Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-11-01
LECTURE GIVEN
TO BIG CROWD
DH. MCCORMACK PLEADS FOI,
LOWERING on DEATH RATE.
TYPHOID is A DISGRACE
II win Also soon BE u Disgrace to
Have a Fly In the lIOusc--ShOuld
Act ~ "a Unit,

The plea for the formation of an.
nHsociatlon between the doctors and
The people of the city tor the proven
.uuu of disease ana the lowering o
,hc death rate. was the subject pro
per of an interesting address dcllv.
crcd sunday afternoon at the High
School auditorium boy Dr. j, n, Me.
.Cormock Of Bowling Green, Ky,
president OF the American Medical
Association,
An agitation for the securing OF
laws TO confront the situation before
the medical profession was another
pea made by Dr Mccormack A
plain. startling statement uf facts
gathered In Oklahoma ana other
satcs was given the big audience
which for the first time was given
Information alotg important tuo-.
I'm oklahoma last year there We're
GG3 deaths which doctors could have
prevented by timely warning, H'ho
state health department Is doing 4
great work along this line said Dr.
Mccormack and needs TO be en-
cmragcd with more funds and the
cooperation OF the county medical
societies, In this state there were
coo deaths from typhoid out of over
I 100 cases.
1T Is u disgrace to any family 10
lpnnouncc to the public that a case Of
| Typhoid fever Is found In the family.
| The germs which 'causc the disease
come from the bowels and the Kid
| ncys of the people who have the dis
ease. and II is just as Impossible to
contract II In any other way as II IL
tor wheat to grow without seed. The
water supply Is another cause, and
| the fly is often factor which needs
| Iguardlng against That day Is not far
ldistunt when II viii be a disgrace "a
allow a fly to be seen in the home
! Another way of carrying the germ u!
| through the unClcan milk dairy
The speaker commended the medl'
|Cul measures introduced by Senator
Robert l.. owen of oklahoma, HC
declared that the association haC
| been working for years to get such a
measure introduced but had failed,
The medical profession, he said
Iearly In his address, was one in Whica
| KNOCKERS abounded. but through the
associations work and the campaign
Iof education the profession WIS en-
| gu gcd in common cause of nullify-
ing disease and fighting the common
| enemy
In the evening ~. Mccormack
addressed the Tulsa County Medica-
ton Association members and their
wives In the parlor of the Robinson
hotel Some plain truths about the
profession were told by the lecturer
Irhc fires of envy, jealousy and ha-
tired in the ranks of the profession
he said should be killed Off ana the
doctors act ms unit, The society
4 he said. had become the clearing
Ihou5e for the communi,y's physicians
! in matters pertaining to the health Of
the public. Doctors who failed 20 at
ltcnd the soCict"s meetings were con-
! dcmncd by the speaker as being un-
Illt tn practice medicine,
Courses for postgraduate study
were outlined and 1t is probable that
they win be acted upon favorahly
Ihy the medical society
In his afternoon address Or, Me-
I lCormaCk advocated union meetings
OF the teachers doctors, MINISTERS
land business men 10 discuss such top
les as were suggested by the lecturer
| Mayor Martin was instructed, ms sec
rctary of the meeting, to appoint a
commttcc OF six to take up the mat
tier and arrange for the meetings sug.
| lgcstcd by pr. Mccormack.