Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19
BARON DOCTORS"
THE PARIS POOR.
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which does not happen frequently ow-
lng Co the deplorabla conditions ot exc
lstenco for the working cIlesg8 ln mo
Muntmaurc district, iH the strict Wutch
rclinQushrd, Should the state OF tho
baby grow worse aud should 10 become
evident that the care OF the mother Ia
inadequate even when helped with adj
vice, medicine and, n need Dee sterlllzed
milk, then tho baby u taken TO the
hospital Itself
THE umon only does this 40 extreme
cases tor he believes it more useful Go
teach mothers tO care f0r their chll-
drpn, ana Doe often sends out his phy-
slcIaus to Visit children at home ana
make sure that the instructions are be-
in followed. But when the baby must
enter the hospital be finds everything
that can contribute 10 bis health ana
happiness Thirty beds and incub1tora
trained nurses ana house physicians,
the best sterIlizod milk prepared on the
premises and such simple medicines az
he can make are there awaiting him
Al no other hospital In Paris are such
accommodations offered Tor babies UNI
der "a year old In fact, infants are
refused admlttance 10 AN the city hos
ultals save the maternity hospitals aud
even there they are supposed to Doe nee
companlod hy 40 mothers The baby
Vho o. inconBIderate enough to be- 80
independently has hard time of II Ina
Paris unless he happens 20 know VI the
E0thschlld Polyclnique, but II he does
know about Il he surely has the best
time possible
After babies the subjects receiving
the most attention at The Polycliniqne
are skin diseases and such unrolontn3
scourges Az cancer From this II must
not be- presumed lhat Other branches
are neglected. The fact Is that abs0'
mtely everything can be- treated In
addition tI the several physicians on
the house staff there are the skin ana
bone spocl tlsts, brain specialists, ocu-
lists. aurl ts. orthopedlsts, even dent
lists. But he baron found that skin dis
eases and one or two malignant llls
were the things to which The poor fell
most frequently the ylctlms so Tor
adults he concentrated himself upon
these
ENCOURAGES ALL TO COME
Workmen often fall a prey to SER
iOus affections simply because they
neglect them in the early stages, cith-
or not realizing the danger or acklng
time 10 wait Tor hours at the free con.
sultatlons of the paris hospitals. So
the baron arranged that all who want
cd 10 come should be encouraged and
that those who came should promptly
be seen TO- Thus many troubles are
suppressed I'm the first stages while
others are taken under systematic
treatment. however long It may be. A
ward Of six beds and another Of -four
are at the disposal Of adults who re-
qulre extreme watching, and several
lsolatlng rooms are kept always ready
IN case OF emergencies,
That dread diseases generally consld-
cred incurable have been successfully
treated az the ROthschild POlyclinlQue
Is now a recognized fact In France
Moreover, thanks TO an interesting
discovery made by an expert photo
graphor. Felix MeheuX. these cases
can now be watched and chronicles IN
each stage ~ their malignancy ana re-
coyery. so as TO be puerpetuated Tor
the instruction Of other medical men
Meheux's system consists IN plates and
paper specially prepared by him, from
which he makes llfe.sized graphs
Of the diseased member or spot Then
being "a talented painter I'm water COLI
ors. Meheux tints the photographs
from llfe. 70 that they represent abso-
lutely the condition and appearance OF
the trouble Hearing Of the work be-
ing done by him in this line at the
Paris city hospital OF ST. Louis. the
baron made him handsome offer
10 come to the P0lyclinlQue and has
spared no expense 10 perfect his equip
ments with the best Photographic APP
paratus constructed