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Show RACE DECADENCE Dr V G "Vaugn president of the Amer can Medical association produced a mass of statistics during the course of an address in St Paul in an en deavor to prove that criminality is nereasing faster in the Tjnited States than in any other country and that the race is becoming decadent We believe the people of the United fctates are on a higher plane of intelligence than ever the) were before and that the soeial fabric s n no danger Great reforms are being accomplished and our schools and churches are more efficient engines for the destruct on of e I than at any pre lous t me in the r bister) While phys c ans have excep t onal means, of trac n, crime by treat mg d seases surely Dr Vaugh is mis taken when he asserts that the race s becom ng de a lent an I we erv mu h doubt that he w ll f nd any great num ber of people to agree w th h n sta t st ts or no stat st s The relief measures he proposes are certa nly drat c enough to su t the most ardent soc al reformer The doctor would ha e compulsory med cal exami nat on of e ery nd v dual compulsory med al treatment and quarant compulsor nan tary exam nat on of ev ery home the uarant ne and re of d sease 1 r m nals where possible and where mposs b e the el ro nation by the most humane mean" poss ble for the betterment of the ra e What an arm) of lo to s an I nan tary nspectors would be equ el f th s work we e thorough done As to the el m nat on of I seased c m nals b the most h mane mean ros "te tsfa of r-iume hat he Jo to oul If n sb means of e m a t on hat wou bp gwft i c an pa u lea9 r nt f w go n a bctte me t 1 h me ho I wc sha n n p to ne f b n omman mcnt seema n i at e a o I 1 h ng to o an wa 1 a t,h n ha p px e ent gonls h fhtP sen e oo a 3 nhs m |