Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-08
CIVILIZED MAN IS BATHING HIMSELF ID
 DEATH, SAYS DOCTOR
Eminent Englishman Says Soap and Fresh Air Pads
 Are Absurd
DISEASE NOT PREVENTED

tN A-A..h thNs diN NAN NAA1 iN''l-s clean nation in the world. have read with pain Sir Amroth wright's lecture on "Bacteriology an Health.
 Sir Almbro;h attack the most cher chrisd popular notions of hysitne. Washing. fresh air. physical exer- cise-ali these and many another cherished principle he scoued at Sn Almr3,h Wright is not a nc- body Other members of the med ical profession speak of him as ~un doub;edly one Of the cleverest men living.
 The ives of countless thousands of children are said to have been saved by his discoveries. and ths master achievement of his life was his finding O fthe Opsonic index and yaccines. And such 8 man as this sneers at the modern craze for cleanliness.
 According to Sir Almroth. the washing idea is much overdone.
 People say you must have haru exercise. a certain amount of wash ing. and a certain amount of fresh air" he said. but I am persuaded that these rules are quite wrone. Talking of washing. he said:
 There is a belief that by washing people wash off the microbes, but We also destroy the protective skin, which is all round our bodies Iik the tiles of a house. When one has horny hand no microbe eve can get near the skin. A great deal of washing increases the mi. crobes of the skin, so do not think cleanliness is to be recon mended as a hygienic method
 The religion of fresh air has al sorts of dangerous sides to it. The air treatment for consumption ! hold 70 be a dreadful superstition
 Experiment on caqed Men.
 At the London hospital not long ago certain men were put in a glass cage. Finally the air became very hot and the men hecam sleepy. Then a the doctor. turbine arrangement, withou letting in a drop Of fresh air, stirred up the vitiated air and the me became lively again
 The whole of the doctrine of fresh air requires revision It is awkward to be in a crowded room became it gets hot, but that upon these effects a whole theory should be buils up and large amounts spent on fresh air is deplorable."
 After disposing in this ruthless fashion of both cleanliness and fresh air Sir Almroth attacked the doctrine Of prevention being better than cure
 T have noticed. he said. ~or the circulars of the Health society the phrase Prevention is bette than cure. I would like to stamI that out We should wait until w' are infected and then take steps tC kill the microbes. As Kruger said let them wait till ;he tortoise put it's head out and then kill it.
 Question of Fighting Mierobes
 Few persons have yet apprec aAtA AAdt NAA1 LCAA-AlAAtNNtNC t&tHteAHt are due to microbes. Hygiene is question Of fighting microbes. Tn program has been to kill ;he m crobes outside the body. This difficult to dO.
 Against this policy we ha, Inc policy of killing the microbe il side the body. and that can be don q The body has protective and d. s,ructive substances and these ca be enlisted in the fight Researc Is necessary
 Tt is no good hliing hospita with patients we do not know ho to treat. I have seen twenty-or doctors round a rich mans bs and not one of them knew anytn1 abou: him
 All Based on Wrong Theories.
 Elsewhere in this heterodox pr nouncement Sir Almroth Wrig said:
 T do not feel that with regal 10 public hygiene, domestic hygien or private hygiene we have reachs any valuable knowledge. and if V never apply that which we have v shall not be much worse.
 There is widespread beli that if you have TO disease you e keep it away by following certa rules. and tha: if you have a al ease you can make it better by fC owing them. That is religion have no sympathy with.
 ''i was on the plague commissi' in india and recommended all soI Of sterilization of floors. but ths althoush it cost lot, did no goo' the geas came hopping along al did no: care whether the foo were Gis.nlcstad or not"