New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

g shameful. for the reason that il is un-
necessary. Man is often as greedy and
STUPID as are the house flies OF summer
which 90 tumbling into pots OF sweetened
vinegar and into paper covered with var
nish and sugar, utterly needless OF the
drowned or wrigging forms OF their
friends. relatives and ancestors. In money
the cost of typhoid fever is S3j0,OOoOOO year
~. counting time lost from productive
labor. medicines and the fees Of nurses ana
physicians.
This tax. for It is a tax, on life-mostly
young life-property and earning capacity
will 20 on indefinitely and increase. prob
ably. unless the American people wake up
Cholera and smallpox arc more feared than
tynhoid fever because they come in the
atrical bursts. though generally localized.
Typhoid fever, ceaselessly at work almost
everywhere in this country, occasionally
explosive il is true, and then terrorizins
villages and small cities, is so undramatic
and commonplace that il is now accepted,
It would seem, as one of the expected Ills
Of mankind Yet, next 10 tuberculosis
and perhaps pneumonia, it is the most
deadly maIady OF the present generation.
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
Collective protection. unless worked out
with much skill and labor through long
course Of time, is impracticable. Each per-
son, therefore. must look out for himself If
he wants to escape one OF the very worst
diseases actively, but unsensatOnally, cpl
demic for many years. Protection, proved
beyond any doubt whatever, is to be OBJ
tained by vaccination. Wonderful tests
have been made in the United States army
showing that individual immunzatiOn IS
not alone possible, but that il is easy and
cheap, considering the discomfort 1t causes
and the cost in medical fees. The military
surgeons are just beginning TO give the
world the results Of their astonishing eX-
acknowledgements experiments, by the
way, than were ever attempted previously,
Ie!ther here or in Europe
An army doctor must know how TO per-
form operations, as we'll as to diagnosticate
and treat patients pathologically; also, it
Ia required that he be a hygienist and
sanitarian. Some of the surgeons become
specialists, being assigned to important
fields Of research work. Such man is
Major Frederick Fuller Russell who has
won distinction among medical scientists
as typhoid fever expert lie is young
enthusiastic and talented. and has carried
on his Investigations in the United States
and other countries. George Henry Torney
has been the surgeon general of the army
since January, 1893 He entered the navy
forty years ago. -Four years later he was
transferred to the army. Though his ser
vice has been long, he is still i'm his prime
Professionally. lie is n great military doc
tor and has directed and inspired officers
Ike Major Russell TO achieve results OF
Tremendous value not only to the soldier in
the ranks. but 10 the civilian, to the me-
ehanic, the merchant. the manufacturer,
ihe clerk, the professional man and the
farmer.
For period Of four months during the
Spanish war 1879 men were In camp at
Jacksonville, FLA. They drank and used
artesian water. During the short time Of
eheampmcnt they developed 1,72) certain
cases Of typhoid fever and 2.6s3 certain
ara probable cases" as described by the
army sUrgcors There were 23i deaths.
RESULTS AT SAN ANTONIO.
Last year 2 oaieers and men part Of
the so-ealieG mmUurr, division but which.
as matter o. FACE, eas sent INTO tne
southwest 10 wa.cn MeAico--were in camp
"uf months Al San Antonio. They used
shl drank artcsian water San Antonio
ana Jacksonyille Gre IN the same latitude
mere was b1t one ease Of typhoid fever
ainons nesrly l2V0 soldiers composing the
efislon. Every officer and man had been
'aoe'naied. however, either before COINS
san Antonio o. Immediately le arrived
ns deaths al Jacksonville IN ~" IRON
'F causes than typhcid fever were 81
'A Including The mortality from typhoio
~ eS men lost their lives. There were
- deaths from typhoid fever At San IN
''-A0 and total vi only eleven deaths