The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-17

the past 10 years, blood diseases
among the United States soldiers
have Increased so per cent. OF
| course, II must be remembered
that the United States army Is
now much larger than II was 10
years ago.
DR.. Prince A. Morrow, emeritus
professor OF blood diseases In the
University and Bellevue Hospital
Medical college, New York, made The
| foregoing statement in the course or
an interview with a Times reporter
! in his room In the Hotel Pontchar-
| train, Thursday morning. He came
! TO Detroit for the purpose or deliv-
| ering two addresses, one under the
auspices of the Twentieth Century
club on THE menace Of today" I'm the
| afternoon, and the other before the
| Detroit Society for Sex Hygiene In
! the Wayne County Medical building,
No. 33 High-st east, IN the evening
Dr. Morrow made his statement
about the physical condition of the
United States army an answer 20
question regarding the general NOR
| atty of the nation.
| Asked If he thought sex hygiene
should be taught in the schools, DR.
Morrow replied:
Il certainly think the subject ought
| to be taught in the high schools
and 1t is only a question OF time
when it will also be taught in the
public schools. In fact, the Chicago
board of education Is now making an
| investigation with a view of introduc-
ing the subject of sex hygiene in
| the public schools of the city. Such
knowledge should be given in the
! schools and | am sure IL will some
day be impaired to children in con-
nection with their regular studies"
Speaking before The members OF
different women's clubs in the Tween
| tieth Century building, Witherell and
Columbia-sts., on the subject of The
menace of today" DR.. Morrow pointed
out in the beginning that the menace
of today" Is the prevalence and
spread of blood diseases. Then he
went on to show that sterility is Of
ten caused by infection.
Contrary to the popular view, and
opposed to the race suicide ideas OF
Mr.. Roosevelt" said the doctor, "the
large proportion Of sterility results
from incapacity and not from choice.
! Statistics show that 30 per cent Of
| women~suffering from blood diseases
are rendered permanently sterile
Statistics also indicate quite clearly
that the suffering OF most women is
a case OF the results of sin being Wis
tied on the innocent. Gynecologists
tell us that 20 per cent of all their
work is caused by women contracting
blood diseases. Figures have been
prepared, showing that 80 per cent OF
the women treated In private practice
I'm New York, became i'll after mar
riage, while, in Baltimore, the per-
centage under similar conditions
reached 40. In my own experience,
as head of the outdoor patient de-
partment of the New York hospital,
| found that over 20 per cent of the
married women who came to me in
IL years were suffering from some
blood scourge.
while the germ OF blood scourge
is not susceptible Of direct hereditary
transmission, ii carries with ii seri-
GUS infection to offspring. Fully 80
per cent of the blindness of the new
born children Is caused by this germ.
Ii is also true that many children are
born with deformity of the limbs
as a result of such infection. 1t is
known, too, that fully one-third of all
the infected children die within six
months after births"
DIR. Morrow offered no apology for
talking plainly to his hearers. He
said he believed the time had come
when conditions should be explained
In plain terms.
IF we are to know these facts"
said the doctor, the knowledge should
be timely Moreover, this preventive
knowledge must be given in collec-
tive manner; there is no opportunity
| to impart 1t in an individual way
| Healthy citizens are the most valu-
able asset state can have. and moth
| Ing should be left undone to bring
| about the most healthful and moral
conditions possible. knowledge Is
| necessary to attain a high standard
OF morality and good citizenship"
The doctor also made it clear to his
audience that II was incumbent on
mothers and fathers to impart to their
children the secrets of life, not leav-
| ing them TO be instructed I'm a more
harmful way In the streets and other
| places.
DR.. Morrow, Is about 20 years OF
! age, tall and erect and resembles
Judge Hosmer TO some extent in APP
pearance. His kindly face is hidden
nv a huahv gray haard