The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-30

the Ientn ANNUAL ulSeIil6 "a SAAO
and local boards Of health, which, with
a night session, will adjourn at the
conclusion of the meeting this morning.
There were nearly 200 persons present
when the meeting was called to order
with a few brief remarks by the presi-
dent, Josiah Hartzell, PHI D., of Can
ton. DR.. A. w. Hopkins, the health
officer of Ashtabula, read a paper on
"The Prevention of Tuberculosis in
Food Producing Animals" The speaker
said that tuberculosis among food pro-
ducing animals is far greater than or
dinarily supposed and professed him
self also as firmly convinced that the
: disease among animals is preventable
9he germs of the disease in animals
and in humans is identical, and may be
y interchanged
Dr. Clay, of Mendon, made an inter-
esting statement of an experiment
where the dust of the dressing rooms
of 100 ladies had been examined, and in
80 of them the germs of tuberculosis
were found, due in nearly every case
to the dresses of their occupants trail
ing in the filth of the street
The next paper was by DR.. Frank
Warner, of Columbus, and member
of the state board of health. His sub
ject was the "Disinfection of School
Rooms and Public Conveyances after
Exposure by Infectious Disease" He
told of the danger of mistaking small
pox in the schools for chickenpoX and
less dangerous diseases, and dwelt up
on methods of disinfection, advocating
a generator for the use of formaldehyde
gas until more certain opinions on the
evaporation method had been given by
laboratory experiments.
At the session last night DR.. j. f.
Marchand, Of Canton, made an address
on the subject What the World Owes to
Vaccination DR.. Josiah Hartzell re-
sponded to an address of welcome de-
livered by Governor Nash There was
much discussion over DR.. Marchand's s
excellent address. He treated his sub
iect skillfully and withal most intelli-
magsStly. A copy of the address is with
1e state board Of heath for future ref
- rence as it was considered a master
biece DR.. Marchand said in substance:
tenner and the test which it has stood
for one hundred years, is to me the
greatest discovery ever made for the
benefit of the human race, inasmuch as
4 his discovery was the result OF in
duction rather than discoveries now
made in the medical profession by
means of deduction.
Vaccination was not discovery, MOI
an invention: nut it was more. In the
language of Mr.. John Simon it was: "A
matchless plece of induction"
Nay it was even more than human
power or possibility at this time. Ir
the providence of God a great measure
and great men are coincident; ano
If Jenner is to be rightly placed in the
category of the worlds heroes today
would place him up, over all, upor
the pinnacle Of fame in the worlds
gallery of illustrious men: because hi
has brought light out of darkness ant
sunshine out chaos in the work of his
early life in saving human life ant
preventing pestilential diseases. Widely
contrasted in greatness is this hero from
those whom the world worships today
Other heroes have slain their thousand!
and tens of thousands by the dreadful
implements of warfare, devised by thC
ingenuity of men. in the differen
periods of the worlds history, but III
has saved from terrible death millions
M every land, and his life's work ha!
brought peace and happiness to al
people, and is still going on through
out the entire world
The various agencies and methods
which enabled Jenner to reach hi
conclusions and publish his theories re
garding all that he claimed for vaccina
,atI kaI .,
providential than logical conclusions.
is the old adage that knowledge il
Power" But he did not possess ever
this, regarding the nature of contagious
and infectious diseases. Under sucl
circumstances with no knowledge o.
conception of the germ theory, 1T II
really to be wondered how so great, last
ing and beneficial a discovery coulC
have been made. Too long had the worlC
measured greatness by the outgeneral
ing and outmarshalling in force of arms
The price of heroism was paid by human
blood, the victors crown was worn b!
men scarcely raised above the brut
creation. The disaster of wars was no
equal to the deaths from small pox. Th
ravages from this disease alone wer
so alarming that the entire population
of cities and countries everywhere wa
threatened with humiliation.
The discovery Of vaccination and 1T
practice, called the first halt upoi
smallpox, and it's potency today is tn
only safeguard that we have in pre-
venting smallpox.
The success of vaccination, as enun
ciated by Jenner, formed a nucleus 70
! the medical profession to begin opera
ltions in preventive medicine. It's dis
lcovery alone did more than any othe
lone thing for sanitary science. IT
n concentrated medical thought upon tn
true nature, of contagion. 1t broadenet
the medical horizon at a new epocl
iil the worlds history. 1t has helpe'
to lift medicine out of empiricism. 1
started new sanitary science. i
furnished material for subsequent worl