The Washington herald., 1908-08-02


This nation learned. then. a most hum!li-
atlrg lesson. but It was a lesson by which
all the world has profte5. In that war
the American army suffered fourteen
deaths from disease 70 every one death
from wounds During the Russo-Japa-
nese var japan lost one man from dis
ease TO four from wouuds-so far had the
science Of preventive measures already
advanced or S15l.00Go0o spent in pensions
every year tire United states government
could have saved half had prevention OF
disease been uracti0ed.
Yellow fever has been robbed q its
te-rors by the work OF Nat. Rood and his
associates. But for such wOrk-vhich has
made summer resort Of the Canal zone
once a pest hole-the Panama Canal could
not have been built without the sacrifice
OF thousands Of lives, or perhaps never
have been built at all Typhoid fever has
been traced 20 It's source Evidence shows
that Il IS spread BY flies. water and milk
A prominent American physician felt
justified in saying not Ions ago that a
man who takes typhoid in an American
city nowadays. has as good a case for
damages against that CITY for criminal
carelsssness as the man who injuries him
self by falling into an unguarded excava-
scarlet fever. Of dIphtheris. Of tubercu-
losis, and other enemies OF life.
Until recent years the victim of con
sumption was regarded as a doomed man.
snd was usually shut in an air-tiEht
room 70 await the end In that tine
medical science has been busy. Il dis
covered the communicable and PIE
ventabuity Of the disease. persuaded
mankind 20 call It tuberculosis" set
about educating the Iaynan in the mat
te-. and Instituted . sweeping crusade
That crusade has born fruit. Last year
alone there were thirteen congresses
having courses Of instruction on tuber-
culOsts. with 5o.oo9 people in attendance
while a number OF states and municipal
ities aroused public sentiment and Iegfs-
lated against the disease The death rate
from the white plague has been per
ceptibly cut down. and the whole as
pect Of affairs promises a conquest OF the
disease IN the near future.
So It IS with cancer. Dr. Wallace E
Brown claims that the use Of oscharotics
IN cancerous troubles is a radical cure Il
applied early enough lie has conquered
Il also with Potassium hvdrate and zinc
chloride The latest discovery in the
medical world that promises TO be Of
value 70 humanity is the finding OF the
germ Of paresis. Dr. John D. O'BrieR,
OK the Massnion COhio) State Hospital.
claims TO have found &. and offers scien-
/ tifc proofs OF his theories.
Another valuable discovery yet TO bear
more fruit IS that OF Dr- Junod, the
/ eminent French physician Of the past
! generation He evolved a system OF en-
! forced circulation by the use OF vacuum
/ cups and receivers His work was 50
/ successful that the French government
/ commissioned him TO carry It further.
I In France and Germany his method was
hailed with wide acclaim and has been
I put to great use Last year a member of
/ the University OF Bonn Travelled all the
way TO Washington to tell a tuberculosis
/ congress OF the successful application OF
| this treatment in tuberculosis OF the
! joints II has also been successfully used
| fn Iocomotor ataNia and paralysis.
/ Leprosy for many long, hopeless cen
turies was deemed incurable- The old
I Ieviticai code decreed that the unfortu-
nate sufferers be stoned from the cities