Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 20 | An Unpopular ory

An An Unpopular Theory i The people of the tIle United d. d States tates ate pay pty 10 to- to in each ea h. h generation ge ler for the he sacred privilege of passing disease germs from one to another nother But this expend expenditure ture could be reduced l to one-fourth one of th the above sum if ce a certain a in new theory th ory about the prevention of disease could be i followed f I wed out JL d- d Certain scientists now insist that there sho should ld 3 be d direct public control of sick persons in every 1 j way way which will keep them from infecting well welli i 2 J perso persons s. s This This' control should not be limited d they l bf say by a specified time but should last as long as X th tp disease germs remain in an individual body notify 1 jL 0 Thus the typhoid typhoid Marys would be permanently permanently permanently perma- perma restrained from mingling with society si o while hile the ordinary grip victim would would be kept out l of f street cars and away from employment and andia ia the family dinner table l restored to normal f J h health alth T Tvs r. r vs e But its it's going to be a a. long time to the day 1 IJO 1 wh when n Pe people will will surrender their personal liberty s U of catching diseases and inflicting the same on th their ir neighbors t d Its It's going to be a brave body of f legislators r Jf t which will pass a law quarantining for f r example fOt tuberculosis tuber cases To o. o rob the sick of loving h care in the home environment hurts everybody's finer feelings f. f r But thousands of medical men have believed 1 io O t fora r a long lon time that this should shourd be done Now tJ s' s afew f w of them that sanitation i T I say public measures T K are much less less important than the careful super- super Fb tH pL i vision of infected persons who are disease dis ase cariTh carTi car- car Ti iTh 6 rs And Ald the th theorists say w we c cd could ld by such s-ch a tj 11 system tern rid ours ourselves of most diseases forever j I i I 1