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Show 462 REPORT OF EIUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAX 80HOOL8. such careoften lays the foundation for future disease, or results in a constitution with diminished reaistent power to cope with the duties and emergencies of life. Topic.-Bacteria rultllre as a means of diagnosis and treorurmt. Ahcr giving norur pmrical Iresons and rxetnl,litic;ltit>n8i r l bwreria culture, hlm. Jotuson i;.\ lcC;ahr\., H. D.. of Snndiur Rock j\ern<v.N . llak.. said: .. 1181~v ~ n r - I , , --- self a microscope. The posseasion of suih an instrumint will add greatly% our usefulness. You will then by careful study be able to diagnose diseasesthat, witgout such an auxiliary, baffle the most expert. When the diagnosis is once established, the most perplexing part of the work is well done. If you will exert yourself in this direction you will be amply repaid for your pains and labor." I Topic.-"Scrofula: Its tmtment." It was the opinion of the conference that in all well-developed cases in the adult the disease can hard1 be eradicated by medication, but that the field is more prom-isin6 among the chiden a n d p t h s . Much can be done to modify the ravages of scrotula by cleanliness, food, s m f e h t s , and other mnitary measures. The phy-sician should see to it that food, mnitation, and other prophylaxis should be observed in order that no exciting cause should bring to the surface evidences of this deterior-ating malady. Topic.-"Profeasiond wnduct in the practice of medicine among the In-." It was stated by the hysicians that nothing but the highest standard of profes. sional conduct should &tolerated by the department. T h ~iss the only road to mc. oess and a protection to the conscientious, earnest, capable physician. Topic.-"The alkaloids in the treatment of diseases amone the Indians." Tlle clns3es oi fuoJ cummonly BIPZbJy rhe Indian* give tl;m in tiswe elementri s repondrmnve of the acids ovcr rhealkalk.?. In otloer nonlr, th(!re is not that cqui-lhriuur hetaren thcir prinrary dcnlenr. in the Indi~nti: ,uc that give a n~n a~iauln c- Tion the v i l ~ lo rgans. Every obw~vingp hy'icidn has dipcovewd rlrr poverty c I tlrr soft tis.a!~e in the ~a l ruf 1 0 ~a1n~d the hmr\. tiwuc in the s a l t of lime. I r ia very apparenr, thereiorr, tliar tlrt. tirrt duty t,i tllrpl,y.,icion is to w-tore tl~is~luilibriu& Thir can bear bv done by rhe nw of sume of tlrr alkaloids. Topic.-The value of military drill and discipline in the education of Indian.chil-dren from a medical standpoint. Dr. Johnson G. McGahe , of StandinghRvk Agency, N. Dak., said that in times past, whengame wasabundkt and the a onema1 ~nlnhatauot f this wuntrv roamed I i t will in ng3n.h of Iris food, he found alsu tlk rudc hcalth of tlre pure Ilt~.pu~ucl; but the Iralian of to.Jny is cut OM fnmr 11i.i former nonaa<lic cxiaterrvt.: Ilia vitalitv i* irnnaird. The 1)octor believed that a italiciour we of nlilirarv drill. rot~nllul \;itla I ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ " ~~---- , . . -r.. - , . . . .. imbro\.ed dietettic conditions, woulddo Goreto eradicate tuberculous diseases amone I the Indians than all the dr@ in materia medica. 8ystematic drill will have gea? value in preventing tbe many digestive disturbances of the Indian. The discipline will also teach him self-wntrol, so that in the future be ma be able to do not what he likes, but, rather, willing to do what he ought. Girls sgould also receive some military drill. The day haa come for the athletic white girl, and her Indian sister has the same need for physical development in accordance with hygienic laws. The question of the physical development of the Indian child touches the future of the race. Topic..--Our media. service. Dr. J. S. Lindley, of 8an Carlos, Ariz., stated that, ss a rule, the medicines wme to the physicians pure and fresh from the leading drug houses of the country, hut usually they are lackin in quantity. The Doctor expresserf the desire that larger drug shops and ofices would be fur-nished the agency pbyacian,and urged the necessity for erecting suitable hospitals at the agencies where needed. The Indians of many reservations live in tepees. These tents consists of hut one mom, crowded to many times its eapacity by a people who have no regard for clean-liness, and who cannot, in this state, be taught to observe the laws of mitation and health. If a member of an Indim family is taken sick, he must be treated in his tepee. In order to effect a cure of some of the ailments the strictest sanitary regu-lations are required, and this can not be had in their homes, be they tepees or wood huts. The necessity for hospitals is therefore apparent, and, if erected, it would not take long to gain the full confidence of the Indian and forever check the opera-tion of the native "medicine man." |
