Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-10
DR.. KElSTER
WRITES TEXAS
Located In FL Paso. On Mexican
Ecrder, Where Building Is
booming H

The Times-Recorder has just re-
ceived the following letter from DR..
! B. c.. Keister, who recently left
Amelicus to locate in Texas:
El Paso, Texas, June 5, 1922.
Editor limes-Recorder: Thinking
few lines from an old resident of
Americus might be of some interest
to your many readers, am ventur-
inc a brief description Of some of the
happenings that have transpired un-
der the writer's observation since
leaving Americus four weeks ago. 1t
was my great privilege toaa3pend a
few weeks at the great Washington
University Of st. Louis, doing some
postgraduate work along the various
lines of medicine and surgery. 1t
was my privilege during my sojourn
in St. Louis to attend the 73rd meet
ing Of the American Medical asso-
citation which convened in that city.
This meeting was attended by about
five thousand regular physicians for
the great purpose of discussing the
great problems of health and pre-
vention and cure Of disease. The
sessions lasted five days and were
attended by distinguished representa-
tives from nearly every town and
city in the whole United States, be-
sides large number of delegates
from European countries.
One of the most important sub
jects discussed was the unfortunate
tendency on the part of the profess
sion to become specialists without
first betting the fundamentals of
medicine. This fact was emphasized
by the best educated men of the pro-
fession, and the general practitioner
was encouraged to keep abreast of
the times by takinl gpost-graduate
courses at regular intervals at the
best medical centers, thus preparing
himself to do as good services as any
of the so-called specialists. Strange
as it may seem, we have in our coun-
try many pseudo specialists" who
are not well grounded in the science
of medicine, hence are unprepared to
treat the human body and the many
serious diseases to which it is SUBJ
ject. A committee of representative
physicians was appointed to investi-
gate the merits of the many pseudo
sciences" that are now menacing our
country under the guise of deceptive
names with extravagant claims to
cure disease. The schools of these
pseudo sciences have been investi-
gated by educated men and women
from the best universities during the
past year, and strange to say, in ev-
cry case they have been found want
ing in the first principles for a
fundamental, medical education, not
even possessing the essentials for
modern laboratory with which to as
certain the causes of disease, thus
Ignoring bacterology and miscroscopy
whereby we are enable to diagnose
contagious diseases such as diph-
iberia, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, in
tluenza, pneumonia, etc.
The first mentioned disease, prior
to the discovery of antitoxine, claim
ed about so per cent of all victims
OF diphtheria. This mortality since
the great discovery Of antitoxine has
been reduced to only about six per
cent. We might cite other instances
OF similar nature whereby millions
OF lives are annually saved through
the modern, rational science of medi-
cine and surgery.
But | must not take too much of
your valuable space, but hasten on
my travels toward the great South
western part of the U. S., where |
am now located in the wonderful city
of El Paso, Texas. This city Of
$4,000 people is situated on the bor-
der of Mexico from which country