SOME NEEDED LAWS 133 



males and females alike, until cured or until 

 they cease to be a menace to society. 



If our Congressmen are patriotic and 

 want to save our nation from decay, let 

 them at once pass such laws. Congress has 

 passed Pure Food Acts and Pure Seed 

 Laws and laws forbidding the landing on 

 our shores of any person with weak eyes. 

 What are weak eyes compared with a dis- 

 eased body that putrefies everything it 

 touches, and breeds misery? Weak eyes can 

 be easily cured, but it takes generations to 

 breed out hereditary ills. 



In most of the large cities, laws are being 

 passed that every man or woman who 

 handles breadstuffs must be weekly exam- 

 ined to see that he or she has no venereal 

 disease. To prevent the spread of such dis- 

 eases, how much more important it is to 

 pass a law that every doctor must make a 

 public record of every case of venereal dis- 

 ease, so each person so affected may have 

 an official examination and certificate, if 

 cured, before he or she is allowed to touch 

 or come in contact with other people. 



