The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
VT. IMPROVES
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It were better that darymc n should take
steps tofort stall the inevitable rather than
wait action made necessary by force Of
public Sc ointment. Herds should be
cleraed of tube rculous cattle Uniform
methods Cf handling bovine tuberculosis
and regulating tie handling of milk supply
should be in force.
The cove r-up policy is bad. There is
securing clean milk and clean water
supply.
Dr. Jordan's paper was discussed in an
exec llent paper by II. l.. Stillson, of Ben
nington, who outlined what Vermont had
begun to do in the matter of certifying
pure milk and cream for the consumption
of its people. State Cattle Commissioner
H. S. Wilson was also to have discussed
this paper but was unable to be present.
The second lecture was delivered upon
the subject of Tuberculosis" by Dr.
j. H. Huber, of New York City. Th
cture was fully illustrated with stereopti-
con views and although the power VISA
shut off nearly an hour, the lecturer was
able to resume his address shortly.
DIR. Huber discussed tuberculosis, the
germ, its predspostion, its prevention
and its cure. Adenoids and throat trou-
bles in children predispose them to tuber-
culous infection at the age of 10 or 10.
Alcoholism among men predisposes toward
tuberculosis Swollen tonsils should be
treated while the chidrt are young. Pure
food, pure air, sunshine, through destroyal
of the sputum, and obedience to the
physicians orders, if carried out stringent
ly, give the tuberculous patient hope OF
recovery. Patent medicines are hope
lessly bad, are, in fact, harmful in the
treatment of consumption. The speaker
agreed with DIR. Holton that physician
was encouraging his patient on the way
to death if he did not inform him or her as
to the real nature of the disease and the
means of preventing its growth in the
system. DIR. Huber treated the subject
of consumption in every light, and con-
cluded his address with series of pictures
portraying the SAINT arium, private cot
tages, open air shacks built on to city
dwellings and in which tuberculosis might
be cured. In fact, the doctor pointed out 4,
tuberculosis may be cured as easily in
Montpelier as at any health resort if the
patient will but obey orders.
DIR. c. E. Clark, Professor of Pathology,
U. V. NJ, led the discussion of DIR. Huber's
paper DR.. Clark's address, though brief,
was one of the most excellent delivered
before the school and was warmly APP
plauded. He advocated pure air good
food, absolute rest and sunshine and pro-
phesied that the great strides that medical
students were making in enlightening the
public in the cure and prevention of dis
ease would ultimately drive the country
doctor out of practice
DR.. w. n Bryant of Ludlow, was un-
able to be present last evening to take
part in the debate.
At o'clock this morning, the last
session of the school will be held, Hon.
Robert A. Lawrence, of Rutland, giving a
paper on Illegal Points in Health Work, "
and conducting question box for the
benefit of the health officers present. An
early adjournment will be taken. The
majority of the doctors leave on the
morning and early afternoon trains.