Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-17
Too Many Quacks.

frauds and nOStrums.
Too Many ouaeks.
The patent medicine" business and
quackery has become so serious and
being made to curtail 1t, said the re-
port. Representatives Of the British
government have called on the Amer.
lean association to furnish data for
use in the investigation of this sub
ject by parliamentary committee
Australia and South America have
asked for the same material.
The principal subject covered by the
report of the judicial. council was it's
Investigation Of the secret division of
fees and the giving of commissions by
surgeons and specialists. These So
called evils exist the council found in
some sections of the county but not
in great numbers. The New England
states and the south is not affected
but 1t is found most frequently in the
large cities and the central states
Seventy-seven per cent of those ques.
toned regarding the practice con-
sidered 1t unjustifiable while 1874 per
cent said 1t was justifiable and $50
per cent were doubtful.
Would Educate Public.
The report Of the council on health
and public instruction is represented
by DR.. Honey. d. Favill Of Chicago,
chairman. recommended the appoint
ment Of standing committee on public
education In each state. The press
bulletin, according to the report, has
been continued through this, its third
Year and weekly bulletin has been
sent to approximately 5000 news.
papers and other publications through.
out the year, this material being in
creasingly used by the newspaper
publishers of the country. There has
been establisher at the Headquarters
of the association In Chicago medico.
legal bureau for the purpose of draft
ing laws and compiling authorities
and references for the benefit of those
interested In public health legislation
To Prevent Blindness.
The committee on the prevention Of
blindness reported the preparation Of
q model institute on this subject with
1856 lantern slides to illustrate for use
in educating the public on the preven-
ton Of blindness. A model law for con.
sderation Of the different state legis-
lature has been drafted.
The committee on resuscitation is
preparing q report setting forth the
best methods of resuscitation to be
used in mine accidents, which will
partly be issued. The committee is
now studying the best methods OF
maintaining artificial respiration, the
cause OF mine accidents and their pre-
vention. a
Courses Are Improved.
The number Of medical colleges,
amounting to 1866 in 1904. nearly one
half of the worlds supply, has been de-
creased to 10, mainly through the
merging of small schools and the dis
appearance Of commercial medical
schools.
Marked improvement in medical
colleges has been followed by an
equally marked improvement in the
standards for admission to the practice
Of medicine in the different states"
said the report OF council on medical
education.
DR.. E. N. Kober OF Washington
chairman OF the committee on req
cross work, reported that Red Gross
organizations for relief in time Of dis
aster had been organized in 81 coun-
tries in "a states and that these COM
mittees were prepared to undertake re-
lief work at moments notice. Plans
are being made to erect a. suitable
monument to the army and navy sur
geons, both northern and southern
who were killed during the civil war
according to the report submitted by
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell chairman Of the
memorial committee.
DR.. Isadore Dyer Of New Orleans
chairman Of the committee on com.
pletion OF the Panama canal, recon-
mended that the association ask con-
gress to establish permanent monu-
ment In recognition OF the sanitary
work done in the canal zone and that
this monument take the form Of
hospital for tropical diseases, either in
the canal zone or In the United States.
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