The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-24
ROTAR|ANS HAVE
 ANN|ST0N GUESTS
Dr. Harris Discusses Sub- ject Now Receiving Much
 Scientific Attention

The members of the Birmingham Rotary club were hosts yesterday to a delegation of their live wire" brothers from Anniston. when what was gen- erally conceded, not only by the visi- tors but by the local Rotarians them selves, to be one of the best meetings s in the history of Alabama Rotarianisni.
 The Annistonians were headed by J. w. Mallory. The meeting was held and luncheon served at the Tutwiler hotel. Robert Ingalls, sat at the head of the table. Mr. Ingalls, presented J. E. Shel- by. vice president of the International Association of Rotary clubs. who in- troduced the several speakers
 A feature of the day was the address of Dr. C. c. Wiley. pr. Wiley's theme was Human Horsepower" His messnge was a clear-cut, brief and simplilied presentation of the subject, "urology 2 He defined this as the science of. or study of, the diseases of the urinary and sexual organs This branch of medica science he said. made very little prog ress until during the last 20 years Fifteen or 20 years ago." he said, ethe discovery of the newer and more ac- curate diagnostic tests and the inven- ton of electric instruments made pos. sible the most effective weapons against these diseases Such wonderful progress has been made that today this special work is looked upon as one of the most serious, and also one of the most scien- the, branches of the science of medi- cine Here the doctor explained what remarkable results have been achieved by means of the X-ray and the cysto- scope.
 The sexual function" the speaker said. 'is entirely too large a subject to discuss In so short 8 time
 Ignorance of sexual facts must neces- sarily be traced to false modesty and sheer prudery. The fact remains, how ever, and is the direct cause of great deal of misunderstanding and unhappi- ness in married life that could be avoided by proper knowledge of sex matters and consequent sympathetic under standing
 The speaker next explained that the treatment of venereal diseases is only a part of this branch of medicine. But Il IS an importsnnt part" he said. "for these diseases make Up the greatest scourge ever inflicted upon the human race The speaker traced briefly the history of these diseases. We find our
 
 said, 'n papyrus of Ebers, written 1850 years before Christ In the 18th chap ter of Leviticus. written about 1471 B. C.. Moses warned the children of Israel against such dangers and laid down san- tary rules which might well be adopted today
 The speaker then presented remark able array of statistics on the subject.
 When a girl is to be married" he con tinued, "the father always inquiries very caefully as to her future husbands s fam ily' as to his own stanoing in the com- munity. as to his financial condition. and his prospects for the future: in fact, ev- erything except the one thing most vital-A his health Here the speaker made T strong plea for compulsory physical ex- animation and clean bill of health to be required by law before marriage certih- cate should be issued.
 Dr. Wileys address was unique. 1t was ( message of facts the importance of which his hearers realized. but the lack of knowledge of which they readily admit ted, hence the unusal interest. Dr. Wiley has made close special study of this one branch of medicine and though yet a rather young man. Is rapidly coming to be recognized as an authority.