Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-09
DANGERS OF ovERwoRK.
Physicians Discuss Effect of Strenuous
Life on Health.

LlI6 Oh I1cd1Ih.
A dispatch from Atlantic City. N. J.. last
night says: Subjects of the greatest i'm
portance not only to the medical profession,
but also to the general public, were dis
cussed today at the various sectional meet
ings of the American Medical Association.
Before the section of hygiene and sanitary
science, DR.. Howard A Kelly of Baltimore
read a paper on the moral obligation of
the medical profession to solve the problem
of the social evil. The strenuous life and
it's serious effect upon the human system
was discussed at length by the members of
the section of the practice of medicine. 1t
was in the nature of symposium on arter-
iosclerosis, an incurable disease resulting
principally from overwork. The disease is
stiffening and deterioration of the arteries
causing them to age prematurely and fire.
quently affecting the heart.
The subject was presented by DR.. James
M. Anders of Philadelphia, who stated that
the lack of physical exercise and mental
and physical strain laid the foundation for
the disease. He laid particular stress on
the fact that large number of athletes
were victims of the ailment, and that the
arteries of many young men are as decrepit
as those of a person seventy years of age.
1t is the duty of the medical profession, DR..
AnderS said, to warn parents and those in
charge of educational institutions where
athletic sports are permitted of the serious
results that might follow the playing of
foot ball and other tests of strength.
Dr. w. s. Thayer of Baltimore described
the causes of the disease, and stated that
60 per cent of the cases that came under
his observation resulted from heavy work
while a very large number were caused by
the excessive use of alcohol.
DR.. Richard Cabot of Boston claimed that
the association of alcohol with the disease
Is erroneous. He said that he had examin-
ed 2S3 confirmed alcohol cases and only
eighteen showed evidence of arterioscIero-
sis. DR.. Shattuck of Boston said it was
possible DR.. Cabots observations were
those of alcohol patients who had been SUBJ
Jected to muscular but not mental strain
During the session of the section of ner-
vous and mental diseases Dr. w 7 Herd
man of Ann Arbor, Mich. read an interest
ing paper on the present campaign against
insanity.
DR.. Edward F. Brush of Mount Vernon.
N. Y, delivered an address on how to pro,
cure pure milk before the section on dis
eases of children.
believing he has discovered a method for
the cure of Bright's disease. Prof Winfield
AyreS made a report to the convention
winch startled his hearers by its import
ance He declared he had made experi-
ments which lead him to the belief that
Stages. and that 1t is possible further in
Vestlgation and experiments may end in
Practicaliy complete victory over it He
pased MS conclusions on % cases AZ OF
Whlch he tabulated, and of those he cured
enurely nine patients. Twenty-Five cases
showed marked Improvement and only one
Ialied to respond to the treatment. Here
loIore al treatments have been by the use
OF medlclne taken by mouth and it has
been found impossible to send througb The
blood drugs strong enough TO XIII the
germs. " min the