Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-22
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present standards governing the
practice Of medicine.
For Sterilization
The council expressed itself In
sympathy with the bill providing
sterilization for the unfit.
Reports OF the executive council
rs presented to the house OF dele
gates states that never since 1907
when the present medical practice
act was passed. has opposition be-
come so active. There has been
little regard for fact and truth. and
little effort 10 practice good sports
manship. On the u hand. those
who r now practicing medicine
without a license, notably the chiro-
practors, desire to continue on the
basis Of an inadequate organization
In charge. and on the other hand
the Christian Scientists. and all
Who would heal by prayer, desire to
legalize their practice Is q voca-
ton"
Presenting an even greater me-
mace to the ci~ilized world than did
typhoid malaria and yellow fever
q generation ago. influenza today
confrontS the entire medical pro-
fession rs the most serious problem
In the war on disease. DR.. j. w.
Amesse. Denver. member Of the fac
ulty Of the University Of Colorado,
told the convention Wednesday. adj
dressing the section on diseases Of
children.
Doctors Challenged
The devastating nature Of this
disease" DR.. AmeSse said. contrary
TO general opinion. has been found
TO affect infants and children
among whom the mortality rate is
particularly high. For this reason
alone. IL none other. 1t constitutes
q challenge not only to health
agencies but to the entire profess
sion. Infants and children have not
been spared in the recent epidemic
and frequently the disease has led
to spinal meningitis"
Admitting that the profession to-
day knows almost nothing definite
regarding cause Of the disease, the
theory OF n bacillus being refuted
by many authorities. DR.. Amesse de-
clared that preventive measures Of
q comprehensive nature cannot be
correlated and the natural history
Of influenza clarified.
Reviewing the recent epidemic,
the speaker cited statistics showing
that there were more than enc mil
lion cases, with the total mortality
exceeding 10000, following fast on
the heels Of the widespread epidem-
ic Of 1918 and 1919.
Thousand Years Old
Coming from unknown origin,
influenza has for the last 1000 years
been taking its toll OF human lives
he stated. land we must confess that
IL Is only during the last two years
that w have learned anything def
mite about its cause and prevention.
The complications which developed
In the recent epidemic revealed the
disease as attacking all parts Of
the body without announcing It's
objective. Sixty percent OF the
cases in Denver during the last cpl
demic showed complications among
children.
The menace Is a major one
among infants and children whose
tissues IRE susceptible to the dis
eases yielding to the complications
fatal In 50 MANY instances
Muscle Education
How children suffering from
spastic paralysis can be taught TO
use their muscles was described in
a paper read by DR.. w. B. Carroll
OF Dallas Wednesday morning at
the convention OF the state medical
association.
"A great deal more can be done
for these children than Is gener-
ally thought by physicians" DR..
Carroll stated. wei planned mus
Gle education. teaching the children
to stand and finally 70 walk must
be carried out with precision and
regularity. This plan OF treatment
begins as soon rs the child can
appreciate and cooperate some In
the method. and Is carried out for
many years.
Surgical measures are designed
chiefly TO make the educational
work more effective. The contrac-
tons can be relieved In some mea-
sure by transferring muscles,
frightening tendons and stabilizing
certain joints, as In the feet.
IAN children having spasttc par
alysis as the result OF brain injury
may be greatly benefited by proper
gyrnnastic measures and by suit
able operations which place them
In attitude to receive the gymnasttc
work TO q greater advantage"
Increase Bone Fractures
Great increase In the number OF
bone fractures during recent years
due to the increasing substitution
of mechanical labor for manual was
described Tuesday afternoon In the
paper Of Or. Preston -. Hunt. Tex
arkana, addressing the surgical
section Of the State Medical asso-
citation convention.
Regardless Of increased exper-
ience In the case Of the general
practitioner Dr. Hunt declared. n
great majority Of Us are not having
sufficient volume OF this class OF
work to increase our efficiency to q
status Of handling these fractures
TO the best possible effect.
The general practitioner should
again farniliari1e himself with the
classical movements and nianipula-
tons for the reduction OF fracture
In specified locations. With the aid
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