The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-09
FIRST WORK
 AUGURS WELL
  States Bacteriologist in Baldwin County. HE FOUND TyPHoID,s CAUSE Many Deaths in Two Families Had Resulted. - pr. E. M. Mason, New officer, Makes Initial Service, And With Fine Labor.tory wnl Do Much ]
 Geod--Iaboratory At CapitoE

Dr. E. M. Mason, recently selected by the State Board ot Health to be State Bacteriologist and Pathologist has returned from Baldwin County where his initial service in the office was made with such success as to give good augury of the great work which is to be accomplished by the State Board of Health with the increased advantages that the new office and the excellent laboratory soon to be es- tablished in the room allotted at the Capitol for its use will afford. st39s
 Dr. Mason. called to Baldwin County to discover the cause of a mysterious malady that had already claimed most of the members of two families as it's victims, found that the disease was typhoid, which was spread in unusual manned. He offered a remedy and the sickness is now ended.
 The officer was summoned by physicians in Baldwin county to assist them in putting an end to the disease which they were unable to diagnose. pr. Mason, after investigation. found that unsanitary condition of well Into which was drained some sewerage matter from far distant spot. caused. and was spreading. typhoid. All ex- cept one person in one family and several members of another family had died from the disorder pr. Mason gave the necessary directions for the prevention of the further spread of the l malady and of it's reoccurence In the future. The Legislature at is January session largely increased the amount of the appropriation hitherto made to the State Board of Health. With this en- Ir, .~l A..
 undertake work for the protection of the health and lives of the people and for the prevention of disease which heretofore it could not undertake. Laboratory Established.
 Among the new fields of operation now open to 1t is the establishment of a bacterio1ogfoal and pathological 1t having recently been assigned in the Capitolsby the Governor As soon as possible this room will be- equipped with the latest and best microscopes and other apparatus for making such bacteriological and pathological investigations as yill throw light on disease.
 The laboratory will be at the ser vice of the people and physicians of the State whenever it can be utilized in discovering the causes or modes oi propagation of disease. fa4 Dr. Mason in Charge.
 The Board has selected Dr. E. M Mason to fill the position of bacterio1- ogist and pathologist. Dr. Mason re- ceived his academic training at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Au-
 burn. and his medical training at the
 Johns Hopkins University, at Balti- more. He served year in hospital
 duty at the latter institution after graduating.
 At both institutions, Dr. Mason sat- taine high rank in his classes He is a close student and a patient and en- thusiastic worker. .4- -.S
 In addition to examining such spcct-
 mems of tissue, blood, sputa, etc, as may be forwarded to the laboratory. pr. Mason will be sent into any part of the State to aid the physicians in the investigation of diseases whenever his expert Knowledge may be of ser" vice to them.