Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-15

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| IL counts for two cases and o. worth
! considering as two cases Can we dis
| cuss these questions calmly. as sCien-
| tlhc men? DO we want AN the facts or
| only a part OF the fact82 j. for one. do
| believe there has been smallpox ln
| Utah. ! do believe there is possibility
| Of there being some other disease here
| most closely resembling smallpox Now
| physicians who have had experience
| and made Investigations should express
themselves before US on the results"
DIR. BEATTY ONCE MORE.
Dr. Beatty again arose and said that
| Dr. Mayo had stated On h.s office that
| be wished he might investigate these
| other cases.
And he said" continued Dr. Beatty
THAT he was sorry Doe had come out as
| he had"
Dr. Mayo who had listened 10 AN that
! had been said. mp Co this point with
! perfect good nature. here turned TO Dr.
Beatty and in q quiet voice but one
that had q strong note OF warning in %
and said 'Dr Beatty. you will please
not say more than / said ] made no
such statement as that sir'
Dr. Beatty said he was Stating the
fact as he remembered 10 and could
prove H. He remembered distinctly
that Or. Hough was present at the
time and heard the statement.
As soon as the opportunity presented
Itself, Dr. H0ugh arose aud said "Dr.
Beatty Is mistaken / was not present
when DR.. Mayo made such "a remark.
] was present when Dr. Mayo was ln
Dr. Beatty's office. but If this was said.
! had gone our before &c was said.'
ATTACKS DIR. JONES.
Or. Beatty at once dropped This con-
troversy and said "Wtll. / believe that
Or Jones has done as much harm as
DR.. Mayo. or more. by his statement
here tonight, because Il would be pub-
lished in the newspapers. Turning TO
Dr. Jones, Dr. Beatty. whose conduct
had an the while been giraffe. demand
ed TO know DC he believed in yaccIna-
ton
A SETTLER FOR DIR BEATTY,
Dr. Jones. who was evidently some
what tired of the disj0inted radical and
wholly unwawanted remarks of Dr.
Beatty. replied with some warmth II
do, sir. not only that. but you know !
do. have declared 80 again only this
evening / did not come here Tor gall
lery talk sir This Is scientific body
This dignihed reply settled Dr. Beatty
for a moment and he continued. well.
We are talking 20 the people of Utah.
There has a propaganda gone out that
has made 20 impossible 60 set one per-
son In go In this state yacclnated
THE DEsERET NEWS ONCE MORE.
"Th- dictum Of one ignorant. bgoted
man." he continued who sits behind
the editorial chair OF the Deserct News.
has been accepted by 1900 people-No,
by 1900 families In this State as final
THE question win be more difficult TO
deal with In the future The health Of
fcers have been telling these parents
TO have their children yacclnated and
It has not been done"
Dr. Mayo-"And that has all arisen In
the last three weeks2'
BEATTY's ANIMUs.
Dr. Beatty has simply clinched
II. ! know Of no way iu which Co over.
come 70 now Nothing can do 80. unless
o calamity should sweep thousands OF
the earth. and II Il would only sweep
away those who are responsible for
it,"
Al this point Dr. Beatty again let hts
anger gel the better of him and DC
turned. facing Or. Mayo and repeated |
III IL would only sweep away those re- /
sponsible-'
At this point he caught himself and IN |
"a manner ridiculous to see, commenced |
expostulating NO. / Go not mean Dr. |
Mayo"
No one said a word, hut DR.. Beatty |
d Nn
Mayo / deny IL. There was nothing |
personal In that but n it would sweep |
away those responsible, those who |
might be picked out. there might De |
some compensation. II would not be
an unmiXed evil
HIS IDEA OF PROGRESSION
"rhere Is a physician OF prominence
In this city who was sitting at the Alta
club the morning after Or Mayo's pa
per came out and be said.
Il didn't think this was smallpox and
now ] know % Isn't He was simply
talking to the galleries, He hadn't seen
lne of these cases IL was absolutely I
convinced that this was not smallpox
couldn't be Induced TO say So
DIR. WRIGHT SARCASTIC.
Or. Wright was very sarcastic. but /
lid not allow his temper 90 run away
with him. as Dr. Beatty did He said
pr. Mayo had evidently got one good
convert In Dr. Jones. There never was
J newspaper on the face OF the earth
hat would admit an error. NO reply 10
[ would ba 90 bring condemnation on
-FOUR unsanctiGed head. The members
n the profession had acquitted them
elyes nObly In not replying TO the ar
icles sent out over the state
II think, concluded Or Wright
that 1t would be just aI well 10 move
m adjournment ! appreciate the posi-
ion OF Or. Beatty. and while ] think he
g a little inliscreet Ia some things. 10
he would just dip his hands IN ice |
water and cool his feyered brow. think
vice before speaking once Il would be
'etter'
DR. BAsCOM MODERATE.
DR. r. S. Bascom. made an effective
ddress because he spoke as "a gentle
ian and scholar. without vituperation
r. wrath. He regretted that PERSONAL
les had been INDUCED IN at the meet
49, on the question az issue. he re.
retted as "a member OF the State board
Z health. that any member OF the so-
iety would assume that SMALLPOX did
ot exist, just because he could not
aconcile his diagnosis with the litera-
ure that had come TO him.
DIR. FISHER on VACCINATION.
Dr. Fisher said that II every patient
{ the pest house had been vaccinated,
would not prove that this was not
nallpox Vaccination might not pro-
uce immunity. but it did modify this
lsease. The tWenty-one vaccinated
Asses out OF siXty-one proved nothing. !
mallpoX Itself did not produce immu-
lty from smallpox The laietv should
E given to understand that vaccination
ID not give immunity s
Dr. Worthingt0n wanted 10 extend his r
0ral support 90 the STATE board. "Vac-
nation Is hardly "a question to be dis
,ssed here. Let the laity bubble }
bout that but LEI the medical profess :
on stand pat'
Or. Behle said that three weeks ago
: had stated proposition conditioned
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