The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-04-21
DOCTORS Of FIVE COUNTIES HOLD
INTERESTING MEETING At BRANDON

! The next subject on the program
was "Mississippi's Program for
. Child Welfare" which was ably
and interestingly presented by DR.
F. J. Underwood, Of the United
States Public Health Service, who
has been sent to Mississippi by the
government for the purpose of de-
veloping child welfare work in
this state, provisions for which
was recently made by the State
Board of Health The physical
condition Of thousands Of chill
dren of Mississippi are impaired
in early youth, and by the proper
treatment, they can be restored
and developed into physically
strong and useful citizens. Many
facts brought out by DR.. Under
wood were a revelation to the
laymen present, and all wondered
why Mississippi had not been en-
gagged in this great work long ago.
The News considered the paper
SO valuable, and of so much i'm
portance to the people generally,
that we requested permission to
print it in full in a subsequent is
sue of the paper.
Mrs. l.. j. Reed, cultured wo-
man of the Pacific coast, who is
also in the service of the govern
Iment, and assisting DR.. Under
wood in. child welfare work, read
IA very interesting paper on the
subject of prenatal care and child
birth, and showed from statistics
that many thousands of lives of
women and children could be saw
ed at this period by the proper
nursing and medical attention
| According to statistics presented
by Mrs. Reed, IS per cent of the
deaths due from this cause are
preventable, and it is the intention
lof the Child Welfare department
lof the State Board of Health to
correct these matters as speedily
as possible. This will be accom-
plished by educating the people
along the scientific lines of this
subject.
i The last of the scientific part OF
the program was the subject OF
Latent and Inherent Types OF
Syphilis" which was read by DR.
Everett L. Green, a very learned
and successful physician of Car.
penter. DR.. Green has made this
disease speciality, and his sue.
cess in it's treatment prepared him
to speak with authority on it's va.
rious forms and phases. In many
| communities, declared DR.. Green
declared, this is a very serious
handicap to many people, and
causes an economic loss yearly OF
many millions of dollars. Some
| times he finds as many as 80 per
/ cent Of the population of commun-
i titles suffering with this malady
land many Of them who have in
Iherited it do not know of it's ex-
-listence in their system. DR.. c. r
Stingily, state bacteriologist and
/ in charge of the state laboratories
4 discussed DR.. Green's paper, and
substantiated his contention of il
being one of the worst and most
j deceiving diseases with which the
medical profession is called upon
] to treat. It is the hope of the ply
}. sicians of the country by united
}, effort to stamp this disease out en-
tirely within the next few years
Il After short business session
at which Mrs. L. J. Reed was cleo
. ted an honorary member Of the
society, adjournment was taken to
meet in Jackson in May. At the
/ invitation of DIR. E. A. Cheek, the
June meeting will be held at Can
ton.
i DIR. Watson was thanked by the
Society for the very pleasant en-
tertainment, and at 10 o'clock the
medical men were in their cars
and speeding on to the capital city.
j The visiting physicians were
Drs. j. p. Wall, F.. ]. Underwood,
IW. w. Smithson, w. B. Dobson, M,
IL. Batson, s. H. Mclean, N. c.
Womack, F. E. Rehfeldt, E. H. Gal
lloway, w. B. Hamilton, Jackson ;
I'M. l.. Flynt, D'Lo; E. L. Green,
| Utica; E. L. Green, Carpenter; L.
IL Posey, ]. w. Armstrong, r. w.
Hall, jackson; w. H. Watson,
Brandon; G. w. F. Rembert, Jack
son; J. p. Burnham, Canton; N.
IR. Currie, jackson; J. H. Mclean,
Jackson; E. A. Gordon, Jackson
Julius Crisler, jackson; R. W.
Burnett, DLo: D. w. Jones, Jack
son; H. 4. Crook, jackson; B. F.
Johnson, Fondren; G. R. Stingily,
jackson; E. A. Cheek, Canton; H.
If. Magee, jackson; ]. H. Fox,
jackson; G. C. Russell, Finkbine
i A. M. Zeigler, Mingo, Ohio; Mrs.