Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-01
Parents Glass Advised
How to Prevent Disease

DR. A. n. Hanson delivered the fol-
owing lecture before the parents
.lass of the Third ward. Salt Lake
city. Utah. on Sunday, Dec. &c. His
sencrar subject was the preventing
81 disease. D. II Roberts stenograph-
c report of the lecture, which
S one of a series by DR. Hanson,
follows:
1 am reminded this morning that 1t
IS almost the anniversary of the birth
Of the Prophet Joseph. [ am also re-
minded that 1t is very nearly the
anniversary of the introduction to the
world of vaccination as the means for
the prevention of smallpox 1t was
not until 1898 that the. world was
startled somewhat by the announce
ment that what up to that time had
been a Scourgc upon the earth could
be prevented by the localization OF the
disease 10 one spot, Since the begin
ming of time almost disease has been
known in the world, also that
certain diseases were not followed by
occurrences or second attacks. Those
who had had smallpox didn't fear the
disease again. They felt fairly safe in
being present during an epidemic of
would not have. the disease again.
Some of them were fooled; some were
mistaken. 1t did recur. Some have it
twice, and 1 know one man who says
he has had il thrice
While typhoid fever is a disease
which has been known practically
since the beginning of time in the
world few have 1t the second time.
very few. You all know the diseases
of childhood are--not apt to recur In
children. That the scarlet fever seldom
recurs, that child may have 1t twice;
that measles is like unto scarlet fever,
that German measles, is another which
seldom recurs after one attack. 1t was
this popularity that brought to early
thinkers in the world the idea that
something might be done to prevent
these diseases. that mankind should
not suffer their ravages. Many Ideas
were advanced as to various preven-
tive measures. but as the cause of the
various diseases at that time was un-
known, or the causes were unknown.
and diagnoses could not be based
upon a rational theory of basis.
IMMUNITY.
We find certain substances in the
blood after certain diseases which did
not exist there before these diseases
We find certain powers developed by
diseases. which power did not exist be-
fore this disease. We know that
bacteria producing disease produces
certain material which when taken
into our bodies. or gets upon our
bodies. has certain effects; that to
protect itself. to survive against this
material. our bodies in turn manu-
facture something that neutralizes or
antagonizeS this product of bacteria.
If any of you have been bee keepers,
you know that you can become I'M
mune to the sting of bees. / had an
old friend some years ago down in
southern Utah who declared that the
bees-he was a bee keeper-wouldn't
sting him. He seemed to go freely
among his hives, exceedingly familiar
he seemed with his bees. They would
light upon him: he could handle them.
He said they didn't sting him; they
seemed to know him. He had been
stung and StunG many times. in the
old meaning of the word. and he had
become immune to the toxine. to that
particular poison which is thrown out
with the sting of the bee.
The snake charmers of India for
countless generations have become i'm
mune to. the bite of the cobra The
toxine or poison of that most deadly
serpent acts upon them as so much
oil: by the injection into their bodies
OF minute amounts OIL lnlSs INCREASING
the amount from time to time, has
produced an effect upon their bodies
that the cells of their bodies produce
an anti toxine. or substance which
neutrallzes that most deadly poison.
That has happened in America where
the rattlesnake is found in every
quarter, where you Will find num-
erous individuals who are immune to
the bite of the rattlesnake.
POISON AGAINST POISON.
And so with disease, that any organ
ism producing a poison that Will give
reaction or action within our bodies
to survive against this, will take on a
new function. will develop a side to it
that 1t did not have before. will pro-
duce an anti-toXine against that trou
BILE. There were many before 1893
who did not fear smallpox because they
declared they had had COW pox. The
medical history gives the account Of
many of these individuals. I think it
was about 1776 that we get about the
first of these over in Holland, In Bel