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

Ter bacillus, discovered In 1884. Diph-
; liberia Is n preventible disease. Anti
toxin. when injected early In the dis
ease and in sufficient dosage. may be
relied upon to effect a perfect cure,
! Isolation of patients must be insisted
upon. Used as pTophylactlc. II is
| equally successful. In Chicago during
the last ten years, the death rate rom
| diphtheria has fallen 70.2 per cent
owing to the free distribution aud use
| of anti-toNin.
Scarlet Fever.
Another preventable disease. all too
common In this intermountain region,
| is scarlet fever. While the causatiye
agent has not as yet been discovered,
yet in all probability. it is due 10 an
agent which can readily be COPIED
with. For prevention, strict quarantine
must be compulsory. All discharges
disInfccted or destroyed. and rooms
, formerly occupied by patients careful
| ~ fumigated | believe that street
cars should be fumigated once every
two weeks Medical inspection of
schools. has played an important part
in limiting the spread OF this disease
and also of diphtheTia, Six weeks
| luuol tldJSt UtlDIt a tUllu Sdu DG dl-
lowed 10 return TO school Streptoc-
occc vaccine. as a curative and pre-
yeDtive agent. has been carefully trici
by Goodell and Banks but no salts
factory results were obtained.
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
One of the most dreaded diseases
of children. Is cerebro-Spinal-meni
gifts. due to the diplococcus intracel-
lularis of Weichselbaum. The death
rate from this disease has been as
! high as 20 to 90 per cent The results
of the use OF Flexners anti-meniugo-
coccus serum. have been so excellent
that It is probable that in this serum
We have a remedy as effective as
anti-toXin is In diphtheria.
As a prophylactic against tctanus.
anti-tctanic serum, is n specific. In all
up-lo-date hospitals its use in all pune
tured wounds has become a routine
practice, especially on the Fourth of
JULY
BY the treatment Instituted by Pas
teur. hydrophobia can he prevented.
even though some time has elapsed
since the bite
The fearful death rate in India. from
the bite of snakes. especially the cob
ra reaching the high figure OF 10000
annually. has been largely cut down
by the use of anti-venin injections In
/ stltuted by Calmette.
Cancer Battles.
The disease about which VIC know
the least. as TO its cause and nature.
/ and which has as yet baftled the skill
OF Investigators. is cancer IL is be-
! coming more and moro virulent and is
apparently on the increase Bryant,
| in a recent article. however. states that
The undoubted increase in human
! longevity OF recent time. adds many TO
! the list of those who. from augmented
wears, fall within the age limit OF can.
Ger attack The microbIc origin is
suspected. but as yet all efforts 10
provo II have failed The time Is AT
hand. however when prevention alonS
| lines not yet know, viii arrest this
! terrible disease. Early diagnosis and
prompt medical, or II need be. sur
| gical interference. are essential to the
safety of the patient.
ApopIexy.
] may be treading surgical ground.
II | mention three diseases or condi-
tons, where surgery has come to the
aid of medicine. The results of Cush-
ings' operative work upon the brain
in cases Of hemorrhage, have been so
remarkable that I believe the time is
at hand when all cases of apoplexy
| will be handed over at once nv the
physician to the surgeon, for immedl-
ate operation. | believe the almost
universal fatality of this condition
can be reduced, at least so per cent.
Diseases Of Kidney.
The results OF Edebohls' operation
upon the kidney, In chronic diseases
of those organs. have been such that
today. It holds out almost the only
hope for relief for these sufferers
EdebohIs himself says, "As n result
of my experience, ! am able 10 affirm
that renal decapsulation. performed
early in the course OF chronic nephri.
It's, and In the absence Of compli~l
tons. is almost free from danger in
expert hands, and is well nlgn a per-
feet cure"
Operations on Heart.
So many cases of successful exter-
nal operations upon the heart. have
been recorded in the Journals latel-.
that ! believe II is possible aud prob.
able that the time wiIi soon come
f-when this orGan will be opened, and