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FORCED FEEDING,
HORROR OR NOT?
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1017
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Physicians Call It Harmless and
Commonplace Practice of the
Profession
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION SPEAKERS
SUFFRAGISTS DISSENT
Vomcn's Tarty Leaders Here Sure It
Is Likely to Kill Alice
Paul
forced fcedine has never jet hurt cny
lt!nt! And It's leen used for tlmo out
f'rnlnd In liospltnla; often twice a day
fW periods cxcecdlnB three cars. Natu
rIlr. llc Pat,8nt doesn't enjoy the food, hut
the fooiVnourWics him Jubt the same. If
tare's any damntro il'i a purely iimjcIio
jotlcal flamaec to the sensibilities of tho
patient."
Half Pjrnpatlietlc. half Impatient, ttiui
tht major "neutral wins" of the I'hlladel
ru medical profession have stilted their
views on tho forcible mUlt-and-eRga-through-a-tube
"outrare" ai enforced on
Ulss 1'aul In tho Washington Jail.
It 1j easy enough to feel Bjmpathy for
the plight of a fraitlle. lilgh-BtrunK woman,
barely nlnftj-flve pounds In weight, pas
lonatcly "rcslstlnsr to the utmost." accord
ing lo her own statement, the effort of
taually determined officials to feed her
forcibly In the pchopathlo ward, where
he l now ne'd Isolated to Increase, her
iigndatlon, bo the pickets claim. Tho
who! situation may outraRe all sense of
the proprieties, hut that any dancer ac
companies the "outraKc" Is 'Usorously de
nied by those who thould l:now.
sicnn commonplaci:
"If forced feedlns could Kill a patient, no
matter how sick, the wards of our hos
pitals would hac been turned Into ceme
teries long ago," htated one hospital dean.
The prescriDing? 01 iuou iiirnuK" iune
Is orie o the mere commonplaces of the
jlckroorr, no moro regarded as brutal by
tie Internes and nurecs titan the glvinp of
a sedative or a bath. It's Just a matter
ef hcpltal discretion, that's all. Not a
cm for hjsterla.
"It lias caubed cases of death among tho
Sinn Felners? Stuff and nonsense!" this
authority Insisted. "I'c used It In hun
dreds of cases. jiccr with any 111 effects.
t) my know ledge."
"So long as the patient Is not resisting, I
hive never known any 111 effects," was tho
atatement of Dr. Martin H Tlehfuss, of 1934
Chestnut street, originator of the Itchfuss
atomich. tube, largely used for digestive
anaKses. "Of course, one might concclo
cat: of stomach or Intestinal ulcers w here
the Insertion of n tube with a ery stub
born, resisting patient might nrovo ex
tremely lirltatlng. That, however, would
not be tho fault of the tube.
"The chief Miluc of the llehfuss tube Is
to get nourishment to tho patient whllu
keeping the btomach at rest. Naturally. In
any case where the condition of the patient
did not warrant the use of the method, no
phjslclan would think of prescribing It."
SIATTEIt OX' JUDGMENT
The batne view Is held by Dr. Jamos M.
Anders, 1C03 Walnut street, also noted i.s
i stomach and dietetic i-peclallst. "It's a
caie for the Judgment of the hospital
phjstetan." said DJctor Anders. "No dor
tor would prescribe It unless he knew It
was absolutely free from danger."
From this view the women's "picketing
partj" violently dissents. A condition and
not a theory, they assert, confronts them.
'But thty are using It and she'll never
Itand It," vociferated Dr. Sarah I-ockery,
1701 Chestnut street, clobo partKm of the
Woman's Vati'ma! party.
"It Is outrageous, cruel and barbarous,"
he repeated earnestly. '"Why. It seems to
me almost llkf dellllng the church or a e
ttl virgin something liko thai. To think
of a beautiful oung woman being treated
In Uiat manner by a lot ol coario brutal
men! Not lo speak of tho actual danger.
Tou know there Is grave danger of con
tracting pneumonia from getting fluid Into
the lar""x In '! mv twenty-Mght e.irs
of practice, I hae never seen tho method
applied but once. Tha was In the oa&e
ef an Insano patient and' most revolting it
was, I assure j ou "
CALLS IT OUTRAGE.
"Alice Paul tind It? Vevcr!" commented
Doctor Carollno Spencer, of Colorado
Springs, herself nn t't-nlrketer and Inmalo
f Occoquan. having suffered Imprisonment
there for several days. In tho course bf
which her own health buccumbed "I want
to say publicly that It Is an outrage ; noth
ing short of murder, as I loo' at It. Tho
great Vet where I come from, is deeply
resentful of tho whole matter."
The personal phj slclan of Mlts Tnul whllo
In Philadelphia, who might bo expected
to know her physique. Dr. Frances C. Van
Gasken, reserved opinion.
'Sho was very delicate, alwajs." was her
only statement, "and, naturally, cannot
Itand That more rugged women can."
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WOULD REDUCE DEATHS
OF BABIES BY HALF
Pediatric Society Declares 2500
of Last Year's Victims Could
Have Been Saved
CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED
Public Invited to Attend First Meet
ing Tonight ut College
of 1'hysicinns
Ilisliop I3erry. Judge Kutes and the ltc Or. Watson nra among the prominent speakers scheduled to address the
annual convention of the New Jersey Sunday School Association, whtih opens today in Urondway Methodist
Episcopal Church. Camden
WOMAN TO LECTURE ON
VERDUN FOU RED CROSS
WOMAN DEFENDS U. S., KILLED
Texan Take3 Germany's Side in Dis
puteCrowd Seek to Lynch Him
POUT ARTIIUn. Tex., Mrs. Manuel
Brown was shot and killed at her home In
the prescneo of her husband following an
rgument on the war. Cicorgc Patrick was
wrested and taken to Beaumont by auto
mobile for safekeeping. Three loads of en.
raged citizen are slid to have followed
the automobllo toward Beaumont, but did
Jwt overtake It.
Wck (a Kald to havo taken tho side
M Germany and became enraged at Mrs
rown'3 position,
100,000 Endeavorers in War Sen ice
BOSTON, Nov. 13. It Is estimated that
more than 100,000 members of tho World's
uirlsllan Endeavor Union now aro engaged
in some form of war service. Pennsylvania
wona has tent moro than 5000 Endcaorers
Jo the army or navy. It Is estimated that
iwo-thlrds of tho members of tho union
throughout the country cultivated gardens
urlng the summer.
HEMSTITCHING
Wone While ion Walt
Skirt Pleating
In Hanrar. Rax. Side
and Accordion
" -Buttons
cercrcd In all atjlei. licit Work.
PmUhw Plaiting & Novelty Co.
10S So. 13th Street -
Ta iiiaE
COCOA
Known by its un- ,
failing purity and
delicious taste.
HO. WIL1UH k SONS, lac.
UUai- -
Kathleen Ilmlto, Who Was a Witness
of Horrors of Famous Attack, to
Tell of Her E.perienccs
Kathleen Tlurhe. an cio-wltness of the
horrors on tho battlefield of Verdun and
a well-known writer, will deliver a lecture
on her experiences at tho Academy of
Music tonight.
Miss Uurke is me of the frw women who
have been In the i1tt-linc trenches, and
her lecture. "Thou Shalt N"ot Pass. tells
in detail of the great struggle at this point
between the Alllec and tho lloches
An nddrers will also bo delivered by llrlg
adlcr (Jenernl Wallet, ami tberc will be
music by tho Marine Hand of tbo Phila
delphia Navy Yard.
Tho addresses will bo delivered for the
benefit of the overseas committee of the
Kmergency Aid and the Independence
Square Auxiliary of tho Ited r'ross Mr3
George Horace Ix)rlmer, tf tho Hetl Cross,
and Mrs. H. Dbbson Altcimis, of tho over
seas commltteo, nio in charge of tho arrangement"
A DAUGHTER OF THE SUN,'
HIT AT THE ORPHEUM
A New Story With Many Scenic Sur
prises and Pleasing Musical
Numbers
t'nusu.il special ular ffects fojin the ihlcf
feature of "A Daushter of tho Sun." which
wan seen for tho first time In this eltv last
night at tho Orpheum Theatre, 'eim.m-
town Tho story, which is by I.orln ,T.
Howard .ind ltulph T. KctterlluB, Is full of
thrills.
Native l'oljncslan i-ingcrs nnd dinccr.s
coulrlbntcd much to tho verisimilitude of
lat night's performance.
Uovvland and Howard, tho producers,
should bo well pleased with tho cordial ic
ctptlon accorded tho Ulaj.
Tlio rapiblo oast Includes James A Dltss,
Jean Clirtndoti. Leonard Lord. 1'iedi Ti
mers, Virginia Stuart, ltlrhard II trie and
Leah 11 Hitch.
THE CHEERFUL CHERU5
A cKurcK ?l5 ftp z.i I
cfc.n sec.
in the ht-ze. .
Its chimas come.
f loTLtind cle-c.r to me.
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doldcn
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Jjoiit refuse that
invitation because
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poor cof?jptexion
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l'lvo thousind two hundred balden died
in rhtladelphla last ear, Tho lives of at
least 2500 of these babies might havo been
saved It tho peoplo of I'hll.ulclphla had
ilono what they should do.
It Is probablo that C000 babies will dlfl
In this city next ear unless present con
ditions nio changed Hut tho lives of ,1000
of theso children ran bo saved If tho whole
city Is awakened to tlm truth.
This Is tlio hopo which lies behind a
' tiab -saving" campaign which Is to' bo com
menced tonight by tho Philadelphia Vodl
ittlo Society Tho campaign will begin
vvltli a meeting In Thom.iri Hall, Tollego of
1'hsslclans and Surgeons, Twenty-second
street nbovo Chestnut, at S:30 o'clock. Tho
public Is invited to nttend
Wars IniliHMico upon Infant morlnlltv Is
to bo i1Ncusm.iI by !r. Samuel Mel 'Unlock
lt'immlll, dliector of (hlld wolfaio of tlio
Mato Commltteo of I'ubllo Safely Wliilc
tho war creates an immedlato nicd of every
life, it will be pointed out, at tho same time
It brings on conditions which maku it In-
finitely mora difficult to torlng children Into
tho world and lo tsavo them for their coun
try afterwards.
Tho Influcnco of Industrial occupation of
women upon Infant mortality will bo ex
plained by Mis. Samuel Scmplc, member
of tho Industrial Hoard of tho Stuto De
partment of Labor nnd InduMry. Dr.
Kredcrkk If. Uartlett, of New York, will
doscrlbu tho effect of venereal diseases upon
tho children of thoo alTccted, llobcrt
Dunning Dripps, chairman of thn depart
ment of civic relief In tho l'hlladelphla dis
trict of tho Stato Committee of Public
Safety, will tell of tho work of his com
mltteo In reducing tho death rate among In
f.mlH In this cltv,
A thorough and determined effort to re
iluco Infant mortality Is needed in thin city,
tho Pediatric Society contends. What cities
in other nations havo done, Philadelphia
tan do, tho 'ocloly aiguos. In I'ngland and
Prance, It points out, tho Infant mortality
h.iH been reduced "0 per cent in tho Inst
two j cars, and at a time when every con
dition favored n Ricntly Increased mortal
ity among babies.
"It Is oas.y to realize," saya tho society,
"that a war which blceda this country as
this war has bled France nnd Kngla
wnicn drains every national resource to
limit: which destroys hundreds1' of 'fl
f-nnds of tho most plivslcally perfect nwh
which compels tho women to tako the Ma
of men In moat of tho Industries, and vvhlet
leaves tho wives ami mothers without mean
to secure ptoper nourishment, will leave,''
country at tho end of tho war, and for gen-;-'
cratlons to come, without tho citizenship J'
necessary for Its rehabilitation, unless draft-.
tin measures nro taken to conserve- baby-.
"In Philadelphia today thousands of fam
ilies nro without the means to secure nour-1
Ishlng food, nnd as that condition becomes. jjS
moro Intolerable the baby death rate Avllt t?f&
Increase. U la therefore necessary TO put A.
forth every effort to conserve this, the most CZA'
valuable of nil our resources." '"'Uiif?
Will Address Credit Men
Vrank A. Qulnn, of tho Internal rov?ie
department, will addrc?Stho member of
monthly luncheon at tho Hotel Adelpfitav ,K.F".t
at noon todny. Ills topic will be "efew yi'i
Income rfnd Kxcess-Proflts Tax." ''
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