23.88
20.88
32.80
u
1.62
1.73
2 10
2.22
2.38
2.44
Sears
Belted Radial
and old tire
165-13
175-13
185-14
195-14
205-14
215-14
165-15
205-15
215-15
225-15
235R-15
also.
fits
ARTS-13
BR78-13
ER78-14
FR78-14
GR78-14
HR78-14
60UR-15
GR78-15
HR78-15
JR78-15
LR78-15
mes
whitewall
46.95
53.95
63.95
68.95
72.95
79.95
53.95
76.95
79.95
85.95
95.95
Sale
mm
44.88
53.88
57.88
67.88
44.88
64.88
67.88
72.88
pius
F.ET."
each
1.76
1%
2.26
2.39
2.46
2.79
1.98
2.73
2.86
3.28
3.45
• Federal Excise Tax
Save on small-car radials
Steel Belted Sport Radials $24 to $32
off sets of 4; save on single tires, too. Two
steel belts, radial design.
Glass-belted tires
Guardsman. Good
tire mileage with 2
fiber glass belts. 2
nylon bias plies.
D78-14 whitewall
and old tire
*38 a
F.E.T.
Guardsman
Belted
an old tire
078-14
£78-14
F78-14
G78-14
H78-14
G78-15
H78-15
178-15
Sears price
whitwall
_mo
.3.00
39.00
45.00
45.00
48.00
50.00
dim
IO.
me
2.21
2.34
2.53
2.76
2.59
2.82
3.11
Tire and Auto Center Opens 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday . . . Official State Inspection Station
Shop Sears Denton Store, 910 W. University, Phone 382-6741
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Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 28, 1979, newspaper, October 28, 1979; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1703715/m1/21/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.