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The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
MEDICAL ETHICS
Address Flagstaff Fronsae

on this ancient manuscript. And when
/ speak of the medical code OF ethics
am safe in saying that the medical
profession in every civilized country is
guided BY code similar to that which
is sanctioned and followed by the pro-
fession in this country and Canada.
You have all heard Of the ethics of
the medical profession just as Rotary
has d code. This IS called The Plinci-
pies of Medical Ethics of the Anleri-
can Medical association
IT is written in three chapters, COW
eriag under chapter one, the duties
Of physicians to their patients; chap
ter two, the duties of physicians to
each other and to the profession at
large, and chapter three, the duties
of the profession to the public.
+ I shall read you the opening section
of the code in which d physician s
responsibility is frankly and boldly
stated: " "A profession hes for its
prime object the segvicel it can render
to humanity; reward of financial gain
should be subordinate consideration
The practice of medicine is a profes-
sion In choosing this profession an
individual assumes an obligation to
conduct himself in accord with it's
ideals"
The second section Of the first chap
ter entitled, Patience, Delicacy and
Secrecy" outlines the relation of the
physician to the Individual patient and
| do not believe that | am able to
convey the thought any more concisely
than as it it written, so you will par
don my reading you this paragraph,
which is as follows:
Patience aaifd delicacy should char
acteriZe all the acts of a physician
The condolences concerning individual
or domestic life intlusted by patient
to a physician and the defect of dis
position or flaws of character observ-
ed in patients during medical atten-
dance should be held as trust and
should never be revealed except wheh
imperatively required by the laws of
the state. There are occasions, how
ever, when a physician must deter
mine whether or not his duty to So
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04

In presenting you this subject in the
short time allotted me | wish to inn
press on you that the profession Of
medicine has been guided from time
irnmemorial by q declaration made by
an ancient Greek, the father. of iiiedi-
cine, named Hippocrates. Four rum
dred years before the birth of Christ
he wrote the following oath, called the
oath of Hippocrates;
81 swear by Apollo, the physician,
and Aeselilapius, Health, and All heal,
and all the gods and goddesses, that
according to my ability aud judgment,
| will keep this oath and this stipu-
lation to reckon him who taught me
this art equally dear to me as my
parents, to share my substances with
him, and relieve his necessities If re-
quired; to look upon his Offspring on
the same footing as my own brothers,
and teach them this art, If they wish
to learn it, without fee Or stipulation;
| will fnipart a knowledge of the art
to my own sons, and those of my
teachers, and to the disciples bound
by stipulation and oath, according
to the law of medicine, and to none
others I will follow that system of
regimen, which, according to my abfli-
ty and judgment, | consider for the
benefit of my patients, and abstain
from whatever is deleterious and mis-
chievous. I will give no deadly metfi-
cine to anyone if asked, nor suggest
any such counsel; and in like manner
| will not give to woman pessary
to produce abortion. With purity and
holiness will pass my life and prac-
tice my art. / will not cut persons
laboring under the stone, but will
leave this to be done by men who are
practitioners of this work. Into what
ever houses / enter, will go into
them for the benefit of the sick, and
will abstain from every voluntary act
of mischief and corruption; and, fur
ther from the seduction of females, of
freeTnen and slaves.
"Whatever in connection with my
professional practice or not in connec-
tion with it, see or hear, in the life
of men which ought not to be spoken
Of abroad, will not divuige, as reck-
of1ing that all such should be kept
secret.
while I continue to keep this oath
uHVloldteu, may IL ue granted me 10
enjoy life and the practice of the art,
respected by all men, in all times; but
should trespass and violate this oath,
may the reverse be my lot"
You will pardon my reading this
lengthy translation from the Greek,
but up to a few years ago and, for
all l know up to the present day
every graduate from medical college
was asked to make this oath before he
was granted his diploma to practice
medicine and, further, you will see as
I go on that certain parts of the med
ical code of ethics, are directly based
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04

ment of hospital, asylums, schools,
prisons and similar institutions, and
concerning measures for the preven-
tion CT epidemic and contagious di-
se3ses. When an epidemic prevails,
a physician must continue his labors
for the alleviation of suffering people,
without regard to the risk to his own
health or life or financial return. At
all times, it is the duty of the physi-
clan to notify the properly constituted
public health authorities of every case
of communicable disease under his
care,< in accordance with the laws,
rules and regulations of the health
authorities Of the locality in which
the patient Is"
Our relation to the pharmacists is
also of considerable interest to most
people, and very often misunderstood,
so | shall give it to you in full:
"By legitimate patronage, physici-
ans should recognize and promote TIE
profession of pharmacy, but any phar-
macist, unless he be qualified as a
physician, who assumes to prescribe
for the sick, should be denied such
countenance and support. Moreover,
whenever a druggist or pharmacist
dispenses deteriorated or aduiterated
drugs, or substitutes one remedy fcS
another designated in prescription,
he thereby forfeits all claims to the
favorable consideration Of the public
and physicians"
] hope that have not wearied you
with a great deal of detail. You may
wonder whether the profession as a
whole is faithful to these precepts,
but you will agree with me that no
profession tries more sincerely to
serve humanity by the proper conduct
of its members.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04

ciety requires him to take definite
action to protect a healthy individual
from becoming infected, because the
| physician has knowledge, obtained
through the condolences entrusted to
him as a physician, of communicable
disease to which the healthy individu-
! al is about to be exposed. In such
case, the physician should act as he
would desire another to act, toward
one Of his own family under like Cir
cunstaices. Before he determines his
course the physician should know the
civil law of his commonwealth con-
eerning privileged communications.
Under the third section, on duties
to the Individual patient, are words
of advice on prognosis or the predic-
tion of outcome OF any particular
attack Of Illness. Neither should the
patients condition be exaggerated nor
lsrninirnized as to its severity, and time
Ily notice Of dangerous manifestations
should be given the friends Of the pa
ticfit. M
| Ii you will pardon again, I would
like to quote the concluding section OF
|jthis chapter, as it brings out certain
points on which the average laylnan
lis often in ignorance:
/ "A physician is free to choose whom
|Fhe will serve. He should, however,
always respond to any request for his
assistance in an emergency or when
even temperate public opinion expects
the service. Once have undertaken a
case, a physician should not abandon
or neglect the patient because the di-
sease is deemed incurable; nor should
he withdraw from the case for anyI
reason until q sufficient notice of al
desire to be released has been givenI
the patient or his friends to make it
possible for them to secure another
medical attendant"
The second chapter, dealing with
the duties of physicians to each other,
IS longest of the three in the code. It /
covers under duties to the profession,
first, the upholding of the honor of |
the professio;t by being first, last and
always a gentleman; to use every hon-
Ofable means to uphold the dignity |
and honor of his vocation, to exhalt |
its standards, to extend its sphere of |
usefulness.
Second, to associate himself with
medical societies and contribute his
time, energy and means in order that
these societies may represent the I
ideals of the profession.
Third, proper department, and in
defining it the section quotes verbatim
the clause of the oath of Hippocrates
as to modesty, sobriety, patience and
promptness in doing his while duty.
Fourth, that often discussed ques-
tion of advertising. Boiled down, it I
holds it unethical to solicit patients by I
circulars or advertisements, to boast |
of cures and secret remedies and T
methods of treatment. It considers
the most worthy and effective adver-
tisement possible, even for a young /
physician, and especially with his
brother physicians, the establishment /
of a well-merited reputation for pro-
fessional ability and fidelity which .
cannot be forced but must be the out
come of character and conduct.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04

Fifth, that it is unprofessional for
a physician to receive remuneration
from patients for surgical instruments
or medicines; to accept rebates on
prescriptions or surgical appliances.
Sixth, relating to secret remedies
which it is unethical to prescribe or
dispense or promote their manufac-
ture.
Seventh, the safeguarding of the
profession by exposure without fear or
favor, before the proper medical or
legal tribunals, of corHlpr or dis
honest conduct of members of the
profession, and prevent the admission
to its ranks of those who are unfit
or unqualified because of deficiency
either in moral character or education.
In regard to professional services
it is wise for a physician to al
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
ENTIRELY USELESS

"Yo' good-for-nothin' houn'! So yo'
went an pawned yo' watch 2"
Nights well! What good is a
watch ter me Of All amt got money
'unff to go nowheres notime."
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04

No woman worries about whether
her huband's stenographer is a
blonde or brunette after he begins
wearing 52-inch belt and brushing
his top hair over his bald spot.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
"Chinch-Bug Cholera''
Great Benefit to Man

In the Mississippi valley there Is u
disease known as "chinch-bug ch0l.
era" II Is known In other parts Of
the country also, but perhaps not SO
well as there. This Is one of the dis.
eases that benefits man. for It attacks
only insects that are injurious to his
crops. The disease Is caused by
parasitic fungus. known scientifically
as Sporotrichum globuliferum. and its
host is the dreaded destroyer Of corn
and wheat. the chinch-bug.
1t Is Of great interest and impOr-
lance that this fungus may be cult.
waited artifically In the laboratory. 1t
thrives on culture media of different
kinds. and may be sent out to farm
ers in badly infected areas. The meth.
I'd followed Is to distribute the bodies
OF infected insects in the fields, either
dead or alive. The disease Is then
contracted by the healthy bugs and
soon spreads over the infected local.
lily. helping to eXterminate the pest
II not eliminating II altogether.
Many kinds Of insects are subject to
these fungus attacks, but 1t appears
to follow that they thrive well only In
moist weather. The chlnch-bug fun.
gus Is probably the only one that has
been seriously experimental upon and
turned to the use Of man, but there IL
no doubt at all that others might be
brought under control, and eventually
become of enormous benefit to the hui
man race.
Our common housefies are subject
to fungus cholera due to the attack
of the species Empusa muscae, which
Stays them in large numbers in the
late summer. Swollen flies are often
seen at this time of the year clinging
to the walls of kitchens or other
greatly frequented places. About the
dead or dying insects will be seen a
ring Of white mold, due to the spores
Of the plant which have been elected
at maturity. One fly catches 1t from
another. or from free spores in the
air. and the disease ls really very
beneficial as far as man Is concerned.
In reducing the number Of fies.-
Nature Magazine.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
OPERATORS IN
BOMBAY SPEAK
MANY LANGUAGES
Girls at Switchboard in lndia's Most
Cosmopolitan City Must Be
Linguists.

Bombay, the great seaport of the
West Coast of India, is perhaps the
most cosmopolitan city in the whole
vast Indian Empire. English, Portu.
guese, French, natives Of India
Chinese and Japanese swarm about
the great bazaars, along the docks
and among the cotton-mills for which
Bombay is famous. Christian, Mo-
hammedan, Hindu, Parsee and Sikh
meet for trade i'll this great center
of Eastern commerce. Many Ian.
guages and more dialects are spoken
on Bombays broad streets and splen-
did quays.
Anyone who serves the general
public in this polyglot metropolis
must, therefore. necessarily be some
thing of a linguist; and this applies
especially to the telephone operators
who work at the switchboards of the
local telephone system. All telephone
operators in Bombay, it is said, must
be able to speak, in addition to their
native language, not only English,
but French. Arabic, Chinese and
Japanese as well.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
SyHkTr. "TNFORMA-
TON" CAN AND CAM
NOT TELL YOU

When a telephone subscriber looks
In his directory for certain number
and &oes not find it, he calls the op'
orator and asks for Information"
whereupon she replies "Pll give you
Information and Immediately con.
meets him with one of the Information
operators who have access to the lat.
est records OF names numbers and
addresses Of all subscribers who have
been connected since the most recent
issue Of. the directory. After obtain
ing the number, the subscriber puts
che call throug" in the usual way.
Most companies make 1t rule to
confine the work OF Information OF
orators to giving information which
has a direct bearing on establishing
telephone connections. They are not
allowed to answer subscribers ques-
lions az to the time of day, the loca-
ton of fires, the outcome OF athletic
contests, elections. ETC., because II
might at times result in serious con-
gestion that would prove detrimental
to the regular service and impose a
heavy burden upon the operators.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Motion Picture Actress
IL Sentenced as Spy

Leipzig, Germany. - The supreme
court here has sentenced Alwine
Brusis. French motion picture star,
to ten years In prison, the death sen.
tence being escaped only because the
extreme penalty cannot be pronounced
In peace time.
Nine. Brusis, on the strength of her
birth In Dusseldorf, returned to Ger.
many and acted as a successful agent
In the French espionage service for
seven years during and since the war.
Her arrest was due to her custom
Of keeping diary, which. fell into
the hands Of the German counter
espionage service. 1t was found that
the actress used her beauty to enlist
the services of susceptible officers and
students. who told her many military
secrets,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Theater Afre, Patrons
Demand Refund to Ledve

New York.-A performance was in
progress at vaudeville and motion
picture house in the lower East side,
when smoke began to drift across the
stage and into the audience. But in
stead of rushing for the exits ma
jority of the 1900 persons in the au.
ditorium at first refused to leave the
building without assurance from the
management that the price Of admis.
sion would be refunded.
Finally. as the theater manager ar
gued with the crowd from the stage,
the smoke became so thick that the
spectators reluctantly abandoned the
demand for refund and fred through
doors and fire escapes to the street.
The fire damaged the property room
and first floor Of the theater.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
POSTAL CARD CLEW
IN MURDER MYSTERY
Man Saves Cent, but Pal,
Goes to Jail.

Valentine, Neb.-Clinton w. Smith,
farm hand. saved one cent when he
sent q postal card instead Of letter
to Mrs. John Smith, asking her to
meet him here but the saving of the
penny resulted in a thirty-year peni.
Tertiary sentence for both him and
Mrs. John Smith.
The man and woman were tried and
sentenced for the murder of Mrs.
Smiths husband. and both pleaded
guilty.
''She's the widest woman in the
world. That's why we killed her hus.
band" Clinton Smith said when sen
fenced
Clinton Smith arrived In Valentine
two weeks before the murder. Up to
that time he had never seen Mrs.
Smith. He went to work as farm
hand for her husband. John Smith.
The men were not related.
The murder was so well concealed
that the slayers would have escaped
unsupported If Clinton Smith had not
saved that one cent stamp and given
authorities clew.
The pair confessed they knocked
the husband down and then drove his
heavily loaded wagon over his head,
the wheels celebrating all signs of the
blows he had been dealt. Accidental
death was the first verdict.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Donkeys Came First

There is no more striking phenome-
non to those intimately familiar with
Chinese life than the Indifference of
the great mass Of country folk. small
town and village people, to what hap
pens In government circles at Picking.
had an experience Of this on shoot
ing, trip In the lake country west OF
Shanghai In 1908. II has always been
my habit when in the country to en-
gage In conversation with the Chinese
met In the fields or on the highways.
NOn this occasion fell In with we'll.
dressed villager, evidently q merchant,
walking on bypath through the rice
fields. The Emperor Kuang Hsu had
just died at Picking, and there was
some rumor rejecting on the empress
dowager in this connection. I asked
this Chinese wayfarer If he had heard
of it. "Oh. yes!" he said. IL heard
Of II that day went to the city to sell
the donkeys." swell; what will we do
now without an EMPEROR" I queried.
1--WE shall soon have another one," he
said 'but 1t will have no effect on the
price of donkeys." And so the two
events from his point Of view and that
Of myriads of his countrymen, were
properly co-ordinated. The death of
his emperor at Picking under sus-
picious circumstances was not Of as.
much interest as the market for dom
keys on the. adjacent plains.-N0rth
American Review.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
CRUEL CENSORSHIP
OF 700 YEARS AGO
Romantic Age of 18th Cen
fury Duplicated Today.

Censorship 700 years ago consisted
of calling out the army and "mopping
up everybody and everything offensive
to the ruling puritanical minds" &C.
cording to Prof. Nellie 8. Aurner Of
the English department, University Of
Iowa.
"From about the middle of the
Twelfth century to early in the Thir-
teenth. sheiks and Sahara Sarahs were
having their heyday In the romantic
sex literature Of southern France and
black oxen roamed wild through
Provence" says Professor Aurner.
"Troubadour poetry reflected the spirit
Of the times.
$50 romantic had the people Of this
region become that they put loyalty In
ones liege lady above everything else.
even the church and state.
''This smacked too much Of the
heretical to suit those In power. The
Albigensian crusade of 1909 was be-
gun to correct the situation. Southern
France saw so much bloOdshed and
brutality people sickened of the affair
Troubadour poetry and all its kind
went into a decline. When the smoke
lifted the censors had won, but the
idea carried over In the stories that
grew up about King Arthur and the
knights Of the Round Table.
"The present school Of sentimental
literature is recrudescence, with Inn
portant differences. Of the thought Of
the earlier period. The church in both
instances has disapproved Of any de-
parture from the puritanical style
which characterized the accepted
school Of both ages.
"No one style is suitable to the fiex-
ible demands of the modern world.
with its varying phases of highly COM
pick civilization. In spite Of the fact
that there Is much that Is crude and
disgusting in our present literature
the best Of it points to something finer
and richer"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
The Greatest Country

The American statesman was intro1
duced to the Scot as lone Of the lead
Ing politicians Of modern times and
the greatest authority upon interna.
tional law that the world has ever
known"
The Scot looked him up and down
for a moment, and then asked:
"From what land dye conner"
From the greatest country In the
world" replied the statesman, with q
smile.
The Scot shook his head.
"Puir BARN, puir BARN !" he sighed.
"Ye've lost yer Scottish accent"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03

BinghamtOn, N. with their cloth.
ing sewed on them by stout cord, Os.
mer and Otto Quick, fourteen and six.
teen years old, were questioned by
health authorities.
The boys wore the same clothes to
school, at play, and In bed, they said.
They lived in filthy home, according
to health officials, and will be com.
United to an orphanage. The boys
parents are living.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Puluerixed Coal Beins Tried

Railroads In Australia are expert
menting with pulverized coal for their
locomotives. Engines have been
equipped with special devices and the
first trials have proved quite satisfac-
tory. A soft brown coal is used and
by pulverizing 1t this fuel will develop
heat in greater quantities than when
burned in its natural state, and like.
wise tender can. carry more and the
waste will be less.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Death Rather Than School

Sioux City. Ia.--Rather than 60 to
school after he returned home from q
runaway trip, Lyle Miller, nineteen
years old, shot himself to death. When
his father urged him to return to
school. the youth said not word but
went into the cellar and fred the fatal
shot.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Stole 80 Cents

Kansas City.--For 80 cents obtained
In holdup, Fred Tarwater. twenty.
seyen, must serve nve years in the
'penitentiary. He pleaded guilty here
and was sentenced by Judge Samuel
A. Dew. An overcoat also taken in
the holdup was recovered.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday School at 10 A. M.
II A. M. and 7.30 P. NJ, Preaching
by the pastor.
B. Y. P. u, at 700 P. M.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening
800 o'clock.
Pitts Creek-Sunday School. p.
M. Preaching at P. M.
d. w. LITTLETON, Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
Disgrace

"That youngest boy Of yours does
not seem to do you credit. Uncle
Mose." remarked the minister to one
Of his negro parishloners.
mo. sab; no, sah," replied the old
man sorrowfully. HE Is the wurstest
chile ever had. He is mighty bad.
Fact, he's de white sheep Of de family,
sah."
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03

Twenty years ago the Bell Tele.
phone Systems total mileage amount
ed to 3,95S,S91 miles. Today there
are 34,523,842 miles of wire. At the
beginning of 1904 the toll line mile.
age was 975,7O2 miles. It has now
Increased to 4,569.256 miles.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
BETHANY M. P. CHURCH.

BETHANY M. P. CHURCH.
Sunday School and Adult Bib"
Glasses at 10 A. M.
Divine worship and sermon at II
A. M, and 7.3O p. M.
Prayer service and short address by
the pastor Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock.
Junior Christian Endeavor, Friday
at 7.30 p. M.
E. L. BUNCE, Minister.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-03
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School and Mems Bible
Glass 10 A. M.
Preaching, II A. M. and 7.30 P. M.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday even
ing at 7.30..
Beaver Dam-Sunday School, 2.30;
Preaching 3.15.
J. w. LACY, Pastor.