The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-13
PHYSICIANS ! | J.
MAKE APPEAL A
TO PEOPLE
MARION COUNTY MEDICAL so.
clETY DISSEMINATING USEFUL
KNOWLEDGE TO AVERAGE LAY.
/ MAN-SoUND WARNING IN RE.
GARD TO CONTAGIOUS AND IN.
FEcTioUS DISEASES.

% =. a. tiiS iaol ihee'iHS VI tHe hdIlOll
County Medical Society, In discussing
the situation in the City OF Falrmont
and Marion county relative to the pre-.
yention and spread OF contagious and
Infections diseases the following pub.
lie appeal was prepared by the Ma.
rion County Medical Society and for
publication in the papers OF the city.
The appeal reads:
"If epldemics Of scarlet fever. diph.
liberia. measles, &C.. causing SO man.,
deaths and disabled children for life
are to be prevented, the people must
cooperate with the physicians and
health boards and not antagonize
them in every precautionary measure
employed to limit the spread OF dis.
ease. 1t is and always has been. the
complaint OF physicians and health Of.
flcers. that the people resent any eff.
fort on their part to prevent the
spread of diseases II It interferes with
their personal convenience, losing
sight entirely Of the great object of
quarantine, in communicable diseases.
It seems that so many otherwise in.
telligent and careful people fail to
grasp the fact that quarantine Is not
intended as a hardship. but It strives
at the higher humanitarian object OF
protecting the whole people against
the ravages Of deadly diseases from
which the few are suffering. Every.
one will at some time be called upon
to make personal sacrifices for the
public good and no true citizen OF
good neighbor will refuse to meet the
demand within reasonable limits.
Physicians take no pleasure ir
|lecklfg peop.elyff ssilhs hsttansmissible
disease. but are forced to do so BY le
gal requirements. (
$50 don't blame your physician and
above all do not place your own opin
ion against and above his In these
matters. How often do We hear some
one, say. My child hasn't scarlet re
yer, It Is simple case of scarlatina.
please never forget this:
Scarlet fever and scarlatina are on.
and the same disease.
"The public has enormously classi
fled severe cases OF scarlet lever ant
mild cases scarlatina, assuming tina
so.called scarlatina cannot give rist
to the. severe cases. This is deadly
mistake for 1t has been proven be
yond question that the most malig
nant type OF scarlet fever may bt
contracted from those cases the peo
pie designate scarlatina.
These diseases are now makint
their appearance in Fairmont and dlf
ferent localities throughout Mariol
county and the only way to preven
their spreading and becoming epidem
ic Is through strict quarantine meas
ures.
I'VE want TO impress upon the peo
pie in the strongest possible term!
the necessity for the early use OF anti
Toxin In dlphtherla. II Is one or tht
proud triumphs of modern medicine
and has proven one Of the creates
boons to humanity of the past cen
tury.
1t is the one and only weapon We
have In combating this dread disease
but (and this means lIfe) to be effec
tive It must be used early in the dis
ease. Do not make the irreparablt
mistake so often made In the past o
regarding this measure as n desper
ate, and last resort. on the contrar.
let is be the first thing done, for 1
is too late, when the child is so satu
rated with diphtheretic poison and IT.
vitality SO depressed that reaction
cannot take place.
1--WE submit this and trust 1t will b,
read by all and accepted in the spiri
IN which itls given, viz. The preser
walton OF innocent childhood and tn,
happiness and well.bcing of all th'
people"
| Samue1 Ahnbtt nm tto1Ian am nloyai