Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-30
HEALTH and LONG LIFE
Kentucky Physician Tells How
They May Be Attained.
Says Tuberculosis ana Typhoid Fever
Are Unnecessary and That Milk
and Meat should he Inspe cfed
Meetings EuEgested.

Burlington and Chittenden county Med |
ical society. was scheduled for 100 !
Tuesday evening in the Y. M. c. A. hall. |
but matter Of fact the lecture |
was not given until little after eight |
o'clock for the audience only grew by
driblets ard tho hall was not full
at that time. hut those who stayed
at home or won't to see the moving
pictures made mistake. Tho nd
dress was one OF the most interesting
and important that has been delivered
in this city for a long time.
Congre ssman y. ]. Foster Elias Lv-
man. tho Rev. f. G. Guthrie. the Rev.
y J. barrett and Collector G. IT OAR
ling were present on the PLATFORM and
all had some remarks to make a'tcr
the address Of tho evening by Or.
MacCormaclS Congressman roster
acted as chairman of the meeting.
Mr.. Foster began by touching upon
the work Of sanitation done by the
United states government in cuba
and tho canal zone and after n few
preliminary remarks introduced Or.
! MacCOrmack.
Or. MacCormack said that he was
tho mouthpiecc % some 10000 doctors
which he appeared. namely, the spread
Of tho gospel Of health to the laity
and tho dissipation OF .he impression
that medicine Is an occult science.
NECESSARY Legislation IS one W the
hardest Gds to obtain IN tho work
Of sanitation. for the lawmakers and
the public in general cannot be
hrought to have confidence In the
!
working for unselfsh ends.
The sranish War is one Of the best
Illustrations Of what the lack Of san
itation will 10. Tho high death rate
! in tho various camps was not through
| any fault Of the army surgeons hut
because Of the accumulation Of RCD
tape which prevented proper meas
ures being takcn to insure the health
| Of the soldiers.
And go It is throughout the country
to-day. Careless and immoral living
cause more deaths than the wars or
the country have ever been RESPONSE"
BILE for. DR. MacCormack talked In
free and easv manner. and went from
topic TO topic with a versatility wnlch
showed thorough familiarity with
all phases Of his subject. lie maze
the surprising statement that there
need be no more tuberculosis in the
State of Vermont If public sentiment
were properly aroused to exterm'natH
IT, II is most certainly not an inner
tied disease and may be prevented
by those who have rredisposition TO
IT
The doctor said that typhoid fever was
positively a disgrace. inasmuch as II was
invariably caused by lrsanitary condi-
ticns either In the community or th'
home He called attention to the mos
prolific sources Of this disease. namely
impure water supply in cities and the
prevalence Of flies In the country. The
flies breed in stables and carry the germs
Of typhoid with them to food in thc
houses BY publication OF the water an
proper cleanliness In the stables thi:
scourge can he prevented.
Or. MacCormack said that the method:
az the Infamous Herod We're positively
humanitarian In comparison with The
slaughter Of inrocerts caused by impur,
and adulteratad milk He said that the
most rigid inspection OF all milk used 'r
the CITY was absolutely necessary.
In speaking 80 the medical profession
| and the sacrifices which IT'S members make
! in carving on their work, he said tina
+ should any doctor invent an instrument
/ or cure for disease he would be unable
/ to profit by II. not because Of any law
but because Of the oath which he take:
! at the beginning of his career, h'ndins
him to share his discoveries with all The
world
DIR. MacCormack paid fne tribute Il
professional men In general and thei
unselfish service. He said that they haf
all quarreled among themselves IN thu
past. with the exception Of the lawyers
but that harmony was now coming u
prevail. The lawyers. he said. could no
be induced TO quarrel unless they wer'
paid for IT. and It looked for a mcmen
as though the legal profession was stunG
But when the speaker went on to saw tina
they were the makers OF civil libert,
all was smooth again.
Or MacCormack advocated putting tn
, state board Of health uron a salary II
5 order that they might give all Of th"t
time % their duties He said that tn
public ought no mora 20 expect docto
a 10 serve upon that board and depend upo'
n his practice for n living than II would ex
n pect a lawyer 10 SIT as a Judge withou
n ADEQUATE paw He called attention to tn
e fine opportunity which the board coul
I
n versity lahorator and then he touche
upon very pertinent subject. a r,unlciDF
{, slaughter house. He SAID That III
4 horrors exposed not go long ago IN PaCh
q ington were nothing 10 those now
: existence in almost any small slauGht'
d house In the country and he furth'
. stated tat II his audience could see n
|. process Of killing and preraring the
meat they would all become vegetnrians
The Jews. according to Or. MacCo'
II mack. are the only people who are ahst
10 lutely sure of getting sanitary meat an
~ It is an amusing fact that the me-
n which they reject because II Is unnt fo
q use is usually turned over 10 the Ger
r tiles for their consumption. The slaugt
IL ter houses are on the pork according I
l. the doctor.
The heating. lighting, drainage an
d ventilation Of schools was another of III
a subjects dealt with. Apropos or vontila
!, ton, the doctor said that most Of tn
d intelligent women Of the country ar
II afraid OF fresh air and especa
4 ly OF night air. He then went on
~ call attention to the bad condition {
a the lighting and ventilating facilities
:, most Of the country schools. and man
of the city schools too, throughout IN
country. He said that fresh air. particr
IN larry at night. Is one Of the best prever
f. tives OF disease
I'd The doctors got theirs next, 1t seem
n that there are some $4,000 in the countr
I'd who do not get In line for the work