The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-24
Papers Read Are Features Of the
Twcnty-tllIru Convention Of
Medical Society
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DEBATE BRINGS OUT
VALUABLE POINTS
Necessity oisPufe MIX Supply
Emphasized By Doctor
Norpaard
(From Sunday Advertiser.

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Blaming The tubercuiosis bureau .oi
the board Of health fof its failure u
appreciate the danger OF milk as ear,
rier Of tObefculosis, anu dccidfing that
to succeed In the light aghinst the great
white plaene The bovine tuborculOsIa
work among cattle must be vigorously
kept up, DR.. NJ A. Norgaard terrific.
rial veterinary surgeon. started a dis
eussion ut the CONVENTION Of tho Medi
cal society Of hawaii yesterday after
noon which may not end until the ses-
sions come TO n close.
He opened an argument on tnbercu.
losis. aud late last night, after paper
had been read on that subject by DIR.
A. N. Sinclair, superintendent Of LeahI
home and. superintendent Of the anti
tuberculosis bureau Of the board Of
health, the discussion was still on tuber-
eulosis. To be sure, the arguments
swefved from the points raised BY Doe
tor Norgaard entering into the question
of the treatment Of tubercnlar patients.
Such ideas rs advanced by Doctor
Sinclair on tho treatment Of patients
we're vigorously opposed BY DR.. JssTs
Mcdonald. who declared that leading
medical authorities Of Europe hcla
views contrary 60. Doctor Sinclair y
The issue thus raised was not unex-
peeted, and so the debate which fol-
lowed had been carefully prepared for
and became, 10 a layman, bewiIderinely
technical. ~
Important Discussion (
This discussion ON tuberculosis will
easily prove the s8ature of this years
convention, say members Of the society.
Doctor sinclair replied at length to
the arguments made against his paper
In referring TO Doctor Nofgaard s crit
icism Of the bureau 3 negligence IN not
taking proper steps to safeguard the
public from the milk danger, he said
that the bureau had many things to at
tend to, that il could not be expeetoo
10 handle all things, and that besides
this duty did not fan alone to the bus
reau.
lie was free to admit THAI milk as a
carrier of tuberculosis was something 70
Sc figured with, and that several cases
could probably be traced to 1t. Doctor
Is paper was exceedingly IN
tercstin% and not 50 technical but that
the points could easily be gfasped BY o
TN sn,n.i convention oftb4 soc;ct,
yhieL n the tuSnfv .third convened
nj two O'Clock. President IT. ". MIR
- ~ 40 ma onenfno address. and then
Doctor Eoroaafd was calledIupon. The
snbieet ~ Ms paper was; sf,ReIntion Of
poy;ne Tnbercnlosis 10 Public Health.
with Spccial References TO Children.
A ,liscuesion followed On this paper led
Nv Dr.. II. 3. h. Pratt, president Of the
honrd If health. A.r 49,
DR. J. r.. Judd was the next on the
rcadihg Notes on Intestinal
ResectioH.i' The discussion here wac
led by Captain r. M. Caller gsTs
: Following this came paper on
"Bahyrinthine Disturbance of Equili-
hrium. = The discussion was opened By
DIR. D. A. Morgan. NJ Il
The session today will comprise .
bedside clinic at Fort Shafter hospital
by the medical staff which viii cow-
menec at nine thirty o clock. 4 picnic
luncheon will be served ut Kalawai
later. \
The following issa summary Of Doctor
Sinelair's paper. tcl
TubesoOlin, As Doctor Sinclair stated
In his Introduction, being q subject Of
greater controversy than any other
connected with the treatment Of tuber-
cplosis pulmonalis,he had ample oppor
tunity to express his ideas
His paper was divided, roughly into
two parts, the first dealing with rather
sensational results IN the treatment Of
consumption ut Leah Home and the
other with why tubereulin as a rem
edy failed in the hands Of so many OBJ
servers The great amount Of liter
atnre which Is appeaflnv eondemnins
he declared, is doing q great
Teal 81 viciors harm Ia creating the
impression that tuberculin should he
eondemncd; be also expressed bis firm
belief in the efleaey and Reliability Of
He quoted ffurcs baseii
on an analysis Of 6l6 eases (309 o.
which were treated after the introdue
ton OF tnhercuhn in I.eahR Home anil
.be other 400 before it, introductory
showing that only Eve per cent Of