The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27

to sweat these clements cut of the
system. 1t seems to me then, that
every child during these years should
be exposed to the disease and made
to have it, if :e is to become nor
mally developed. Therefore, l do no.
see any Use Of preventing this dis
case among the children Of this age.
They should have it then rather than
later when the disease becomes dan
gerous.
This may be new theory to most
of you but from my study and thought
along this line, believe that such a
theory is right. l have done more
reading along tits line than most
men outside of the medica1 profession,
end my notion is that these are facts.
l also have a theory that whooping
cough is intended by nature for the
development OF the lungs.
Trego is still running at large.
Rev. Jewell presented himself as a
specimen of man who had never had a
so called childs disease, and consider I
himself as healthy, strong, vigorous,
and we'll developed as anyone.
The all-wise BRIDES statements
were further substantiated by Acting
Health Officer DR.. Mitchell, who came
in after Trego aired his views, (pre-
sumably gained from reading his own
writings) but upon being questioned
as to the necessity Of disease in the
maturity of the human body, the doc
ter said, to the contrary, disease in
my form was detrimental and weak
ening and that measles was one of
tie leading causes Of tuberculosis. DR..
Mitchell then cautioned those press mt
CO the necessity of rigid quarantine,
and said flat unless checked at once
the malignant measles now SO gen
cral would lead up to a situation
much mere serious than is now real.
lied. tt,hulal,lI,i
| The city attorney was reque sted to
lock up the quarantine laws, especially
relating to measles. and see if there
were not laws covering the quaran
tine on such cases that would be sui
ficient to stop the further spread
Of tho disease
After studying the laws pertaining
to such matters for some time, Beak
ley for some reason or other perhap:
FOR his selfish greed for gold, or per
haps for fear that he may displeast
someone who supported him in tht
recent election, or perhaps that he i
SO crooked that he could not do any
thing honestly, ignored the reques
of the Council and avoided reading a;
thing pertaining to the quarantine O
measles. Sec. 100 of the Revised
Codes, portion Of which section wal
read by him, covers the subject yer,
clearly, hut the shystcr, to mislead tn
people, left out that portion O
the section he was asked to look up
In this section it provides that mea
sles, chicken pox, and whooping cougl
are subject to the same quarantine a
is provided for scarlet fever, small
FOX, diphtheria, etc, and violation 0
same is subject to the same fines o.
Imprisonment.
Can there be any excuse for sucl
actions on the part of the cit!
attorney? Can there be any reason
for the city paying for such services
Beakley said that the quarantin,
laws of Idaho were farce and tina
no more strict quarantine OF measle
could be put in force, under the pres
ent law, than was already in force
He stated that his children had al
had measles and that when one o
them had small pox, he had kept tn
others constantly exposed in the hop
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