The daily sentinel., 1907-06-05
THE DOCTORS
IN SESSION
Banquet at the La Court an
Important 0ocaSion---Dr.
Drew Makes Very Strone
Address.

Address.
While it was greatly to be regretted
mat DIS, Newsome and Lamb. Of the
state stock inspecting department
Were not present last night at the
regular meeting of the Mesa County
Medical society, IL nevertheless was
one OF the most interesting meetings
ever held by the society.
When Drs Newsome and Lamb Wis
tied this city three or four weeks AGO
II was then arranged that the regu-
lar meeting of the society sbouId he
timed so that these two gentlemen
might be present and not only present
| matters Of most startling interest TO
lhe public, but at the same time en-
JOY the pleasures of a banquet oecas-
ION with the mediCos of this city and
county
For some reason unknown Or.
] NeWsome did not arrive nor did he
/ notify the committee ON reception tho
! reason for his nom appearance DR..
Lamb was called away the latter
1 part of last week TO the southern part
/ OF the state ON business connected
/ with his Office and &c was not autiCf-
[ pdted that he would be present.
1 The meeting and banquet was held
I at the La Court hotel at seven O'Clock
/ those present being nearly the entire
membership of the County Medical
society, Mayor j. r. Wentworth the
members Of the city health board
and representatives, of the press.
After enjoying a splendldly served
I and appointed menu. which was eu-
tirely complimentary to the ability
1 of Manager Buthorn of the La Court
/ DR.. George X. Warner acting in the
capacity of toastmaster apologizel
4 for the absence of the specially inyit-
/ ed guests of the evening He stated
/ that there would not be any cause
/ for any particular regret over the
matter of the absence of the guests Of
I the evening and of the subject that
they would have particularly discuss
ed, as DR.. A. 2. Drew. the well known
veterinarian, had given the matter
much thought and had also accom-
panied Drs. Newsome and Lamb on
thcir recent inspection of the slaugh-
terhouses of this city and was entire
ly familiar with the very particular
subject which Il had been designated
should be the principal subject for
discussion for that evening.
Dr. Drew. thcreupou, read a very
carefully written and most Thought
ful baper on the subject. The Value
of Meat and MIX Hygiene with Re
gard to the Public Health. "
The many assertions made by Or.
Drew of the manner in which the
milk and meat supply of this city
was prepared for consumption, were
to say the least startling and precipi-I
tatcd a warm debate following the
reading of this paper. That he was
thoroughly familiar with the preya- |
lent conditions surrounding the prep
aratiun of these most important rood
products for human consumption, was
most patent to all those who listened
to the reading of his highly interest
ing paper He charged that because
of the absence OF milk and meat in
spectiou provided by the city, that
milk and tainted meat
had been supplied from sources Of
supply tributary to this city. which /.
menaced the health of the public
generally and especially the infant
life OF the city
He believes that from many sources
most uusanitary and in some In !
stances absolutely disease breeding |
a condition prevailed from which n
proportion of the epidemic sickness
of the past in this city IS attributable, |
He recited those diseases that he be !
lievcd to be transmittable through the |
infection carried by unsterilized milk
and food and they included practically |
all those to which babyhood was
heir
He entered particularly into a de-
scriptiou of the conditions he found /
surrounding the milk supply of thisI
city. He charged that the bottles
were not sufficiently sterilized after |
use and that they were unclean and a
whole train of evils in the disturb |
ance of the good health of any com
munity might be attributed to this |
one thing alone.
His particularly startling state
ments. however, referred to the CON
ditions that prevailed I'm some OF our
slaughter houses. lie said there was
vast room for Improvement in TINS
relation and that Drs. Newsome and
Lamb, In whose department these
matters came. had given full notice
that the people of this city We're TO !
be protected In a larger and ruler
manner IN the betterment of sanitary
conditions prevailing, than there hau
been heretofore.
As the conclusion of the reading OF
the splendid paper by Dr. Drew, ne
was most enthusiastically applauded.
The subject matter of the paper 1t |
was then announced would be theI
tonic for open discussion by the mem
bers of the association. rms invita-
tation was generally accepted. i
DR.. A. G.. Taylor. who was called
away to Whitewater. TO the regret
of his brother practitioners left a
.paper TO be read on the subject ior
he evenings discussion. This was
highly interesting and brought OUT
much that was new on the subject
Tbe paper was read by DIT. Warner.
Then in quick order and with many
saIIies of good humur and VII Drs'
r. r.. WelIes, DIT. II. S. Henderson
DR.. Coultrin. Dr. Abbott, Dr. kett' Dr. |
oliver Hebert, discussed in most ue-