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Show measures of an obvious, useful and tried nature and also provide for their enforcement." i America Has More of Ihe Disease Than Any Country Washington, D. C. Jan. 20. "There Is more typhoid fever In this country ihun In any other civilized land," said ' Dr. M. J. Rosenau of the Harvard medical school, Boston. Mass., in an address delivered in this city loibtv j before the third annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. Presi-dents. The annual total Is 3o.oii0 deaths and over 350,000 cases This . Is a national disgrace and is due entirely en-tirely to lack of education on the pnh-Ject. pnh-Ject. We probably know more about typhoid and Its methods of spread nnd the mean3 for Its control than we do of any other disease. Yet right here In our capital city there Is an rxcesslve amount of typhoid, ami this fad story finds repetition in all our Inrge cities, if the public were taught J to fear typhoid as It does a case of ! cholera there would soon be an end of it. : "In advocating a public health mill- I t la In the cause of preventive medicine, medi-cine, I do not mean a marching col- j limn of men in uniforms, armed with ' microscopes and disinfectants. The public health mllltla that I have In mind calls for the enrollment of all rood citizens. Preventive medicine Is ! t'ie watchword of the hour, and enlist- Tnent In the cause can only come can only come through education. "There are two important factors j In public health work. One Is the 1 paining of new knowledge through sM- ' entile research; the other Is the dlf- j fusion of this knowledge through education. edu-cation. With prophetic foresight and ; characteristic energy. Harvard unlvor- I Rlty has established a chair of pre- j ventive medicine an an Integral part . of Its educational system. Not only the medical profession, but the public at large thould bo enlightened. The Miontlflc and professional corps may be the regular army, but the public ; a must be the reserve mtll'lA In any ef. c feetlve warfare agnln&t disease. "When the people understand that typhoid fever li a preventable as are ! r.-iilroad accidents , wo fdiall have n casus belli, and the courage needed for a victorious campaign. The pov-ernment pov-ernment now protects us from cholern, leprosy, yellow fever nnd other exotic pla.mes; whv should It not also gunrd us against the dangers that are pres- Dt as ve',1 as those that are b-.tt re-ri'oieiy re-ri'oieiy Imminent? Present dangers, f'icb ,i tuberculosis, pneumonia. t--I!hM fever and Infantile diarrhoeas, are Infections which reap the highest . 'oil of death among us and are foe- J fiu-n worfhv of our best efforts. 'When this matter Is better under-s'ood. under-s'ood. the state will be required to i ro-ect Its citizens agnlnst such pre-1 pre-1 voTitable diseases, and the olTlelaifi n' pobitej t0 safeguard us will be held re;-ponclMe Jupt as ihe b-w now holds 'mpioyers liable for preventable jicM-'.epts. jicM-'.epts. Orpanlat Ions UVe life InKtir-Tiu-e companion, with their legions of '"'tors, nrnile of ar;e'm and bosts tf K'rrons. coubl len-1 an effective and usoful band in tbi worthy warfare n?-tnst clroi.v The life Ininratif olMals, not only as orgmlr".! Ions. bi: Individual clllzr.pc rnu'd ai)d h-:ld help in (Mr eimpair.n of educ.1-f.nd educ.1-f.nd ouubt to foster frilif.:! ad 'eft 1eslni&tion 0- a m,c hctlth c'r, i racier. "ft Is ibo plain ,lu!r of the pubM? r lr'i militia to nee that ouv j.-ovorn-1;? 'loMes. nbetber the federal gov-'n'nent, gov-'n'nent, trt Kirto Ir iiflaturcs or the municlpiil a.".oil,!j4 .Miaf! public |