The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-05-19
SUMTER. s. G.. WEDNESDAY MAY 10 1900 :
osLER DISCUSSES pHTHIsIs.
Noted Physician Talks of Combating
White Plague-Cannon Defies His
Old Age Theory.

losiS Is no longer q problem Of the
doctors. that 1t probably will take two
or three generations to reduce its
ravages to the rate at which typhoid
fever has been regulated. and that the
public must be awakened to a greater
sense Of its responsibility. in combat
ing the disease, was the substance of
an address by Dr.. William Osler, the
noted physician Of Baltimore and OK
ford. England, before public meet
ing today Of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis. Other distinguished men
who spoke were British Ambassador
James Bryce and Speaker Cannon, of
the National House Of Representatives,
both of whom urged the fostering of
the idea Of childrens play grounds as
? means Of keeping them in the open
air as much as possible.
DR.. Osler congratulated the Associa.
ton on the work it had done, the
three principal things accomplished
having been, he said. the awakening
Of the public. the loosening up OF the
money bags Of the legislature and Of
the philanthropic persons. and the
enlistment of men and women who
are throughly in earnest in the cam
paign.
Three things remained to be done,
he said. first was to keep the public
awake. the second to obtain more
money, and the third to arouse the in
terest Of more men and women, be-
cause the campaign was no longer
one entirely for the doctors.
Whether tuberculosis will be finally
eradicated," he declared. sis even an
open question. 1t Is foe that Is very
deeply intrenched in the human race"
Ambassador Bryce praised the men
Of science because he said they belong
ed to all the people. The men of
science, he declared. were more of
link and bond OF union between peo-
Pies than even men OF letters who use
their pen not for the purposes OK pro-
tnnting Srisndship. hut elshes ~ pro-
noting suspicion and distrust between
different nations"
He gave numerous statistics regard
Ing the campaign In Scotland and Ire
land against the white plague, show
ing that as a result OF 1t the death
rate had been enormously reduced.
Speaker Cannon made a character
fstic talk and aroused the audience to
laughter when, turning to DR.. Osler.
he said:
'Dr. Osler. have reached the age
OF sixty-one, and shake my fist Ia
your face"
Dr. Osler laughed heartily Ut this
def OF his old age theory.
Speaking seriously. the speaker
hearkened back to the days OF his
childhood, when the science of xnedi-
cine was In its infancy. when bath
tubs were almost unheard OF, and
when the snow would sift through the
cracks OF the clap-boards OF the eoun-
try home and cover those iyfng i'm bed
before the time for rising.
I'VE had plenty of fresh air, then,
on the Wabash and everywhere ON the
frontier before the railroads game and
we did not have to construct open
porcheS," he said
Schsosl children who are predesposed
to berculosis should be segregated
from SdS.aer pupils and taught IN sep
arate reoms, and especially equipped
for OPEN air instruction. according to
DR.: A. u. Poland. superintendent Of
educatioA, Newark, n. j., wine deliv-
cred the principal address at tcnights
session. dealing with the subject, "Tu-
berculosls and the Schools
DR.. H. j. Janeway, of New York.
was elected president Of the Aasocia-
ton.