Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-24

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raj conditions it has been considered
scarcely more than a harmless nu
sancc. But in his recent Investigations
d.. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of
Entomology of the Agricultural De-
partmcnt ut Washington, finds il a
most dangerous insect, being Il carr Ter
81 typhoid and other bacteria Of all
the known Intestinal diseases The
typhoid bacillus, fed to 4 fly, becomes,
1t Is SAID, virulcnt iy-srecll Food
supplies. contemplated by lilies that
have been in touch with typhoid pa
ticnts. spread disease with alarming
results. The Merchants Association OF
New York, in recent report based
upon numerous observations, shows;
that deaths from intestinal diseases
rise above tlic normal as soon us flies
become prevalent. eliminate when flies
swarm III greatest number, and grauu-
ally Lessen with the disappearance o.
these insects TO rid Il city, town, or
rural district Of the house or typhoid
ily by screening whatever it lives upon
is lesson that thE young doctor
should inculcate and insist upon in CIV
cry home he enters. Already in some
communities the absence Of screens
stiSnatizes the ftmly. Always speak
OF 1t as tho typhoid fly" whose buzz
zing like the rattle of q snake precedes
the deadly virus. With little care and
slight expense barns and out -houses
can he protected as well as the dining
| room, and in ten years from the time
you settle in 4 community the visible
results of your labor will be not less
& nj, mi
bronze or marble statue.
When | was in college there lived in
brunswick Il short, heavy-set, uncouth.
dcformcd man, sometimes gruff and
sometimes rough, whose conspicuously
large head filled with gray matter,
was not half 50 large as his great
heart, packed with love for humanity
If DR. John ID. Lincoln ever sent a bill
t. poor student / never heard of it.
If he ever failed to frown upon an
unnanly act, l never heard Of that
either. If there We're foul places,
breeding pools of disease or reforms
needed, he was the first to let fly his
eXpletlves and lead in their correction.
lie knew by name nearly every man,
woman and student in town, and in q
single days canvass driving about in
an Old open wagon, he could bring a
majority with him into town meeting
He stood for everything that brought
health to man, beauty to the Village,
and fair name to the State Yester-
day morning I made my regular an
nual visit to his grave, and felt that |
was honorinS myself by standing I'M
covered in the presence of his dust He
did NOT hnnpIpn far,
Ia2car, but his life was spent in Civ
ing cups of water, and he lives among
the stars in the armament, which shine
the brightest whenever darkness blinds
the peoples pathway, bringing to their
minds his helpfulness in great emer-
gcncies.
In Buffalo several physicians--somc
of them called to the bedside of the
dying Mc'kinlcy-are conspicuous for
their interest in the city's welfare One
gives closest attention to the trees that
make our town the Queen City of the
Lakes. Another will ever be remem-
bcrcd as the inspiration of a movement
looking to the enlargement and better
housing of the University of Buffalo
third finds great enjoyment in eX-
tending its parks that the little chill
dren may have Fairgrounds of grass
and shade nearer their home; while a
fourth, most charming and delightful
soul, seeks to make family life more
joyous. | do not know who is gar
nerinS the largest share of laureIs Per
haps one tree man is more widely ad-
VcrtlSed, because the eye of the re-
porter cannot penetrate that little Of
nee at midnight, after patients have
been phySiced and put to bed, into
which half of Il dozen friends have
gathered to discourse upon the ways
and means of buying q larger campus or
founding chair of literature or his
tory. Nor is he less esteemed who cOun-
sells and warns against poisoning our
school children with bad air, bad water
aud lad food, the three Bs that ac-
count for 90 per cent. of the unncccs-
sary deaths. He never misses a chance
of talking to q graduating class of
High school boys and girls, or of max
ing the personal acquaintance of local
and state legislators, who are too apt
to grind down appropriations, which
are made not so much that some may
become well as that none may become
i'll. What do you want of laws to
DltfNiie loihS bclHS SIGN. he was once
asked, amt that the way you make
your livng?" 70 the doctor it recalled
the question of the Tipperary Irishman
VIII" had killed a man by breaking his
head with Il shillalah. The post
morten had disclosed very thin
skull. When asked if he had anything
to say why sentence of death should
not ne pronounced, he replied: Il have
nothing to say, Yer Honor; but I'd like
to ask one question. What the divil
was man with head like that doing
in Tippcrary?"
Sometimes I have thought the fam
lily doctor, his face radiant with good
nature. is the most helpful man in the
profession. Good cheer and substantial
hope enter with him. He understands
human nature, and lightly touches the
heart chords until their vibration
starts new tune in the household. He
IS called to sec wife. She is pale
and wan and tired. OF course her hus-
band is solicitous. She is as much a
part of him as his foot or hand or eye.
He couldn't get on without her He is
probably moro tender of her than he is
OF himself, because, perhaps, he has he
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