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PUBLIC HEALTli and sanitation hearst syndicate bars whis-key and patent medicine advertising. Under date of Monday, January 10, 1916, William Randolph Hearst issued a signed letter to all his newspapers, as follows: I note in a recent issue of the American an advertisement of a whiskey masquerading as a medicine. 1 wish all our papers to reject all whiskey advertising of whatever kind and all advertising of any ardent liquors and all advertising of any medicinal preparations containing alcohol or opiates in habit-forming quantities. Furthermore, I do not think that passive opposition to such great evils as the drink habit and the drug habit is sufficient for forces as powerful and vital in the community as our newspapers, I think our papers have more active duties and more positive responsibilities. I think they should campaign for a system of sumptuary laws: First. To prohibit the sale of injurious and habit-forming drugs except by the State and upon the prescriptions of regular physicians. Second. To prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages except when the proportion of alcohol is fixed at some definite and acknowledgedly innocuous proportion. Third. To make the taking or administering or prescribing of alcohol or opiates in habit-forming quantities a criminal offense from the penalties of which regular physicians shall in no way be exempt. The campaign against the drink evil and the drug evil is a matter of public health, of public morals and of public righteousness which it is the duty of our papers actively and aggressively to promote. (Signed) William Randolph Heakst toy whistles carry disease It is really surprising to see how thoughtlessly many parents purchase toy whistles from street peddlers who put them to their mouths for purposes of demonstrations. That this disgusting habit is likely to spread disease goes without saying. Some time ago, a bacteriological examination was made of twelve whistles purchased from push carts. Five of the whistles had metal and seven had wooden mouth-pieces. The average number of bacterial colonies developing from the wooden wiiistles were 99; from the metal whistles, 45. A large variety of micro-organisms was found. In nine instances streptococci were isolated. These streptococci were tested on mice to determine tbeir virulence. Eight of the nine mice died, five within twenty-four hours, two within the next twenty-four, and one four days after inoculation. "Now, .Johnny," said the old-fash ioned member of the school board, "who was the father of his country?'* The bright boy of the class hesi tated a moment and then replied: "Please, sir, they don't teach eugenir^^ in our school "—Drtip Topics.
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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 | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-030 |
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 | 30 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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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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Fixed Title * | Page 279 |
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 | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-030-0285 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review; article; article title |
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 | healthbulletinse30nort_0285.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 | 30 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 279 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | PUBLIC HEALTli and sanitation hearst syndicate bars whis-key and patent medicine advertising. Under date of Monday, January 10, 1916, William Randolph Hearst issued a signed letter to all his newspapers, as follows: I note in a recent issue of the American an advertisement of a whiskey masquerading as a medicine. 1 wish all our papers to reject all whiskey advertising of whatever kind and all advertising of any ardent liquors and all advertising of any medicinal preparations containing alcohol or opiates in habit-forming quantities. Furthermore, I do not think that passive opposition to such great evils as the drink habit and the drug habit is sufficient for forces as powerful and vital in the community as our newspapers, I think our papers have more active duties and more positive responsibilities. I think they should campaign for a system of sumptuary laws: First. To prohibit the sale of injurious and habit-forming drugs except by the State and upon the prescriptions of regular physicians. Second. To prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages except when the proportion of alcohol is fixed at some definite and acknowledgedly innocuous proportion. Third. To make the taking or administering or prescribing of alcohol or opiates in habit-forming quantities a criminal offense from the penalties of which regular physicians shall in no way be exempt. The campaign against the drink evil and the drug evil is a matter of public health, of public morals and of public righteousness which it is the duty of our papers actively and aggressively to promote. (Signed) William Randolph Heakst toy whistles carry disease It is really surprising to see how thoughtlessly many parents purchase toy whistles from street peddlers who put them to their mouths for purposes of demonstrations. That this disgusting habit is likely to spread disease goes without saying. Some time ago, a bacteriological examination was made of twelve whistles purchased from push carts. Five of the whistles had metal and seven had wooden mouth-pieces. The average number of bacterial colonies developing from the wooden wiiistles were 99; from the metal whistles, 45. A large variety of micro-organisms was found. In nine instances streptococci were isolated. These streptococci were tested on mice to determine tbeir virulence. Eight of the nine mice died, five within twenty-four hours, two within the next twenty-four, and one four days after inoculation. "Now, .Johnny" said the old-fash ioned member of the school board, "who was the father of his country?'* The bright boy of the class hesi tated a moment and then replied: "Please, sir, they don't teach eugenir^^ in our school "—Drtip Topics. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-030.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | Hearst Syndicate Bars Whiskey and Patent Medicine Advertising |
Article Author | Hearst, William Randolph |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-030 |
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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