Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-21
SPEAKER CANNON HAS HUMoR-
Gus TILT WITH DOC
TOR oSLER.
0SLER IS OPTIMISTIC
GREATEST DANGER TO CHILDREN
DECLARED TO BE ASSociA-
TloN WITH CONSERVATIVES.

Washington.-Speake Cannon is not
a bit afraid of DR.. Osler and his old-age
theory. He told DR.. Osler SO Friday
during an address before the National
Association for the Study Of Tubercu-
losis.
Doctor Osler. have reached the
age of sixty-one, and l shake mA fist
in your face" he said.
DR.. Osler laughed heartily at this
def Of his old-age theory.
The speaker harked back to the days
OF his childhood. when bathtubs were
almost unheard of and when the snow
would sift in and cover those lying in
bed.
I'VE had plenty Of fresh air then. on
the Wabash, and everywhere on the
frontier, before the railroads." he said.
Mr.. Cannon favored more play
grounds for children but urged that the
legislator be dealt with gently II he
did not do everything wanted OF him.
DR.. Osler in his address said tuber-
culosis no longer was problem OF the
doctors and that it probably would take
two or three generations to reduce its
ravages to the present rate OF typhoid.
DR.. Osler congratulated the associa.
ton on having accomplished the awak-
ening Of the public, legislatures. phil
anthropists. physicians.
Three things remained to be done.
said DR.. Osler. The first was to keep
the public awake. the second to obtain
more money and the third to arouse
the interest of more men and women.
because the campaign was no longer
one entirely for the doctors.
whether tuberculosis will be final.
ly eradicated." he declared. "is even an
open question, but when We think of
what has been done in one generation.
how the mortality in many places has
been reduced more than fifty per cent
indeed In some places 100 per cent
it Is battle Of hope with victory in
sight"
That there is a tendency to overrate
the danger to children from milk from
tuberculosis cattle was the HDided
view expressed by the speakers.
Drs. Henry l. X. Shaw and Arthur
T. Laird OF Albany, n. Y, took the
position that the attention OF the pub.
lie should not be diverted from the
great and real danger Of human con.
tagion. II. they argued, tuber.
culosis milk was as virulent as sol
many declared. it was difficult to con
ceive how any children escaped infec
tion. A diagnosis Of tuberculosis in a
child by rational symptoms alone. theyl =.
contended, was impossible In the early ;
stages. They declared that the histor!t,
Of tuberculosis in the family OF a sicst
child was almost a prior evidence q
the presence OF some form OF tubercu
losis. The association OF the child witlP
tuberculosis parents or other consumI =
tives. they said. was n matter Of sucn'
importance in the diagnosis as well aSfi
in the prevention of the disease thai Aln
every member of a tuberculosis famill cS
should be examined as a matter Of rout th
tine. Infection during life. they said te,
might take place through the air AMIN
from food, but the infection form waA&n
probably by far the most commor
route. Children especially were eI
posed to infection because Of their
resistible impulse to place everything
in their mouths. pc
A resolution was presented e
~
is. urging the creation Of the office +
Secretary Of Health in the Cabinet c'
the President. a. vil
Brig. Gen. George A. sternbefg. "a
mer surgeon general Of the a by. T
posed the creation Of such an offitsply
saying that he did not believe in has PIC "
ing a political doctor in charge of rn,
nations health. S,si
The resolution was laid on the tai r,
by decisive vote. a..
The following officers were elect
for the ensuing year:
President, DIR. E J. Janeway, NJ nj,
York: first vice president. Edward nm,
Devine. New York; second vice pre-
dent, DR.. Henry Sewall, Denver. tre III
urer. DR.. George NJ. Sternberg, Wa
ington. nrds
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