The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-24
The Antl Isoison Z IElrlii.

Widespread favorable comment
has been made upon the appeais
published not long ago By the Tele-
gram that names Of pofsons should
be omitted from news articles OF
deaths from that cause, particularly
In cases OF suicide. This comment
has appeared in severa medical and
trade journals as we'll as news
George H. simmona, editor and gem
efal manager Of sPhe s5ohrnal OF. the
American Medical Association COM
mended the kilograms position. Tine
latest word Of approval comes in a.
letter from Miers Busch, OF Mfers
and Busch, importers and wholesale
druggists. Of Phila delphia, who IS
one of the pioneers of the nioyeia vent
and who gives the TelegrAni adait-
iohal information regarding 1t. 4
~ received a few days ago. Z writes
MIR. Busch, "a page from the Med
ical Economies issue Of September
27th,, with reprint Of your editor
ials on publishing the names Of pois-
ons. 4.
I'm the spring Of 19H A started
out TO see what could do to cheek
this prartice and began a fairly
systematic letter writing campaign
to the various PhaFnfaceItieaf Assoc
iationss enclesedf d eircat lar SHOW
ing the Endorsements already se-
cured. So. 500
fAtmy request, Dr. Joseph W..
Neff, director of, Public Health and
Charities here, made a. formal re-
quest to sthe newspapers OF Philadel-
phta. to cease publishing this infor-
nation, and fol, over two years they
have, practically complied.
II wrote to; iAIelYt lie ". Stone, or
the Associated Press, and received .
most satisfactory letter from him.
t"Of course, thHs daily newspapers
are not likely tos give. very much
space to a .cappaign, Of this nature
and it must grow through requests,
made to the daily papers by local
bodies.
"Lfeel that the work has been
commenced on a. substantial basis,
and hoperthat Others Will AXE an in
terest in 1t, and devote some time to
carrying it on. / appreciate your in
terest and hope together that we will
succeed in influencing IA fair Share
OF the daily press
Mr.. Bush,s data shows that the
following resolution, passed October
10, 1911, by the Wholesale Drug
gists' Association, either intact or in
slightly modified form, has been
adopted by seven local, twenty-one
state pharmaceutical aud three ma
tional ASSOCIATE onsseIithin recent
period:
Z sWhereas-the publication by the
daily 1ewspap erSl 3 1. I'd j dafdes of the
used in cases OF suicide or homicide,
together with iHtormation concerto
ing such poisons and the amount
constituting a fatal dose, has the
tendency to suggest their use toI
criminals and persons OF SUICIDAL in
tent.
Therefore, be It resolved thar We
recommend that the members of. the
National WHOLESALE Druggists Asso-
citation request the iproprtetors of
newspapers in their vicinity to omit
in future the publication of these de-
tails" q
1t is gratifying to be reminded
that thesWest Virginia Pharmaceuti-
cal Association adopted this resoru-
ton Juy IS, 1911, as it as fact OF
which many of: the members ana
many newspapers have lost sight
The suggestion by Mr.. Busch thar
local bodies take up the movement.
could well be adopted in Wheeling;
Fairmont, Charleston, Huntington
and iParkersburg. Wheeling and
Fairmont newspapers are especially
bad offenders. Even in Clarksburg
a morning newspaper would do we'll
to enlist itself in the movement; and
the Telegram hereby brings the mat
ter to the attention or the local med
ical and Pharmaceutical fraternity.