The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-20

events. 1t could not be denied that such
measures do much to control and les
sen their severity.
Epidernics were not due to poisonous
influence from the bowels of the earth
of the product Of vegetable fungi, which
could be guarded against, or health
boards and quarantines might be dis
missed, but the good work of the health
boards should. in all cases, be en-
oouraged. The world was governed
by laws learned by studying nature,
and some of them are connected with
the functions of the human body, and,
If obeyed, long life and health will be
maintained. Life may be cut short
by circumstances. Unless the laws re-
ferred to were obeyed, cholera muS-
decimate, malaria must WELD its scep-
ter, infectious disease must have its
victims, contag gion must sweep off It's
multitudes, and diphtheria. yellow fe-
yer and dysentery must continue their
ravages. The result is that the human
family are not living out their allotted
days. Dr. Brazie related the epidemlcs
which had taken off victims in other
countries, and with much detail ex-
planned the causes. La grippe, he said,
had made a frightful incursion in this
country, and thousands Of cases OF
heart failure" were but results Of it.
Thousands Of persons in this state
were today victims Of it's ravages.
Physicians were not, as a rule, alarm
lists. but it was high time the note Of
warning was sounded. He advocated
the study Of this particular disease
in all its various phases. DR.. BraZle
gave, at considerable length. the data
of epidemics which have prevailed In
this country during the past three CEN
turies, and added that the list would
be far more valuable could he connect
them to some degree with the causes
of the prevalence. In some cases tn air
causes were known; in most .hoWeV
they could only be surmised, 1t was
historical assertion that in Massa
sets am epidemic lasting from 1917 to
1923 reduced a population Of 900 In
dians to 300
In 1913 typhoid swept over New Eng
land while the year later the inhabi-
tants of Virginia We're reduced from
4,170 to 100 by fevers In 1885 dread
ravage carried off some 1,S00 persons
in Virginia, while in the Barbados
and St. kits island some $4,000 victims
succunibed. So on down, including the
typhoid in Connecticut, smallpox in
Boston, yellow fever in South Carolina,
burning ague in Rhode Island, diphthe-
ria in New England, yellow plague at
Albany, and, in fact, all the dread
diseases which played havoc with the
folks of this country at different times.
The paper was most exhaustive, and
was listened to with much interest by
the members Of the institute.
The programme for the last day is
as follows:
p. NJ, Pedology-
Roy S. Copeland, Ann Arbor, M.ch.,
"Childhood and Deafness
D. W. Horning Minneapolis, "Is It La
Grippe?'
Joanna D. Crawford, Minneapolis, "Can
Stuttering Be Relieyed?"
William H. Bigler, Philadelphia, Pa. ,"Some
of the Peculiarities of the Anatomical Struc-
ture of Children"
A. G. Phelps. Hastings. 'Infantile Di-
arrhoea''
P. NJ. Hall, Minneapolis. ga Peculiar Case
Necessitating Three Operations for Intuba-
tion."
Margaret Koch. Minneapolis, chairman,
'Enteritis in Early Childhood
Surgery
Cora Smith Eaton. Minneapolis, "The Slit
Operation for Hemorrhoids."
w. S. Harvey, Chicago, Surgical Treat
ment of Gall Stones.''
]. J. Thompson, Chicago. Surgical Treat
ment of Hernia.
Surgical Work.
Henry c. Aldrich, Minneapolis, pneumonia
Complaining Herniotomy."
o. K. Richardson, Minneapolis, chairman,
Announcement of the chairman of bureaus
for the coming year by the president-elect.