Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-03-09

Rochester, MINI. To him have come
men and women from every part of
the world and the Mayo hospital has
become world institution. His adj
vice is sought by medical men in all
parts of the civilized globe ana he is
generally considered the last resort
in surgery when all other means have
failed. His article should De read
with careful attention.
Death, although inevitable to al
multicellular life, be it plant or ami
NAL, is often untimely from disease
The efficiency of all nations largely
depends on a full appreciation of dis
ease as a cause of sickness in all
types of life, and its control or pre-
vention. Germany doubled her popu-
:ation in two generations and restored
| her WORKOUT land by scientific care
until its acreage production for ex-
ceeded our own. 1t is generally con
ceded that disease is largely unreces-
sary, not only CONTAGIOUS diseases,
but also the common diseases winch
make irvalids Of so many persons
That diseases Of plants, grains, trees,
i animals and persons are due to mic
robic action is becoming generally
known. A few persons are mentally
so constituted that they refuse to be-
| lieve that the same agents cause dis
eases of people. It is fortunate indeed
that there are more helpful than
harmful microbes, since higher life
could not exist without the single
celled organisms. Many such organ
isms are used in the arts and sciences,
in the making of dyes and fermnnted
products, in the household IL the max
ing of bread through the action Of
the yeast. The avoidance of them in
the preservation of fruit and veget-
ables can we'll be compared with the
methods of modern asepti.>surgery
In each cubic inch of soil there are
millions of bacteria, acting as chemi-
cal soil solvents for plant root-ah-
sorption. Some varieties fix the nj
trogen of the air for the no1lrishment
Of plants, for example, alfalfa; Henry
Ford plans to obtain practically the
same results at Muscle Shoals by cleo
trically fixing the nitrogen of the air
The Eternal Struggle
In recognition of the fact that all
higher life is struggling against the
destroying agents which have an e.
quail desire to live, we spray and fu-
migate plants and orchards to des-
troy insects, moulds and destructive
germs, or to maintain a temperature
for food, such as milk, which prevents
the growth of deleterious microbes.
The farmer sprays his potato vines,
cleans his seed grains, and treats his
seed to prevent mould, rust and smut,
as a result of research WORK on agri-
culture Such studies have also shown
that wheat rust is carried through
the winter on barberry bush, that
botulism, a deadly poison and prod
uct of bacterial action, develops in
badly preserved olives as we'll as in
other foods. Such microbes kill, if
eaten, and cause the disease s'limoer
neck" in chickens, although they are
often carried in the intestines of nogs
without apparent harm.
Great economic losses occur from
diseases of domestic animals, such as
contagious pneumonia, henlorrhagic
| septicemia, and blackleg. VacciGa-
ton has proved very effective in cases
Of blackleg, and the use of vaccine
and serum prevents hog cholera if
employed before the disease super
venes.
| tuberculosis is a great destroyer
Of cattle, hogs and chickens, and the
State agricultural departments are
doing great deal to eradicate the
disease. Infected milk is a frequent
cause of tuberculosis of the lymph
glands of the necks CT children as
well as of intestinal tuberculosis,
which leads to prolonged ill-health
and handicaps them early in life.
| Our larger cities compel the inspec-
ton of diaries and the testing of
cows for tuberculosis, OF the pasteur-
ization of milk to protect children a
gainst milk-borne diseases. Many
epidemics of contagious sore throat
and typhoid have been traced to con-
taminated milk Man is subject ta
CHAMBERS conveyed from diseased
horses and to actinomycosis from
diseased cows.
Why French Failed
| Within few decades the wo1 Ic
has recognized certain carriers Of
disease, such as the mosquito IN dis
seminating yellow fever am malaria
The lack of this knowledge led tt
: failure by the French to build tn,
4 Panama Canal. General Gorgas CAV,
: the world a great med cal master
: piece of hygienic control by cons ert
S ing the pestilential canal zone to on
: of the healthiest places III the world
: The research Investigations mag
d some years ago by ricketts, and Wild
In,. w,