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262 the iikalth bulletin. of alcohol. The facts are bad enough without the exaggerated statements so often made by the uninformed temperance advocate. The time is ripe for a great and sane temperance movement, conducted by our profession, telling the public simply the truth about alcohol, disseminating knowledge of the incontrovertible facts. The value of such a movement to this country is beyond the power of the most hopeful to foresee. Venereal Diseases. Our profession has signally failed in its duty to the public in that we have not given them the facts in regard to venereal diseases. Of course I do not mean that we should expose individual cases—a thousand times no!—but we should let the people know that an authority says that in the United States 65 per cent of adult males have had gonorrhea; that in this country 800,000 males reach maturity annually, and of this number 500,000 become infected with gonorrhea. The public should know that, of the 14,000,000 male adults under the age of thirty in the United States, the most reliable observers calculate that 8,000,000 have gonorrhea or its sequelae. Our women should know that a man who has once had gonorrhea is a dangerous man to marry, and that from 65 to 75 per cent of the women who wed are accepting this danger. The public should know that one-third of the deaths from apoplexy are nothing but syphilitic affections. They should know that locomotor ataxia, Bright's disease, paresis, many other forms of insanity, and those unaccountable moral lapses are frequently venereal indications. The trail of physical suffering which follows in the wake of these diseases is insignificant when compared with the mental anguish, the broken hearts, and the saddened homes that mark their path. At the bottom of these troubles lies the ignorance which it is incumbent upon us to help to remove. Whenever the public realizes that it pays, in dollars and cents, to prevent disease, to say nothing of the relief from suffering and sickness, they will cooperate with us, and not till then. In conclusion, I wish to repeat what I said here a year ago. We are living today in a time of transition, I might say a time of crisis. While our politicians are fighting over the tariff, we, the medical profession, have issues of paramount importance to solve. For what is more important from every point of view than the health and racial integrity of a nation? Let us be in the vanguard with Him who said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Let us then realize the import-of the task before us. Let us go forward, harbingers of hope, pluck the prematurely dead from the tomb, strew flowers upon the path of the living, and, in our unselfish service to humanity, emblazon our names high up among the immortals. No Alternative Doctor (to operetta Diva who wishes to be vaccinated)—"Shall I vaccinate your arm?" Diva—"Heavens! No, of course not Think of me as an artist with a scar on my arm! You must vaccinate me where it won't show." Doctor—"I think you had better take it internally." Keep your children away from other children who are sick, at least until you are sure that the sick child has no contagious disease.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 262 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028-0170 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | healthbulletinse28nort_0170.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 262 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 262 the iikalth bulletin. of alcohol. The facts are bad enough without the exaggerated statements so often made by the uninformed temperance advocate. The time is ripe for a great and sane temperance movement, conducted by our profession, telling the public simply the truth about alcohol, disseminating knowledge of the incontrovertible facts. The value of such a movement to this country is beyond the power of the most hopeful to foresee. Venereal Diseases. Our profession has signally failed in its duty to the public in that we have not given them the facts in regard to venereal diseases. Of course I do not mean that we should expose individual cases—a thousand times no!—but we should let the people know that an authority says that in the United States 65 per cent of adult males have had gonorrhea; that in this country 800,000 males reach maturity annually, and of this number 500,000 become infected with gonorrhea. The public should know that, of the 14,000,000 male adults under the age of thirty in the United States, the most reliable observers calculate that 8,000,000 have gonorrhea or its sequelae. Our women should know that a man who has once had gonorrhea is a dangerous man to marry, and that from 65 to 75 per cent of the women who wed are accepting this danger. The public should know that one-third of the deaths from apoplexy are nothing but syphilitic affections. They should know that locomotor ataxia, Bright's disease, paresis, many other forms of insanity, and those unaccountable moral lapses are frequently venereal indications. The trail of physical suffering which follows in the wake of these diseases is insignificant when compared with the mental anguish, the broken hearts, and the saddened homes that mark their path. At the bottom of these troubles lies the ignorance which it is incumbent upon us to help to remove. Whenever the public realizes that it pays, in dollars and cents, to prevent disease, to say nothing of the relief from suffering and sickness, they will cooperate with us, and not till then. In conclusion, I wish to repeat what I said here a year ago. We are living today in a time of transition, I might say a time of crisis. While our politicians are fighting over the tariff, we, the medical profession, have issues of paramount importance to solve. For what is more important from every point of view than the health and racial integrity of a nation? Let us be in the vanguard with Him who said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Let us then realize the import-of the task before us. Let us go forward, harbingers of hope, pluck the prematurely dead from the tomb, strew flowers upon the path of the living, and, in our unselfish service to humanity, emblazon our names high up among the immortals. No Alternative Doctor (to operetta Diva who wishes to be vaccinated)—"Shall I vaccinate your arm?" Diva—"Heavens! No, of course not Think of me as an artist with a scar on my arm! You must vaccinate me where it won't show." Doctor—"I think you had better take it internally." Keep your children away from other children who are sick, at least until you are sure that the sick child has no contagious disease. |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-028.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | The Doctor's Larger Duty |
Article Author | Harris, F. R. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-028 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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