The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-03-26
THE REAL HERO

Almost from the beginning OF erea-
ton orations have been delivered.
poems have been written and songs
have been sung in praise of the sue
cessful military chieftain.
With the noise Of fife and drum.
wind and stringed instruments, The
salutation has ever been:
Behold the hero comes!
He has been ornamented with gold
braid and buttons. plumes and epau-
lettes and badges OF honor. but the
man who has IabOred in his labora-
tory for the conQuering OF disease
and Kidding mankind OF pain and the
army of ills that poor mortal flesh o.
heir to, very frequently dies unknown.
unhonored and unsung.
The cutting of Of ones limbs ana
other more difficult feats In surgery
are now painless operations.
Small pox and yellow fever. The
great scourges of the ages. are nov
under subsection and will soon De- en-
tirely unknown, and while the batter
les of the medical profession are nov
turned against the great white
plague, the following comes to u-
from far-off India:
IF there is one disease in which
sanitary science has Outstripped fhr
practical application of 10. Do is with
Z
disease, ankylOstOmiasis thUOk
WOrms). which causes such . hIgh
sick mortality amongst the native d.
Dor communities"
Commenting upon The above item
Florida Health Notes. the official bul
letin OF the Stale Board OF Health
makes the following observations.
Such is the language Of Dr New
ell of India. And the hOOk-wOrm D..
there even as il is here. Tropical and
semi-trOpical countries require only
the introduction Of this parasite GO
become its prey. for the other COudi
tions are already fulfilled No one
would suffer from the disease if d.
only knew two simple things.
IF he only knew that by writing
to the state board Of health be- could
get any information that ne wants. or
needs, would he still be ignorant lf
he only knew?
IF he only knew how TO get relief
from this blOOd-thirsty parasite how
to change his sallow. blOated cheek
for the rudy glow Of health. would
he? If he only knew
IF he only knew that 10y ssudiuE
q CnnRiTr1nr nf 81 tn 10
of health he could have % examined
without charge and in that way den
nitely determine whether or not no. is.
infected; and if then ne only kucw
that thymol in proper dosage would
expel the worms and relieve tho trou
ble-I say, if he only knew these two
simple things. would b. 20 thr0uEh
life an invalid-if he only knew p"
DR.. Hiram Byrd. in a paper read be-
fore the State Teachers Associations
at Gainesville last December. among
other things said:
I'm reply to your inquiry Of the ST.
instant, will state that in company
with Dr. X. visited the school HOUSE.
this morning We examined 125 Of
the small children frem six 90 tea
years old. Fifty per cent OF them
showed evidence OF hook worm iufec-
ton. In the children from the TOYS
the per cent. is not so high-perhaps
30 to 40 per cent, while in thosp from
the country it will run from 60 10 -
per cent. There is a strip 81 sandy
country lying north Of town whsr~
DR.. A. has done considerable work in
this line. II is his opinion that b.
tween IS and So per cent OF the chill
dren living in that district are n
fected. Taking the children az
whole, more than 80 per cent. in this
are infected"
The medical fraternity IS aroused.
and is preparing the way to get at the
root of diseases and II their efforts
to meet with success they
will soon have as perfect a physical
type of man as Adam was when D.
was driven out of the garden OF para.
disc to battle with the world