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law, they exert a little of the "Vienna influence" upon 

 a body of "panic-stricken" legislatures and success is 

 assured. 



Instead of advertising senseless panics, the individual 

 physician should be allowed to show the true cause of 

 disease, teach the influence of climatic and atmospheric 

 conditions, the great benefits of cleanliness, temper- 

 ance, regularity, diversion, contentment, etc. In a 

 word, the ordinary laws of health. This would not 

 only aid in rendering disease less prevalent, but would 

 also aid in supporting the patient when disease is 

 present. 



State Boards of Health claim that it is through their 

 efforts that disease is becoming less. The secretary 

 just quoted says, "And the statistics collected and pub- 

 lished by the Secretary of State show that the death- 

 rate has been less," etc. 



Who collects all statistics, makes all estimates, draws 

 all conclusions and gives all credit to the board of 

 health? Why the members of the board itself. And 

 there is none to examine the verdict? None. There 

 is only one side to the question presented? Only one. 



Quoting again from the above article the secretary 

 says: "The introduction of sewerage and general 

 water supply has been followed by the reduction of 

 disease." "In those cities where there are sewers and 

 a general water supply the death rate is very much less 

 than in those cities without sewerage and general water 

 supply." 



Exactly; and this sewerage and other sanitary science 

 which mark the progress of our modern cities would 



