The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-03

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I rom the disease. 49, - .t
f. Attention IS called I'd 4 few OF tn.
varieties Of disease in. Tie living cells
o. plants, animals and man in order to
femifhasixe the fact that they are I'LL
10: much alike. that the diseases Of
man are as lpreventable as are those Of
plants in the best managed green.
lhouses and gardens and Ct animals on
we'll managed FARMS. aud That the eco
lromic gain is far greater: = The. appti-
cation Of scientiic. knowledge in the
war prevented death from tetannS
caused by the contamination j, Of
wounds. by contact with the richly
: manfred lands Of. France and Belgium:
especially prepared -serums and anti
toxins were used which furnish tho
tcdy with q small amount Of material
in the blood. such as is left after re-
covery from smallpox. typhoid fever,
+ measles. pr scarlet fever. rendering
the patient immune to second at.
| tack. on the knowledge Of how this
Is accomplished in the body. ana the
manner IN which it can be transferred,
rot necessarily by the individual hav.
ing the diseases. il based all on the
preventive treatment of contagious dis
+ ease: thus measles and scarlet fever
| undoubtedly soon will be. classed in
| this group Of unnecessary diseases
avoidable by vaccination. The spread
of such knowledge over cur country
by four million soldiers will contribute
| much to the development Of a cam.
patgn for national health. As the
wounds and diseases Of these soldiers
| were cured they were returned again
| and again to the lines in ordef that
/ military decision naight result. The
| failure of such decision has left the
WORLD in chaos for three years, More
than 10000 of the. physically and men.
| tally hest medical men Of our country
were in army medical service: the re-
manning two-thirds. many, 81 them old.
| retired and: poorly equipped for the
profession. cared for more than 10O.-
| 100000 persons. 1t is to- the credit ct
| our nation during the trying period in
which there were 100000 deaths from
Influenza. that there was SO little-com-
plant, all realizing that the shortage
OF physicians in civil practice gave on"
| boys a better chance. ~ -
T. We lost less than $1,000 soldiers in
the war. but during the same two
years 100000 persons in our civilian
population died from cancer. History
| shows that in former wars death from
| disease was a large factor in the ter
mlnatiOn of war. since death from dis
| ease and death. in battle occurred in
a ratio of from s. to to as. high as
Is. to L.. In the Spanish war we lost
in battle 353 soldiers while 5000 and
| that many died of disease. Twenty
| thousand soldiers. We're sick with ty-
phoid fever. at one time, lue to- fa:,-
ure to establish proper medical au-
| thority In the Boer war the English
lost 5000 of $4,000 soldiers sick with
typhoid. ln.contrast to this the recent
IF: ench report Gu the Great War shows
tEat six soldiers died in Battle to one
from disease. The necessities of war
| finally gave medicine an opportunity
to make this marvellous showing when
| given authority. These figures dem
Cnstrate the saving CT life that should
l be possible in time Of peace. After.
ton is called to the lack of public
health care as national waste. since
we. :lose 500. 900 persons. a year from
UNNECESSARY disease: '.300:N0O fail 20
/ live through the first Year of life and
$4,000 die within the first six weeks
Our: maternity death rate is the high
estsi Ct any civilized nation,;s largely
4 from neglect or lack Of opportunity t.
secure special care in many of tbs
farm districts. Tn spite of such ad:
i verse conditions it is probable th;i
! twelve years. have been added to 'tht
average length OF human life by. ap
Piled medical science within the: ast
few decades. largely through the prec.
Walton of children.
DIOR some years to come the prog
rfss of medical science. will depend III
lMnerica... In England unfortunRtel.'
all research investigati"n 'of$,diseasc'
has been checked by a pernciOus bin
passed through the influence of thu
Observation-Disclosures. which prevents
inn,al experimentation. also by~. Thu
development of generalized state med
feline. and the consequent loss of mi
tiative. 1t may be mentioned tina
these same NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; permi
the ,scoursing of hares, AID wear til
lfurS of trapped animals often hell
suffering for days until visited 10y tn
ttrapper. TAe influence of such person
Els Becoming active in America al
Il must be combated as we combat dis
ease. They wilfully misrepresent ex
: Experimental research on animals an
al ere unwilling to believe that such ex
II perimentation is very expensive, re
!. curing buildings. equipment niue
4 labor. and accurate detailed observe
! tions carried out with the exact tech
! mic under anesthetits as is used
!. perating on patients. vet with ia
greater difficulty. 1t is only by tn
+ clear and honest Interpretation of sue
+ work that the enormous loss cause
s by disease in our pets and dOmest
g anjnials.~.tD say nothing Of person
9 can be prevented. - -
Il We are net naturally law-abidin
T people. Civilization is but the sta
!: OF social conscience of the mass. F,
$. instance, prohibition is evaded., esp
e ciany in such states and cities ;
d have high percentage Of foreign
It bern inhabitants, who are aided
g such evasion by the congressman W!
: represent them. Their efforts to tai
IEdvantage of.:the medical professit
3 and make barfenders of yhysitians a,
E. saloons of drug stores. was doomed
* lfail. In the control Of the use of q