New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-11-12
tCORRESPO NDENCE.
New U,.a. MAN,, Nov. 9, 1879.

Editor Repiet0:
Seeing a compound article in your
last issue, said to be from the City
Council, but signed by DR.. G. w., l
am somewhat puzzled who to answer,
but knowing the good Dr's. amiable
qualities and his especial love for me,
his extreme generosity towards any
one whose grist is not ground at his
mill, I am led to believe that hespeaks
for himself exclusively. The DR.. seems
to have forgotten IF he ever knew
that there are thousands Of the best
medical men in the profession devot-
ing their time and energies to sanitary
measures, thereby reducing the death
rate materially. 1t is the true province
of the physician to prevent disease, as
well as to cure it: but disease pre-.
vented requires no medication.
The DR.. thinks I drew heavily on my
imagination. Not so heavily my dear
DR.. az you and your tao leading phy'
sic;ans, who are able to diagnose all
the diseases of the town without seeing
them. Surely you would be able to
tell what I ate for my breakfast-Had
you said one leading physician, should
have known that you referred to Prof.
Amos, the wo1der Dr.. do not think
there is any other DR.. in town that as
pires to the unenviable reputation OF
fortune telling, consequently there
would be none other to tell you what
was the matter with DR.. Kuhlman's
or my patients. Think it over Dr..
was it two, or only one tco',der doctor
from whom you obtained your surpris-
ing information. Again, our alleys are
clean. Now. Dr., are they! Do you
mean it! It &C, come round and We will
take friendly walk along some OF
these clean alleys, and I predict that
you will get home with flea in your
ear, az we'll as filth on your boots.
Please don't start out on a warm day;
the odor is too sweet for anything.
The privies are ill clean and well dis.
infected; while on our perambulations,
let US examine into their condition a.
well--but perhaps your wonder DR.. or
Drs. will inform you ''that it is abso.
lutely essential to health" that said
privies should remain untouched, full
to the brim and undisinfected.
The DR.. says that our city viii com
pare favorably with any othor city Of
it's size in the State, In regard to clean
illness. Very true, but because one
city or town is in filthy condition, II
| is no credit to W. to be just = little
cleaner. Dr., I know Of people who
have been unacQuainted with soap and
water for weeks, perhaps months; now
would you consider that valid reason
why your patient should not use soaI
and water, simply because his neigh
Dor Of ''equal size" had eschewed thu
use of them! hope not. Again. yor
know very well that I have been K
you, asking you to appoint DR.. Muller
as health officer and to see to it thai
our alleys and privies were cleaned
your influence to the contrary notWith
standing. Other parties inform mo o
nuisances at their very doors, Of which
complaint has been made, but up Il
date no action has been taken. TIL
location Of our city for thorough drain
age is scarcely equalled, and not excel
led by any city in the State; to this y,
owe our immunity from epidemic dia
ease, not to the cleaning Of linnssot
street once per week. Still on Broad
way, between Center and Fifth Mort
strs. there are three blocks or parts Q
, blocks wholly unprovided with drai1
} age-every rain storm washing th
filth from barns, pig pens, &c.. frol
|, the side Hill shove, into these cesl
i pools Of filth aud corruption, there (
D remain week after week, month ate
. month, until slowly absorbed into I'll
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