The Washington herald., 1909-05-12
SCIENTISTS OFFER
DISEASE REMEDIES
Or. 0sler at Convention of
Physicians in Willard.
MIND CURES ARE RIDICULED
Dr. Thomas N. ROtch, of Boston, Dis
eusses Methods TO Protect Early
Life, and Declares Children should
Not Be Allowed 10 Work Simply Be
cause They Have Attained Age.

With a combined dinner and smoker.
the first days sessions Of the twenty
fourth annual convention Of the Associa-
ton Of American Physicians closed last
night at the Willard
Following the repast the red room was
darkened. and for two hours the sci
entists listened 20 addresses. illustrated
with lantern slides. dealing with techni-
cal experiments.
Among those who attended the informal
banquet were physicians distinguished in
the United States, England. Canada.
and other countries. DR.. William Osler.
formerly OF Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. and at present a member Of
the faculty az oxford University, was in
attendance
Dealing with disease IN all forms. and
submitting suggestions that would aid
the medical profession 10 successfully
combat the dread bacilu Of tuberculosis,
cancer. and other foes OF health. the
physicians were IN session for more than
eight hours yesterday.
At the morning session the following
message was received from Nathan
StTaus:
New York, May i. 1909
''DE George n KOber- Washington. D c.:
You were one Of the first 10 prove 10
the world that typhoid. scarlet fever
and diphtheria epidemics were often
caused by infected milk Dr- Schroeder
and others have proved the responsibility
OF milk for much Of tuberculosis. IN
the interest Of human life VIII the AssO-
cation Of American Physicians declare
UnequivocaIly for measures that viii stop
the dissemination OF death by infected
milk? Ny eighteen years experience
proves that II Is criminal folly 70 use raw
mix of doubtful purity when # can be
made safe by pasteurization-
The first order Of business this morn
ing viii be the election OF officers for the
year. Following this transaction. The
reading Of scientific papers VIII be begun.
and discussion viii continue until O'Clock
in the afternoon
What was probably the most notable
feature Of the proceedings yesterday was
the address OF Dr. Victor G. Vaughan.
CT Ann ArbOr. Mich. president Of the
association. Taking for his subject The
physical basis Of life" DR.. Vaughan dis
cUssed the vari0us theories that have
agitated the scientific world IN recent
years.
He declared the Emmanuel movement
was a duaHstic doctrine, which was as
oid as the philosophy OF Plato.
1t always has been and remains to-
day a dogma without scientific support
and as q hypothesis, Il has led 10 the
discovery Of TO scientific fact" he said
Every attempt 10 apply this influence
70 the treatment Of disease had led 10 the
development Of conscious Of unconscious
chsTlatanism and resulted IN more or
less marked atavlsm.
Dr. Vaughan ridiculed the idea that the
brain or mind controlled the body and
that Il was superior 10 matter He failed
70 find anything in the doctrine 10 justify
the founding OF a new cult.
Mind Cures RfdicuIed.
That medical observation showed i'm
pulses may be started in the brain
through any OF the five senses. and that
the profession had for centuries employ
ed this physiological principle in the
treatment Of disease. was the concluding
argument Of Dr. Vaughan
Al address that received enthusiastic
applause marked the opening Of the night
meeting DIT. Thomas II. Rotch. Of Bos-
ton. demonstrated with slides, the success
that attended his efforts IN studying the
development Of bones in children. His
observations were made by means OF the
Roentgen rays with a view OF establish
ing q developmental index for the grading
OF. and the protection Of early life.
Re has selected the wrist as the index
OF development Of the entire skeleton
Experiments proved. he said. that the
female sex develop more rapidly than the
male sex
Touching On the question OF child labor.
DR.. Rntch asserted that no child should
be allowed TO work simply because Il
rad reached the age Of twelve or four
teen years.
There IS TO relation between the de-
veiOpment OF the brain and the develop
ment Of the body" he explained Ny
Investigations lead ne 10 suggest that
children should be graded according 10
the stages Of their development rather
than according 10 their chrouoloEic age
I would divide this gradatiOn into three
clssses-namely. the physiolOgic age. the
--e--NA---N 1--AN tic UAltf-DAACGA
Following an address by Dr.. T. L Par
ker. Of Baltimore, Dr.. George NJ Kober.
of this city, gave an illustrated lecture on
The general movement OF typhoid fever
and tuberculosis In the last twenty-five
years"
He said the general facts appeared 10
indicate that II spite Of the many factors
concerned in the dissemination OF typhoid
fever, the water supply plays the most
important role in the spread Of the
disease. The decrease Of typhoid in the
District he attributed TO the better sani-
taTy Improvement installed here since
1850. Dr.. F. G. Novy. Of Ann Arbor. and
Dr. Louis B. Wilson also made brief ad-
dresses.
To-day's Programme.
The programme outlined for to-day fol-
lows:
The resenblanoes between tie clinical effects .,
= '3a' 90. a2a nm, l5snins0oOo7as infections Rob
Tbs present status q the ssruna treatment n
Epidemic oe7ebro-splnal meningitis. Simon F7exrsr
New Tork.
A s5stsmatic oompa-tsoa - radio~-apss q. cz5,-
Is1s With autopsy findings" Francis H. Williams /
'Respi7tcTy variations q the iut-7tbmzrie r-g.- I
SIRE. ;. ! Aeltze- ard john Aue-. New Y0-S
HypsTplssla z t5e hsenGynra nodes .. Aff-a5 I
-cott Wsrthirs. Ann Arbor.
Further stcdies os the di-o-5e- - -,
% intense heat" David L Edsal. pbls5e]-i;,
A small epidemic q iauniice win s--n,to-,- -
7zs-r'-intestl1lal oataTb. F. l. Barker. S1s5ar 4
nd C3ouEh, Balfimcra.
The value q the WaSseTmann rsac+io- IN I
,sEiiac and vascular dissase." joseph CoIlins and
3. Sachs New York.
AFTERNOON SESSION. P II
r.
-anrgnous diphthera, ". Il TbrnsrD y
fcrk.
The cznmidge reaction II experimental rszs,-.
Refreshing, /
Non-AIcohoIje