The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-07

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know much Of surgery. Perhaps he
did not know a great dea, of medi-
icine, but yet he knew that when the
second congestive chill from malaria
came 1t meant death unless he gave
you ten grains Of calomel, and ten
grains of jalap, and a good-sized dose
OF castor oil, followed by twenty
grains OF quinine when quinine was
worth 81 an ounce.
Then the railroads came. The for
ests were cut away to make room for
the fields Of corn and wheat. Now
we have gone far beyond the rail-
roads. The country has been de-
veloped. New and serious problems
have sprung up. praise you in your
attempt to prevent disease. In your
efforts that each unit of the coming
generation may grow into magnificent
manhood and womanhood, more
worthy to perpetuate the species, l
bid you Godspeed. I do not discour-
age you when you say that you will
take the imperfect, the abnormal,
and do the best you can for them.
The strong can take care of them
selves, but those with defective spines,
the lame, those with inherited tend
encies to disease, those afflicted with
mental weakness-oh how the heart
of the parent protects the weakest.
The great mission of the medical
profession, as see it. and that which
deserves the cooperation Of all of US,
is to prevent disease believe that
the child Is viable at the age of five
months -viable through the aid of an
incubator; but in spite of that
would not vote for an appropriation
for incubators, although probably by
that method we might save one life
in hundred Natures laws are uni
versal in their application, and they
would destroy human animal as
quickly as they would destroy the life
of mosquito. We must reckon with
the laws of nature. Therefore,
praise you and commend you wher
you work toward the uplifting of the
race. to render it more virile by the
prevention of this disease. Go as fai
as you can; go to the farthermos,
portion of the EARTH calling this the
center, if you please, and you will
find the same laws operating there
that are operating here. That man is
philanthropist, that man is chris
tian. that man is scientist, that man
is a physician, who understands the
operation of natures laws-that they
are as cruel as fate-and who reaches
out to put the human unit into the
best possible condition to Withstand
the operation of those laws To thai
end let us by all means have plenty
of Fairgrounds. in the great centers
Of population, so that the people car
have a sufficient supply of oxygen.
In all great movements for the up
lifting of humanity, and especially II
a movement of this kind. society mus
travel hand in hand with hope anc
faith. If you take away hope from
man who is diseased he will surely
die. 1t is hope that is eternal; 1t II
one-half your cure, and it is your mis-
sion to aid nature, and not rur
counter to it. That idea popped int
my head because my father was
country doctor, and one day ! foune
NV mother engaged in rolling out
lump of wheaten dough, cutting it In
to small slivers, and then forming
these into pills. | asked her VIVA
she was making, and she replied tina
she was going to bake these pills
and that my father was going to GIVE
them to old Mr.. Johnson, because, sh'
said che thinks he Is sick and wants
to take medicine, and these breat
| pills will do him no injury"
There are many problems under'y
ing civilization that still await solu
ton. The legal profession has it
problems, scientlsts another, and 81
/ on. The real scientists among yo'
serve a good purpose. Whoever, b.
investigation or experiment, delvin,
into natures laws, brings forth add
tional knowledge to the race, is
benefactor of the race. May you
arms be strengthened and your mind
be clear, but you must be always pa
/ tient and watchful. Not every on
that saith Lord, Lord, shall enter int
the Kingdom, but he that doeth tn
will of the Father"