The Greeley tribune., 1909-02-24


time came back with one arm and
one limb paraiyzed. The doctor dis
covered that 1t was not paralysis but
the old hysteria, revived In another
form, and he decided to use the
patient In the clinic to demonstrate
how some of the old time miracles
were performed. The class was as
sembled and the doctor used a bat
terry on the supposed paralyzed limbs.
The boy was then moved about
roughly until he forgot which side
was paralyzed. and was commanded
to stand on his good leg. He did so.
not knowing that he was standing
upon the limb supposed to be dis
eased. and in few minutes they
had him trotting around as we'll as
ever. 1t was not the boys body.
but his mind that was diseased and
needed training.
Dr. Pershing told OF the we'll es-
tablished truth that malaria and yell
low fever. which for years were
known as chills and ague, are the
result OF a mosquito bite, and that
1t is impossible for a human being
to contract either OF these fevers
In any other manner. The only So
luton OF the problem is to keep
the mosquito from biting an affected
person or In preventing an affected
mosquito from innoculating a healthy
person. The mortality from this
cause has been reduced in Cuba and
the southern states from many thous-
ands. to such an infinitisimal num-
ber that the disease Is practically
wiped out. The faith doctors had
been telling the yellow fever pa
tients that there was no such thing
az pain for the true child Of God,
but the quantity or quality OF faith
didn't seem to stop the yearly epi-
demic. until science came along and
destroyed the parasite. The doctor
thought 1t was much easier to kill
a mosquito than to place 80 great
an obligation upon the mind.
For many years 1t was noticeable
that the poorer class Of people of
the south were languid, pale. with
out ambition and from no apparent
cause were dying of by hundreds.
They were supposed to be lazy. But
It has recently been discovered that
they were affected with germ
known as the hook worm" It en-
tered their system through their
bare feet. finding easy access to the
blood between the toes, and finally
reached the intestinee. whre It found
the proper environment to propagate.
Science has discovered these and has
also discovered that a dollars worth
of drug. together with a fair amount
of epson salts, will effect Il speedy
cure.
The time will come when the gov
ernment will spend less money upon
the care of wild animals, and great
deal more upon the lives and health
of It's people Some time In the fu-
ture all doctors will be government
and surely the saving of
lives and elimination OF pain is a
public service of greater Importance
than carrying mail. When that time
arrives the men OF science will find
more opportunity in their race for
bread to search the vast unknown
and the deeper the research, the
more glory will adorn the name Of
the physician.
1t has been said that America is
making towards regime of titled
aristocracy. The humblest will not
object, II it is based upon the merit
system. When that comes to pass
the man who discovered the germ
of yellow rever and saved countless
thousands of lives will take prece'
dence over the admiral Of the navy
or the general of the army. Then
also will q new rung be added tc
the ladder for the mighty brain that
surmounts the great white plague