The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31

all into service The general public IS
slowly getting to recognize that the con-
sumptive is not necessarily doomed. Fa-
cilitics for treating the consumptiye poor
on a large scale are now at hand, or
shortly will he. and we may look forward
10 seeing the great white plague con-
quered within very few years.
/ 1t is too early yet to estimate the u
/ Innate results a. John b. Murphys plan
of treating tubcrcolous pulmonary dis
ease by distending the pleural sac with
nitrogen and thus compressing the Grip
/ pied lung for time and giving IL the
rest SO needed for its restoration; II Is
a logical procedure. ii must be conceded.
! and one that seems likely to pave the
way To a successful surgical treatment of
consumption even if it does not in itself
turn ont to be adequate TO the purpose
Uuhappily. cancer of the breast is still
one of the great obstacles to long life
among women. Surgical operations for
its eradication have OF late years grown
much more thorough than they formerly
were, but the mortality is still fearfuly
high.
I'm few directions has the advance of
our beue6ceut work been more conspicu-
Gus than in the care of the insane While
we fear ia cannot yet be said that there
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treatment of the inmates is invariable,
we may safely affirm that In the great
ma jufity of them not only is kindness
uniform hut insanity is really treated
with view To its cure. Auxiliary lab
oratories. notably the institution MAIN
tanned by the state of New York, seem
certain to contribute powerfully to the
alienation and cure of mental disease.
Medicine has borne its full share In
Z 20 10. nor rAF-
of war Camp sanitation. scientific adj
/ iustment of the ration to the work to be
/ performed. supervision of the clothing
and bedding. dying ambulances, first aid
corps. the individual first aid dressing
packet. rescue of the wounded under
fire the systema tization of field hospi-
/ tails and general military hospitals, skilled
systematic nursing, hospital railway
, trains, roomy and well-equpped hospital
ships, and salubrious quarters for con-
/ valescents are some of the means that
4 the nineteenth century has adopted for
amelorating the lot of the soldier ana
/ the sailor-all brought about mainly II
! not solely by the efforts of medical men.
The century has witnessed the entrance
I of women into the ranks of the meulcal
/ profession. This has been practically
unonposed by medical men, at least IN
! our own country. although IT was known
! that il would play an important part ia
addin to the constantly growing difficult
ty. for the majority of physicians, OF
/ earning a living. Not only have the
men of the profession acquiesced in this
new accession of rivals in practice. but
{ they have cheerfully. nay. enthusiastical-
/ lv. done heir part in educating women
/ i'm medicine. Women are now freely adj
mitted to medical meetings. and in the
| case of many societies to membership
on a full equality with men.
/ The supreme achievement of the medi-
cine of the nineteenth century is the pre-
ventive medicine, the ceaseless effort 10
] stamp out disease. What other body
of men than the medical profession has