Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-26

were typhoid fever carriers. and know
ing what these carriers were we were
able 40 locate the cause uf typhoid
fever iu a majority of instances What
~ ut rtill greater value rs that med
iral science has provided We with q
preventive, and today there 10 no ty-
phoid fever whore American troops
are IN mobilization camps | can men
ton nearly all the diseases that are
prey entabic IN character and the rem
tdies that We have AZ hand and can
Dee applied, which II successfully ad-
ministered Will eliminate them from
our midst These facts, however, only
cause the public 10 hecome more care
less ana indifferent by reason ~ the
IN they feel secure I'm the hCNG that
medical science has reached that
point where II alone viii save them,
Tho general public has lost sight uf
the fact that progress in other lines
has been just as great, on nearly as
great I'm this same period Of time,
we have only 20 recall the use
that electricity Is now put Co. We
have electric lights, electrically run
machinery street cars. etc. We can
Alk over the telephone at great dis
lances. our country ~ one network
~ railroads. Nuu can fly from one
state Co another in a flying ma chine.
Man has harnessci the rreat powers
of nature He nlumiuatCS hts night
world with electricity carries himself
and his goods I'm elevators, trains, au-
tomohi.cs, steamboats,, submarines
and flyup machines I'm this century.
Re d." longer rraps hy hand. and his
clothing, etc., are made by machinery.
The bulk Of the work is now done not
uy man nor his muscle. II is not only
I'm thr city We can turn on the gas iu-
stead of rhOppng NndhnR All of
these great improvements make IN
much easier for the spread of cOu-
taliuus and infectious diseases. You
cam Dee exposed tO one of the con-
tag'uus diseases bon oklahoma today
and como down sick with II I'M Chi
'ago tomorrow, Iu New YORK city uI
san fruuci-co whichever way Nou
go, two ur Three days later Qmwu-
timing IsuIatuu and srrrDEiug are
NOT sufficient uro0yruuu.
The health department shuuld ho
improved ON 20 broader seal, and sUp-
ported with sufficient funds to enahl,
u lu ferret ont the location Of the fuCl
of Infection u amy ncighnoruuOd as
soon u- IL presents itself. Today TINS
iN'INN l"u Nlht NtdlN ulllHt' w ~
no'2 Is human life worth less thau
property ur live stock ENcry COM
WuuiN i'm the state of Oklahoma. and
every taxpayer I'm the state of OKLA
homJ, pays more m the way of taxes
for the protection of his property
against both fire and crime than he
pays for the protection of his family
If we are TO improve health condi-
uons iu oklahoma materially. okla
homa must right-a hout-iacc ana plac,
a monetary value upon human life
When IL is recognized that human lit,
is worth dollars and cents. thea there
win be apprUpriatiuns for IT'S urutoc-
tiou and there will be no excuse foI
health officers permitting any cpl
denies in the state. We may have
/ fun time health officers, who are
trained and competent To advise the
/ general public upon all questions Ci
hygiene and sanitation, and how
| these should be applied so as to af-
/ ford protection, yet they may prov,
unsuccessful unless the parents. house
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