The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1910-08-12
MEDICOs MEET.
Four-County Medical Associa
ton Has Large Attendance.

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sociation met at the court no Use
Tuesday afternoon with DR..
Boyd, of. Houston, the president,
in the chair and D.. Underwood
secretary, in the performance OF
his duties. The attendance was
the largest in the history of the
organization.
The program for the occasion
called for the discussion of two
diseases that are now attracting
much attention Of the profession
as we'll as the public generally
| Pellagra and the Hookworm.
These subjects were taken up
and ably gone over by several
members and considerable inter-
est was aroused by the talks
made.
The program was concluded at
the opera house in the evening
where Dr.. Bryan, of Amory, and
Dr.. Leathers. of the University
of Mississippi. delivered enter
tanning and instructive talks.
Dr.. Bryan briefly reviewed the
work under the direction Of the
State Board of Health to improve
the sanitary conditions in the
state. During the three years
he has been a member of the
board he has given special at
tention to this important duty.
He stated that the legislature
had beea niggardly in making
appropriations for carrying on
the work but that the board had
lone the best possible with such
4 small su n to go on. The ap
oropriations at first. were only
| 81, 500 year but the last session
aad appropriated 10000 for the
5wo years work. He compared
this appropriation with the one
made for the eradication of the
cattle TICK, which was $4,000,
making a distinctio in favor of
the calves over human beings.
DR.. Bryan was followed by Dr..
L gathers. A steresptican was
u I'd to illustrate the points made
and furn shed illustrations easily
grasped by the audience. Dr..
Leathers said in part:
"The Mississippi State Bo ard
of Health has inaugurated cam
paign for the purpose Of improv-
ing the health conditions of the
people of Mississippi. They have
secured the services Of nine ply
,icians who VIII devote their en-
tire time to this work. There
w II be a labratory established in
Jac zsoa in charge Of a competent
oacteriologist who will make ex-
aminations for tuberculosis, ty-
ohoid fever, diptheria and hook
worm diseases free of cost to the
ouplic. Any one desiring such
aid can get his family physician
co engage the services of this
specialist in the diagnosis of
| these diseases.
''It is important to note that
his campaign will take up the
question of public health from a
broad standpoint, dealing with
the cause and methods of pre-
venting such diseases as con-
sumption, typhoid fever dip
iberia, hookworm disease. and
indeed all germ diseases. When
we realize the fact that one per-
son dies from consumption every
two and a half minutes during
the day and night throughout the
year the mortality from this dis.
ease alone is alarming. While it
would seem that more people are
dying from this disease at pres
ent than during the past, in real
ity, owing to sanitation, the mum
Der of deaths have been percep.
tibly reduced. But it is necessary
for every patriotic citizen to In
form himself relative to this dis
ease and join the fight for it
prevention. The disease is spreat
almost entirely by careless spit
ting and if each person would re
frain from this indecent ant
dangerous habit, and also se
that others are more careful
about it, within the next genera
ton the deaths from consumption
could be reduced rs per cent.
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