Pneumonia: Its Care and Prevention

PNEUMONIA Its care and prevention
Copyright, 1940
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts
L63-9-40
Life Conservation Service of the JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Boston, Massachusetts
An Urgent Message:
If you suspect that someone in your family has pneumonia, it is vital that you call your doctor without a moment’s delay. If it is pneumonia, hours will count. Newly introduced drugs have proved of great value in curing pneumonia but early medical treatment and prompt nursing care are necessary if the new treatment is to do the most good.
That you may know something about pneumonia, the kind of medical treatment and nursing care required, and the ways by which the disease may be prevented, this pamphlet is sent to you.
Life Conservation Service of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs. Despite all the progress recently made in the treatment of the disease, it remains among the most common causes of death. Pneumonia is always a serious matter, and should be regarded as an emergency calling for immediate medical care.
If the inflammation is due to one of the various other germs that cause the remaining fifth of the pneumonia cases, still other treatment may be needed. It is clear, then, that your physician should be called promptly when pneumonia is suspected so that he may have the laboratory tests made that will tell him with what kind of germ infection he has to deal. Then he can decide what kind of treatment to employ.