Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-24
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The sensation prung upon 'h' "'''
society On Monday night has caused
,sos.et Of opinion among The doctors
/, I'M. elty and VIII evoke much dis
ess.loo throughout the State. It viii
5emoBstraie one thing Il not more that
I. mo nalbnlty Of toe medical frater-
nnv OF course this Is admitted by me
most thoughtful. learned and expert
speei among them, but the dogmaiism'
assumption and impotence Of dissent
exhibited By the tyres Of the profession
Indicate that hey are lmbued with the
notion that their ditta must never be
Questioned This seli-impouance some
nmsa becomes insuaerable ltfeoeiyed
severe rebuke in the admirable paper
OF DE- Mayo On the smallpox question
when the Deseret News. during the
agitation over compulsory vaccination
and the absurd exclusion Of healthy and
unexposei children from the pubic
schools. voiced the general sentiment
and also The common doubt as TO the
actual prevalence Of the disease IT was
denounced and bullied By some Of the
S,,,ors who had never seen O case Of
smallpox except q It was pointed out
by an Official whose ipse dixit was ac-
eepiea as final But Or. Mayo.s well
dlgestsd and thorough exposition before
the Medical society. bears out the opin-
ions Of many unprotessional people
who have had experience with small.
pox IN rs different stages and yindi-
Gates lhe position taken by the Deseret
News
This paper did not at any time assert
positively. IN face Of the decisions Of the
doctors that there was not any SMALL
pox IN The city but It dii contrast the
symptoms Of the eruption which aflict-
Cd the patients who were quarantlned,
with those Of the genuine disease as
witnessed in several opIdemlcs Those
essential Indications Of the disorder
were lacking In the cases here. and the
very mention OF this fact set some Of
our local physicians wild. so much so
that the wish was expressed that the
attaches Of this paper could De smiiten
with the disease in rs most vlrulent
form.
We are pleased 70 sec that other doc
tors besides the quarantine physician.
have tho courage TO express their con-
ylctions on this subject in concurrence
with bis statement We believe his con-
clusion to be absolutely correct.
Manila Itch ls what soldiers returned
from the Philippines called % here.
Cuban Itch is what the returned war
lions from Cuba have called &c else
where. Il Is the same thing 10 each
Instance. No deaths have occurred
from it and no pltting. and the slcken-
Ing scent which always accompanies
even The mildest cases Of varlolold has
been conspicuous by lts absence IN these
case and the patients teastlng on the
c'tys bounty have had a jolly time.
While figuring as smallpox patients I'M
der the diagnosis Of doctors who never
saw smallpox IN their lives.
This paper has not objected % the $50
lailon Of penons suffering from the
eruption that has caused such a uesd-
less scare Nor has Ct opposed the
Quarantine regulations. L has pointed
out he greater danger ard need OF pre-
cautions as to scarlet fever ana diph.
iberia than 70 the mild disorder pro-
bounced by local doct0rs 90 be SMALLPOX
But Il Is evident that the agitation
caused by the closing Of the schools the
shutting ont q healthy children. and
the attempt to compel the oowpoxing OF
juveniles and prescribe and urge It for
gu adults was really an outrage on the
public
The victims Of incubation with virus
supposed to be "pure"-as II any
DISEASED matter can be pure-ars more
NUMEROUS than is generally known. or
some Of the yaccinators are willing 10
acknowledge There were number u
most deplonble cases no living being
e0lia youch for what the tubes con.
~lned thar were furnished from vac.
.lns factories as holding pure lymph"
nom lnocalatei calves. Il had 10 be
'aSen on the say-so OF the dealers. who
themselves could not be- parsor7rlv
present when The stun was taken from
.us animals or while It was 10 i.s pro-
efessiye stages
The old arm.to.arm vo,c,,,,,.-
spread irIshtfplly many vile d...-...
Il was the mode not many year. .r..
ana those who opposed It We're AL.
noun'ei by the profession as violently
a dif,enieH from the present method
sre abused today Bl5ol.l.tlr. h.
r.,, , ,lsg o. congestion BE- now
..p'o'a ''a by the medical fntarD.ty n,
an a'sitdIty but d was ,be ysry ...
s'n'e Of their orthodoxy WITH, ns
,',..',i' Of not very aged persons cga.
s|'s '.' another o. ODE now d.sar1.I
, : or The safssms ant wbIes sr,s
usarfl as an essential
~. Iae casting aside Of these ana o,t.-
T 7, I. errors aa slsn o. prar...
II y eommendabIa j chow ,t.,..
s m.i',al profession adysnes v.,5 ~.
o.'. u. Of science. 1T d..
s ..,,'. 70, i's researches and lmp-oy..
, a., ., bll he fact Of tie past mis-.
'akes should render no memt.-. ,' ',''
a. ana ready TO Investigate ara ,', ~,
' !" Ds 700 dogmatit and reliant gno, ~. as'
w, W. NJ n 'ns decisions Of the school,,
We hope our readsrs vm -,