Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-15
GOVERNOR GUEST AT
MEETING OF DOCTORS
In Address He Scores Politics in
School Affairs.
TALK ON THE HOOKWORM.
Surgeon Stitt Of the Navy Describes
symptoms and Relief of the In
fection.

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ling from every standpoint ever gwen
by the Anne Arundel County Medical
Society, was that at Carvel Hall yes
terday afternoon.
1t was a social gathering and lunch
con. followed by a meeting, at which
subjects of interest to the medical
| profession were discussed. Many
prominent physicians of the State
were in attendance, in addition to a
number of the members of the local
Society. Governor Goldsborough was
a guest of honor
Declaring in favor of the establish
ment of sanatoriums in all of the
counties of the State, the officials of
which should be named through chan
nels independent of politics, and ad-
vocating a similar appointive system
tor the control of the schools of the
| State, the Governor delivered an ad-
dress before the doctors. He said he
hoped to see the day that politics
would be removed from all public in
stitutions in Maryland.
Dr. Thomas H. Rrayshaw, of Glen
burnie. president OF the Society. pre-
sided over the meeting and introduced
the Governor as the first speaker.
The Governor said that physicians
are recognized as among the most in
telligent people and urged them to
take greater interest in political
affairs and public matters generally.
Valuable assistance can be rendered
by the medical fraternity, he said.
The Governor deplored the fact. as set
out il the last Federal report. that
the public school system of Maryland
ranks far down the list compared
with the systems of other states. The
sooner the appointment of school
officials is removed from politics the
better, he said.
DR.. c. A. Harrison. president of
| the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty,
spoke of development along medical
| lines generally and said the course of
training at medical schools through
out the country should be advanced
accordingly. How to take care of
the unendowed medical institutions is
one problem for solution, he urged,
whether aid should come from the
State or by private subscription.
Or. John d. Blake, of Baltimore,
spoke en- 1.-The Relation the Country
| Doctor Should Sustain Toward Our
| Hospital Clinics" and favored grant
ing rdral physicians the privilege of
attending all clinics.
Surgeon Stitt, of the Navy, assist
ant TO Surgeon c. w. Stiles, expert
| of the Marine Hospital Service gave
an illustrated talk on "The Hook
worm" and explained in detail how il
gets into the human system, the gem
eral symptoms and the most modern
methods of eradicating it. He said
| the germ thrives more readily in
southern sections, with sandy soil,
and that at least 5000, 600 persons of
the South are afflicted by it. Doctors
Hill, Hundley and Murphy delivered
addresses.
Surgeon Stitt's talk on 1.-The
| Hookworm" was very interesting
and instructive. He took up in de-
tail the life history Of the worm, the
diagnosis and treatment. The Doctor
laid especial emphasis on the preva-
lence of this dangerous worm which,
| he stated, as more pI svalent in the
sandy regions of the United States.
and TO which much of the laziness
| and backwardness of the American is
attributed.
The worm usually enters through
| the skin of the lower extremites. and
causes at the point of entrance an
infection area, called by different
names in different localities, as the
"sand itch, /" etc. After the embryo
of the worm enters the skin it de-
velops into a full grown hook
/ worm" After passing through the
blood system, lymphatics, etc., until
It eventually reaches the small in
testines, where it abides and does its
deadly work, in destroying the vital
ity and life of its host. .
DR.. Stitt stated that in some schools
in the Southern States, nearly half
of the children had been found infect
ed with the worm, not to speak of
the workers in cotton mills and other
| industries, in which the question of
the eradication of this awful pest.
What it means to the working classes
as we'll as mankind in general was
shown very eonclsively by DR.. Stitt,
when he rscited cases of mill hands
that were stunted in growth, and who
had increas ed wonderfully in their
working efficiency and stature after
being cured of the hookworm.
There were numerous points in the
diagnosis of the hookworm disease
which were clearly explained by DR..
Site. Of course, ne said the posi-
tive diagnosis is made by finding the
larva, or egg. of the worm, which
were frequently hard to demonstrate
The question of the eradication ol
the disease was dweh on by DR.. Stitt
and was only possible through tn,
means of sanitary measures witt
proper disposal of sewerage in tn,
rural regions. The worm or il
larva live outside the body for a lonl
time. even in the sub-soil two o
three months. There were man,
treatments that had been suggests