El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-01

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/ Thousands OF people have died because
they have been too lazy TO exercise.
! Every person should walk at least tive
I miles a day to keep well and young
. These things all sound like ordinary
: every day sort Of maNlmS. put II mas
I taken the people Of America zoo years
10 wake up 10 the truth Of them, and
the people of Europe even longer. said
NJ. Martin
Praise. almost amounting to eulogy,
was bestowed by Mr.. Martin upon the
efficiency. the scientific knowledge and
research of the medical corps OF the
United States army. which, Nr. Martin
said. had accomplished more in the past
I - years since the close of the spanish
American war. in the prevention and
determination of disease than all the
combined science Of the European ma
tions. Germany. France and Great Bri-
tain. had accomplished in 500 years Of
research. The greatest work of the
3 medical corps of the regular army, Mr.
J Martin asserted. was the eradication OF
! typhoid fever, OF yellow fever. of small
; poN and of hookworm. ma king It pos
! sible for white men to live IN tropi-
cal climate. If il had not been that the
army doctors demonstrated the ability
TO control yellow fever in Havana after
! the Spanish-American war. by the
eradication of the mosquito. the con-
struction of the Panama canal would
| have been an impossibility," he as
serted. The Panama canal is 4 stand
in- demonstration of the control OF
/ science over disease. which IS filth
Mr.. Martin sketched briefly the ex-
periments of Drs. -Walters Reed. James
Carroll and Jesse ". Lazear, in prov
ing that yellow fever was only trans
mitted from one person to another
through the bite of mosquitoes. DR..
Lazear died Of yellow fever. from these
experiments. but the theory Of trans
mission by mosquitoes. proved success
full in Havana, which for the past
century and a half had averaged
a. .
ease was absolutely stamped out Be
fore our army occupied Manila $4,000
of the lima bitants had died in one day
of Asiatic cholera The BubOnlc
plague was common Illness Manila
is now much cleaner than many cities
of America. through the sanitation. en-
forced some times at the point OF 4
bOyOnet- The army medical corps forced
into the comprehension of the Fill
pino mother the fact that filth and not
God was the murderer OF her children
through plaques and diseases Conse-
Quently the mortality OF children,
which before the American occupation
of the islands. had been rs percent OF
all babies under Is months Of age was
reduced. at the end of seven years. TO
The control Of typhoid fever in the
army camps is another triumph OF
science and sanitation over filth
said Mr. Martin. During the Spanish
American war. in the camp at Jackson 4
Vile. Florida. in 1898. among 10000 men
there were 2500 cases of typhoid and
343 deaths from the disease On the
sending of the troops to patrol the Dor
der in 1911. compulsory vaccinatio for !
typhoid was Instituted At Galveston, J
where $500 men were encamped, al
though typhoid fever was prevalent in |
the city. there was not one case among |
the soldiers In san Diego. where !
5000 soldiers were vaccinated- there [
were two cases In San Antonio. where !
$4,000 troops were in camp there were /
a
men in the regular army the reports |
show that there averages but from one |
10 three cases Of typhoid a year
'sThe discovery and control Of the /
hook worm. which had been for years /
depicting the vitality of the resi- /
dents of tropical countries, Is entirely /
due to the researches OF Nal Bailey !
K Ashford Of the regular army medi- !
cal corps said Mr.. Martin, land his /
discovery of the cure for II has re-
vivified and regenerated physically the /
race of people in Porto Rico"
After expounding the accomplish
ment of the prevention OF disease
enforced sanitation as eNem-
plified by the military officers Mr. Mar
tin made an earnest plea to the women
10 preach and practice cleanliness, to
insist uDon clean front and back yards.
and to use their influence to demand
sanitary surroundings for the children !
Of the entire city. He explained a. |
length the purpose of the Rockefeller
the Russell Sage FOunda-
ton and similar organizations Tor the
betterment of humanity, and the work
ACCOMPLISHED by these institutions Mr.
Martins delivery was like the rapid
fire of machine gun
DR.. c. c. Pierce. the senior officer OF
the public health bureau. who IS IN
charge Of the quarantine against
typhus on the border talked on the
causes which had made the quarantine
necessary and the methods employed
for the prevention and determination
Of the disease. He said that the
quarantine would be q great benefit TO
inc business interests Of FL Paso, be-
cause in Colorado, New Mexico, Arr
IONA and California, there have been
100 cases OF typhus fever that nave
developed in persons going to those
places from Ell Paso, and naturally,
the communities to which the disease
had been brought. looked with disfavor
upon FL Paso- The fact of the quar-
milne and distinction methods. being
,arried on here. he said. would elm
nate the possibility Of the disease be-
ng carried TO other places and con-
remove the feeling against /
81 PasO. DR.. Pierce urged every Wom-
IN to see to the cleanliness of the Mex
can labor employed about her home.
;aying that in this way she would not
,nIy be protecting herself and her
amily. but cooperating with the sanl-
airy officers in the problem of edu-
.ating the Mexican people In cleanh- /
less
Mrs A : J. Eylar discussed the .
of the housewife and the re-
alton of home economies to civic eco :
.omics. She urged the proper educa-
ion of the child in domestic science IN ,
he public schools. To reduce the in
reasing cost Of living, a diligent in :
estigation on the part Of every house ,
wife Of food stuffs and their values and
ne bOycotting of excessively high .
riced products, was the only remedy, !
he said. She urged the use OF 2
udget system in preparing the family :
menus. On the scale of first the nutri- 7
i've value of the food, second the 7
mount of time required for its prep I
ration and third, the palatability Of I
he food. Mrs. Eylar especially recon- +
lended that all housewives send for q
he government bulletins concerning y
lese subjects
Mrs Carl Lee Smith. the chairman Y
T the civic department. presided at a
he meeting She told Of the problem =
FL Paso to see that the proper sani- a
lry standard was maintained in the ;
iaces of the city where foods were n
andled and urged the people to o
atronize only the diaries. restaurants. L
akeries and groceries that stood above a
D percent in their grading by the Z
lnitary inspector. l.