Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ORIGINAL CO^niUNICATIONS. 295
quacks take possession under the name of 5lh. To labor for the correction of any
a new cult and the doctor has a black eye, tendencies and practices in the profession,
what does he know about the principles of however time-honored, which in any degree
massage and the value of manipulation of cloud the purity of his sacred art.
joints and muscles ii' restoring strength to 6th. And, finally, as a means to these
wasted tissue, must the osteopaths "r/ /ut to get into touch with the vanguard of
forced in Portugal and also in the cilN- of
ioday. How much more important, there-
Xaples. The physicians were required bv
ore, IS It that mutual study cement the
law to report all cases of consumption and
ellowship which should exist between mem- ^..^^e liable te heavy penalties for their fail-
5ers ot a i)rotessioii whose altruistic deeds uretodoso
re the wonder and admiration of the world. ^^ consumptives, as previouslv mention-
May I for a moment go over the points I
^d, were isolated, and their clothing, the
|iave made as to the doctor's duty furniture of their rooms, and all the ordi-
1st lo build and back his board of
^^ry articles used, were
lealth. Reporting diseases with careful
^]^^;, jeath. The rooms
destroyed after
were also thoro
'T'V° ''^"'''f •. „ oughly cleansed and purified. These laws
,
2nd. lothrovvhimself into the political
were rigorously enforced for more than fifty
nd cuic life of his town, by standing for
yggj-s
>ffice and working for the highest good of Notwithstanding these facts, this great
IS people.
. plague continued unabated and undaunted
3rd. To give freely by tongue and pen ;„ ti^^ devastating career, spreading the
us houghts and observations Ss to the best
death-laden germs throughout all Europe
aeihods of control and cure of disease. The These same restrictions with many more
rticles for publication always being care- ^^ded on have, for the past quarter of
uUy censored by a committee of his concentury
been enforced in our own lubercu-
''^-ffi^' '!< •
. ,
4th lomstruct and warn men and boys,
S well as women and girls, against the
l^r stricken country, and yet the great
piajjue is still roaming, claiming his vic-
vils that lie in the train of vicious and im- »Delivered before the State Medical Society of
horal conduct. Virginia, at its meeting in Roanoke, Oct. 5 to 8.
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