The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 26, 1922, Page TWO, Image 2
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S$ORT SKETCH OF THE PROG- |
RESS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE j
By Dr. E. C. Knotts .
Mother Nature, the name that has
given to the forces that govern the
life1 and physical processes and prog-1
ress of the things that live in the j
- * world, is a very inexorable mother!
and very prodigal with 'her hand;-!
work. The prime law laid down by
> this mythical, majestic lady is that
one termed "the survival of the, fittest."
The struggling bud o^ flower
is ruthlessly destroyed to make room
for a hardier plant or weed which
may be a poisonous one. So it is with
human life, subjected to a myriad
variety of conditions that blight, and
? g4rm? that maim and kill, generousiy
supplied by nature, until life of the
human like all life, is one continuous
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Struggle uneac cvii ?itu
the dark angel of death.
However a power, greater than
Mother Nature and more kind, has
endowed man with the supreme gift,
intelligence, and with >this to guide
many humans have lived long and
useful lives when otherwise they
must have perished:. * The animals
and beasts of the forest have been
subjugated and made stepping stones
to life, the earth has been turned
from a wilderness to great fields of
cotton, fruit and grain for the benefit
of man and alt this by vartue of
but one element and that intelligence.
In spite of these: triumphs
man found that he was still being
victimized by savage forces of nature
and was succumbing to various
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ana areaaxui uistuses. xuc msi.
concept of primitive man conerning
disease was that it was of divine or
at any rate supernatural origin. Laboring
under delusion he sought the
counsel of the ruling deity or the
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ministrations of its priest or witchdoctor.
When it became apparent
that supplications to the moon, to
fire or his idol, when exhortations and
incantations of the conjurer, when
stones and sticks used to beat the evil
srenius from the body, I say, that
when all these failed to alleviate the
discr.se or to ward off its attack, then
man by virtue of his intelligence began
to question the ancient superstitions
and beliefs and to believe
that disease was a more worldly condition
and then truly medical science
was born.
Handicapped by prejudice and
heathen concepts ond by lack of precedent
and instruments the progress
of this, then, new science was slow.
Many of the theories advanced were
bizarre and fantastic. Esculapius,
more a philosopher than a medical
man, a<!vanced the idea that the human
body was composed of four elements.
namelv. fire, water, dirt and
air. Disease was due to a poor or
incorrect mixture of some of these
four element. Hippocrafes, however,
came close to the truth by blaming
climatic conditions and personal habits
for disease. Galem recognized
that tuberculosis was contagious. As
a tribute to the shrewdness and
Acute observation of these ancient
;writers medical history has preserved
the descriptions of tuberculosis,
pneumonia and leprosy taken from
the writings of Hippocrates himself
and they have never been improved.
But describing is not curing ana is
important, in itself, only because of
its academic interest. It was not
Until 1683 that disease germs were
discovered by Von Leeuwenhoek that
<r- modern medicine came into being.
Many men before this time believed
and wrote that disease was caused by
miprnsrnrniv livinc hut these
were rather ingenuous guesses or unproved
theories and did not have a
scrap of experimental demonstration
to. sustain them. So with this new
field opened to man equipped with
his intelligence and his eagerness for
new knowledge, diseases were studied
from a new standpoint and gradually
it was unfolded that for each
distinct disease there was a specific
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germ. There is a long line of wonderful
men that have each conlrib-.'j
uted to the store of knowledge, some
of the more notable ones being'
Koch of Germany, Davaine of
France, John Mitchell of America.
I Oliver Wendell Holmes, the English
poet and Lord Lister of England. j;
I 'So having accurately described the
' disease and having discovered the
germ that caused it, much had been
I accomplished. However, this was not i
i the goal, for it is of secondary imr
j porta nee to the sick person as to;
what organism inhabits his body. It
, is medicine or treatment that will i
I cure or alleviate his conditions that j
; he desires and anything short of this
: ;<? wnrt)<)pss to him. So in the study
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, of the great world of microscopic
creatures, science studied the condi,
tions under which they thrived, and 1
how they could be killed. The phyI
sician asked these questions: What
chemicals or medicine will kill this
gprm which is living in. my patient,
and while killing the germ, will work
no harm to ir.v patient? Under
what conditions must my patient live
! to best promote his ability to take
care of his infection? Now it was
' discovered that medicine as a cura[
tive art was obliged to be very limited.
Most organisms are very resis
tant and the human diooci scream wm
! carry very little medicine to the diseased
spot, if it be-remote. Yet w'e
know that malaria fever, amebic dysentery,
syphilis, diphtheria, tetanus,
all have specfie curative agents which
if given in time will cure. However
it is known that medicine is more
at limited to merely assisting the
body to throw off the disease. This
seems disappointing at first glance,
f but the facts gleaned, as this investigation
progressed, began to crystallize
into a specialty that would be of
j even greater valu^ to n;an than that
: of the curative art. It was noted
! persons who once had smallpox, even
in its mildest form, were thereafter
protected against future attacks.
tui'c woe true of many other
. disease. This protection was known
as immunity. Also it was noted' that
} certain diseases were more prevalent
j in certain communities as malaria .
I exists where the malaria carrying:1
i mosquito is indigenous. Further that
typhoid fever was more prevalent in
; those communities where the fly was
| breeding unhampered and surface
| water or open wells constituted the
j drinking water supply. Concerning
' each disease germ then it has been
; ascertained how he gets about, how
: he manages to enter the human body
and what he will do after he enters
that body. We know under what
' conditions it wiT *duce disease and
under what conui-ions it may be
rendered inactive. In short there is
now accurate knowledge of what
must be done to prevent the disease.1
This knowledge has given rise to that
specialty of medicine known as pre-,
ventive medicine and now constitutes
the bulwark between man and the
terrible enemy, the germ.
In the last twenty years progress
in preventive medicine has been rapid.
The most terrible diseases of the
world can now be brought under con-"
trol. Even in this present generation
we have seen smallpox swept from
our country until it now does not
constitute a disease of importance. [
Never has the world witnessed a'
more complete triumph than that of
the army of the United States in'
France when there were only one
hundred and sixty-five fatal cases of
typhoid fever amongst five million
soldiers. But these things have been
accomplished not through t'.ie intelligence
and cooperation of the people
concerned but rather through
compulsion. They have had their
lives saved fo^* them without their
consent and in many cases against
their will. However the public, generally,
is learning the lessons and
soon, no doubt, typhoid fever will be
i banished from civilian life as effec:
tively as it was in the army. Your!
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public healrh. association has little
power to c?iforcc upon its people the
primary laws concerning prevention
of disease but rather is hoping to
secure the cooperation of its peoples
by showing them that it is the lif$
of each one of then: that is at rtak?
and with this before then: man's supreme
gift, intellgence. will suroiy
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mandates.
So we have passed through four
distinct periods in medicine:
1. Supcrst'.tion.
2. Empiricism.
o. Experimentation.
4. Knowledge.
One can not say that ab?n!ute
knowledge has been attained for
there is yet much to know and to
find out, but at last we co have real
<s have ccmo out of
paotv, *v*ww -- the
centnries and v/hich have cost
lives and liioney to obtain. It will
take more'than a generation before
this knowledge is disseminated
among the public so that it \viH be
of any considerable benefit. For
have we not vet Dersonn in cur midst
who still believe that disease is due
to the curse of Satan and to witchcraft.
Do we not have persons apply
to witch doctors and faith healers for
a remedy for their ailments? Then
if there are people today whose ideas
date back to prehistoric, day?, can we
hope that in twenty years the entire
world will adept the know!?dge that
has been in human possession but little
more time? Dr. Copeland health
commissioner of New York, says that
death rate of a community is an indication
of how progressive it is. So
people of Newberry county, we plead
with you, you people in whom we
have faith, that you will maKe nistory
for the world by keeping your
minds receptive and open for the lessons
concerning the prevention of
disease.
RIVERS SAYS HOLD COTTON
FOR RISE IN MARKET PRICES
Such is Advice ot J. U. Kivers, state
Warehouse Commissioner Who
Says Cotton Will Go Higher
Columbia, Sept. 20.?The stats
warehouse system is growing rapidly
according to a statement issued here
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house commissioner.
He said that new warehouses were
being taken into the system daily and
that approximately 15,000 bales of
cotton are now in storage.
"This old storage, together with
the new cotton coming in every day
now will soon give the state warehouse
system its maximum capacity"
said the commissioner. "Every in*
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most prosperous the system has ever
known. The system has the best rate
of insurance it ever has had." Confidence
that cotton will go higher was
expressed by Mr. Rivers. He pointed
to the fact with the large amount of
selling that has been going on the
price has remained around 22 cents.
''As soon as the supply diminishes the
price1 will rise," he said, predicting an
increase of $25 to $50 a bale within
a few weeks and a price of 35 to
40 cents a pound within a year.
Mr. Rivers statement regarding the
cotton price situation follows:
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"Knowing tnat it is not gooci poncy
to advise people concerning the future
prices of cotton, I have refrained
so far this year from appearing
in the public prints, but conditions
have forced themselves upon us, and
in the face of a market steady and
strong with rate of 50,000 bales per
day, together with an industrial situation.
the like of which at market
ing time the cotton celt has never
experienced, it is time for somebody
to sit up and take notice. Cotton,
with all this trade of selling and violent
bearish circumstances has remained
steady at a price around 22
cents per pound. Therefore those
who have studied the situation are
convinced that as soon as the supply
days. Come an
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begins to diminish ana the industrial
situation has prospect of a settling
that a great cica! higher price i.han at
present \vT: be '.called for *pot cotton.
i-Ii. therefore, behooves every farmer
who has a bale of cotton to g.">.
slow in offering it for sale, as a few
weeks, in the opinion of the writer,
will show a gain of $25 to $50 per
bale in the amount realized from
such sale. Store your cotton in a
/state warehouse and get a receipt 's-'
-ued by the state and relieve yourselves
of your liabilities and v/at.-h
your product increase in value nlioi tly
by leaps and bounds?at a mini
mum cost.
"It is entirely within the bounds *
of reason to prcdict that cotton wit!
bring 35 to 40 cents pc-r pound before
another year, and this increase
in value should be turned into the
hands of the larmers rather than into
the hands ot' the cotton speculators.
Sell just as little cotton at the
present prict as you pos&ibly can
and store and hold for a few weeks
and realize the profit, which in my
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opinion ana m tnt* up.uiui! m ^uivi^
vrho have studied the situation, v/ill
be great increase over the present
price."
IMPROVEMENT IN FUEL ;
' SITUATION BRINGS RESULTS
Detroit Plants, Shut Since Last Saturday,
Have Put 100,000 Out of
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Detroit. Sept. 21.?The plants of
ths Ford Motor company in tho Detroit
district, closed last Saturday because
of the coal situation, thereby
throwing 100 000 Ford workers out
of work in different parts of the
country, will reopen tomorrow morning,
it was offtcialiy announced toi
ua.v.
Orders for the reopening of the
plants were telegraphed here today
; by T^dsel B. Ford, president of the
company, who is in Cincinnati. Mr.
, Ford said canccllaton of the interj
state commerce commssion's service
I order No. 23 had made it possible to
again obtain coal.
The telegram read as fellows:
j "Cancellation of' the interstate
commerce commission's service 01 w
i Number 23 has made it poesible
\ again to secure coal.
"Movement of coal to Detroit, has
started and we feel justified in start
2ng" Ulc: lumui.un ,
; morning1.
i "Post notices calling "he men bacV
! to work ana notify the 'iewspappTs."
! Executives of the company said ,
rule
i operations would be resumed at
' Highland Park. River Rouge and j ^
! Dearborn, where the three large
no n
: plants of the concern are located, at
i midnight tonight. Assembly plants
I throughout the country ihat were
1 ? f i , r or
closed with the parent plants als:> qqq
' will resume as quickly as their men
sorj
' can be recalled.
It is planned to put production im- th0
mediately on the basis it was at the T}1C
time of the closn?. Det
The resumption is understood at
the Ford offices here to be a direct
rocnlf- nf a conference Edsel Ford
had in Cincinnati yesterday with a r0u
group of about 50 coal producers. par
Just what arrangements were made cou
to obtain coal were not made known thai
here. not
The first intimation the public had tal
that the shut down of the Ford plants Str;
was imminent came a few weeks ago fen
when Mr. Ford issued a public state- nau
ment announcing his plans to close cau
September 16. In that statement ple=
and in later statements and inter- cnil
views he made known his belief that thci
"no real coal shortage existed," anO prh
that the coal situation was the result by
nf a "a nlnt to rai?e prices." The por
manufacturer also bitterly assailed 7
the interstate commerce commission. frig
charging that body had permitted ano
profiteering in coai to exist. tior
The revision of the commisson's; or
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Sedan has four doers that & wine
wide open; dorrs lisht; mohair
velvet plush upholstery; inside
locks on three d.*cr3 &r.d outside .
lock on richt-hnnd tront door:
'.i s;lk roller curtains. 5.
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pezspngcra; a-nplc space under
rear deck fcr ?ugr.ae-L uphol- Touri
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transmission Jock; cowl vent;- J
later; side coach lump*; rain j
visor; -.vindiuueki j.
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a fFTrT*T-^-'- i vr mSam
s pertaining to coal distribution ruin,
nits the sendng of coal to auto- whos
>le plants, previously classed as souls
-essential concerns. striv
he re-opening will bring back to prop
k bcnches, in addition to the of tl
d employes, approxmately 120,- pcri(
others. on the payrolls of acces- the ?
7 companies, and machine shops It
bulk of whose products ?o into ques
Ford' automobiles and tractors, five ,
majority of this class are in the the j
roit district. char
'HE SINS Or THE PARENTS. tr.il
fhile the "flapper" is being so ^js
ndlv denounced, what about the tv,-.];
ents? The Constitution of this theii
ntry lays down the natural law jjfe>
: al! men are equal; that /is to say, a;uj
equal in their physical and men- + }iji~
eauinment, hut in opportunity.
ingely enough, the principal of- L q
ciers in setting this declaration at . .
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gr.t are American Barents. Bc,
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se tney neglect to learn tne s:m>'C
rules for the wise rearing of V ,
, of d
dren, they constantly out upon .
iaili
ir offsprings handicaps that dore
them of what they are promised
the government, equality in op- nal:i
tunity. a fair show. L >_ %
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;ht is worse than death. There is rne-v
t'ner type to whom such an emo- nu-:
lal shock as the display of hatred tht-ii
wrathful jealousy means lasting Ash?
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ssent prices are the lowest St cdeb a
dch Studebaker Light-Six manship
d cars have ever been scld. "$1550 fo
t the intrinsic valuer are ^-rthe C
haticallythegre-.test ta
ebaker ever offered. This When
is they are,the best values V/an t -.o ]
the industry affords, be- Include
j Studebaker cars have list and
ys been above par in the in the 3
ir:t of value per dollar Coupe-I
ited. difficult 1
pacity product ion and the j 5
tgs resulting from Stude- baker s
r methods of complete cinrabilit
ifacture make these low r;iy_pr:
3 possible. ^ upheld :
fat-Sis closed cars arc baker fo
lily built of finest mate- can dep^
and best workmanship. automol
Dodies are the product of name tl:
MC DELS AND PRICES-/, o. i
LIGHT-SIX SPECIAL-SIX
Pas j. , 112' IV. 2. S -Pus* . 119' W. 3.
*0 H. P. SO li. P.
j $ 575 Tcuriag . $1275
stv-.. zLczdz tcr
?*i.) 975 (2-Pasc.) 1250
_ . Roadster
s-Roacster <,4i-as.v) _ 1273
sss> --- J225 Coupe ( -.-Pass.) iS75
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Cord TJzas Standard Equips
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STUDEBAKE
And there are many children $2(
;e minds are retarded and wfcose
; are warped by parents who, J
ing* in all affection io rear them ,
erlv, blunder hideously bec-aasc
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ic:r i^norar.rc iitat childhood ex- '
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,r>ccs leave lasting: etYects upon '
pro ving individuality. reY
nas been established beyond l0
I'on by scientists that the first cf
years of the child's life determine *;Q.
general trend of the individual's 0 j
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CiLICl". III" uiCci' live .v:?iir5 "pi-.
is ouifcs so important as the gen- i:/yi
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atmosphere of the home Into, ]
atmosphere go such things as the ' caj
ng of the parents for each other, ^
attitude toward the problems of
their relations with their friends :<r
neighbors, in short ail those
?s which make up the general.L' ,
of a household. ?
ut of happy, peaceful and opti- (
L* homes come the children \yho j
as a rule unhurt in mind an-.! spiso*
From homes in which the stoirn * ^
isagreement and the gloom of
ire and pessimism prevail, come i
young people who generally are ^
iicapped by a wrong adjustment (},*c
v'ork and life. These arc the tru
?s which parents must learn if
are to <:ive their children in fuii
sure- what the constitution of
country guarantees them.?The ur(
iville Citizen. ; un
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i:er skill and crafts- ,
and the prices of
r the Sedan and $1225
Roadster are no
the:r mhcrer.t value.
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too k a t several m akes.
Studebaker in your
after you have ridden
Light-Six Sedan or Roadster
it will not be %
to make up your mind.
bundations of Stude- <i
access are quality, I*
y, comfort and integ- |:
Liciplesthathavebeen I
;teadfastly by Stude- 1
r seventy years. You
ir.d upon Studebaker |
>ile3 because of the J
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BIG-SIX <
7-Pass., 126' W. B. ' I '
60 H P. a <
Tourins $1650 I
Speedster (4
Pass.) 1783 .
Coupe *
22/5 .
Sedan 2475
Sedan (Spcci.il) 2650
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sew York, Sept. 21.?The odor of
lor, wafted from the seagoing tug
ssica L. M. Kehoe toward the nosof
the crew of the United States
enue cutter New Berry today led
the seizure of the tug, the arrest
its crew of 13, and the eonfiscan
of Scotch and rye whiskey with
)ootIeg value of almost szu^uuu.
e capture took ulace off Ambrose
'it ship.
?ederal authoritis asserted the
;ch, which inclirded 2.112 cases of
h grade stuff, was the most value
made in this port since the
hteenth amendment became eifeca
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rhe Krhce is owned by the J. J.
hoe Lighterage and Coal company.
Customs inspectors said they learnthe
tug had met an ocean liner
jut eight miles out at sea and
;en the wet cargo off the big ship.
!f you never heard an evj; report
3ut a man until he becomes a ean[ate,
the chances are that it isn't
:e.
We suppose those experts who are
king about a living wage have fig?d
in the money that must go for
ion dues.
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