The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14
DR.. MAYER GIVES
LEARNED LECTURE
DISTINGUISHED MEDICAL MAN
SPOKE On HEALTH AND HN-
GIESE AT COLLEGE On
MONDAY NIGHT.
Gives Valuable Enfornation Co1eeF1-
ing Contagious Di~~@~e~> And
Tells How Ia PrrVenE the
Spread of the Sane


OF Health. delivered = lecture o.
OF the Industrial Institute and CO..
lege Monday night. aud was greeted
By a large aud brilliant audien encs<
+ The entertainment was opened wtfh
a vocal solo ay Miss Ma-tis Loa
Brown. the accomplished mistress ~
vocal music at the colleke. Mss
Brown vas in superb yoice. aud ths
delightful manner IN which she sanx
charmed and e1thraIied her hearers
aud put them IN a receptive mood. -
they were enabled tn tisten wlth close
attention and thoroughly assiuilzse
the Information given by Dr- Mayer
in his lecture. which was along teSa-
meal lines and more OF less didaSflc
in its tendencies.
The object % the lecture tour -
70 instin in the people the necessity
Tor paving the proper attention -
hy gienic laws aud urgiug them "a
promote health and Insure longevity.
not only hy being carefGl ia reE@rd
10 what they eat. but by having their
Surroundings absolutely clean &od
free from infection.
DR.. MAYER. Who Was Introduces O.
the audience by nr. 81. ~. ipscomb.
the efficient health oaiccr of LoWndes
county. TOOK up a number of coataE-
iOus and infectious diseases. told hoe
the disease germs were prop1 Ea[ed.
and gave valuable advice as 10 the
prevention and cure 90 these diseases
DIR. Mayer has had valuable experi-
ence as a yellow fever expert. aad q
good portion of his lecture vas DE-
voted 20 4 treatise or this much
dreaded plague He said thai sciense
had demonstrated beyond am cavif
and doubt that the ouly wag iu Whick
the veilow fever germ could D. prop
agated was through the mosquito.
and then only through those of the
female sex. Dr. Mayer explained thh
by drawings on the black board. IN
which he showed thar the recept$eig
in which the fever germ is deposited
is absent in mosquitoes of the male
sex He said that iu order t0 become
inoculated with the fever Eern The
mosquito must lmhihe the blood %
the patient during the first three DAYS
of illness. and that TIE period 10
which the germ could ba commuEi-
Gated 20 another person lasted only
twelve days. He denied that EGe vei-
low fever germ could De- propasatet
through personal wearing apparel or
bed clothing. stating that to his oWu
knowledge "a practical test had been
applied hy havlnE twenty-seven uis1
remain for tweuty-one DAYS iu apart
ments occupied hy rersous uha had
died from yellow fewer and having
them use the same bed cioshluE use1
by the patients. Not one at these mcn
vas attacked hy the fewer. whiie 90
4 like number who were placed in
perfectly clean quarters aud tnocu-
lated With the ecrm hy means % H.
tected mosquitoes. thlr three pcr
cent. suecumbed CD the dlseare-
That portion of DF. Nayers ieeturs
xhich Was devoted 90 tubercllosls
vas also very Instructive. He said
hat &c -as vain to assert that people
Affected wlth the disease could only
BE- cured bv eolug to Teaas and ofhe-
parts 90 the country where the cll-
mate Is equab,e. declarllE rhat theg
,ould regain their health sf home hy
.areful diet and a strict clscrEalcf
he only things uecessarF to cure
in It's luclple-t form
xere wholesome feed. atsolutelF
lean surroundings. freedou ffcU
are. and an abazdance of fsesh air.
He said these could D. secuFrG la ang
and that Ia was therefore
rain ana foolish for any enc aGlctea
xith consumption to felFe hcue il
rider 20 perfect a care
DR.. Mayer touched or several ether
subjects. bat lack 60 space
prevents detailed rCfereuce 70 each
natetr discussed He said that ths
Uphold germ was more Frequently
,rOpasated through ulIk tkaz o. Was
through any other sugrce. and ursc4
he people 70 very careful ato-t the
nHk which thev drink. Geclarl-E thai
m milk should come frcm COWS ac-
.oiutely free from tueercuios-s- ald
advised that ar milk unt subjected
o Official Inspection 81 sleriiire1 b.
he Pastsur process ia the hcme De-
ore being served 60 uemteFs q tEf
amiiy.
At the close 81 the iscture Prezi-
lent whitneld thanked Dr. Mayer Tor
ne valuable advice ~ had niwrn. AnG