The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-30
Making a Temporary Cure.

During the past year Judge Brown
has, by the very simplest remedies. dis
covered that boys can be cured of evil
tendencies by physical Improvement
Some months ago boy was arrested
for stealing. His pinched face. yellow
color and stopped shoulders convinced
the judge that a doctor was needed
more than q judge. The boy and his
mother was sent to DR.. Silver. one of
the courts physicians, and the boy was
thoroughly overhauled. DR.. Silver said
that he never examined a boy in such
bad physical condition-bad eyes and
ears, weak lungs, Brlght's disease and
tobacco heart to some extent, occa-
stoned by cigarettes, and great nerv-
BUSINESS. The boy was packed off to
the country under the control OF the
court and away from the old environ
ments; some general exercises were
given and wholesome food and. in two
months. the boy was returned to the
doctor for examination, and was pro-
nounced so per cent better physically.
The probation officer for the period Of
three months after this pronounced his
moral condition 100 per cent better. In
fact, he seems a changed boy and WON
ders how be could have been so bad.
However, in this case It seems to those
most interested it is not a permanent
cure, as the same old environment OBJ
taias and the only hope for the boy is
to be taken for a longer period than
two months, and then never be permit
ted TO return 20 the old condition.
Another case cited is of a boy who
had one OF the very worst records i'm
the public schoOls-incorrigible defiant
to teacher and principal. absolutely
lawless. This boy was placed I'm the
Morris school. Medical attention was
given, though the boy looked like a
physically normal boy. Special teach
ing and special study OF the boy was
made for three months. Then he was
sent 90 a public school far removed
from his old one, where his reputation
was not known. The principal and
teacher were not informed of the boys
past or present. They did not know
he was in charge Of the juvenile court.
or that he had ever been in the Nor
ris school. After one month in the
new school the principal reported that
he was the best boy in the room, Not
until the close of school did the prin-
cipal know Of his previous record. The
boy passed the examinations at the
head of the class, while previously he
had been three terms i'm one grade.
How the Clinic Worked.
In Philadelphia about 200 children
per week are eNtiullneO at the mead
quarters of the clinic. Twenty opera
tions have been performed in one
week, but these are by request of par
ents who have been given the results
of examinations, as neither the school
board, childrens society nor juvenile
court assume the responsibilities of
operations.
In the Salt Lake juvenile court clinic
a form OF questions will be drawn up
by the members Of the clinic and filed
in with the particulars of every child
by the doctor or doctors who examine
him. The questions relate to the ply
steal measurements, expression of the
eyes memory, voice. speech, general
appearance and the history and condi-
tion of every part of the body.
From these questions and from ply
steal examinations it is ascertained
tai, moral or physical defect. The
methods taken in Philadelphia to ef-
feet a cure are numerous. They in
clude operations on the defective area
OF the brain. removal of the adenoids
and other abnormal growths from the
throat or nose. operations upon the
eyes and correction of defective vision
by glasses, correction OF misshapen
I limbs, backbones, etc, and general
medical treatment.
The majority Of cases, however, are
treated by placing children in a spe-
cial school. with special teacher,
where the instructor is In close touch
with the doctor. both cooperating jim