The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-15
SPEAKER NOT
READY TO DROP
OFF THE EARTH
Amusing incident During the
Discussion of tuberculosis
in Washington.
DR.. OSLER'S OPINION AS
TO WHAT is NECESSARY
DANGER TO CHILDREN FROM
MILK OF INFECTED CATTLE
DECLARED oVERRATED.

Washington May 1i.-Speaker Cannon Is
not a bit afraid If Or. Osler and his old
age theory. He told Dr. Osler so today
during an address before the National AS
sociation for the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis.
Or. Osier. ] have reached the age Of
sixty-one. and ] shake my fist in your
face" he said.
Or. Osler laughed heartily a this def
Of his oid-age theory
Tie sneaker hardened back TO the DAYS
OF his childhood when bathtuhs were al
most unheard OF and when the snow "oulu
sift in and cover those lying III beu-
I'VE had plenty Of fresh air Lnen on tlie
Wabash and everywhere on the frOuucr
before the railroads. he said.
Mr. Cannon favored more PLAY grounds
for children. but urged that the leslsldtoF
he Dealt with gently if be did not DO every
thing wanted Of him.
Or. osler's Address.
Df. Osler in his address said tuberculosis
no Longer was a problem of the doctors
and thar il probably would take two or
three generations to reduce its TaNaBes 10
the present rate of typhoid.
DR.. Osler congratulated the association
on having awakened the public, leBisla-
lures. philanthropists and physicians.
Three things remained TO be done said
DIT. Osler. The first was 20 Keep the pCo-
lie awake. the second 20 OBTAIN more
money. and the tliTd to arouse the inter-
est of more men and women because the
campaign was no longer one entlfelY lot
the doctors
''Whethar tuberculosis will be finally
eradicatcd.- he declared. is even an open
question. but when We think OF what mas
been done i'm one generation now the NOR
tahty in many places has been reduced
more than 50 per cent indeed, i'm some
places 100 per cent It is battle of hope
with victory in sight
An overestimsted Danger.
That there is a tendency TO overrate the
danger to children from milk from tu-
berculosis cattle was the decided view eN-
pressed today. The subject was exhaust
lively treated i'm joint paper by DTS Hem
~ L. *. Shaw and Arthur II. Laird or
Albany. y. Y. who took the position that
the attention of tine public should not be
diverted from the great and real danger
or human contagion. IT, they argued tu-
berculosis milk was as Virulent as 80 many
declared. u was difficult to conceive how
any children a. an escaped Infection The
association of the child with tuberculosl=
parents or other consumpuves, they said.
was a matter of such Importance i'm tie
diagnosis as well as IN the prevention Of
the disease that every member OF a tuber-
cilosis family should ne examined as
matter of routine Children especially
were exposed to infection because Of their
irresistible impulse TO place everything in
their mouths
The Real Danger.
They pointed out the enormous danger
TO children in the home Of the tuberculosis
adult. Dust from a room inhabited 10y d
consumptVe- they declared mao pesu
found viruieut for six weeks. towels
they said were a fertile source of infec-
ton.
That tuberculosis occurred more fire.
quently In artlficialiy ieq infants was ,,, an
other view expressed by them fhey
maintained. however. that this was not
necessarily an indication that the infec-
ton was always OF the bovine type and
contracted from the use of milk from tu-
berculosis Cows. They declared DoUtle fed
babies had a greatly lessened resistance
20 any Infection campaign against tu-
herculosis could only be waged with sue
cess they insisted. if its occurrence could
be prevented during childhood Drs- shaw
and Laird urged the association as such,
and Individually. to bend every effort 10
prevent and arrest the spread of tuber-
culosis in children
Resolution Voted Down.
A resolution was presented by Health
Officer GreeRsfelder of St Louis. urging
Ahe creation of the office of secretary OF
health In the cabinet of the president.
Brigadier General GeOrgr \ stern oerE,
former Surgeon general Of The army, op-
posed the creation OF such an office. say
ing that he did not believe in having Il,--
iitiCal doctor I'm charge Of the nation s
health. The resolution was laid on the
table by a decisive vote. and substitute
adopted pledging the associations support
TO a proposition for the Capitalization OF
the governments health activities.
tiles.
The following officers were elected to
serve the ensuing year.
President-Dr. +. J. Jaueway. New York.
First vice president-Edward T. Devine.
New York
Second vice president-Dr. Henry Sewell.
Denver.
Treasurer-Dr. George N. Sternberg.
Washington