The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-07-17

Writes an article in yes:erday's issue giving
il to the Board of Health for setting an EN-
barge on certain vegetables" His argument
ia taat they are ''palatable," ''healthfo', "
and for centuries have been considered Dot
detrimental ''to the public health" The
vegetables alluded to are "cucumbers and
green corn" As to their being "Palatable, !"
that is q mere matter of tsste, and as my
taste runs in that direction, l cannot argue
tina; point. As TO their being "healthfui, "
that i. a matter of mere opinion, and the
opinion of our be4t medical writers is that
they should never be used during cholera
endemic, and hence the Board OF Health
acts wisely in prohibiting them. and am o.
the opinion that no conscientious and we'll
read physician would buck against fact 70
apparent to common experience. =
The writer of yesterday says that the
best medical authorities the world over re-
commend that upon the advent OF an ePi'
demic of any kind no change should be
made in ordinary diet" Now let us exam
this sylogism:
The major premis il: In cholera epidemic
no change should be made in the ordina =
diet.
The minor premis Is: Green corn and Gu
cumbers are the ordinary diet.
The conclusion reached IA, therefore, green
corn and cucumbers should be used in chol-
era epidemic. Now what nonesense! Do
you suppose that our best medical authorities
the world over are 80 foolish? This is your
conclusion, ard If We would admit your
premis we could not escape the conclusion.
fear the writer is not conversant with med
ical authorities, or else he IL Influenced more
by his palate than by 'sound sense Does he
not know that all green and unriEe
fruit il unhealthy? Does he not know that
other cities a. we'll as ours take the stand
that orr Board OF Health does? glory in
their effort, and shall give them my influ-
epce in all reasonable means of keeping out
the epidemic.
The writer further states that the only
safeguard in the event Of cholera, lies IN
thorough publication and disinfection- Now
the word "oniy," in the above sentence, in
dicaies a slight contraction Of the write-'S
mental condition. He uses it to exclude
the hyeienic laws Of eating and drinking
I am ''irclined to think that this contrac-
ton" has been produced by the abnormal
elongation of the gentlemsn's palate that
reaches out alter the green corn and cncum-
bers. The Board Of Health take. wider
view than this. They attend to the purifi-
cation and disinfec:ion, and think of more
even than this, and hence have no uae for
the word "oaiy" in the above sentence.
They deem all they have done to he essen.
tial to the health in a time like this, when
cholera is approaching, and will from all
appearances be among us in two weeks more.
But tae Board of Health has acted con-
trary to the writer's experience and Philos-
ophy." Sorry tor this, but then he has no
business to have such an experience" and
such philosophy" As all mems expert
ence and PHILOSOPHERS differ, the Board chose
to follow the experience of the past and the
best medical authorities the world has ever
produced, and from appear ,nces the philos-
ophy will be we'll substan'aie'l in short