The Washington herald., 1909-07-04


have cholera microbes IN their intestinal
canals. other men live and work with
the bacilh Of consumption in their lungs.
II such persons as I have mentioned be-
come debilitated. or eat tainted food. or
live in insanitary places. they succumb.
Within each human being there IS on
eternal struggle between the germs OF
disease and his cells"
IF a man were TO ask how he could
keep IN sound health, what would you
say to him?'
It would tell him 70 eat plenty OF good
food. wear seasonable clothing, sleep
where there is pure. fresh air. get as
much sunshine as possible. keep his sur
rOundings sanitary. exercise moderately.
maintain q cheerful state OF mind and
avoid worry"
Choosing n Profession
The father OF Gen. Wyman. coming 70
matters which are Interestingly personal.
was a famous instructor In St Louis.
having had large private schools at dif-
ferent times 70 prepare boys for college.
On being graduated from Amherst. in his
rwenty-secOnd year. Gen. Wyman was
undecided whether TO be q lawyer or =
minister.
zone day," he said, "a friend invited
me 10 hear a lecture at the St. Louis
Medical College. I saw a crowd OF stu
dents IN rough clothing. some with their
feet against the pillars IN the room and
a considerable number OF them chewing
tobacco But ] noticed that every man
among them was giving close attention
TO the lecture The lecturer apparently
had Just come in from the bedside OF a
country patient. His boots were muddy
and the collar Of his coat was turned up
He talked about pneumonia. and the
purity OF his English and his familiarity
with his subject showed that he was both
an educated physician and man OF wide
learning.
Before the lecture was over I had
decided 10 be a physician. although I
had not previously thought OF studying
medicine. After being graduated from
the St Louis Medical College, / was
made attending physician at an over
flow hospital some miles distant IN the
country Later I went 10 the city Hos
pital. where ] remained two years. Ply
sicians came for facts concerning cases
In my care. Naturally. I heard their
lectures on such cases at both Of the
medical colleges
worked for Sanitation.
ct was asked while IN private prac-
tee 20 assist the physician IN charge %
the Marine Hospital who was in feeble
health. When he died came 20 Wash
lngton. passed an examination. and was
appointed 70 the vacancy. I spent three
years in ST. Louis treating men en-
pIoyed on river boats There were
many cases Of pneumonia and con-
| sumption among the hremen. who slept
/ near their boilers. Going on deck 20
get fresh air. they would take cold IN
Cincinnati I had a wing in the Good
Samaritan Hospital and an Office NJ
town. There I took up the cause OF the
river deck hands. They slept amons
I the freight and were often made III
/ from exposure AfterWaTd. as Surgeon
! General. obtained legislation better
! ing the sanitary conditions OF the fire.
men and deck hands. such as sleeping
/ quarters and so on.
At the end of three years I was
/ transferred 20 Baltimore. where ] IN
! terested myself in tho welfare OF the
men employed on oyster boats. TheEcc
I I went 20 New York for term Of fouI
years. and Incidentally. 70 study hospi-
/ tal management Meanwhile 1 had made
/ tWo trips 10 Europe and bad heard lee
/ lures IN Paris and Vienna. I was ap-
/ pointed 10 my present position IN 1891
Helping the Consumptives-
VIII you tell me about the govern
uaent sanatorium for eousumptives II
I New Mexico?"
Il thought a hospital should be pro
vided for men on our ocean. lake. and
river vessels who had tuberculosis. moi
only as a place for medical attention
/ but for quarantine. The outdoor treat
ment IS good anywhere, but tn
climate IN some regions is much better
than in other regions We were Eiver
/ Fort Stanton. an abandoned military
/ reservation IN New Mexico, which 4,
I high and dry. and as remote from Z
/ body Of water as any spot IN the cOun
Try. We patched Up the buildings OF
! tho post. and now we have g gOOs
I hospital 80 men living in tents. and
number OF novelties, including a bra s,
band When a sailor is i'll with con
[ sumption we send him 20 New Mexico
/ and he travels under sanitary regula-
| tions. which provide. among other pre-
/ ventive measures. that he carry
/ drinking cup OF his own. Cases hav,
| been cured Two men. one in Chicag'
and one IN Boston. died from OJhe
I causes after leaving the tuberculosis
hospital Our surgeons found that thei
lungs had entirely healed. Stin Othe
I cases have been arrested. When a cur,
IS impossible. the patient IS cared 20
| until he dies
Have EFFORTS ever been made 70 es
| tablish q hospital for inebriates?'
no II is an open question whetheI
( drunkenness IS 2 bad habit or a dis
ease Anyway, If inebriates are TO b
/ docsored. II IS a matter for the State
and not for the general government"
Copyright. 1919. By James B. Morrow.l