Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-13
PLEA FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
State Board Of Health Holds Session
in Omaha Wednesday.
WOULD ABOLISH DRINKING CUP
Rejoice over Case Just Won at
broken Bow Against Man Prnc-
ticinE without License,
who Was FINED.


The Nebraska State Health association
Wednesday inaugurated in omaha a cam
paign to secure from the state legislature
an appropriation for the education Of the
laity with respect to the prevention OF
diseases caused by germ infection. The leg
islsture will also be asked to pass a law
torbidding public drinking cups.
The association, which held its meeting
at the Rome hotel also went on record in
favor Of the medical inspection Of school
children. On this theme some of the
doctors present made pointed remarks.
III we had such a system" said Dr.
Palmer Findey my little girl would not
have sat next diphtheria sufferer who
died two days aftcrward. My daughter
! caught 1t and gave it to the other children
in the family"
Nor would we have had any such out
break Of nasal infections" chimed in Dr.
s. r. Towne, "as Omaha experienced two
years ago at one school and again last
year at the Saunders school DR.. Davidson
seems to want only a physical director.
He ought to know that our schools are hot
beds Of infection"
He must know it," cried several other
doctors in chorus.
Or. Findley then returned to the charge:
/ 1t can be done without costing the city
a cent said he. There are plenty Of
young physicians who would do the work
| for nothing for the sake OF getting &C
quainted in a neighborhood.
| They would take out of the school an
infected throat here a skin disease there,
| find what children are being held back
mentally and physically and even morally
/ by abnods. 1t is pity that when the
inspection can be done without cost that
the authorities do not enlist in behalf of It
Members Are JubiIant.
Present at the meeting of the state
Health association were several members
Of the State Board of Health, all feeling
iubilant over a big victory scored Tues
day at Broken Bow, where a chiropractic
named c, f. Wilson was convicted of
practicing medicine without a license
and subjected to a 5000 fine.
This was a noteworthy battle, because
in behalf of Wilson appeared Sllas Hol-
comb, former governor of Nebraska and
former chief justice OF the Nebraska SUI
preme court also as his counsel was
Judge Dean, himself, too, just off the SUI
preme bench
Moreover, the chiropractics had sent to
aid lawyer from Lacrosse, wis., named
Norris, who is the chief legal expert
A Dr. Palmer Of Iowa, head of a school
Of chiropractics, lent his time and money
to the battle.
Opposed to this array were ~ T. Gadd,
county attorney, and Judge Homer II.
Sullivan, formerly of the Custer district
court. In behalf Of the state board,
which initiated the fight Dr. E. Arthur
Carr Of Lincoln attended the trial.
THE jury was out for two days" said
DR.. Carr, "and finally founo for us Tues
day. The judge imposed the heaviest
fine possible. 1t is a complete victory"
Incident of Case.
DR. Carr told of an incident In therim-
panelling of the jury. when the state
had exhausted it's pre-emptory challenges
a man was brought up whom we passed
for cause Judge Holcomb then exam
ined him and, greatly to his own dis
gust, developed the fact that this man,
who had sworn he was unprejudiced, has
sister who is studying in DIT. Palmers
school of chiropractics. We could not
challenge him and he stayed on the jury.
Whether he was the man who hung the
Jury for two days 1 don't know"
The State Board Of Health met here to
act in the case Of DR., w. b. Johnson OF
> Lincoln, the physician of 70 years, who
was recently convicted of an illegal
operation upon a girl. The state Board
of Health voted that DIR. Johnson's IL
cense to practice medicine shall be re-
/ voked.
Besides DR.. Carr members Of the state
p board present were Drs. II. b. Cummins
OF Seward and A. L. Muirhead of Omaha
/ The meeting Of the state Health associa-
: ton was presided over by President D.
Il. Quigley of North Platte. Dr. G. Fl
Marvel of Aurora is secretary and DR.
L. II. Maekay of Norfolk is treasurer,
, Colonel BannisteT, former chief surgeon
of the Department of the Missouri, read
a paper, as did DR.. Palmer Fludley.
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