Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-31
BY BEN McKELWAY.

~ r. Carlos Heuser. representing
the city government of
Buenos Aires, Argentina. is
in Washington comforting
witt officials of the public health
service and tho Army Medical Corps
on laws relating to vaccination and
prevention of smallpox. He also is
seeking knowledge concerning fed
eral supervision of X-ray laboratories.
While DR.. Heuser comes to learn.
he has shown that Argentina. in some
respects. is ahead of this country in
her care of the public health. For in
stance. by a federal law every child
within one year after birth and at
regular periods of FIVE years there
after. A careful record of every such
vaccination is kept by the health au-
thorities in Argentina and one result
is shown in the success with which
smallpox has been prevented in
Argentina.
The physician came to this country
to find what regulations were in ex-
istence to supervise X-ray labora-
tories. He found none. In the United
States an X-ray photograph may be
taken by any one, although the dag
nosls from the picture is. of course.
made by a physician. The danger of
such license, DR.. Heuser believes. is
great. for serious injury to the patient
may result from ignorance or care
lessnees on the part of the OPERATOR
Argentina has taken steps to prevenV
such injury from carelessness or
ignorance, and within a short time
federal law will prohibit any one who
does not possess the degree Of doctor
of medicine from taking X-ray pic
lures.
Argentina's health authorities are
handicapped in their work, states DR..
Heuser, by the ignorance which pre-
walls among the common people con-
corning disease and the simple pre-
cautions by sanitation which are COM
mon knowledge in this country. Ar
gentina, he states, will learn great
deal from Americas method of teach
ing prevention Of disease through the
schools.
Dr. Hectos David Castro, former
consul for Salvador in Liverpool, is on
his way from England to take up his
duties in Washington as secretary and
acting charge d'affaires Of the Salvador
legation. His appointment was an
nounced last week. In the absence of
Senior Salvador Sol, minister. whose
the government of Salvador, the af-
fairs of the republic are cared for by
the Costa Rican representatives here.
The two legations are combined for
the present.
DIR. Don Carlos Gibson. secretary of
the Peruvian embassy, and for some
- oh apnH eAs
signed. and will leave Washington
next month with Mrs. Gibson. He has
been offered the appointment as minis
ter to Bolivia, and pending acceptance
will return to Peru, where he will
spend some time.
Through his knowledge of American
affairs and his sympathy with efforts
on the part of the United States to
bring about closer relations with South
America, DR.. Gibson has been valu-
able member of Peru's diplomatic
staff in Washington. He has made
many friends here, within and without
the diplomatic circle, who will regret
to learn of his departure. While his
future plans are tentative. DR.. Gibson
intends to remain in the diplomatic
service of his country. He hopes to re-
turn to Washington at some time in
the future. Il
me Argentine embassy mas COM
pleted and forwarded to South Amer
lea its eighth bulletin on agriculture
compiled from publications of the De-
partment OF Agriculture. The latest
one deals with the treatment and pre-
vention of hog cholera, a disease
which has caused heavy loss to Ar
gentine farmers.
The embassy now is preparing TO
send representatives and an exhibit
to the international live stock and
a agricultural show. which opens in Chi
ca go next month. Among the exhibits
will be fifty distinct specimens of
wheat grown in the various parts of
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Delegates to the league Of nations
from Panama and Bolivia passed
through Washington last week and
conferred with their republics rep
here.
Narcisco Garacy. director of the Ma
tional Conservatory of Music and a
former minister of foreign affairs in
Panama. and DR.. Harmodio Arias were
Panama's delegates.
Representing Bolivia were Florian
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