Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-13
KEEP BABY WELL
HEALTH EXHIBIT
Experts Tell of the Efforts Being
Made to Reduce the Infant
Mortality.
MILK is ALSO IMPORTANT

MILK is ALSO IMPORTANT
To the accompaniment Of the faint
wall OF a tiny infant, the one thing
needed TO make the baby health ex-
hihit at the court house realistic,
Baby Health week" in Omaha
was inaugurated Saturday afternoon.
The infant was sleeping peacefully
in its go-cart while the mother was
listening TO the lecture program, but
soon tired of such a peaceful occupa-
ton and made its presence known.
To make sick babies well. to keep
well babies we'll and then TO make
we'll babies better-these are the
aims Of infant welfare stations, the
latest move for better babies" ac-
cording to Prof Albert Il. Johann,
director of hygiene in the Lincoln
public schools, in his opening talk,
! Application OF scientific knowledge to
the care Of babies was a point strongly
urged by Or, Johann, Lots OF mothers
have the Information, bu, they don't use
I II for fear OF mothers-in-law or other
relatives whose opinions are contrary"
he stated superstition. lazincss and pow
erty are the causes initiating against
proper care OF babies. according to Prof.
Johann.
civic Rights OF Infant.
A crying need for Nebraska Is an in
stitution for the development OF retarded
mental cases, This fact was brought out
/ In the lecture OF Prof Alice NJ Loomis
OF the home economics department OF the
state university on "Clvic Rights OF an
! Infant"
The right OF the child TO be well born.
| involving the necessity for successful
eugenics legislation; "a solution OF the
housing problem, since Il has been dem
onstrated that apartment houses or
crowded quarters retard the physical and
mental development OF the growing child,
and the transfer OF the regard for ones
own children into concrete activity for
the good OF all children were points en-
phasized by Miss Loomls.
Mrs. Emma Reed DAVIDSON, head of the
extension work. department of agricul-
ture OF the state university. gave dem
onstration of infants clothing and Prof
j. III. Frandsen OF the department of
dairy husbandry an illustrated lecture on
Milk and It's Relation to Public Health"
! Mrs II. M. Syfert, president OF the
Omaha Woman's club. presided at the
opening meeting. introducing Mrs. X r.
j. Edholm. to whom the greatest work
for assembling the baby health exhibit
was delegated, Mrs. Edhoim gave a breif
talk the haticndr ana state aspect OF
the work.
| Good Teeth Reduce Detectives.
A dental infirmary is one of the crying
needs OF this community. according TO
Dr. William L. Shearer, one OF the speak
ers on "Mouth Hygiene" at the baby
health exhibit Saturday evening. The
work OF the inflrmary would be TO cor
rect dental and oral defects In children.
thus reducing the percentages of defec-
tives. incorrigibles and various forms OF
illnesses.
II want some big-hearted phlanthro-
pists to come TO the rescue OF the poor
little mites who are being retarded IN
their physical and mental development by
these defects. / want them to say We
thingv You men and women would do
so II you realized the great need" was
the burden OF his appeal Though this
movement has the hearty support OF every
dentist In this country, there wouldn't be
enough dentists in the state 10 carry on
the work IL every child who needed this
sort OF treatment would apply at the in
firmary at once"
DR.. Shearer told OF the wonderful good
accomplished along these lines by the
Forsyth Dental inflrmary in Boston and
that OF the National Mouth Hygiene asso-
citation In Cleveland, illustrating these
points with stereopticon slides and quot
ing many medical authorities In favor OF
the work
Talks ON Mouth HyETene.
DR.. Horace Warren OF Missouri Valley.
who spends the greater portion OF his
time lecturing to school children on mouth
hygiene, disclosed some salient facts on
mouth hygiene.
Ninety per cent of dentistry today Is
unavailing because II doesn't go TO the
root Of things. Dentists have been ham
mering away for hundreds OF years with
out finding the cause for diseases OF the
teeth and mouth. II Is outrageous!
Cleanliness and preventive care Of the
teeth. these are the essentials" he en-
phasized.
The close relation between diseases OF
the mouth and diseases OF the entire sys-
tenn were brought out by Dr. Warren.
who cited case where inflammation Of
the knee had been cured by proper at |
tention 20 a defective tooth.
The dental surgeon from Missouri VAL |
ley threw a small sized bomb into the /
audience when he declared that General /
Grant died because he did not brush his /
teeth as no should. The defective teeth.
which the brave general had not the nerve |
to have pulled. then brought on the dis
ease of the tongue from which he never
recovered according TO DIR. Warren.
Muscle and Tooth brush.
Muscle, tooth brush and intelligence
are the only things necessary for the care
OF the teeth. not the best brand OF tooth
powder" declared DR.. Warren. Thirty
seconds Is long enough to brush them II
done properly
The mouth is the portal TO the whole
body. Keep It clean. II you had as much
ruth on your face as you have in your
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