020 The Northern Light October 1968

• Main Author: Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association
• Other Authors: House, E.G.; Matthews, H.R.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association 1968
• Subjects: Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association; Public Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medicine > Newfoundland and Labrador; Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Tuberculosis > Newfoundland and Labrador; Lung Diseases > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newsletters; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/hsc_lung/id/406

The Northern Light, October 1968 Contents Page -- Editorial -- 68th Annual Canadian Tuberculosis Association Meeting -- "Brief" Recommendations -- Brief on Health Education -- Nursing Institute on RD and TB -- Are We Truly Covering The Field? / D.A. Stewart -- Mass Chest X-Ray Surveys 1968 -- Report of Diabetic Survey on M.V. 'Christmas Seal' -- Symposia '68 -- Transmission of the Tubercule Bacillus from Mr. A to Mr. B -- Recent Staff Changes -- First Canadian Tuberculosis Research Project In Newfoundland -- Now Hear This! -- Change of Name -- Smoking and Health -- Advice to Preachers -- Physiotherapy in Tuberculosis / Margaret Hitchens -- Tales to Tell -- Have You Heard This One? -- In Memoriam -- 4 Reasons The Happy Warrior was published January 1943 until January 1947. The Northern Light was published April 1949 until 1986. The Happy Warrior was created by Ted Meaney in an effort to educate Newfoundlanders about the spread of Tuberculosis. Ted Meaney went on to become the first full time secretary of the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association (NTA), who began publishing The Northern Light in 1949. The NTA was established in 1944, and became The Newfoundland Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association in 1970. The name Newfoundland Lung Association (NLA) was adopted in 1982.