, 1877-02-03
Another Interesting Letter from
Or. G. D. Beebe.
What He Thinks Of tue Suggestions
of the 400 Doctors.
Doses in Which 10 Give the su1pho.Car.
bolatc...Caro Of tho Sick.
Regulations Of the Health Commissioner.
Attendance at Funerals. D..
DIR. BEEIs1c.
4 GENERAL DISCUSSION or THE SUBJECT.

CHICAGO, Feb mo ono ean place higher
estimate upon tho value OF free discussion and
honest criticism than myself. believe that IN
tho confederation Of questions involving tho
public good the individual should, rs far as pos
slhe, be lost Sight Of In the cntleavor to pro-
mote tho welfare Of the many. had lopcd
that free discussion Of the ways and means
for meeting the cptdemica under which not only
this city bnt hundreds Of other communities
in our land ere NOW suffering, would elicit fur
tic public veal something better tttan MI cx-
h!bltion Of petty professional jealousy. feel
Inundated, "a member Of the medical profess
sion, TINT 200 educated men, members Of
leafucd profession, could get together and spcild
evening after evening to so little purpose. II
tic medical profession enjoys In my measure
tho contempt Of the public, lis members hare
only themselves to blame. And while ilayc
The floor I would like, In ali kindness and fra
tcrnal fort,earancc, to ask Of the homcopathtc
school Of medicine In this city whether there Is
not to-day more of petty Jealousy. intolerance,
and hfgotfy in this than In the other scltool Of
practice. notwltl.tanilng It's assumption Of
1ibcrallty and progrcssiycnets.
The rone]usf0ns arrived at by the assemblies
Of medical men SO far have hccn limited, be-
ltevc, to this: that the causes Of tho epidemic
thorougtlfarcs, the foul Tascs csnanating from
sewers, and the crowded Or A!.ycntIlntcd dwe,i-
ings In which people lire, anil TINT our only pro-
lection against these epidemic diseases Is In a
rigid adoption Of sanitary measures whereby
tllc aboyc ca'sca may DO overco!!,c. t.. thss
they havc ndstcd detailed Instructions With rI-
gard to Isolation or cases anl sat'itary meas
lrcs Of the s!ek~rooni,. many Vi which art yalu-
The thorough selsooling which had as a Med
leal Director In the United States army, will.
the frequent necessity for crowlin4. troops, ,hoth
sick and well, into close quarters, has given INC
tic Highest possible cstftIiate Of the value Ut
sanitary police, anl think i can fully iniorsc
all that tho most enthusiastic will say In ts Ill.
fcction, but VIC arc Ii danger Of being m!scd
into fatal sense Of security II VIC ass.11ne tl,ut
ticn " tesk: EI;e Why i i tlat lttt!o viliaso
wy +, IT, t!at tho littlo T prairie
Sasjn % or srowc tenement, Or esSa anyhins "is int
Gods free air unl sunshine to make up their
sanitary surroundings, SHOULD be se0urYrl teti-
fold worso than ClIsagof Why should Kcokuk,
ea I toso 1sease. M As %to Il as1 hsHsans s Fope
from tho certainty with which death follows at.
sewer cn,nnatfons would protectt
There certainly Is II something behind all this
to explain Tho Invasion of these diseases Into
our Paiattal homes, wherc large, nirF rooms,
high ceilings, the most superb plumbing, aud
setent'lc appliances for the promotion of hcalt,
AV III COHEtAnE UtlEEAkl1u+ 4uEEE EIAHk GG 8O1uS
other explanation for the sudden swceping
away Of whole family Of children In tho l,ume
Of the farmcr living miles away from any habtta-
tlon: 4 grouping ct such facts seem to dcnoti-
germs Of these two Diseases, 1t least, indcpend-
cnt Of their transmission by human carriers.
In like manner, whifu slo not deem II poshi-
bic to have too much care exercised tn tue clca-
tlcsc Infcctions diseases, It docs seem
little queer that tho whole 90 walnut
doctors should with ono united yoicn
e,an,or for Tho Instant ltsinfcetion
every towel, tho clothIng on the. patients body,
tho bed. d.clothing, tho drapcry Of the room, tic
sutcr.eloscte, tho chalnbcr furniture, cvcn the
cxsEetons r. r. the nGly, eut when Dr. Bcebe
above oil else ueel to bo dislnfcctcd, Instantly
the noble 200 raisc botll lands IN holy llorr0s
geroas, aud ought never T. 10 doae on On tho tho
Sla sSeala po ' thpfoauhiy h T !Rassasd Ratsnsd' ey oyss
with hogs lard, 50 that no particle
escape from % tic eutancous sriaee, ns tp1 and III
should only bo washed OIL when tho patient las
recovered. II the good doctors had but coun.
seized ii! occasional sponge batla, to cleanse tho
surface q tl,e body, and thsn .l,e inu.s,ton
recoinmc.tletl by Dr. N. +. Cooke, to allay tllo W
itching Of the slslu, would say, !" Wull tlone.''
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