Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-06
PUBLIC SELDOM
HEARS OF CURES
IN CANCER CASES
Dr.. Mayo Says There Are Many
but Only Failures Are
Told About.
HOPE IN THE EARLY STAGES
Rochester Surgeon and Or. r. c. Harte
Speak Before 200 at the
Outing Club.

over rs physicians and surgeons
md about - nurses gathered at the
o,JtinE club In Davenport las: night
10 hear the celebrated DR.. William J.
Mavo OF Rochester. MINI. and DIR.
Richard {. Harte OF Philadelphia talk.
The two noted surgeons were brought
here under the auspices OF the Iowa
ana Illinois Central District Medical
ASSOCIATION. and the meeting was one
Of the most successful ever held In the
history OF the society
The session was scheduled 10 open
al s O'Clock but owing To the large
attendance. 4 was Gas before all OF
the guests were seated at dinner.
Dr.. ?. n. Gardner. president OF the
ASSOCIATION presided and introduced
the first speaker. DIT. W. l. Allen OF
Davenport, who made an address for
the physicians OF the district DR..
Allen welcomed the distinguished
guests He stated that the fact that
D.. Mayo had carved his name In the
hall OF fame as the greatest abdominal
surgeon Of the century. and his mere
PRESENCE a. the gathering was enough
Of an Introduction He also spoke o.
the rapid advances made in surgery
since 1851. DIT. Gardner then intro
duced Dr. Harte-
Dr.. Harte opened by saying that the
first medical meeting he attended was
held 20 years ago a. a house on Brady
street IN Davenport There were
barely two dozen medical men at this
session, and when / compare il with
the session tonight wonderful and
rapid advance among the local profes-
sion Is evident" he said. DR.. Harte
prsciiced Tor n number Of years in
this vicinity before going east. In
P1iIade!hia he won the name of one of
the best surgeons in the east About
q year ago he dropped his practice TO
take up work with the state medical
society Tor the common good.
Has Made Great Advance.
II speaking OF the marked advance
in surgery during the past 80 years
Re said: Back in the COS a man was
not surgeon unless he had been in
the civil war. and others were not con- .
side-ed. Now the people would not
think Of calling a surgeon who fol T.
loved the methods in vogue tlen. \
great man think thai the greatest 3
advances n surgery have already
been made. As ! look 40 years ahead. .
can picture at least as much progress I
IN tnis branch as has been made in the I
80 years past"
Men Of the profession have jus
now taken up preventive medicine
There are Just as many large problems .
10 confront US ROW as in the past.
Forty years ago il was the yellow fe-
ve-. and nov IL is the white plague.
especially IN the children. and tuber-
cul'sis IN children should not exist.
tuberculosis in children comes
chiefly from tainted milk drawn from
i-5srcuiar cattle In the larger cities
i-roughCut the east the milk question
has been given serious consideration.
and IN many instances laws passed
Lat nothing but pasteurized milk be
sold Laws have also been passed-tha.
al cattle be tested and all milk sold
70 consumers tested. II is only IN,
dislOue-t milk dealers who are not in
me movement heart and soul. ! think
'hat The time IS ripe 20 start a similar
Increment throughout the middle west.
We mus save our children from this
dread disease"
Good Fellowship Evident.
Dr.. Mayo opened his address by
commenting on the good fellowship ,
taat seemed 20 prevail among the pro ,
iesslc1 Of this community, ami the
.1ft t-ar he had not had the Oppor.
.gaity Tor some time 10 address such o.