Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-01

fetfAit 70 AAe kDtfrnff, has asked Tor
the establishment ~ q meteorological
laboratory III connection with the nor
mai college Al IaE Vegas Vr the unl-
efrslty AZ Albuquerque This should
properly ~ located - the university
Hundreds come - New Mexico each
year in search Of health. Although
, tuberculosis ls as old as the human
E race We know very little more than
{ the ancientg DID about t. Those Of
us interested In the subject feel that
Z d mas been proved empirlcaiy that
hiRh attitudes have distinct benefit
Z ia the treatment ~ the disease Lately
certain work that has been done 10
Z New Mexico and Colorado has served
@ place this knowledge on some
what scientific basis Here Is a wide
field Much can be done that viii
rebound 70 the good II mankind in
connection with this one disease. NOS
10 mention others There Is now
connected with the faculty Of the un-
ifeRity man who is spiendidly fiji
ted 70 do this work. The legislature
ought 90 give earnest heed 10 tha ~
guest 81 the health board.
Medical Practice act.
New Mexico needs a new medical
practice act The present one offers
practically no protection against me-
dlOcre and unqualified physicians
consequently this state IS being sls
DC a dumping ground fer men who
can not succeed elsewhere
The pOwerf Of the hoard u health
should be enlarged IN many respects.
There should BE- created the office 81
state registrar " vital statistics under I
the board and "A new law enacted on !
this subject following the lines Of the 4
model law endorsed By the American 1
Bar association. American Plbpci
Health association, census bureau nd 1
the American NJ lieal association. -he /
present Law Is defective IN hat Il 1
provides for filing birth ana death /
Ger ificates With the county cierfs. I
Experience in this and O.hcr states 1
has proven cpncirsively III Il this Soes 4
not work vel, The presen, Law pro-
Fides that births must be flied within \
thirty days. 20 limit is fixed az 10 4
reporting deaths and If q physician
reports a death any time before a
grand jury indieis him, he is safe
from prosecution
IN 1912. 7 prepared a paper on this
subject which whs read before the
New Mexico Society for the Study and
Prevention Of Tuberculosis and which
showed concluslyely, I think, that the
present law is practically worthless.
\ Case in Point
Just how important this subject is
let me quote from a dispatch carried
IL your paper Of November 18th:
New York.-In an effort to save
The life OF Joseph f'llman. wealthy
furrier who rs under sentence Of
death in London on the charge OF be-
Ing a German spy application was
made today al the office Of the regis 4
Irar Of records Of the department Of
health here for his birth certificate.
1y means Of which his American citi-
1enship might Dc proved The appli-
cation was futile. for examination Of
The records disclosed no record Of his
birth.
steps were Immediately taken.
however, 10 procure affidavits from
DR. Henry Griswold, the Uilman fam
ly physician who attended at the
birth If the condemned man ana
rom two citizens who knew Ullman's |
az the time When these
nave been obtained application viii
be made to the authorities 10 allow
he record to be placed in the regis Z
er II was stated that. unless the
birth ~ recorded at the offices Of
he health department Ullman's citi-
.cnship cannot be proved and he must
lie."
This state ought TO advertise it's re-
sources and climate. 1t was mis-
axe to withhold the appropriation |
'Or the bureau OF immigration. and it
s TO be regretted that politics inter-
erred with this very efficient bureau
rhe legislature should not fail TO
provide some means at the next ses-
lion Of telling our story 10 the world.
CIIAs. G.. GIVEN, /
Silver City, \. NJ. December 81.