The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-06-24
LOCAL BOARD
OF HEALTH
Ho,os MEETING AT 3osrEN UN.
pER AUSPICES OF LINCOLN
MEDICAL SOCIETY.

board OF health at the invitation OF
Rev. J. g. Livingston held an open seq.
sion at the Goshen church Sunday at
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There is being wageI warfare
on ali preventable disease thro Gh-
cut the civilized world
That much may be done AMI - being
done along these lines Is conceded
10th by the physician ard the fatty
The medical professiOh Is the on
ly profession Tor business that drives
custom away from itsel; by tcl'jng
clientele how to stay wed.
II is an unequal fight however ~
sooner or later both the doctor ADD
the ratient must answer - the death
summons at whose bar there is no
appeal OF writ of error Or na5cas cor
pus or new trial
II is a final decision which we ~,
dr, ID and all must niece. therc',Te
We as doctors and as patriUtI: Gil.
zsna are perfectly Willing to tell all
that il known OF how TO get well and
low to stay well.
There are many things which the
general public should know that Wo'l I'd
b. OF inestimable value &C. both the
patient and the doctor. a, for example
the destruction OF all excretions from
al latents and especially from those
aho have the most infectious diseases
sloh as tuberculosis, typhoid fever
pneumonia. d:ptheria, measles and
scarlet fever.
" does not require argument in this
enlightened age to prove That most
diseases are infectious VI con
tasious or both.
u Is DESTROYS at the Llnd OF both
thu ,.atient and the doctor. that many
cases OF accidental poisoning or Oth,r 2
a.sc that the laity know and use
the antidotes before the doctor ar
rives because In too man. cases il
Is INCREASINGLY too late when the dc
tor arrives.
o., OF the most coa,EIon pO's0ns
Is catbolic acid and the anltdots Is
ir the camphor bottle AMI as the ,lch ,
hi OF whisky which it contains.
The antidote Tor arsenic is iron rust
from any source but an old rusty
siovc pipe is to be borne ir mind.
The antidote for commoa I've IS
v'tCgar to be followed b. an emciic.
to, ucntine used In WOUNDS is npe We
rigkt continue this indefinitely but
feat OF encrouching on too much vaiU'
able space. will not be too elaborate.
At this Sunday afternoon SER ice |
, mere Bro Livingston presided and
where the Gospel Of good hsal,h WAS
p'sLched DR.. VI. NJ. Phillips the |
~ ..Ident OF the Lincoln Medical So
ei,:, read highly entertaining rar'r
on tuberculosis its early ,oSnit'onl
and prevention.
lie pointed out the sanitary iaNs
OF health and hygiene. Eo told how
{, get well in the early stages ana
to stay we'll How the patiert M 4
I,,. IN the open air and I'd eat III"
t,os, nutritious diet and To destroy
all the excreta to prevent the spread
q irtectionN In tact there we've too
II az, good things said IN thus paper
- De- condensed in an articr Ike
thE
n. W. p. o'Bannon then gaze
lecture on tuberculosis in all the df-
t,,,nt tissues of the body.
He said all cases of white swelling
we've nothing more or less than
tube ,ulosls of the part affected .su-
al,y ct the hip Joint lie said the
pnLrc is aware that most of these
cases were cured and used crthch
VI s cork sole the remalnde'' ct ne
llc further contends that scrofula Is
IT. bercu,osis OF the glands of The neck
lie ffsutS out many NeSN' "'F'
lie had been cured without having
besa aware that hey had
DIR. o'Banhon talked Tor
nycr hall an hour and therefore
cannot reproduce all OF his speech
Dr W. r. Hickle held the floor
anui he almost had N h" Tagged
,own' TO get him to quit. His sub
cct was:
General Infection" 1srns are
anywhere at present AMI this is
Why doctors are so careful about sier-
xing hands. towels and instruments to
prevent Infection for we consider our
ielves most fortunate TO heal wounds
iiioui pus. Germs cannot withstand
~ and sunlight
Boiling water where seasl,'e is the