, 1877-02-12

Tht1l aud Fourth avenues. 1t must he said
Tint the Poles arc tlle heaviest dealers in TIL.
Kind ol business. The art uf cunccalmcnt seems
TO hnvc developed into q profession among
these people. In n,any cases the strangcst
devices Lave been rcsoftcd to to impose upon
the county,
SCARLET FEVER AND THE PAPERS.
+. N the Edisoy af TAs Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Your recent editorials In
The TRIBUNE upon tho, scarlet fever epidemic
reflect, what seems to nc, the unreasonable
tono OF the public mtnd,-unrcaspnabse bccas,sc
Of All Inadequate appreciation Of all the facts In
tho case. This tompcr has also found abundant
uttcrance elsewhere tu your columns, and has
inspired q vast deal Of incompetent critl-
cism Of the doctors. It Ia pity that m ln1uen-
tial newspaper like The Tnlnuxs should con-
firm tho public In error, and lead tho people
still further astray. For their own sakcs tho
people should not bo made to suppose that the
doctors arc their natural enemies.
Do you not, Mr.. Editor, draw upon your i'm
n.lnat!on for tho facts whcn you assume that
"protcssional jcatous1y," "thc narsow-uinilcd
| pseiulccs Of the schools" aud the chickering's
| OF Individual plysclans" exist In such propor-
ton as TO contraycne tho Interests Of the public
In the slightest lcGrce1
"Tle newspaper controversy has sufficiently
49,. ~, ~. Nv ..' uus 'aas 10. ~ osooo eha not
this claln, II It was made, WIS altogether un-
founded. Tho public nre now awnre Of what
the profession alrcativ knew; perfectly wcll,-
TINT the possible efficacy OF tho suIplitcs In tho
zytnottc diseases had 'bccn long ago suggested
almost colucl1ont1y BY English, Gcrina,i, and
italian physlclans. that these remedies have
been tcsted VII, varying ssces:. and that thcro
- {srI not @ wansinG Respectable evidence IN their
!nSos' NOT Pave American Tliys!clans been
s,t e.ow 20 contlder ana investigate tho matter.
,3 rsot =; tcws smith, GuratoF IN tho Nursery
aia, alan 9atGa Y, en- hosota' o. Nc% Yofk ana Ply
aaI,, wrote 2, follows, ~ 1876, in his WORK IN
r. nscases OF G.il'ufGa" Standard textbook
III regular meu'eal colleges:
,,. nss in nssn Groposoi In thts t'irhthe!!a, and
ne ne .npSosed inrH,ontat!sc processes gotng on IN
~, sOt,n,yy' Snu tns means 70 smelofnic II
ioi nf tian 'o ,s sav ,enm,ss mlota sesloI f.oi.
p@utpo.s, @ o. sa'p5Iies, il tha Sslsf th"s a.s
TEN by their decomposition rrssan,s, or tends 10
nrsvcnt, catalytis. Expctsme,,ts have shown that
ths agent oes check fermentation without thu sys-
sy liz ~ n ,esefy e H. asstes q na.
hItss nra h.nedca ~ II. taat H. sni'
inntio uTHcton. thn,, ao ae o! she *"
aed i employing thr Il !fc to aeteiS,aIno &c Sa1s'
.yutie tsrases. sincu 70 many cses termtuaio :ao
physiclans who huyc nscd Tho snlphites sneak nv.
osaoy Of thclr ctisct, NY own experience With
~ !asn ax has oeon limited: lave seeu Improvement
.,s " seaes evsE whess tissa agents
sams un Hnn N oot whether the
usa q, olhsp woIa not m haso iolloEsd tho
until they uto mnrc fx tcs;.I H. Iii w., 1Istoas,
accomplish what Is cla,cd fUf tAcm on theoretjcai
grounds, so A'scurd In casss that arc ii hi criteaj
sli9se rensssc. which appear to 10 iudicatcd By liz
hatnfe Ut tho dlscafc."
Iyclltarc to say that this IL substantially TIM
position of every reputable member Of iii, rer
ular profession: rhyAteians nre not aycrsc 70