The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-22

| OPINION DeIoTC tOn6s NhlN uldi uloedSt
of the heart, hitherto An absolutely
incUrsblc disease may be dealt win
surgically and with every probability
OF success
Venoreal Diseases.
I believe the same has come whom.
for the prevention of gonoThoea and
syphilis. We must deal with them,
even as VIC deal with tuberculosis by
publicity by educating the masses. as
10 the great danger OF those diseases,
10 life. As we'll as to health Rogers.
| OF Milwaukee. SAYS that over so per
cent OF young men in our cities con
i tract venereal diseases. which il Is diff
lcult TO cure. Matthews. OF Kentuc-
ky. states that So per cent ot all alb
dominal operations for pelvic diseases
Of women. are duo 10 these diseases.
Thousands of unborn babes arc an
nually killed by prenatal Infection.
| Thousands more die soon after birth.
Van der Veer. OF New York, estimates
that sterili,y in both man and woman
is due TO gonorrhoea.
The best prevention is education. as
10 how such diseases are acquired and
transmitted. Our patients must he
instructed as TO the great danger 10
others. and their tremendous respon-
slbllity for its transmission.
Blood Poisoning at Birth.
! While tho fall in the birth ratio Is
deplorable. yet there never was a
time. by The use of preventive meas
uTes. so few denths occur at tho time
of labor; thanks 10 the work OF Sem
elwcis in Hungary. and Holmes in
America. pueurperal sepsis rarely &C.
ours today, In hospital or private prac-
tlce. In his hospital. during 10 years.
Won Herff reported 1000 confine-
ments and not a case OF sepsiS. Pre-
vention of pregnancy Is all too COM
mon, and must be prevented. Child
less homes are on the increase. II
Is estimated that there are IN tho
United States. 2010 600 such homes.
One hundred years ago. children form
cd one-third OF the population whereas
today they are less than onc-fourth.
The mortality among infants is great
est, In the first year of life. 1t Is an
appalling fact that % per cent of all
deaths occur during the first ] . months
OF life and that so per cent of all chill
dren born die before they reach the
age OF years The cities show the
largest death rate.
Milk Should Be Pure.
The chief factor, that decides the
life or death Of an infant, is Its food.
Nothing can replace the natural food.
When this Is not available. no sub
Stltute can compare with cows milk
While overcrowding, poverty. intem-
peTance and the heat OF summer con
tribute to this high mortality. yet the
chief cause Is improper food. The
slaughter of the innocents Is due to
bacteria in the milk, These can be-
and must be excluded. The dairie5
should be rigidly inspected. the milk
properly cooled and all files excluded
The cows must be examined for tu-
berculosiS. by the use Of the tuberculln
test, and all CONS killed. that react
10 the test When the milk is in
doubt, it should be heated up to 100
degrees Tor 20 minutes. Milk Is an
admirable culture medium and local
epidemics of typhoid and scarlet fever
have been often traced to some infect
ed dairy A clean and safe milk can
be secured by educating the public
to the fact that the high death rate
among babies Is due to dirty milk.
Summer diseases among children are
preyentable.
ophthalmia ueonHtorum. is making a
great effort to obtain the proper leg
iSlation, leading TO the prevention OF
this disease. we. as physicians. by
the timely use Of Credes' method can
prevent infantile opbthalmia. 1t con-
Germs the state that not one child
shall be needlessly blind.
Vaccination AZ six months. compul.
| /, = ttFg.
measure against smallpox. need only
be mentioned.
Remove the Appendix.
Removal of the appendix, during
infancy OF early childhood, has been
advocated by several well known au-
thoritieS How many lives could be
ed and how much suffering pre-.
vented Dy an carly removal of this
no risk / believe It's removal woulu
be as common as vaccination ] re-
joce in the progressive legislation of
young children. especially those most
subject 10 neglect and abuse; for
juvenile courts. for the prevention of
child labor. and for the medical In
spection OF schools. This plays its
part in preventive medicine. The pub
TIC StubOlS III tNtIS idlS' tllN III Nulo
country are daily inspected and many
cases of contagious diseases are found
and sent home In many cities train
ed nurses make the first inspection
and all cases discovered Of contagious
diseases. are later seen by the medi-
cal inspector In New York in 1900.
1000 children were sent home for var
ious diseases. and many physical de-
fects were cradiceted
Preventing Diseaee.
The old adage. that AN ounce Of
prevention Is worth a pound OF cure"
has been fairly we'll grounded into tho
minds OF all progressive physicians,
bur to convince the laity, that such is
the case, appears 10 be a momentous
problem 1t has been my experience.
had the same. that there Is con-
stantly increasing number of individ-
uals who are adopting the plan of pre-
senting themselves TO their physic-
inns at stated intervals. not because
they think they are sick. but for the
purpose of being examined. TO ascer-
tain If their organs are sound. and
that their functions are being proper
ly performed This wOuld seem 20 in
dlcate that the importance OF the early
recognition OF the evidence OF disease
is being recognized. have several
times as the result OF such an exam.
nation. detected the beginning OF
somc chronic disease wholly msus-
lpected by the individual, and | am
positive that this discovery. followed
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