The Washington herald., 1913-11-15
EUGENICS HOPE
OF HUMAN RACE
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plea for more Thorough instruction, not
only of the public, sbut OF the medical
profession itself.
A resolution was introduced by DIR. T.
B. Cooley. of Detroit, Mich, calling on
the Public Health Service to make a
special study of relation between the
summer heat and infant mortality, and
this recommendation was strongly second
ed by DR.. Herman Schwarz, of New
York. No action was taken on the reso-
luton.
The subjects discussed at the afternoon
session ranged from the danger of
disease being communicated to the baby
by the house fly to the correct proper
tions of milk
1t was said that bottle-fed babies are
liable to many diseases. and the use OF
proprietary foods and soothing medi-
cines was condemned.
DR.. Herman Schwarz read a paper on
The Preparation of Milk for Babies"
and in discussing the paper, DR.. ].
Levy, of Newark, n. J., said that the
doctors are as much in need of instruc-
tions as the mothers themselves. DR..
Levy held that too many doctors be-
come confused with the technicalities Of
milk dilution and turn to the proprie-
tary foods as substitute.
hyBlehc Oh AnAdncgs
DR.. l. A. Abt. OF Chicago, read a paper
on the teaching of the hygiene of in
fancy: in which he said that It seemed
that some phases of the subject have
been neglected in the medical schools
and made a plea for more thorough In
struction. He said 1t was recognized that
there was widespread indifference and
superficiality in the treatment of babies
among a certain class of physicians. He
suggested a medical college especially for
the teaching of infant hygiene.
This suggestion was seconded by DIR,
]. A. NJ. Knox, of Baltimore, who was
in favor of the Inauguration as well of
a course for the older high school girls
that would teach them the correct treat
ment of a baby. DR.. Helen C. Putnam.
of Providence, r. l., favored this course,
and also continuation schools that
would teach these subjects to girls who
cannot attend regular schools. She said
that not only should there be health GER
tificates required for marriage, but there
should be a law requiring certificates
from the father and mother showing that
they are able to provide for a family
The work being accomplished in New
York through the Little Mother
Leagues" was described by DR.. Josephine
Baker, and DR.. Clark, of Utica, n. Y,
creased by organizing classes of Camp
Fire Girls
Heat and Death Rate.
The relation of heat to the death rate
of babies was the subject of DR.. ]. W.
Schereschewsky. of Washington. Dr.
said that one of the prin-
cipal factors in transmitting disease to
the baby was the house fly.
- In discussing this paper, DR.. Cooley, Of
Detroit, started a debate by declaring
that the medical profession heretofore has
been afraid TO admit that impure milk
Is not the cause of as much of the dis
ease as it was once credited with being
He said that the profession has feared
being misunderstood as condoning the
use of milk that is not pure. This re-
mark precipitated a long discussion on
the relation of impure milk to disease,
and A. S. TFundle, a milk dealer. Of
rose to make the declara-
ton that the milk of this city is shipped
here from long distances, and that most
Of II is unfit for use |
DIR. w. c. Woodward, District Health |
Officer, discussed the records of the re- |
lation between heat and the death rate
Of babies. contained in the health reports |
for the last twenty years, and offered his |
assistance to any OF the physicians who |
might care to study the District records |
The papers read at the morning session |
were Standards for Infant Welfare |
Nurses" Miss Zoe La Fargo, Detroit, |
Mich; THE Private Duty Nurse in Re
lation to Infant Mortality" Miss NJ |
Frances Etchberger. Baltimore, Md, and |
Infant Mortality Nursing Problems in |
Rural Communities" Miss Fannie Gle
nent, Washington.