Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-19
CR|CK[NPOX
State Board of Health Rules
That This Disease Is Sub
ject to Quarantine
DOCTORS ARE THUS coRNERED
They Will No Longer Be Able to Evade
the Law BY Treating Smallpox Pa
tients Under the Name of Chicken
pox, at Least-Take Action Against
Unlicensed Physians.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Mofnes, Feb. 19.-The state boart
of health has added another to the ils
of diseases that are subject to quaran-
ltine. Already the cases of measles
must he reported to the proper au-
|thorities and scarlet fever, diphtheria
smallpox and some others are subject
Ito quarantine. But 1t has been founo
THAT doctors and local boards OF healtn
lwil deliberately try to evade the law
that special patients may not be an
moved or favored ones be put TO trou-
ble. The smallpox in the state OF Iowa
this wear is very mild and while
nrmhar of eases have been reported
there have been few deaths; but COM
nlaints have been coming to the state
| hoa rd from various parts of the state
and especially from teachers and schooi
boards, that there is great deal OF
trouble because smallpox gets into the
schools in the gulse of chickenpox. Inc
assu,nption is that doctors, either thru
ignorance or desire to shield certain
PERSONS, diagnose smallpox as Tue
lchickenpox. This has become SO com
lmon that the state board mas deter-
mined upon requiring doctors TO re-
port chickenpox the same as other con-
tagious diseases to the health officers.
In this way the innocent children OF
the state may be kept from danger De-
cause of erroneous diagnosis. This VIII
Undoubtedly raise storm of protests
from doctors who have found 1T easy
10 get around smallpox by reporting
chickenuox or some other disease. A
wear ago the doctors who seem to be
afraid of smallpox were using other
names for 1t. This winter 1T appears
as chickenpox and the latter disease
will have to take the consequences Oh
going on the blacklist.
The state board of health Is also up
against another matter for which a he,
roic remedy is to be applied as soon as
possible. This is the matter of the un-
licensed physicians who persist In
board has been in the past subjected
to some criticism because of its sup
posedly harsh measures to end irregu-
lar practice in Iowa. Not very much
has been done In recent years in the
way of putting stop TO practice by
those who have not complied with the
law: but this Is to be changed and
hereafter the board is gcing hard after
all who can not show certificates from
the board. Recently information was
filed here against four doctors for ille-
gal practice. DR.. Rorabaugh, who was
engaged in magnetic" healing and
had an office at hotel. was indicted,
hut has not been tried; and DR.. Cry
deler, who claims to have been prac-
ticing many years and who was con-
pected with medical school which
was driven out of existence. was ar
rested in Justice court charged with
illegal practice. This has not yet been
tried. The state board las gone after
still larger game with determination
that irregular practice shall be broken
UP. Dr. W. II. Hale, recently in <the
city, was arrested for protesting to
heal but inability to show any compe-
British Medical Institute" In this city,
which is an extensive advertiser. DR..
Charles Z. Montague, OF the firm of
Montague & Williams, has also been
accused of illegal practice. He is
young man. The state board is going
after all this class of practitioners and
will make them show their diplomas.
The state board of health has to
deal with another problem which is
little difficult. A committee of the
State Association of Uniertakers and
called on the board today
and laid before that body a report in
which they ask. among other things, /
that the requirements be increased so
that it will be more difficult to get into
the business. The emoalmers desire
that the examinations be made more
difficult and that those who seek to |
become undertakers shall show Il GER
Lain amount of work under a compe-
tent instructor. The board is disposed |
to do this and the standard will be
moved up from time to time.
Des Moines has an osteopath who
l!aims the honor of having engaged in
the bones of President Roose-
felt. This was last Sumner during
he strike. when the president was
still suffering from a badly injured
eg from the Pittsfield accident. The
doctor was called in and Gid some work
IN the president, and of course feels
very proud of it.
One of the most peculiar want adj"
Il any Iowa newspaper is the following
which appeared In the advertisers own
newspaper:
"Wanted-To buy or lease, a run
'own narrow gauge steam railroad in
he United States. Canada or Mexico.
Address, with particulars. j. w. Muir
,hy No. 1O9 Jefferson street, Burling-
on, Iowa"
Inasmuch as the advertiser runs a
newspaper it is supposed that he ex- ,
,ects to trade his newspaper property {
or the narrow guage road and get into {
What he regards as a better business.
Some of the insurance companies III
ling their reports with the state audi
or to show their business of the year Z
eveal the work which must be done in
.eeping the accounts and business of the II
For instance, the North {