Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-25

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ciliary filth finds entrance. IL not 50 close
10 the family dwelling, it is frequently in
iuxtaposition with the tarn.yard and sta
bic, pig-stye and privy, and poisoned from
these sources Of disease.
In winter the dark, damp cellar, without
even a grating or window for ventilation,
is packed with potatoes, cabbage, turnips,
apples, etc, and from these there exhales a
most sickening odor which peryades tina
house from basement to garrett.
And what of the dairy? and OF the chill
dren in cities and towns who are fed from
it? The milk is diluted with poisoned
water from the we'll; the pans and crooks
are washed with it and after being hlled
with milk and water, are set away IN q
ptusty cellar, surrounded by decaying .yege'
bic matter to cool Yet how often do we
hear the beguiling words-"Pure Country
Milk!p 1t is not strange that the mortality
of bottle-fed nurselings is so frightfui.
Importance of Properly Cooked Food.
Between public hygiene and morality
and prosperity the connection is so close,
that il is not easy to speak Of one without
more or less reference to its obvious effects
on the others. Varied, abundant and
properly cooked alment evinces advanced
civilization, and is both a support OF health
and prevention Of disease, while, at the
same time, il removes n OF the most
potent temptations TO crime.
Notwithstanding farm life and an abund,
ance of food, many country people V
sallSw cOuntenances and emaciated forms,
the result of dyspepsia and other disorders
of the digestive organS-a condition OF poor
health which may readily be accounted for
by familiarity with their cuisine. The fry
ing pan and skillet are the chief kitchen
utensils and lard, both sweet and ran.
cid" the material in whichare fried, tough
ened and favored for each meal beefsteaks,
pork, ham, chicken, potatoes, turnips,
pumpkins, apples and every other article OF
food accessible to the family.
The manner of bread baking is not less
mischievous. 1t is usually hastily prepared
for each meal, baked into biscuits or cakes,
greasy with lard, and as heavy as clay-and
making about the same demand upon the
digestive organs.
Weakness OF Country Women.
Besides deleterious influences intimately
connected with the place and style OF
dwelling and the character OF thew water and
food supply which equally affect her, wo'
man suffers TO q shocking extent. In mar
ried women, prolapsus uteri IS a common
weakness, produced by straining and tatlgu-
ing positions during labor, and getting up
loo SOOH ulIEI ChlluO4A eAs NSS
rivalry in some neighborhoods, that she
who can in the feweSt number Of days or
hours Quit her bed and go about active
household duties, is looked upon as the
smartest woman in the settlement. To re-
main in bed beyond "the 9th day" is re-
garded proof of either weakly or lazy habit.
influential Laymcn Becoming Inter
ested,
1t is an encouraging sign OF the times
that influential laymen in all parts OF the
country are becoming more and more In
terested in the advancement OF sanitary
science. Approaching the necessity oil
physical as well as mental culture-Hens
s1na in corpOre SnnO,-our excellent State
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Schools, Hon. B.
l.. Butcher. has required addresses on the
subject OF school hygiene at each OF the
county Institutes" to be held during the
next vacation; and the influence of such
wise teaching will soon find its way into
every school room and family in the State.
Disease I'm the school ROOm.i
II is a sorrowful fact, and shameful to the
management, that our public schools are
frequently the chief agencies for the spread
of epidemic and contagious diseases, and
thus is planted the seeds of disease while
cultiyating the intellectual faculties. In
many country districts, the school room is
used every Sabbath for public worship, and
on revival occasions every evening during
the week. Immediately after such service
the doors and windows are closed and the
confined bad air shut in to poison the chill
dren and their teachers the next morning.
Hence the number of pale faces and the
frequency of headache in school children.
Even in the best regulated schools the great
fault, in spite of all protests and warnings,
is the crowding of pupils in rooms where
ventilation IS a mockery.
These and other questions connected
with public hygiene are cOmpaSSed by u
law, and the State Board of Health will
diligently investigate them for the guidance
of the people.
The True Church in Medicine"
am confident that it is a source of pride
TO every member of this Society and like
wise to all regular physicians in the State,
that the members of the State Board OF
Health, without an exception. belong to
the True Church in Medicine" and | can
truthfully say of my colleagues that they
are high minded gentlemen and learned
p~hysicians-in all respects admirably quail.
flied both by nature and education for the
faithful discharge OF the responsible duties
of their office.
1t is less than ten months since the
Board began its work which was initiated
by the registration of all legally qualified
practitioners in the State.
rho Number Of Registered Physicians.
To this time the lists showthe number in
the different classes as follows: Az grad
yates Of respectable medical colleges re-
siding in the State, IL in Ohio, I in Penn
Sylvania, 3 in Maryland, and l in Vir-
ginia.
35S practitioners, resident of tie State, who
had been continuously engaged in the
practice of medicine for more than ten
years prior to the passage Of the law" IL
residing in Ohio, 5 in Pennsylvania and l
in Virginia
101 Licentiates Of the Board in'the State,
and 9 in Ohio. These figures show a total
OF 9Ol legally qualified practitioners OF
medicine, surgery and obstetrics in the
State.
OF the whole number 1914 of registered
graduates, 400 are regular physicians; %
Eclectics and IL Homeopathic. Thu 1t is
shown that our people whose proud motto
is Montana Sempcr Lbcri, believe in tangible
doses and sensible effects.
In the ten years class, all degrees of pro.
feSSional ability and shades OF practice
regulars of high and low standing. eClec.
tics, homTopaths on ThompsonianS, wa.
lcT-CuIc uOClOTS, clC., are ItpICStuVcu, DuG
the large majority, as in the class of grad
yates, belong to the regular practice, and
some CT them do credit to the profession by
their industry and superior learn.
ing. OF course, it cannot be
doubted that many men in
this class have obtained. certificates who
are not qualified to treat the sick, but
while this is unfortunately the truth, it is
n consoling fact that this class OF doctors
will grow less and less as the years go by.
Since the Sth day of March, 1881, there have
been no additions TO the profession except
by college diploma, or examination by the
Board. In other words: the crop of ten
years practitioners was gathered the Sth
day of March, 1881, ami there can he no
further supply.
Cheap Diplomas
1t is shameful to acknowledge il but the
truth must be told, strike where il may
that in this great country of ours, notwith-
standing the long and loud clamor for
higher medical education and the establish
ment of a Medical College Association to
encourage q longer, more uniform and
thorough college course of study, a
Diploma is not always proof that its pos
SCISSOR is a duly qualified physician, or
that he has attended even one full course
of lectures, or that he has ever attended
lectures at all. In justification OF this
charge of bad faith on the part of Medical
TOllayaS I do NOT hesitate N furD;Sb an casa