, llilfli. Tliliilili

$100 Monthly income

~ hind no premium to _ pay u long as fetal dlub- ‘lllty lute; $10,000 in one

01 death; $20000 If death l Ie due to accident-these ‘

Gives a Splendid A

are some o.‘ the remark- able features of a Mari- time Life policy.

l Under the chairmanship of Pre- sident. J. (i. McFadyen. Dr. F. W. Premium. ape 30. $213.80. smaller amounts at amallor premium!-

dress on Public Health at the Caiedonian Club Thursday evenlngl before a large audience. | I The doctor said:-

Inquire-it's Import!"-

Whiiuriliiinc Lille

Over half a century ago an Eng-_ lish surgeon began a course ofi lectures before the Royal Collegei of Surgeons with these wordszl “There are duties difllcult of ful-i til-meat pertaining to every positioni in life; and there are duties nt- tached to public professional life, |from which no man can assume to

with1

I l i

' ihimself the right to shrink, “lwfwrpremlupu whatever dLflitlePCfl and feeling of Jargerhvtectlml incapacity they may be undertak-

en." It was with this spirit that I ventured to accept the invitation of your tProgram Committee to ald- dress you tonight on the subject of, Public Health.

I should like, with your DBFIIIiS-i sion, to divide my subject into two‘ parts, taking up first the question,‘ ‘. of personal health, and endeavor to, show you why the priceless gift of‘ good health is frequently lost. and point out to you means by which _ it may be retained: and. secondly. of Chicago. the historic New Ens- the question of community health land C1l111'¢'11- 10131118 $11111 11115 11°‘ as we find it iii this province. The,‘ come known 111 1999111 V9515 51$ first is usually called Preventivel "Floaters Park." has been savedlhfedicine and the second Pnblici from oblivion through a bequest 0f,}iea|th_ The ti, the 1am victor F. Lawson, editor lie,“ science -of the Chicago News. The church ‘dusmal has been closed because of its 118611 for rehabilitation

liotne Office: Halifax I I

1'. w: BENTLEY v

Manager for I

Prince Edward llllflll Charlottetown, P. E.

_One of the religious 18111111131115

0f overlapping. lii the final analys- is it is all Preventive Medicine and

to make for the individual growth

decay less rapid and death more Remote.

cine is a large one and worthy of your careful consideration. As tlic

is application of our knowledge of disease, oi hygiene uiid sani- tation to the removal of the causes of disease and the maintenance of health. You will agree that the subject is an important one when I tell you that about 50% oi those dying each year die of diseases that are preventable—diseases that, in view oi the rapid advance of medical science in the past years, need not and should w cx-

'6 .~

It is common

have been made in the realm of scientific medicine within years. The conquest of Malaria and Yellow Fever. those scourgcs oi‘ tropical countries. has saved millions in lives and money. Gorgas had not eradicated Yellow Fever from Panamlr-fornierly call- ed "The White Man's Gravefl-and now one of the healthiest placesin

have been built. Fifteen years ago Typhoid ‘Fever took annually an enormous toll in human lives. day it is an uncommon disease. lt is not so long ago that Smallpox carried of! large numbers each yeai and disfigured many more, while today. many of the younger iihys. clans have never seen a patient suffering fro-m this disease.

Advance in Preventive Medicines.

When one studies the medical statistics of former wars and com- pares them with those oi‘ the rel-cut wui", the grout advnncc that has taken placo in tlie prevention oi disease is very strikingly shown. [For instance, in tho American Civil War. sixty llicd of (liseusc in ten dying from wounds. in tlio ro- icent war. sixteen dicd froiii tllscase to four dying of wounds. in othci" words deaths from disease show a reduction of nearly 75% and the newer knowledge of the treatment of wounds has resulted in decreas- ing the mortality from this cause to less than one-half its former ratc. ‘in the South African War

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‘TIVEMY lillli HEALTH PIiiiBlEMS

jBefore the Galedoniaii Club the Doctor-

Constructively Criticizes Health Situation Here.

H-body or any of its parts.

and take their toll? body is a very delicate and coup‘ plex machine. and burning of fuel and means of getting rid of the Waste products of combustion. supplied keeps tho machine in op- eratlon,—the heart pump, the lung bellows, the muscular engines con- trolling the bony levers. if our cars to " 0c ", w oi m]: epeedmand‘ polylveriilndlnifdildldt Au’ h” "f, dimdhi‘ u the feed pipe Yo" 01mm itizligllrusb: gingi- Y

_h hlllgomen ytléus aaalab i t wit out en fancy. out: a package of l2

ed on the hills. clogs and the headlights grow dim, 111"" 1111'" we consult a com who makes the necessary repairs ' and perhaps advises ua concerning the grade of fuel with which we ifeed the engine. ‘chine

lknockll, loses power on the hills, the eye

l‘.

lltvmm Int-emi-

Sll IJEAlS EFFEB

ddress in Which He the Public

more men died from Tyhpoid Fever

Tidmarsh delivered a very inform- 810119 £11811 Wvre killed b)’ enemy “five um] intenueiy jntei-ggflng uti- action. Bucilli were far more dend-

ly than bullets.

Within the past few years Diph- theria has not only been conquered- but has become a preventable dis ease. Dr. Crumblue, of the Ameri can Child Health Association, re cently made this statement: “Th time will soon come when every case of Diphtheria will be an indict meat against the intelligence oi

115151115- 511d 11 W111 11°1- 1"? 11111113’ valves and so remove tlie cause of

years before every death‘

Diphtheria will be referred to a

coroner's jury for investigation to years with improper fuel i,“ c“

fix criminal responsibility."

A physician in this city with -a long and varied-experience recently told me that he had seen a whole family of four children die within a few days of Scarlet Fever, and that he dreaded this disease more than any he was called upon to treat. Today Scarlet Fever can be cured in from six to thirty-six hours. t

In writing a medical case report it is invariably stated that the pa- tient "had the usual diseases of childhood." The time is not far distant when we shall write that our patient has had "the usual health of childhood.”

iOne might name

many other

m, division ul-nledgepidemic diseases that have been titu iii-gt thing m“, uuitiv along these lmeflv_in_ added to the list of those for which pursuit of happiness, slii Medtctnefitoes no, Con. definite means of prevention and largest (fqiilrlbuting fact cern us in this province. Of coursefcure 111° 5111111811111 113111 6110115111135 and hit-DD)’ 1119-

tbere is no hard and fast line dlvqbe?“ 55111 1° 511011’ i011 11ml the got; who diggngg iding these branches of medicinc—‘-‘f1"“111°° 01 P11111111 115111111 13 011 11 ues oi‘ the ,fiiii there u, of necessity a great (“at firm and sure foundation, capable iiru.

of unlimited expansion. All that is required to reduce the death

prosperity of any community, isa

more perfect, life more vigorous. properly °15an1zed 50161511195159‘

partment equipped to the necessary measures.

gard to our own province. There still remains, however, an

term implies preventive medicine “M0151 15111011111 01 1111591? 111111 5111'

fering and avoidable deaths no government department, ho er well organized and could prevent. The remedy lies solely with the individual and his physician.

Teaching Physiology.

I-_ was much impressed with a

fim. passage iu ‘the address of the lRev. migugu so

Mr. Muir delivered from this plat- form last week.

events, no one who ‘studies the

recent human voice divine could ever be it“ muue mo“,

a sceptic 6r an unheliever." A slin- iiar tboughfiiiust have occurred to anyone who has studied the human

we are fearfully and wonderfully

any intelligent idea of the stru

organs that muke up the

body whose harmonious and smooth

To_ working we call health. Our system much but that i

of education is surely at fault

WBV- oriulnned the HrJ-Caiiod

to force the machine along

the

dividuul to obtain advice regarding

,rougb and hilly road of life untila his mode oil living. the quality and

complete breakdown occurs and we quantity ct food suited to his needs are made suddenlyaware that tho and in general. information as to beautiful and ddlicutc mechanism how he should take care of himself

is beyond repair lost its efficiency.

and has forever in order to maintain good health. Owing to tlic "An ounce of prevention

is ever

lack of training that I have stress-i worth a pound of cure."

ed we have proven to be inexperi-i

This idea is not new. Iii lzhig-

enced and altogether incompetent land, “The Health Society" com-

chauffeurs. machine is ‘brought to us we are powerless to damage.

repair

Too late tho wornont posed of prominent imenibers garage the medical profession, and leading " men and the sad part oi‘ it is that public men is stressing the value

the

0i’

of this procedure through articles

We cannot take apart the in pamphlet form and in the press

boar! Dump and grind and reset we and by hcaltii talks over tlie radio.

pipe that has been clogged

and smooth road. What a ulsrly overhauled and the was yet possible. “Examine Vouraelves." ‘Prof. McCalluni. kins, who is probab

living autliorit article states:

ly the gr:

“Health

has placed good lienltli on tlie list.

vain, to recover it,

ideas

and most 118")’ 0111 them become the victims of one 1 W111 other false The subject of Preventive Medi- 5119311 111151” °1 11115 11115511011 111 1°‘ 1Y8)’ 10 P8511111 11- is not until middle-age or after that mofipeople conic toreal- vegugalinn

iEvery thinking per- es the relative val- 0t- iisuiti, daiiiontnl things of huaiti,

yet very few poi-sons give inucb attention to its preser- those engaged in its practice strive 1111-9 51111 111111 1° 111° 11111111111555 51111 111111011 111111111103’ 110W?

for expense.

_ 111' individuals. aibmit tlie best ed that time

in the United LStates insurance

1111111 breathlessuess. the intestinal feed companies are supplying, at their periodic health examina- lls- tions for their clients and already ed irreparable damage to the art- record a substantial lengtheningof lliries and kidneys; we are llfill able llftidtiielreby, b d T d y H o run new op ic nerve w res o str es iavc oeii ma o. o a ie the eye headlights. All tliut is pos- employees of ojgreat many factor- sible is to prevent further damage ies, stores 11nd 10 110911 1118 11180111119 11111111115 receive u complete medical exani- 111 11 W11)’ 81011‘ HD9611 810115 ml Bvim atlon at regular intervals and are D11)’ Ullheiicouragctl to report minor injur- driver (iidii't have the macliineregqieg and ailments. 110110 Wants for work arc examined with found and repaired while repairla view to ensuring that they are physically flt for tlie employment Apart from tlie con- efficiency |nnd reduced labor turnover thus 0f Johns -1'19l1‘j0bi.l1lll0(].

‘in industries. rapid

Also

they seek.

tentment, increased

the econoniicl

to 10% per aiinuui

to 1 V, % by i-xtiiiiiiiutioiis."

lieultli examinations _ of

a tioclor.

ize the pricelessness of good health habits of living and the genera

ciice the effects of

defects, loss and so forth.

of

, Besides these sufferers. however, there are many others, who, long beforeaniddle life, have damn

,thelr intestines and

_ that they suffer stant discomfort and ineffici

The fretting, glng pessimism of homes

other causes put together." How can this be

placed at our disposal to

I have said that

crnment control

11181 when they are beginning to cxperi- envh-Onuwnt one or other of sum-tut ‘degenerative K118011505. which are recorded the as hardening of the arteries. heart kidney function and the

COII

The 198111811 160- 'i‘lieir ill-health causes them to be knowledge that turer said: “We are fearfully and came quui-i-eiuome,

bickering and great and mpreachhlg discoveries wonderfully made, and to me at all fuuit4iudiug_

118i,’

such persons wretched and discordant than perhaps

prevented? T111131. What means has medical science i-iiubic blade. yet lww many of vouin this us to avoid ill-health with its ill.‘- andience or an other audience have cpmpanylng unhappiness mid Mo". 1‘- omic loss to the individual and to the w0r|d_,he Canal would never titre and function of the different tho state? u bu. 1111111811 reau of Public Health under go can accomplish it other respects 111 the remedy lies solely in the hands

that it fails to teach. in lmy ude- of the individual and his physician. This brings me to what is perhaps

quato measure, the subject of anat- omy and physiology. in the ‘public was taugtli from a simple text book called Hygiene which consist- ed ofl a smattering of knowledge of the

examinations. recognized fact that the earl disease is discovered and tr

111 111i’ 11113’ the chief point of my address to- 11011001 1119 811111901 night-—the value of periodic health It has long been n.

ier a ented

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81110118 8 11111111101‘ 01 11111141111115 0011- cure wit-h the least permanent dam-

cerning the effect of alcohol when used as a beverage. Wales College 'l was taught dimensions and manner structlon of a model piggery which the animals would thrive, but I learned nothing of any value as to wbcro or how the human ani- innl should livc in (ll'(i0I‘ to remain in good health.

One hesitates to suggest that another subject ‘be added to wliat is considered an already overload- ed curriculum, but we must put first things first. If we are to live so as to enjoy good health. with- out which we havenothing, some knowledge of the human body and the functions of its parts is essen- tial. The place to obtain this knowledge ‘is in our schools and colleges, and the instruction should be given to students at ‘the adoles- cent age by a well qualified physi- cinn who possesses the _art' of teaching. In fairness. he should not be asked to give his services gratuitously. |

Without such instruction how can the average individual liuvo

any real knowledge of the'funda-

mental laws of health. personal, hygiene and bodily functions? la it. not truo that the majorfty of_us

know far more about our automo-

biles than we do about our own‘ bodies’! tCan it be wondered at that preventable diseases flourish Now the

It has its intake

The energy thus

a

The human mn- also develops headache becomes breathless and eadlljlltl grow uni feed pipe o 01.500110! 1H? IIQII

and the lute:- oi im-

.1

‘ mechanic .

age to the body. .but it has on

be discovered before it has

ly re-

111 P111109 01 contly been reallzeti that, by thor» 1110 ougli and complete physical exam- 01’ 00H- inatioiis. at regular intervals,

tlio

111 early indications of a diseascniuy‘

pro-

gressed sufficiently to cause trouble.

Furthermore, such provide the opportunity for tl

Twumadeihyglene.

tific and

examinations

ll‘. iii-

newwqin A aden- thatendTzbeun-

ccrtainty of old-time “sanitary pads."

It i: called "KOTKX! every l0 bettereciaal adopted it.

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time.

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afminhapa. Deoclorlzee, too. And the:

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of the individual

forms are provided

wcigill. and physical developmen

hearing, heart, lilood- pressure

hysician analyses the find ' lugs

do to prevent

fect a cure. parison.

ii great deal of trouble or expense on the part of tho individual. There is a further advantage in that, if the individual becomes sud- denly ill with some infectious disease, lile physician kiiowe ex- actly the physical condition of his patient and has therefore a more intelligent idea of the suitable treatment amFthe prognosis. 1n fact it: is nothing more than the thorough annual overhauling of that complex and delicate machine so fearfully and wonderfully: made —the human body. Just the same overhauling that you have a gar- age mechanic annually give your car in order that. it may continue to give you good service.

After ail, l think you will agree that those ideas of »I’roveiitivo Medicine are sane and sensible. lu youth you learn about the iior~ mal functions of “tho body and how to keep your tioiiiplcx innchiiie iii smooth running ordor. Then. by a thorough overhauling, say on [your birthday each year, you cii- sure that you are driving proper- ly, that if excessive strain or speed ie__overworking or wearing gut certain parts you will be told what to do in order toprevent ser- ious trouble in the future. Surely this is just common sense.

1 Public Health

1 Lot us turn now to tlie matter of our Public Health and examine the situation as it exists in this Province, taking up first the pro- blem that confronts our people with respect to Tuberculosis. Vital statistics have shown

past has occupied the nnenviable position of having more deaths from this“ disease than any prov- ince in Oauadn. People as well known for their intelligence as those of Prince Edward Island should surely be looking carefully into the reason for this. There must be reasons. and nothing can

atlon and sharp questioning than this matter of our peoples health. There were ‘I00 deaths from this disease in i924 and 115 in 1921. W-hat does this mean lo us? Apart from the grief and suffer-

lioltneee and death. the actual money lose to ‘the prov-ince is great, and will surely interest you. will not take time to analyze the cost of eaoh death from this di- seaae ho the state: lfiifftice it to

the very iealt at which we can reckon the average c t of one death from Tuberculosis is $10,- 000.00. This means that this pro- ventable disease is actuallywollt- in; this email province over one million dollars yearly, eleven mil- lions in the pelt tau yeara.

l have no wish to etrne the ‘vaiuejn dollars and mu or a

and other institutions

applic-

saving 1151 runs into billions of dollars. Y 1111 10°11- 111 11 1'<'<f1‘111 has been estimated that the aver- ~“-11‘11‘111 11° ago loss on account of sickness iii actsiii tlie [fade i5 5 1'5 11151119 This higli figure has been reduc- 01‘ 10 811111 ed. to quote one example, tlie personnel of the N. Y. Board