The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-21
PUBLIC WELFARE
IS RECOGNIZED
Jsdss WrFtfarr MeHeny Ia pes
Drosnea Court Tsk.s coaniz-
znce of Drsy To~arts
caifdrsn-
ToEsIL CASE BEFORE HIM
Mctaer Was seFna Doctors, Saying
They Renewed TcnsfIs Wtraout
Permission svt Judge
Says Il WA Rgsht.

Public health welfare work Isl rec
ogntZe6 n COURTS, AZ a decision re-
leensIq by Judge William McHeurY m
tie district court at Deg Mofaes shows.
The case was THAI IN which q mother
tried TO recover $4,000 from two doc
tors whom she safd removed her sons
torsils without her permission The
Coy before the operation was below
normal mental and physically, but
after the operation was improved rap
Idly Tie Judge directed verdict
for ttls doctors and took occasion To
deliver q Little lecture on this public
health wariz. tt viii be Of interest
sere, since work CT thfs kind has had
"a beginning and viii bring results !.
allowed TO continue
TIE Register gires Judge McHerr7's
decision IN tne following
The time has come when we
should realize that the public "A
whole owes certain d1sGIes TO children
Which even parents Fave no night to
Interfere With" District Judge Me
Henry declared in q heart TO heart
taIk With tlae fEryraea and attorneys,
after re Fad directed the Jury to bring
IN Y Vepd5cr for the defendant doctors
In the Dz9ro sf5,Gtl6 damage suit
JUDGE NcFfsrrY's Lecture on child
welfare as = public duty was delivered
from the beacf.-and before 2 crowd
ed courtroom.
Besi5a the prosecuting attorney, s.
u. AEleu, sat 9-yearcfd John Dzaro. Jr
a perfect picture ~ health Near the
child sat his l1others who was seek
ing 20 recoTer SIS. 800 danages from
Drs- l.. W. ScrubT and T. r. MoTden,
claiming that they reunoTed the Eed's
tonsiis a year ago without the consent
.of his parents
School oAscfais Sustained
Witnesses for the two doctors had
testified that the operation was per
formed at the recommendation Of
school officials, for whom Dr. Fred
Moore. school physician, vas sponsor
Mrs. Dzuro testified that both CHE
land her husband objected strenuoGsIy
to the cEerasfcA- and that it was per
formed without their knorledge-
Late yesterday afternoon. after
hearing the case All day, Judge Nc
Henry Instructed the Jury 10 bring n
: verdict for the defendant doctors,
On the grounds that the plaintiff had
failed TO show damages.
'Lock at Johnnie" the 4aeze con
Timed. He Is perfect picture Of
health. The testimony shows that he
.ts better both physically and mental
~ than he was before the operation
a Typical Case
"Johnnls's case IA typical OF the
new conception OF our duty to chill
hood. Public welfare demands that
the child H2Gst be safeguarded even
though the wishes OF parents may
have 20 be ignored II IS the Duty Of
the publfc schools, and Of the PUBIC
az whole. to gee TO # that the grow
Ing chffd mas ar opportuHfty 10 de-
velop under the very best conditions"
Teachers at the Willard school,
where the Dzgro lad IS a pupil, testified
that before the operation he was be-
low normal both physically and raen,
tally. On the day Of the operation
one OF the teachers took him home
and told his parents that hfs condi-
tlon made It useless for him to be in
scnooi.
After the operation. they testified.
he Geveicped rapidly.
Dr.. Seruby testified that the mother