New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
TO WARD OFF OLD AGE.
Or. NasCher Tells Medical So
ciety REGENERATION Is Possible.
URGES STUDY OF SENlLlTY
Sterilization of Habitual Criml.
nails Approved in Executive
Meeting.

Or. Ignatz L. Nascher, in spaper before
the Medical Society of the County OF New
York last night at the Academy of Ned
cine. made strong plea for greater con-
sheraton of the aged on the part Of the
medical profession. DR.. Nasoher however,
did not hold forth any great hope at pres
cnt for the prevention Of old age or the re-
iuvenatlon Of those already in its grasp.
In this practical age" he said, medical
men give their attention more especially TO
problems that will bring about practical re-
suits The aged are too much looked upon
as economically worthless, and physicians
look upon the failure Of any effort 10 aid
them as q foregOne conclusion.
Although he had met many failures IN
his efforts to meet the problem OF old age,
he had. however. had some successes in at
Least temporary reiuvenescence that
seemed to indicate that great things could
be accomplished if the subject received
greater scientific attention.
Research was needed, DR.. Nascher said,
into the conditions arising is aging tissues,
the effects Of drugs upon them, and the
adjustment of dosage 10 the peculiar needs
Of the senile.
Free POSTGRADUATE Medical Instruction
for the physicians OF New York City and
vicinity was discussed in q paper pre-
sented by Dr.. George Mannheimer Medi-
cal education he said, should not be con-
sidered completed az the end Of the uni
versity course and It should be made easy
for doctors to continue their studies after
they had entered active practice.
There is many doctor" he said, who
has not performed or seen performed a
single autopsy after his graduation There
is many a physician who has never seen
case If smallpox. Yet New York City IN
its morgue and its many hospitals presents
a wealth Of material for study And the
Rockefeller Institute IS the mentor OF
Europe on many medical subjects. But
after all the hospitals must be the great
centre Of teaching They are monopollzed
by a favored minority. Their wealth OF
pathological material should be made sc-
cessitlc to all members Of the profession
All should have a chance 10 study the pa
tents, which would result not only in i'm
proving the doctor, but would raise the
plane Of efficiency IN the hospitals thom-
selv es.
Dr.. Mannheimer proposed as a tentative
plan that a committee be appointed from
the medical society TO confer with the hos
pitfalls with the purpose OF bringing about
the cooperation OF the hospitals in this
movement After discussion on tho part of
Dr. Abraham Jacob and others this
scheme was Endorsed by the society.
In executive meeting resolutions were
adopted favoring the bill now before the
Legislature for the sterilization Of habitual
criminals, feeble-minded and others whose
offspring would be liable to he undesirable.
resolution was also passed favoring an
amendment to the domestic relations law
providing that marriage certificates should
be issued only 70 those presenting loo.
tors certificate that they were free from
an communicable venereal disease, making
the violation Of this provision on the part
Of any one misdemeanor