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TALKS To MANY
CENTER PUPILS
Continued from First Page.
and have gone on to their reward.
In coming here today to speak to
you.1 had no topic specially prepared
on which to speak to you. and so I am
going to talk on the only subject that
i could hastily speak to you about-—
one which is the foundation of the
profession of which I have the honor
to be a member—the prevention of
disease.
v
In days gone by. disease came with
their cruel scourge and attacked king
and beggar alike and wiped out peo-
ple in great numbers. so that people
accepted them as fate and bowed to
their decrees without thought of re-
lief.
The micrucope has given the world
a means of getting accurate knowl-
edge of the cause and prevention of
disease. The microscope has given us
the germ theory and the germ theory
isthe basis of all modefn medicine.
Pasteur discovered that intimation
in the wounds was caused by germs.
Lister gave to the world antiseptic
surgery. Still later Cope discovered
the germ of tuberculosis. These three
men. in my opinion. gave to the
world its greatest discoveries. They
are the greatest benefactors of the hu-
man race.
In early surgery one half of the
deaths were due to infection of the
wounds. Certain cavities were con-
sidered sacred from the surgeon's
knife because of the almOst certain
death from infection of the wound.
Now in every operation recovery is
not only looked for. but looked for
with confidence. The surgeons of our
time are not any more skillful if as
skillful as the surgeons of ycstcrday.
for they had to operate with much
.2more rapidity because of the lack of
antiseptics. Their high do-ath rate was
due not. to lack of skill. but to surgi—
cal infection.
Lord Listcr was knighted by the
‘qucen for his discovery. but he will
not go down through the ages known
.by the title that she gave him.
~1hrough the loving affection of the
.members of his profession he will al-
ways be known by the name that they
have given him "The Father of Anti-
septic Surgery."
Now I wish to speak a little to you
Iabout mcdicai infection. The death
‘rate in this state not long ago was
'16.000 of which 300 died of old age.
‘Old age is a natural cause of death.
and only 300 out of 16.000 died u nat—
‘ural death. The others were largely
due to preventable diseases.
Tuberculosis is one of the prcvcnt-
able diseases. It is a disease to which
nearly every one is susceptible. It at—
tacks about one in every three and
kills about one in mcry seven. One
out. of cycry three autopsies shows
that the pcrson had tubcrculosis
germs. The tuberculosis germs can
and do attack more parts of the body
but ,
had; it. for those who recover from
the disease are‘torever immune from
it. In the last war. due to Col. Rus-
sell's discovery the deaths. from tyov
phoid were almost unknown. This is
a fine example of what preventive
measures will do.
. The men who did great deeds of
valor in the fighting that was done
with bullets and guns are well known
and honored everywhere as heroes.
against germs which are the most
deadly of all enemies of the human
race. are almost unknown. EVery war
has until this last. one always had a
greater death rate from disease. than
from bullets or wounds.
In the Panama Canal Zone. the yel-
low fever was such an enemy of the
white man that it was said that it
could never become a white man’s
land. It had always been thought but
never proved that yellow fever was
communicated by the bite of the mos-
quito. To establish positive proof of
this. three doctors gave themselves to
the experiment. They believed that
yellow fever was due to the bite of
the mosquito. Therefore they went
into the region and into, the presence
of yellow fever patients. and lived
with them for three weeks. ' They
kept in close personal contact
with them during this time and did
lnot take. the disease. Then. after this.
they deliberately band their arms to
the bite of a mosquito which had first
bitten a yellow fever patient. They
all three took the disease. one died
very soon from it. another lingered on
for several years. but later died from
the ill effects of the disease. and the
third one had only a light attack of
the disease. After this positive proof
of the bite of the mosquito being the
'cause of yellow fever the government
lsrnt Gorgas there to exterminate the
lmosquito and by so doing made the
canal zone safe for white men.
It is one thing to fight like a hero
under stress of the fury of the battle
itself. but it far more heroic when un—
der no stress whatever except to help
olhcr: to see a man nch up his life to
try and prove a theriy. These men
Who l.:l.(‘C their arms to the bite of
the mosquito did humanity a far
greater service than any who has
’laid down his life in battle. Those
“~- i. wl o laid down their lives in the
La use of science should he lookcd upon
as martyrs to the. curse oi huma-uw
[lime taken up much timn and
have much more that I could say
along these lilies. but in conclusion I
“all say Just this. if the death late
.71 (‘onh'cticut is to bc reduccl in
deaths «me to nahuul causes. the run-l-
ical profession must Lavc the int-*l‘i—
ctr? tooth-ration oi' the public. The
only \v':\' to be surr- m' this campers.
ilol. ls ‘_\ lnyin: th" l'onndnti m cf
such cultivation in 'ln- public schools
1"..rmc; lhosu who \\il‘. soon be 'h-‘ ( t-
lZ’Pl s Ci llw COmll'lll'llf..
ROUTINE MATTERS
BEFORE COUNCIL
Continurd from Page One.
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than Just the lungs. Thr- joints. the
spine. the skin. t-lc. are attackcd by
these terrible germs. It is a very con- 1
lam’ous disease and if one member of
a family comes down with it. utmost
caution should be used to prevent
others from getting the disease. :
Jacob Rois one of the world's grmlt- l
est men was one of tu‘i-hv hrnlllc-rs.‘
A." but Jacob th'lS (iii-«l of tlllwrt‘u-
All that saw-d him “as that hc
losis.
clnigrahd to this cmxntrv .md ll"r“‘:
lcarm-d thc principlus of sanitation.
}i‘- was out- of lhmw grunt ml-n \vlio‘
always lookml after the our who “as
dcwn and out. He always r“;tr'll(lf'(i
the helping hand to any who
nt‘i‘ilt‘fl If. He spoke nuco- .il our High
anti after the talk I had the
ONO
Ft luml
pls-asun- of driving him to the slaw
tinu .\s i talked with him. I thought
of thi- t‘lt'Vt‘ll brothers who had div-dl
of .l prrvcntable disease. and thought?
of “lat! llli' world had lost if llN'Yg
Wt re llkt lht- (:rcnt wan inside llli'. ,
Pniumonia is also lonkcd upon in-r
day as a prvvcniablc dist-Ilse. It is rt
'{liscnse- that i: \‘i-rv fatal in young‘
bliildrrn and old plinplv. It is today
looked upon as .l contagious dis-ast-
and must be I‘tllol‘ll'il to flu hullthl
Officer.
lllpbihriia is another tl-rrlldn- cm‘.»l
lazious discasc but 0m- thut may mil
only bc curcd today. but lwtlir still]
prevvnivd. I remcmlwr a ll-rrible l'pl- ‘
demic of it once in Norwalk when
nearly i-ery housc in my m-ighbor—l
hood had its whitu- crcpc on the doori
to testify that a little child had suc-l
Cllmlmd to the discus». Today Ivc can- '
not only cure it by giiing nntitnxin
but also how to den-cl it. and \n' can
also ti'St people to be sure that tin-y
are immune from it and to establish
an immunity for those who arr- sub—
ject to the disease. This nivthod is
frequently used in orphan nsylums
where there are large numbers of
children together. W'c have also found
out that by taking cultures of the
throat after apparent recovery we can
dettrrmine when the patient can no
loner-r give the disease to others.
Typhoid fever is another disease
which contributed its share to the i6.—
000 deaths in this state. This disease
is .communicated by contaminated
milk or water. by carriers. or by flies.
Some time ago in New York there
was'a carrier known as Typhoid Mary.
She was a cook. and every place
where she worked the family imme—
diately had typhoid fever. After a
time she was confined under quaran-
tine. She escaped. and shortly after-
ward typhoid fever broke out in Sloan
Hospital among the doctors and
nurses. It was discovered that Ty-
phoid Mary was the cook in the hos-
pital.
. One of the commonest ways of car-
tying the germs of typhoid is through
milk. Therefore the only safe way to
prepare milk for household use is
through Pasteurization. No matter
how clean the dairy is. how much care
is taken of the milk there is always
the danger of the dairyman himself
‘ being a carrier. '
- f In the Spanish war there were 5.000
" 'deaths from typhoid. These germs
Vwero carried to the food by files and
dram the food to the soldiers. Col.
. mil. son of the Col. Russell. who
‘many in the fire hydrant suit. he had
Henry J. Ill-rgman. to be the motor-
cycle police man of the city were re-
fvrrud to the police committee: ap-
plication from I. M. Orlins. for per-
mission to erect and maintain a gas
while those who carried‘the war on f
i" '5
trons translates
LL-ANS
25¢ ”.na 75¢ Pookhges Em
building at 8 o'clock. The admission
will be a toothbrush or hand brush to.
be sent to Palestine to help the people
thereto learn and practice the laws of
hygiene that the ma noble women
both in this owntry and over there
are trying and succeeding in teaching
them. A splendid time is assurred to
all.
POWERS OF THE '
SCHOOL BOARD
' mswsssp
Continued from m Pass-
town had the right to go ahead and
obligate the town or city in school
matters when proper financial support
had been refused.
The vaccination question was also
taken up in an in-direct way. It was
explained that the State Board of
Health had the power of directing
health matters in the schools during
an emergency.
Following the general addrea'es. a.
series of ten questions were taken up
and discussed and further questions
were asked by those present. The con;
ference closed about 5 o'clock. after a
very successful semion.
GIRL DISLIKED s
PIANO LESSONS
Continued from First Pm.
her lesson. Constance had disappear-
ed. .
The Hulsmann's appealed to the'Pel-
ham and to the New York'smte po-
lice. and then to the newspapers. Dr.
Hulsmann. who has an officefit 118
East, Forty—second rstreet. Manhattan.
visited the homes of distant relatives
in Mahopac. Putnam County. without
success. Then Arthur Pierson of Mo-
hopuc not two letters asking him to
go to Sound Beach. because things
were lonesome for Constance. Dr.
Hulsmann and Pierson hurried to
Sound Beach. only to learn that the
girl had gone to Stamford to sea;
Jimmie. Detective Sergeant Hefternan '
helped them find her near the rail‘
road station.
Constance played the game to the
last. crying as her brother. her friend
and the detective approached:
"Save me. Jimmie. save me from
them! Don't let them take me away!"
Jimmie's acquaintance with the girl
had begun when he found her crying.
at the station on last Friday. after she
tank on “(all street next to Cullc'ns
l-lm'll'icul stare. rc-fcrred back to Mr.
“Mills with a notation to take
lllillll‘l‘ up with the commissiom r of
motor vehicles.
A communication from the (‘itv of
Chicago common council. asked thatI
the local council take some action io-
wards passing :1 resolution :lskingl
i‘ongrtss to modify the \‘olstcad act!
so as to permit the manufacture of,
"good helihy hes-r" and light wines»
0n :1. motion from Councilman Mills.
second -by Councilman James, thc'
mattvr was tabled. I
Tim committee
thcf'
l
i
t
nppointml to saw :
about the collection of back taxes,
rcnnrlc-d prourvss and said that Tax
(‘ollr-cior llolwrt C. Mitchell was all
present arranging the lists and that
.l r-port would be madc- at the uni
rcgulnr inccting.
Mayor llarion rcpnrimi that in tin»
matter of the hiring of special coun-
sol to hclp Corporation Counsel Tam—
:ipprozlclH-d former Corporation
(‘nunsvl Quinlan. who. howctw r. had
refused. and that he had now ap-
proached the mpmlwrs of the Board
of Estimate asking that they giveJ
some word as to whom they prefer-
red to be engaged as special counsel
and that when preference was made
he would appoint them.
The police bonus. which is due
March ist. was ordered to be paid.
Abe Glazier. of Fairfleld uvrnue.
appeared and said that three other
new houses on Fairficld avenue had
the same number as he had on his
house and that ”in matter was con—
fusing. He. asked that something be
done towards remedying the matter.
The street committee was instructed
to look into the matter.
RAPID GROWTH OF
THE Y. W. ‘H. A.
Continued from First Page.
M: and Y. W. H. A. and $20 in money
With which to purchase either’ books
or book shelves.
A call for volunteers to teach in the
newly organized Sunday School was
quickly responded to by eight willing
workers. which already assures its suc-
cess. Parents are now urgently re-
quested to send their children Sundav
morning February 19th. at 10:3i)
for enrollment and classification.
A marble bust of Lincoln was do—
nated by Abraham Harris.
It was also announced that Mrs. I.
Polski had promised a beautiful ban-
ner to the members of the Y. W. H. A.
and a rising vote of thanks was given
her by all members present.
Then the newly elected president.
Mrs. Henry Harris. presented to Mrs.
S. Lei'f. in the name of the members of
the loung W’omen's Hebrew Assctflr
tion. a beautifully engraved sterling
Silver flower vase. This was really the
surprise of the evening and was deeply
. ‘ . lived for so long in Norwalk. is
fine men who perfected innoculation
at the prevention of typhoid. When
W are vaccinated to prevent ty-
“aim are innoculated with dead
man! typhoid from those who have
appreciated by the recipient. Refresh-
ments were then served. all of which
were donated by several of the ladies
present. 5’ ‘ 'l 5"
Tonight the Junior Hadassah will-
give a frankfurter roast at the Y
had spent her first night with an eld-
erl_\' couple in .Glenbrook. Sthmford.
He had been so moved by the appeal
of the "starving orphan" that he had
loaned her painfully accumulated
nickels to pay for her board and room
at the Itoekland Hotel.
t‘onsiancv was determined not to be
a burden to Jimn‘iic. So she had be-
come Mary 'l‘hoixw and had gone, to
work as a servant girl in Sound Beach.
It was brttvr than that old piano. an)-
way.
But Jimmie didn‘t see his way clear
to saw» her frnnl three grown men. So
\lrs. Mai-(l Cook. t'onsiancc's aunt.
and tlio- threw men took her in churgv.
Tin-y \‘.lil lulu- her honw tomorrow.
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SMOKING NOT A HABlT l
AMONG WOMEN STUDENTSI
BERKELEY. (‘aL Feb. 15.~—S'mok-l
ing has not become a habit or even;
"condoned fad" among women
students 01 \vcstcrn uni‘v'ersities Miss
Olive I‘rcssler. president of the A330
(tinted Women Students of the Univer.
shy of (‘aiilomizn said this week.
Miss Pressler said she knew more
than half of the five thousand women
in the University of California.‘and
that of the number she knew none
who had ever smoked. Smoking, she
said. was not allowed in the sororiety
house of women's clubs. and the co-
eds' code of honor forbade the proc-
“(38.
“At the lilSl conference of the West-
ern intercollegiate Association of
Women Students in Berkeley. a frank
discussion of smoking was held." she
added "and it,was agreed that there
was nothing to be feared from smoking
among college women in the west."
OLES Pl‘T PETITION IN \VASTE
BASICFTI‘.
YOUNGSTOWN. 0., Feb. 14.—
\Vhen a communication from the city
clerk of Davenport. 1a.. was laid be-
fore City Council here iast night. ask~
ing a resolution favvorable to beer and
light wines. the council referred it to
Mayor George L. Oles. who settled the
request by throwing it into the waste
basket.
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GEN. M’ARTHUR ls MARRIED
PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb. 15.——Gen-
eral Douglas McArthur, commandant
of the West Point Military Academy.
was married to ‘Mrs. Louise Cromwell
Brooks of Washington, D. 0., here yes-
terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The
wedding was at the home of the
bride‘s mother, Mrs. Edward T. States-
ury.
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Soft Pearl Gray with dark
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Norwalk Chronicler