Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-03
LOL[|NC MEANS
LONG LIFE, SAYS
EMINENT DOCTOR
People Who RecIine Much Not
Addicted 10 Heart TroubIei
Physician CriticizeS Fam
lily Handkerchief,
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Atlantic CITY a. j., July 2,--l.oll-
ing means longevity and would save
the present generation from heart dis
ease. declared Dr q. Harlan Wells. Of
the Hahnemann Medical college, Phil
adelphia In a paper read today before
the American institute OF Homeop-
athy
1T means that the heart simply has
tn push the blood through the arteries
and VEINS he said. instead of hay
ing TO lift $50 tons more than four
feet from the ground daily, during
the time an ordinary human being Is
awake People of the earlier periods
and the savages lolled at every op-
portunity, stretching out flat while
eating and living on their backs white
resting They dld not have heart dis
ease and the copying of their meth
DDS would save the present genera
ton from that ailmcnt
Family Handkerchief.
Or. ]. |. Bowling. of Albany, y. "
president of the American Homeo-
pathic Opthalmological, otogi al ana
I.aryngoloaieal society. said the peo-
nle of today need instruction in the
use oi the handkerchief, especially
he family handkerchief" The lat
Ter. ne SUM- WIS uN'u III ih'll9 hFf''''
often with disastrous results
Speaking before the bureau of ped
oloev Or. Joseph T. Cobb. Of chi
cngo. said that of the two and half
million babies born IN the United
states each year half million die
befor. they are a year old OF these,
he Inserted, 60 per cent are due 10
castro. Intestinal diseases and at least
20 per cent have digestive distur-
hances as hy factors TO their III health.
eThe agencies already aroused on
the subject Of infant feeding, sald
Or. cobb, 'only touch the border OF
humanity. The great mass IL still de-
pendent upon the instruction OF phN-
sicians and nurses and the mothers
of the pret eding generation. me
greatest error In infant feeding today
il lack of attention and study given
maternal feeding by the physician
directly in charge of the baby
A committee reporting today on the
annual address Of President Dewitt
wilcox. Of Boston institute, endorsed
his scheme for the creation OF sem
ate or legislative body with one rep
resentative elected from every state
society college ana homeopathic nos
pital. A college alliance to acquaint
students with the work OF the lhs'-
tutc also was recommended.
DR.. Arson Cameron. Chicago, chair-
man of the bureau of pedology or the
institute outlined infant welfare WORK
Of the present time. lie said the lars-
est national asset is the sound young
human unit Each baby is a LIVING
factory of possibilities
The expense Of saving eight thou-
sand babies who needlessly die every
wear in New York City. is no greater
Than the expense Of burying them a
high tax rate disturbs most people
a good deal more than does hish
death rate. though both may be pre-
Nentable. -,
poverty and ignorance are the
fundamental principles of infant NOR
taIity" he said The medical pro-
fession cannot prevent the poverty
but il can cure the ignorance. Too ut
tie importance is given to the sueJee'
of infant rearing in our medical cor
leges.
"The community is largely respon-
sible for the ruthless slaughter OF nei
babies and the urgent need Is to eau
cate the public to a greater interest