Show GREAT PROBLEMS WHICH ARE J LITTLE UNDERSTOOD 4 Those who would certaIn 4 evils must first know something of present conditions in the world of sin they must alBo have havo some S ot at certain disease plagues which are i upon tho human family Our atten alten 4 tion has been called to the tho of tho for the tho of In infant rant fant mortality particularly the thc follow tollow following j Ing statement mado by Dr Richard A AI I Urquhart instructor of pediatrics at atthe the tho Johns Hopkins Medical school Baltimore Of DC all the grao consequences fol following lowing upon an disease ono one of at the tho modern modem oro so lS as those of heredity Tho high rate rato of infant mortality among the children or of such parents Is Its socIal danger Many others fortunate and unfortunate fortunate in enough to Its first effects grow Into a childhood and man manhood manhood hood a mIsery to themselves and a public charge Fo Fow greater problems offer themselves to the tho philanthropist I to the th social the teacher and r f the tho state The false position assumed toward social diseases by bv the authorities ties tics and the consequent ignorance of the effect of ouch uch diseases Is ii m an everlasting disgrace to our mod morl I I em civilization It Is high time that physicians Its perils force 1 upon the tho powers that ho bo the tho rl right ht or of orthe the public to protection as in the tho I case of any other contagious dIsease Tho details of the required laws and 1 I or of malting making them efficient will work worIe out After nil all how over tho most potent Influence will be beIn beIn 1 In g giving ing the the public and particularly young oung men some knowledge of the tho serious and effects of diseases It Is not merely prohibiting a fool Cool from his folly Colly Too frequently the Innocent suffer the tho state Is T caned called on to support and I racial dege |