The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07

his most uptabla ovp,dit,r ON
which he was nrcomunrird bv can
tain Sil,r announced ss his ror,Iu-
sion that p,llast, 80 vat,r.
borne disease di.gruiD,f.J NV an
insect probably fn. h.f,.I, vr,f
His reasons for mis- ouipinr we're
that he fouuS II most ,rlv,i.rt
along swiftly flowing brooks and
that tho monk ~ tl. 5I-.,., v.,g
,oiucid,ut with maximum snp,ur.
aUCo pf these its,rf- H. ,pipt,p.
to which h, has glunp iona, ,nI,aiV
since. az far as avn ,,,arr and
to which many pnysi.iuts ndG,r,.d.
has been o,,rshadov,d I'm the I'rIt.
cd states hv tnr. stiLsruu,pt r,r,.lu.
stons OF two other Eroups OF mon.
The opinions r,arh.d 1L,.I IL,s, Amor.
lean groups, after long and careful
study arc opposed Go each. Apptr-
entity effective methods of combat.
lhS thr disease have been evolved
tipn the logical application OF each
OF th'se theories, So, " one may ven
,''' an opinion, II seems reasonable
10 suppose That pollasrl could be
tu'Ii'Iy crndlratcd by the appl!ga-
tIon of the principles involved IL
s,.,-lo 49, '''uu'loa' Sln,1 th'y are IN no
,,ii,,,f.',,' o'.'''H"i' r" lur as APP
SUES
mo flrst of the two American
CoNc'uSlons' and the earlier to be
announced, was that put forward by
lHH l"om psun McFaddrn Icllarrl
commission. The commissions work
was carried ON under tho auspiD cs
oi inc Ncw York postgraduate
MEDICAL school Those VINO were ac-
tiNe III making the actual iuVcstiGI-
tlohs were captain Slicr who was
!tht t' ihe hospital by the army;
l.. r. Ihl lrlSnn, passed assistant sur
g.oh Cnli,d 6ates navy, and W. j.
MA'Ntdh director OF laboratories at
the pos, graduate. Funds for the in
oStlsaLpns we're furnished by COL
hooc,t VI. THOMPSON Of New York
ana j. H. Mcldddcn Of Philadel-
phia'
Dr. Siler and DR.. Garrison cstah-
l!shed ned headquarters in Spar
tahburs, ;. G. the center OF mill
"istIIct IN Whirh pcllagrd prevailed.
with annual "reminiscences, In June.
t3l%' some pauohis were sent TO the
New YORK postgraduate hospital
oy me ilcld workers for observation,
STUDY ana treatment under the direc-
uon OF Dr. MacS,al
quite early in the course OF the
investigation Drs. Silcr and Garrison
expressed tho opinion that If the
disease was carried by insects as
Professor Samhon believed. tho
agent was not the buffalo gnat. as
he had suggested. but the stable Nv
Discard Previous Theories
After four years work. however.
the commissions physicians discard.
ed all previous theories and laid the
blame ON bad sewerage svstcms or
the entire absence of such systems.
The logic of this theory was appar-
entity substantiatcd BY the fact tina;
the installation OF an efficient sew
crage system was followed by a dis
of pcllagra I'm the dis
trict covered by il. These physicians
at the same time expressed the
opinion that the disease was of an
infectious nature.
Colucjdent with tho WORT ., TIM
Tbomusnn N, t.addon ro,,,,'ts,i,,,
exnerts of tba I'nitnd statns ,r,tI,n
health snrvico unrn r,rrVing a., i,'
invostig,tiors ,croi,,a
who voluntrarnd IN ha srh.
iccts Of Observation-Disclosures wero soiart
ed Thev were inrarcor,tna a. n
southern prison nnd 4, ,,S,,y bo
mentioned they were hardened as
a result OF lltll Willingness to ala