Show HOLDS DISEASE NOT NECESSARY FAMOUS ROA aik sul tolON GIVES VIEWS UN ON 01 NATION S AND ITS NEEDS IR MAYO GIVES FIGURES IN wall vy vs AS AGIT 0 01 DEATH SOME HEALTH HINTS ny CHARLES S 11 MAYO am M D IMi editors tors note the most burgeon in III tho the world today is uri un I ur dr charles 11 mayo of rochester N minn to him havo have corne come men and women from every part of the world and tho the mayo alayo hospital has become a world institution hla his advice is sought by medical men in all parts of tho the civilized globe and lie he la is generally considered tho the t ro sort lit in surgery when all other means have tailed failed ills ilia article should be read with careful attention death altho although tigh inevitable to all life be it plant or animal is often untimely niely from aiom disease I 1 I 1 1 the effic efficiency ency of nations largely depends on oil a full appreciation of dis easco as a cause of sickness in all typos of life and its control or pre voiL tion germany doubled lier hei population 1 1 in fit two generations generation is and restored ed her workout land by scientific care until its acreage production tar far ex e 1 cockled our own it is generally colli conceded I that disease is largely annec 1 essary not only contagious diseases but also the common diseases which I 1 make invalids of so many ciany persons that of plants grains trees animals and persons are due to action is becoming generally known A few persons are mentally so eo constituted that they refuse to believe that the same agents cause causa diseases of people it la Is fortunate foit indeed that thero there are more helpful than harmful microbes mic robes since higher life could not exist without tho the single coll cell ed ad organisms many such organisms are used in the arts and aad sciences in the making of dyes and formen fermented tedi i allots in III tho the household in the mak S boat bre bread ad through the action of 10 beast the avoidance of at them in fit the preservation of fruit and gj g I 1 j 1 eatables can well be compared complied with the methods of modern aseptic sui gull gery in each cubic inch of soil there are aio millions of bacteria acting as aa chemical soil solvents for plant root loot absorption some varieties fix the nitrogen of the air for the nourish I I 1 mont of plants tor for example ea mple alfalfa henry ford plans to obtain practical ly y the same results at muscle shoals ty I 1 by electrically fixing tho the nitrogen of tho the air the eternal struggle in recognition of the fact that all higher life is struggling against the destroying agents which have an equal desire to live wo we spray ind and fumigate plants anti and orchards to dest destroy rov insects moulds and desti fictive borms or to maintain a temperature tor for food such as milk which prevents tho the growth of deleterious microbes mic robes the I 1 farmer sprays his potato vines cleans I 1 his seed grain and treats it to prevent mould rust and smut as a of research work on oil agriculture such studies have also shown that wheat rust Is carried through the winter on oil a bar barberry erry shrub that botulism 1 a a deadly poison and product of bacterial aalon a alon developed dev elopes in bad 5 ly preserved olives as wi arll fal ac aa 1 in other foods such microbes mici mic obes robes kill if eaten and causo cause the disease deseise lambar nock i in chickens although they are aie often carried in the intestines of hogs without appetent app sent harm great economic losses occur from diseases of domestic animals such as contagious pneumonia agle agic and blackleg black leg vaccination cin ci has hag proved very lery effective in cases of blackleg and the use of vaccine and serum prevent hog cholera it if employed before the disease sup erines er venes tuberculosis la Is a great destroyer of cattle hogs and cit chickens ickens anti and the state slate agricultural departments are ara doing a great deal to eradicate the disease infected milk is a fre frequent luent cause of tuberculosis of the lymph ai lands lai ids of the necks of children as s aa s of intestinal tuberculosis ll 11 L leads to prolonged ill health a i 1 l andl caps them early in life our larger cities compel the inspection of daries and the testing of cows for tuberculosis or tile the of at milk to protect children against milk borne diseases many epidemics of at contagious sore throats and typhoid have hae been traced to contaminated milk man alan la Is subject to glanders conveyed from diseased horses tind and CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE CONTINUED mom FROM PAGE ONES ONE HOLDS DISEASE NOT NECESSARY 0 to and carbuncled carbuncles carb uncles from diseased lis eased cows why french In Ucil within it i few decades tile the world aba as boac nixed certain carriers of disease such as the mosquito in disseminating yellow favor and mc maii iaria arla he luck lack of this knowledge lod led to tall fall to ro by the broach to build the pan uia canal general gorgio gave the world a groat medical masterpiece t hygienic control by converting the canal zone to one of the places lit in tho the world th the e research investigations made me years year q apo ago by rickets anti and wild wald i in mexico revealed that typhus B tov is cairned carri ed by tile tho body abdy louse etick is a died tit ed of typhus during the laves mitlon Sit lon wo now know that the disso la Is also carried by the central Lilo rican woodtick wood tick and tho the common odbur it if such have to ladt auala with the disease spotted vor over lo in man is duo due id tile tho bite of the beacy mountain tic k the cattle dvor avor in baxas carried by the tick is larcome ler come by dipping she lie animals and old ad selection of cor certain cain breedings aure immune to tho the iti sease an ox ex ampie of disease of trees is found in ili to ie chestnuts which have been killed largo lareo areas of our coun ry by mury injury to tile tho paper bark of tile tho rees sligh variations in the chemas y or taste of tho substance give im eunity ty tor for example tile the japanese liest nut Is s fitee from the disease Di disciavo preventable At touton Is called to D few of the iiii olles of disease in the living culls cello f plants animals and man I 1 in n order a 0 emphasize the fact that they are 11 1 1 so much alike that the diseases 4 f nian man are as aa preventable Us as are tose loso of plants in tile tho best beat manzagol man agol roon houses and gardens and of ant aal bals on well managed farms and bat the economic gain Is far greater gre atar I 1 ho he application of scientific knowl ligo in the war prevented death froth atanoa caused by the contamination I 1 f 1 wounds by contact with the lands of france franca and io 0 o urn um especially prepared serums anti and antitoxins ati toxins were used which furnish lie ho body with a small amount of mitt eiji ellal in tho the blood such us as la is loft left nf at or teco vory from smallpox typhoid ever aver measles or scarlet lever tend rend ring the iio patient immune LQ a second atack on tile the knowledge of 0 auw its ats Is accomplished in the body and ie mannor manner in which it can be tranh tiani acred not necessarily by the ludie nal aal having tha disease dla oase la is based all 11 the preventive treatment of con ageous disease thus thua measles and barlec arlet raver fever undoubtedly soon will be ba assed in this group of avoidable by vaccination tie he spread of such knowledge knowl edgo civet ar ir colu by tour four lillian million sold lei ill contribute much 0 o the develop ont lont of at a campaign for national heal As ad tho the wounds and diseases ot at lose lese soldiers were cured they were churned again and again to the line I 1 1 order that a rall military itar y decision nil ml lit ht result the failure of such auch doe dec lion ilon has haa left the world in chaos foi fat iree years yeara more afore than of the physically and nd mon tully best medica on ot of our etli country were in army rood mod il 41 service the remaining two thirds i any of the them m old retired and poorly quipped tor the profession cared for ore than persons it to the cre credit dit of our nation during 0 trying trang period la in which there were deaths de achs from influenza that ere eie was waa so 90 little complaint all res rea zing that the shortage of physicians I 1 i civil practice gave our boys a bet or chance toll of cancer I 1 we lost less than soldiers eold tera I 1 it the war bu b during i the ithe same saine two ears poisons persons poi sons in ia our civilian from cancer Ill history story aws that in former wars death from ccase was a large factor in the ter of war since death tron fron sease and death in battle occurred I 1 i a ratio of from 8 ta I 1 to as high s i 16 to I 1 in the spanish war wt w in batile battle sold tirs rs while nil nd that m of alt di ease easa awen y thousand sold soldiers lers were sick alck watt fodor fever I 1 at one time due to fat at ro to establish proper medical auth i the boer war the english ost ot of sol 1 I s sch with clyola ph 4 contas cont as t f tills this tho the ro re ent ant french on the great war shows that six soldiers sold ierg died in battle a 0 one from disease the necessities t f war fina finally liy gave medicine an opp to make this marvelous marve loua show ig when given authority these fig demonstrate the baving of it life to hat should be possible in time of beace attention Is called to the lack it t nit VO aare ns a national aste asle since nce we lese persons year from unnecessary disease 00 fall fail to live through the first year t life and die within the st at six weeks our maternity death ite to Is the highest of any civilized atlon largely from neglect aegle fort or lack t opportunity to secure asocial care in idony amway of the tann farm districts in spite of such conditions it t la Is probable that twelve kears years havo have boam boe added to the average length ot at human llo by applied medical science within witt tile alm last decades largely through the preservation of chil childryan dran look to america for some years to conte come the pro gross of medical science will depend on america in E england ri gland un fortun bioly axi aly ro Bouch investigation ot of disease hns has been checked chet iced by a pernicious bill passed through tuo tile influence of the anti which prevents animal experimentations also by tho the development of generalized state bluto medicine and the consequent loss iosa of hilta tive it may luay bo be mentioned that thosa these same antl permit tile the coursing of hares and wear tile tho furs fars of trapped animals oton oten held suffer suffering hig for lays until via cited by tile tho trapper trap por tho the influence of such persons Is becoming active in A t io r lc a a and ili n must i u s t bo be c combated 0 e d a aa s w wo 0 c combat u ba t disease lis 0 n ia e T thoy h 0 wilfully 1 ful ly expert experimental mental on oil animals and are unwilling to bellevo that such experimentation la is very expensive requiring buildings equipment much labor and accurate ju observations carried out with the exact toc linte under anesthetics as 08 13 aoe ea t in ili opo boig on patio patients ile yo yet I 1 with fur far greater difficulty it is only y tile tho ului lioneal inter prota tion of such work that tho the loss caused by li in ur ceib and domestic anemas anima 8 to lay dy nothing of poisons persons chai boint be pre wo we ure hio not naturally law abiding civilization is but tile the state f social clan vience of tho the mass for abstance prohibition is evaded espin capin specially ally such sta states tes and cities as aa tiago a high percentage of foreign born inhabitants who are aided in auch evasion by tho congressmen who re represent thorn them their efforts ef foils to take advantage of at tho the medical profession and malo mace bart bartenders of physicians ina ca couns of drug stores was doom jd ja to tall fall lu ili tho the control of at the use usa of z alcohol congress should havo have as aa stained orta ined tho the small amount of liquor elo to wholesale and retail druggists tor for medical uso use previous to tho the passing of at the prohibition act pro is logical in countries with pure drinking water like mrs ais and has reduced remarkably not only those diseases caused by alcohol but tho the associated diseases of social and moral life largely defend de end ant on alc hohol and its ita salo sale somo some national N od tho the scope of at our aint national ional health nas aas greatly groate y extended over its ita dormer conception in the education it t tho the people many having develop id adult life on a foreign soil resist dt in ill this country necessitating added supervision in tho the form of 0 prenatal maternity and nd baby wel are clinics tho the physical development of tho the child and the care and prevention of disease during school ife ae also require national attention atton tion ruction in phal hal development tile the establishment of playgrounds and living and industrial hygiene uy girino are in a getie general ral way more mora or less leas appreciated by the inhabitants of bf our cities with the results that farm life has beonie i almost unbearable abla to our youth it 11 is said that farms tn in now new england havo have boon been abandoned within tho the last year to a loss less degree title this is going on throughout our country notwithstanding tho the fact that the foundation of our national jfe depends on agricultural products within fifty years a tho number of persona son on farms compared with tile tho 0 to o tal has boon been been reduced from 70 per par cent to 30 per cent special corn com have hate set a living wage for minors miners and other such laborers thu tho arler a s investment it if placed in a ity aty commercial business would eai itle him to a good living ind and a good acme with community life aier soundings oun dings and a tow few houis work I 1 i day instead of at fourton four tt euars in ummer lummer and twelve in fintor mir fr the buttre family in many farm C cundill cu nril schools and hetZ lh conform must dust be established and tho ou of the th farm homa inist decalve aba tb samo same attention as hut hat cit 0 the tily city home outlying without a rai ail ablo lable medical or oe nr n w liing lna smites an be provided for iy ay y state stale health departments tho the motor tracil arck laboratory bor atory roentgen ray plant surgical nil nd medical equipment us as used in franco aro are just as aa avati atilo mole lor for tho the needs of our people people ale watching more closely the lion of necessary government exkew iturea thoy they note arid and the tha fact that in 1920 we spent 92 6 5 cents of each dollar of our taxation to ply p sy tile the cost of past wars bad nd to prepa a i for future wars and that out of thu the emall remainder only 13 cents wis WIB used to promote our national boach and to aid Ino education research ard al general development which so aa largely contri contribute but a to our general edtl efficiency cleacy and happiness i good foundation we weare are a body ot of poo pie with a primary good foun toun dailo datto ut iut relaxed immigration laws haval hava fraught rought i to us with aoma good much of the scum of theearta the I 1 earth fes tilting lae in a CONTINUED 0 ONlA jabz GB SM CONTINUED FROM THREE halos DISEASE NOT AU tho the exploitation of labor by large con corns ceina greater restrictions must be placed on immigrants tests for or men tal efficiency should bo be carried bojt t they are now for or sore eyes and the examination must bo be given in the immigrant a own country such mental tests 06 have been made in scat bared areas of our country have sho rho vu that we were supping slipping backwards la in mental ability it la Is of the greatest interest and Is indeed necessary that as ae a nation we talie recognition of our |