Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-14
TUCSON DOCTOR WOULD GO ID
 EXTREMES

fS4A9HthE IS all lIOui ellA address delivered in Tucson by Dr. TroOtmsns pointing to the necessit fer inspection of teachers and chil areR as a means of preventing snrezd of tuberculosis:
 l wish to speak this afternoon upsa the cooperation of the physi- ciaR with parents. teachers and pub lie officers. for the universal dessIH nation of physioiogic and hygeniO understanding. There must be aL education of the public before We cal conquer tuberculosis and numerous ether preVentable diseases.
 The art of medicine for mans thousands of years, was practlced a . branch of the priesthood, anG Rasked with incantations, prayers, zad religious rites. so that it heiG he world in chains of superstition and ignorance that we have not ye, been able to entirely throw of. The nart of medicine that 1 would have you all know is material fact. Worh in practical sanitation needs the as sistance of every one, to make et fecUiYe, and translate into practice our new knowledge.
 Tuberculosis is caused by contact, and is spread by carelessness anC filthy habits. Expectoration on the streets and floors is vie, and eyers offender should be punished. Use ef the sputum' cup or bottle needs en forceemnt. 1 favor state, county ol city registration of every tu6erculaI case, without it all efforts to controi 1t are intellectual
 1 am proud in many ways of Tue son as the city of my adoption, how ever in neglect of medical inspection for the public schools, we are cuba ply remiss. We must keep abreast of the times, the best is none too good for Tucson.
 The sooner you relieve a child O. predisposition to disease the more thoroughly the work can be accom- Rlished, and the greater the num- per of future ills avoided. If yoL will recall the ailments of children croup, measles, scarlet fever, tonsil lis, diptheTia, etc. 1 believe you will at once grant the necessity of hay ing healthy throats. The diseases would be almost unknown under proper quarantine, or very mild when contracted, if nose and throal were healthy.
 There are approximately three thousand children attending the schools in our city. In a norman chnd sight and hearing are the most requisite senses, through whicL the educational impressions are con veved to the gray matter of the brain.
 IA. tbis section we have a disorde. of the eyelids that will if ingraftel on your children, tend to disabli them in after years: yet infecter children are allowed to attends th Tucson schools without restriction suffering from this highly cOntagiou. md malignant disease-trachoma
 Children and teachers can be h spected here twice each year foi about ten cents for each examination which certainly is a small fee fol the prevention of epidemic.
 When we have inspection, thu teacher. can have the examiner come at once and determine the nature o any suspicious symptoms that al tract attention, and if the schoo physician decides that a child need: medical attention. a note from th, teacher is sent informing the parent of the report, and advising that thu family physician be consulted.
 It appears equitable that your chil dren be conceded this protection The little money expended in thi: way, should not for a moment b' weighed in the balance against th' life Of your children.