Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-14

close Of the convention of that or
! Caniza;ion in Great Falls. The only
I other contestant for the privilege Of
entertaining the doctors next year was
Lewistown, the support OF the dele
gates being thrown to Butte since
eastern Montana had the convention
I last year.
Officers elected at the close of the
meeting were. DR.. II. T. Rhoads,
Choteau, president; DR.. A. Dolan.
Helena. first vice president; DR.. }.
! 3. REYNOLDS. Great Falls. second vice
president: DR.. L. r. Packard, White
hall. third vice president; DR.. +. =.
Ralsam, Billings, secretary-treasurer.
The election in the case Of each officer
was made unanimous and DIR. Baisam,
reelected secretary, was given a rising
vote as a mark of thanks for his work
during the last year.
The house Of delegates reported that
nominees made to the governor as
i members of the state board of health
are DR.. B. l.. Pampel, Livingston;
Morris. Butte; DIR. {. c. Wallin,
Lewistown; DR.. A. D. Brewer, Baker.
n Votes of thanks were given TO Great
. Falls doctors, the city and the news
papers for their aid in the conven-
> ton.
Discussion on Golfers
Discussion during the last day of
the sessions centered largely in talks
on new methods of health care and
cure Of disease, some OF 1t IN technlcai
Language and some in the parlance OF
the layman.
Whether certain kinds of goitfr are
limited to communities in respect to
the nearness to sea coast or high
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opinion between DIR. j. Earl Else OF
Portland. Ore, who spoke on Recent
Advances in Our knowledge Of Toxic
Goitre," and DR.. Caroline McGill of
Butte. who led the discussion that fol-
lowed.
In her discussion. DR.. McGill spoke
of there being direct limits to forms
of goiter to the sea coast. the only
exception being in the district around
the Great Lakes. DR.. Else. following
her talk. held that while there were
so-called g%oiterous districts where
that disease is prevalent, both forms
of golfers are alike known and are
developed in such places.
Advises iodine Treatment
In his talk, DR.. Else said that with
the exception of the toxic golfers.
other forms of the disease, including
duO]SSCeuL koltCib ot
seemingly, by giving girls and boys
the right amounts of iodine at certain
seasons of the year. the disease being
due. apparently to the lack of iodine
IN the system. He advised the placing
of iodine treated water in the schools
at times during the year when the chill
dren. especially girls. could drink 1t,
The preventive feature was also en-
phasized by DIR. AIcGill. although DR..
fJ --.A-I - %kct <ha nh0n1utn
preventive qualities of the iodine have
not yet been thoroughly demonstrated
Radium is a poo cure for golter,
he said. although it may give temper
ary relief. Recurrence always follows
the treatment, he said. and sometimes
in worse forms. He advised early
operations in cases of goiter. He said
he believe that. with the proper pre-
cautions, goiter operations are today
land ought to be, safer than abdominal
operations
The tonsils have no connection with
eoiter, he said. Such cases as infected
tonsils and goiter appearing together
are purely coincidents. was his theory.
A new table salt. with the proper
amount of iodine added. was given his
approval and he said that he proposed
TO purchase it for use in his own home
at certain times Of the year.
Rational Diet
Making A plea for the place Of meat
In the diet of people, DIR. j. A. Dono-
van of Butte spoke on "A Rational
Diet for Rational People" He went
to the Bible for a part of his argu-
ment.
"The Apostle Paul warned Timothy,
"Theree would arise seducing spirits.
and doctrines of devils, speaking lies
o~J brpnariSy rnrnr N q n6iDN To 1hEf1In
from meats which God hath created,
and verify such has come to pass. The
bunk supplied to us by patent medicine
ads, and even occasionally by well
meaning, misinformed physicians, 10
say nothing of the war food admins
tration advice. surpasses Pauls fond
est dreams.
Though most religious cults pre-
scEibe what must not be eaten, Christ
himself. according to the physician,
Luke, ordered his disciples to eat and
drink such things as they give The
Romans were informed in an epistle.
Tone believeth that he may eat all
things. another, who is weak. eateth
herbs Again the Corinthians were
instructed. when attending the feast.
Whatsoever is set before thee. eat.
But for fear Adams successors may
have forgotten. Noah was Informed by
the LOrd Himself, Everything moVlhS
shall be meat for you Noah. the father
of the Boy Scout motto, BE prepared,
had his own young life shifted out st
only $50 years. In fact, before Moses
cut them down on their meat diet. all
those young chaps died early in their
first thousandth years.
Though many persons have wholly
adopted the diet of the COW. yet they
have made no provision, like their
model, to add TO their digestive ap-
paratus a process of digesting cellu-
lose.
Over Eating. Civilization Crime
"On the other hand. though meat
is the only diet on which man car
exist alone indefinitely, yet he was not
constructed to be a wolf. Neither be.
ing a COW or a wolf, but a combination
of both, was man never designed tc
become a member of the hog family
and he should not be fed as such. Elk
cessive eating, together with a super.
abundance Of spices, too much salt, ant
so on, is the most universal crime o.
civilization. BY making reasonable
selections, and limiting quantity to
necessity, a large percentage OF all
ments will again disappear. Rheum'
atism and nephritis originate from in
fectjons and are aggravated by ex-