The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10
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Ter we must make provisions
the most fundamental nr;ro,-, ="
civic economy-preservat % =.
Automobile fire fighting apnara,a
correct sewerage fine streats
not counter ba ance the benefit 4,
rived by giving out tubercu,ar
lance.
from the report of the Indiana ST.
Medical association quote hrioe,
The purpose of these public institn
lions is both therapeutic and Cd
tional. In large per cent of tho
es brought under treatment re,so.,
early the disease may be arrested a.,
the patient again put upon his ,oa.
But more than this, he is sent mn.
enthusiastic and trained missionary .,
the fresh air doctrines and of Tho no.
essity and meth DIS of preventing N,
spread of infection. They serve an.
ether purpose in that, by removir.
from the homes, especially OF the moo
the source Of Infection, and that dur
ing the period of danger, they lesson
the spread of the disease. Tins ON,
cottages would serve the triple mr.
pose, prophylaxis, education and eff
cient treatment
And again (Cornet) what an amopp,
of pain and distress of social misery
is due to the fact that families. hav-
ing lost their support. sink into pau
Derism. and eventually fall back unon
the charity of our hospitals (not COM
mulity) and aside from the monetary
question, what an amount of moral nm.
doing and wrong is visited upon ST..
cIefy through the fact that Children
ave been robbed of their mother and
Of the educative influence of home
Look at the orphan asylums-how
many of their inmates have lost their
parents through tuberculosis?
On the other nand our hospitals are
unable to take care of inebrites Whe,,
We permit them to be made sc by the
free sale of alcohol by saloons ard
drug stores, we should at least make
provisions to take care of them The
drunkard as you know, is thrown into
q prison cell and when perhaps sober
the next day appears before the mag
istrate and gets mis- fine II he Is less
fortunate however. and develops de-
lerium tremens, he gets a straight
jacket and can rave himself to reason.
Neither of our hospitals can ar-
commodate them whether pauper or
not and usually they are. While ne
have busily been fighting tuberculosis
we are in danger of forgetting how to
prevent conditions which make tn
bercuIosis possible In Senate docu-
ment No. Is, a plea for rationai treat
ment of inebriates in hospitals, C. A.
Rosewasser cites strong arguments f1r
hospital treatment of inebrites as
means of preventing insanity, di-eas-
ed and degenerate offspring, ard ce-
tendency and crime New Jerseys
commission on dependency and crime
reports as follows: We desire to call
attention to the Importance of hospi-
tai treatment for persons who are az
flicted with the h, itual addiction to
alcohol, so they may be scientifically
treated and restored to health. 1t is
the consensus of opinion that our pre-
sent method of dealing with the drunk
ard who falls into the hands of the law,
as he is very apt to do, is barbarous
and inhuman, and is a relic of the
Dark Ages. Punishment for drunk
enness has been ineted out for CEN
turtles, and has been proven an absolute
failure. Why should this method be
allowed to continue when there Is a
more rational method of dealing with
these unfortunates, many of whom,
through heredity and environment, are
more sinned against than SHINING
method is full of darkness and des-
pair. Hospital treatment for these
unfortunate is incalculable value as
saver of men and women, and a great
financial gain in the end.
1t is equally regrettable that the
venerably infected cannot be properly
treated at our hospitals, but he is per-
mitted to drift with his disease trans
uniting this blight to the third ana
fourth generation and as 80 per cent
of young men take the first fatal step
when under the influence of liquor IL
seems but fair and honest to nave
the city take care of them by estaD-
fishing a free dispensary or to provide
hospitals with funds to do so. II IS
loves labor lost to us as a profession
to treat these cases save in hospitals
so per cent never pay, and when we
attempt to collect by law the court al