The Ordway new era., 1909-05-21
PREVENTION d !
TUBERCUlOa
SPEAKER CANNON HAS v,...
GUS TILT WITH ooc.
TOR osLsR.
oSlER IS oP1|M|q|
GREATEST DANGER TO cHuh
DECLARED TO BE .sso,'
TON WITH coNsumprwr,

a bit afraid OF DIR. osler and hL, u
theory. He told DIR. osler 50 ~
during an address before the y.,
Association for the Study O, r
iosis.
Doctor osler. have rea,.s I,
age OF sixty-one. and | shak. >,
in your face" he said.
DIR. Osler laughed heartily Al
def OF his old.agc theory.
The speaker harked back to a,
OF his childhood. when ba,h,vs
almost unheard of and when u.
would sift In and cover those b,,
bed.
I'VE had plenty Of fresh alr Il.
the Wabash, and cycryvkers n
frontier. before the railroads ku
Mr.. Cannon favored nor, !,
grounds for children but urged t.r
legislator be dealt with ggaly 4
did not do everything wanted 4
DR.. Osler In his address slI Il,
culosis no longer was a probe, II
doctors and that II probably Eys.1
two or three generations TO re..s
ravages to the present rate d III
DIR. Osler congratulated The Ia
ton on having accomplished tslm
ening Of the public, Legislature 4
anthropists, physicians.
Three things remained to ss ID
said DR.. Osler. The first vas %
the public awake, the second I. ,s1
more money and the third 10 ~
the interest OF more men and Va
because the campaign was 10 ~
one entirely for the doctors.
whether tuberculosis will v :
ly eradicated," he declared. Is Vs
open question. but when We til
what has been done in one getsa.
how the mortality In many p!aas
been reduced more than fifty pia
indeed In some places 100 p; q
it Is a battle OF hope with Tidr
sight"
That there is a tendency to uTs1
the danger to children from ma
tuberculosis cattle was the "a
view expressed by the speaker
Drs. Henry l.. X. Shaw and "A
T. Laird of Albany, y. T. tnt
position that the attention Of h'
lie should not be diverted i0-
great and real danger OF hunH
tagion. II, they argued,
culosIs milk was as viruleHt
many declared. 1t was difficult
ceive how any children ESCAPED
ton. A diagnosis Of tuberculOss
child by rational symptoms aloaS
contended. was impossible IN 'hsa
stages. They declared that the -
OF tuberculosis in the family @'
child was almost prior e'll'.sI
the presence of some form ol vi
losis. The association OF the caN
tuberculosis parents or othef "-
tives, they said, was a matter u
Importance in the diagnosis as ss
in the prevention of the diseas
every member of a tubercuioss
should be examined as matle'
tine. Infection during lie, 'ns
might take place through the
from food, but the infection lOl-
probably by far the most W.
route. Children especially sn
posed to infection because OIL W.
resistible impulse to place e'e''
in their mouths.
A resolution was presen .,
Health Officer Greensfelder oi ~ "a.
is, urging the creation OF tne si,. ua
Secretary Of Health in the law
the President.
mer surgeon general OF tne A
posed the creation Of such al
saying that he did not beiie'e
ing a political doctor in cha's'
/ nations health. A..
The resolution was laid OIL
by a decisive vote. IN
The following officers were
for the ensuing year: \
President, DR.. e. J. Jahes r.ss,d|
York; first vice president. hu
Devine, New York; second wi Wv,
dent, DR.. Henry Sewall, Den1
urer, DR.. George M. Sterno'
ingtOn.