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This is a story of the constant invader. What is the power that lies and knowledge you remember the old proverb has something you've learned perhaps didn't realize you knew made a great difference in your future here's the story of what knowledge did for one man a tale told you now by the celebrated star Mr Vincent Price. Something it's been bothering Jim a good. Thought about it for three weeks and then he decided to do something about. What he did seemed simple enough at the time he found Intel for the. Chest pressed against the cap back of an X. ray machine in the doctor's office. What happened then didn't take long now Mr Osgood take a deep breath. Motives. OK. And a few minutes later Jim adds good sounding he did in front of Dr Carter's desk at the Dr went over a report before him and let's see now hired OK hi here everything seems to be in pretty good condition Mr Osgood I'll have your analysis but tests and of course report on your chest X. ray for you on Friday Thanks Dr but that other test I asked if you were going to do that to break a limb test well my nation is getting ready now and I hear a new patient of mine Mr Osgood call me Jim Well you know it's all right Jim on your history here you say you've never had a complete physical examination before and yet when you came to me you want to be sure you got a chest X. ray to back in and test that's right something bothering you well I just got to thinking I guess most of us can do more of that Jim What started you thinking you know I try to figure that out the other night myself I think it started when we moved here about eighteen months ago my wife and I know a little girl you know I see you work for cleat manufacturing Yeah I'm a lathe operator Well anyway Julie that's my girl not long after she started school here she came home one night all excited. Seems our mother had signed some kind of card giving our permission for her to have some kind of a test. The wife had told me that the TB Association gave this test to all the new kids entering the school well I didn't understand much about it but going. All over. The doctorate school just put this. On my back tomorrow is going to take it off and look after it well you don't say how much he expected to find my daddy's stop it this is very serious and he says this is a two up to Bertalan plan and it will tell whether I have any tuberculosis germs in me the Birkie lost his job what's going on here friend come here a minute. What is this this test here where Julie brought this little pamphlet home with her and I say let me tell you you see if there are a few little red bumps where the adhesive has been after a couple of days back me I've got a book a lot of germs in me what do you mean this kid's not sick cryo it doesn't mean arms. Moonbat tuberculosis Jim from someone who can be by being around them and breathing the germs in it doesn't mean I've got to break the law but if these red bumps appeared well then they'll give me a chest X. ray to make sure I don't have TB and I mean look at that cancer. First time I ever knew about this. Was. Well doctor I learned a lot about tuberculosis from that pamphlet it was put out by the TB Association town Yes I know I'm on the board of that association Alexei I know this was in the evening paper one night some kind of a health column I mean the one given in the paper by the Association of could be. I read it because of what happened to Julie I've been pretty relieved when I test was negative. I remember telling Fran about what was in that column she was interested to. Her. You mean that says you can have TB and not even know it says here in Italy stages you don't even feel sick but they can find out if you've got it with a chest X. ray it says that's why I should have a chest X. ray at least once a year you know we've never had a chest X. ray in our lives Jim Maybe we should I feel kind of good to Julie had that to Burchill and test from what it says here it's pretty important pretty important. When I learned some more about TB from a radio program kind of a story about a guy like me work in a factory got me thinking about a chest X. ray Well you know the health department in town gives free chest X. rays to anyone who will come don't you but yes I remember last year and they do chest X. ray ing in the plants from time to they don't cover all of them each year but I found out about that too but well cleats pretty small plant maybe something can be arranged for a cleat in industrial survey that's coming up I'll bet the management would cooperate we've got posters of stuff around the plant about TB and I know the union to pay for it. Matter of fact that's that's what really got me worrying I mean Jim Well some doctor showed us a movie and gave us a talk about TB at our monthly union meeting is probably Dr Roberts he's been doing a lot of speaking for the Association recently that's that's the guy Dr Roberts was pretty interesting and I want to talk to him after. DOCTOR You were talking about the symptoms of tuberculosis I met some of them I wonder if if you bear in mind that the symptoms do not necessarily mean you've got TB other diseases have many of the same symptoms but like you said if you've got those symptoms you ought to find out what causes them and you may be heading for trouble if you don't I'm tired rundown feeling is an indication a cold a hostess that seems to hang on is a sign that everything is not as it should be loss of weight goes along with it very often though not always then you may have a slight fever in the afternoon well just not feel exactly right and if you have night sweats What are you perspiring in your sleep not because it's hot either I say but don't they usually cough doctor. Ever since Camille people think that you have to cough all the time when you have TB but your dog you may not even hemorrhage Well I certainly hope this theoretical person we're talking about hasn't come to that No no I don't think so Dr I I mean I hope not. But after I learned all these things about TB I decided that I ought to have chest X. ray and Elliot seems to me our health education program has worked out pretty well in your case Jim health education what's that that's why everything you just told me Jim everything that you've taken in about tuberculosis that has inspired you to do something about it oh I see. But I do take something you haven't told me you've got some suspicions you're keeping to yourself maybe but. I'd rather not talk about them like no. Two days later Gemma's good came back to Dr Carter he came back for an answer he might never have thought new knowledge about tuberculosis had not driven him to it and he knew that a lot of his future depended upon the answer the doctor would give him and he knew that the future of someone else might be tied up in that answer to. Well Dr Len Jim Take off your coat first. Helen news is all good so far blood tests your announcer's reports are fine and my chest X. ray perfectly clear if you've been worrying that you might have some chest involvement you can quit your chest just fine harlots relieve her hand and let's have a look and then arm looks. Kind of red and inflamed that's not red welt your daughter told you about so I've got the T.P. germs inside of me that I'd look where Jim and I think you have an idea where you've been getting when you want to tell me about it so I will now maybe you can do something about the guy what guy Jim Joe Paterno he's worked with me on the lathe for about a year and you think this job eternal has to make illusion but I think somebody ought to find out. Joe doesn't make much and what he's got ten kids lives in about three rooms what you're getting at is that the potential is a crowded together where Joe if he has T.V. can very easily spread his germs the rest the family that they're probably undernourished so they have much resistance to the disease. And you seem to know quite a bit about T.V. Jim Well Dr I was told it's not that I just remembered when I got to thinking about Joel on his ACT I'll take yesterday late in the afternoon. I called Joe to get me some more steel and he came with it across the floor putting a total shock on a cart and he started lifting the box up on my workbench and. It's about she's getting more heavier every time I want to give you an no no that's OK I give him a lot of work. All right I'm OK. Just know going to the strain no more I'm sorry to my picking up the forget it. Pete said on how he feels it's very. Good maybe I'm get over the play like you've got a fever maybe maybe it's this cold I can't get rid of and I get a pain in the chest the rush here I tell you've had that call for two months why don't you go see a doctor the time you're sick go see a doctor I know got the time no government needs you gotta see a doctor Jody understands you've got to. But he won't go to see anyone I know a doctor and I say Well Jim I'm going to tell a health officer about your friend and when the TB Association sets up its industrial surveys in town next week I'm going to see that cleat manufacturing is scheduled and that included on that schedule. Maybe you'll find out just how well a higher education in health pays off. Several weeks later Jim was good came back to the doc to come with him came his wife to have a complete physical examination she was getting ready Jim had a chance to ask the doctor some question Dr Joe paternal got a chance Jimmy's got a long fight ahead of him and I think he's going to good chance he'll have the best of care in the TB hospital and Shelley you knew it got him in there didn't you and. His wife and two of his kids too. I feel terrible about a doctor like I had something to do with it since you have had Jim you very probably saved their lives the two children have only minimal cases as wife cases muttered but if they hadn't been discovered now no telling how far what had gone. And I don't think there's much doubt that some of these other children would have gotten the disease don't you see that you save them all has I guess Jim you've done them a great service you've broken the vicious chain of infection that could have gone on and on that could've included you in your own family eventually and probably others I shudder to think what could have happened if somebody hadn't taken the trouble to tell me what I had and now I discovered a long time ago Jim that what people know about tuberculosis can save a lot of lives health education is one of the strongest weapons we have in this battle against TB Now our job the job of every TB Association supported by Christmas Eve funds is to put that weapon in the hands of every American if they put that weapon to use we can some day win this fight against this killer of men. Learn from the story of Jim of good the power that lies in your own knowledge of tuberculosis a power that may someday save the life and house of your and your loved ones. Don't become the victim of another old proverb The one that says what you don't know won't hurt you what you don't know about tuberculosis can hurt you can allow the deadly germs of TB to carry on their destructive work a vast program of health education is being carried out across this land of ours today to make sure you don't fall victim of ignorance about a disease that was once called the captain of the manner of death. Make it your business to know the facts about the make it your responsibility to yourself and to those around you to have a physical examination at least once a year with a chest X. ray to make sure TB has not penetrated your day to do this and you strike a telling blow against the power of the constant invader. Narrated by Vincent Price written and directed by Hugh chain with musical direction by Ben Ludlow the constant invader is brought to you by your tuberculosis Association to show you the part you must play in our battle against T.V. Remember T.V. can be prevented and it can be cured how well the lifesaving job is done depends on you.