Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-26
a.. setts's Paper Before the Rocky
Mountain Medical Association
NyoKEs THE ARM OF LAW.
,.,. p,.eu.. the psper-Presiden'
u.usn's address Association" '''"
mIuces are named

s.H.HHHN were NlNN NANAAN"aA
g'srb and the paper Of Or. Beta
rppstpBNr HoUGirs ADDRESS
mr. uourh said he ala not propose
.t,.,us. the improvements in surgery
,,.ticlno or the practice Of tho
---,.gt physiclans Instead no pro-
s..t merely 90 have a friendly ehh
vuh the members.
tis extended cordial greetings to the
,i-t,r on behalf Of the physicians OF
az lake. expressed qualification NJ
M eu1d attendance from outHiu'
si,tes. smoke 81 the need for maintain
M fho association. and urged lt'
~ non took up the question Of the
,islifratinu OF physicians MS prctcllp-
III by laws u the various sthteH'
Vusb Of the matter Of medical exam
nations required was alt"Neth.t w
,.-gr.ary. Membership In the Afnorl-
"a, Medical association, he heueNcl,
sbSuId be the only requirement
.1rh rnamherfhip ~ not Huhcleht
s,fsrinrd 60 both the profession anu
M public" said DR.. Hough. u mink II
s@r,es uo good purpose. and the naao-
cation should diHincorporatc ana re-.
,,rr1nlrr under conditions that would
sIye This guarantee In closing, Pr
f5urh Expressed his appreciation OF the
h8n1r u being president Of this ASSOC
''f nr poland OF Philadelphia read
thoroughly appreciated paper on THE
~ I'D the Hncmntokrit" This was
f,liowrd hy DR. Belts paper on tho DC
Ia Mar dust, which Is given below
FATAL DE LA MAR DUST.
From the title Of this paper as an
rounped II might be Inferred that inc
sgaIgfy would got an essay on nbroii
phthisIs. but / viii not bore you with
anytbInr on tho kind. / assume that ul
Intelligent physicians are familiar Win
A. causes and general pathology, Nei-
thor H. there anything new or rtrahhs
On the disease known 90 the people or
Nevada and southern Utah a. the De
What desire IL to report the ok
pcrioncc OF some Of my friends ana my
personal observation, ana call your at
iantlon to the terrible mortality OF the
lung trouble Induced by the dust II the
ue La Mar mill Whether We call the
cases fibroid phthlsla. chronic inicrsu-
tl1l pneumonia, HtonccuttcrH' phthlhlh'
miners consumption. onthfhc0sls'
sidrrafiH or chnlicuHiH depends upon the
character and amount % foreign mat
Ter. or classify them under the generic
name ~ Observation-Disclosures makes but
little difference. All convey 10 our
minds pathological process, the exact
nature OF MNlNN NNNNlNH lhlkNlN AlNA
the stage In which the case II found by
tho pathologiHt and itu clinical history.
Authors agree, however. In the dust
caumtlon. and 10 the cases under COM
hd6ratlon the foreign matter II excess
flye
from which the gold-hearing quartzlte
are crushed. dried and ground 10 "a fine
powder in what D. known NJ the Griffin
MILL conveyed to bins, and thence
through chutes to cars, which are
wheeled IN the tanks. In and about tho
Mill the air 10 filcd with an impalpablc
dust and IN portions u the mill 80
dense that one cannot be recognized n
few feet away and an electric llght ~
20 evidence by spark. The mill has
ben ln operation since 1894, employing
about nifty men, the capacity being In
creased from time 10 time until now
about HcyDnty-fvc mon are employed.
itHHtltnd that an the men who worked
10 the mill from seven 10 nine months
previous 90 January, 1895. ARE dead. a
careful review of the cases 20 March /.
glftH 100 deaths. Since then 60 my per-
Ural knowledge three have died In 81.
George A later statement by "a gem
N'mhn who has the disease himself.
tn1 me editor Of Nevada paper, puts
o. no .0O
EVERY TOWN HAS VICTIMS.
pr, Mayo. who was the company's
physician from January, 1895 60 a few
honihs ago. ana 10 whom ! am lndobt-
81 Tor much valuable Information,
ratfs that only thlriy-four deaths have
come 90 hla notice. This, am aure,ls too
E, and while 200 may be high, I be-
l.'r 100 near correct. as almost every
lqNu ln Nevada and southern Utah has
" victim, for II ~ a fact that neither
M company nor the men recognized
ue'r danger until the deaths began Ia
al a a.
Wrle facts while nj g. George. na
quite a number of the younger men
.fe employed In the De La Mar mill
uflen OF whom have died within the
year a number of others are SUI
nnlg from the disease. After inter-
viewing The attending physicians and
u, unfortunate families, | have beer
he 10 gather much OF interest con.
e'fuing the case
md upon further interviewing my
iwetdlnnnl friends. that a number
W. Been treated here and died In IA,
tlwlH ot this city, 4 great number
we men were from adjoining States
ll no llr East. Many would return
W,lf dlstlnt h0mea na soon ns thcN
~ wv broken la health and Il ~ difficult
teep track ~ thom. though many
ave dled and others must, ns the dis
.s Involves LESSONS wh.h do not al
u, or recovery ana s>oner or latel
n from former '1 rT pnti3t Of hIs from ron
gl'o d short time ago, stating his pres
uhiaVunhlc condition. 1 have OK
.llNtd number OF cases In vurlOu
9s'a OF the disease and some OF then
ltht come under the chronic form, a.
We me able to get around and occa
ult4y do some light work. thougl
10y we obliged TO leave the mil
s'onihs ago
few days ago I examined a cas-
~ VIZ city who was for twenty-scvei
w'nA foreman Of carpenters. and 10
ns and months at time was inhal
lne DUST lie worked, however
sNl''n mouths before suffering an
r.,NNNenlence though the pathological
h.h hud undoubtedly been cstnb
.hl nor some time. He first notice.
f'ilneaH " breath. loss OF appetlt,
r,sue gn slight eNertion and cmnci
The cough and eXpectoratiO
~ ~. s.knt Tor months, lie has nov
IN 20 lhc city for about year. Tn
t,,,, 'pAl'hl process continues and hi
..plolnH DO not improve. though fror
nl Indications he is liable to liv
rtb Time, His clinical history an
itW examination reveals "a condi
Ts typical Of nhrOid phthlsls. and /
afi.s contrast TO the poor fellows VIII
Vlmi. Three months exposure de
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