The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1909-01-08

kili--uSua1ly after many yearS--by
slow death. And what Ii the causer
All. the physician Is expected to cali
the contributing cause the active in
nuence, while the active force is hid.
den In the cuff Of ones conscience
until after the funeral, for the sake
of the family or for the names sake
of the corpse! It seldom appears on
the certificate or reaches the Boar
OF Health. II the truth leaks out, Il
is known by the few. Is soon forgot.
ten. and we rightfully spare the
dead. Venereal disease of the blood
In It's denouement Is termed apo
plexy; that Of the spine Is called 10
co motcr ataxia that Of the kidneys
Is termed acute or chronic Brights
disease. as the cnse may he; that OF
brain is notified into scftenirg: that
Of tie cpididymis is called female
stcrility; and who. may ! ask. can
deny that these terms are not accu
rate or true? Yet what a row OF
white sepulchres are these same dig.
nified guant funeral caballistic hier
og,pyhs! They cover what they dare
not disclose They iniur3 by their very
silence in the ncighbOrhOod Of cura
BILE misfortune or guilt.
May raise the corner Of the cur
tain? I see first--as I am a very
close observer Of venereal diseases--
read from case histories that are
supposedly not pregnant with vene
real coDditions-one young man
rs years under treatment for pu'
monary tuberculosis, a few day
later he had an apop'exy, which with
his pulmonary LESSONS, recovered
promptly under generous treatmcn'
of former venareal infection.
few davs before this case l recall a
still younger man Of. 30 requesting
treatment for more popular and
less dreaded, but no less serious in
lection. In spite OF careful instruc.
ton and informing literature placed
I'm his hands. that young man In
fected his eyes. OF which the sight
was preserved after strenuous and
exciting race between treatment and
permanent blindness. The oculist to
whom referred him tells me cas-
ual,y OF another Young man at that
time ~ hia care of equally good fam
Ally and supposedly equally good NOR
nj standipg-whatevn that may mean
trday--whose infection had spread
from the ayes hack to the sphenoid
cells. there. probably to remain un-
til death. the only affectative curs
separates the disease and It's victim
Again, q lal of "a has just left my
care with the knowledge that. as tn =
result of a venrral infection of sew
cral wears ooO he has onlv on
chance of children by his affianced
wife. IT an operation falls to re-
store the now prizei function. he
faces tho necefsit' OF a frank avowal
cf his state. or the old story--the
"sacrifico of th' woman to the pas
sicn Of the man"
Theso are the experiences OF one
fortnight IN the practice Of n student
C. med cinc whose duties woul,
sunposedlY divert from him the op-
rnrtunity OF contact with vencrea'
disease. In verv fact, srcf patient
cCnfde only In their physician. and
ut times cennot be I'D TO the spec
ialist because the object of their
visit IL known to all as soon as the
enter his door. The genito-urinar;
snecialist can never control vrnerea
disease I'm all It's amifications, he
cause he comes In contact with onl
those patients who are intellieen
enough to place prompt cure before
all other considerations or such as
nre forced to apply in the sorrow OF
despair. while not day passes In
the doctors office without abundan'
cvidenco OF the results and often
times the living reality of the nj
most IMAGINABLE attendants are the
social evil.
Does ths social evil affect the
home?
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