Life, 1910-05-05 · page 19 of 72
Life — May 5, 1910 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **no political cartoon**—it's primarily advertisements and a medical opinion column. The "Plain Talk" section presents **medical controversy** from early 1900s Philadelphia. Doctors Thatcher and Beates argue against **antitoxin** for diphtheria, claiming it causes more deaths than it prevents (Beates claims 40 child deaths from it). They advocate alternative treatments instead. This reflects genuine medical debate of the era—antitoxin was newly introduced and controversial, with legitimate concerns about side effects, though modern medicine recognizes it as having saved countless lives. The page also advertises the **Croxton-Keeton automobile** (a French luxury car sold in Ohio) and **Grinnell ventilated driving gloves**—typical period automobile advertising emphasizing mechanical innovation and comfort for motorists. No satire or caricature is present. The page represents early-1900s concerns about medical safety and consumer goods marketing.
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Plain Talk Dr. J. W. Thatcher, one of the best- known practitioners of Philadelphia, says, according to the Record of that city: “While I am absolutely opposed to antitoxin under any circumstances, I readily appreciate the fact that many physicians find it indicated in certain stages and use it with success. But ever since its introduction there has been a greater number of deaths, and innumer- able deaths have resulted from heart failure, which the children readily suc- cumb to when antitoxin is used. I have carefully studied the progress of anti- toxin and unhesitatingly predict that the medical fraternity, when a full realiza- tion of its death toll dawns upon them, will cast it aside. It is against all ethics and contrary to human reason that an injection of diseased animal matter, whose potency is maintained b deadly poison preservatives, can be con- ducive to health or effect a permanent cure."" Dr. Henry Beates, president of the Board of Medical Examiners, states that many reputable physicians refuse to use antitoxin because of the serious conse- quences which frequently follow its use. He states that to his personal knowledge the deaths of forty children who would otherwise have recovered are attribut- able to its use. Dr. Beates claims to have never lost a case of diphtheria, al- though rarely using antitoxin, and he is opposed to the idea of advocating one special remedy for a discase when dozens of others will answer equally as well. The Coolest Auto Glove Decause of the perfect ventilation secured through perforations across the back and fingers, too tiny to admit dust, is the GRINNELL VENTILATED “RIST-FIT” GLOVE ‘The “V" of soft leather inserted in the cuf allows a seg. amooth 6t, when the strap is drawn. This feature ls our well yw'n patented “RIST-FIT."" Oniy the toughest and softest * Reindeere'* and Coltskin leather is used. Examine a Pair of Grinnell Gloves at Our Expense Write ws your dealer's name, ako size and style you wish, and we'll send them prepaid oa approval. Morrison-Ricker Mfg. Co., 42 Broad St.,Grinnell, lowa (Originators and Patentees of Ventilated and * ist PW" Gloves The Croxton-Keeton (French type) occupies an unusual position with relation to America’s other fine cars. |] This is so because it differs in essential details from these other cars. It is entirely alone in this difference, and its embodiment of certain features of unique excellence and departure from the common practice gives it a tangible ad- vantage. If you are fai less you have received the impression that practically the same principles have been followed in all. And, as a rule, you have found complication dominant to a degree. ° But when you come to examine the Croxton (French type) you will find that the contrary ap Instead of complication, you will see simplicity. You will look for features which you had always thought essential to a motor car, but you will not discover them. 190 Walnut St., Boston | Kansas City Providence Denver Roadster (French Type), seats two—Four cylinders, 30 H. P.—$2750. Gasoline, water and oll capacity for 300 miles. Distinct Differences Which Are Distinct Advantages THE CROXTON-KEETON MOTOR COMPANY For instance, the power plant is free from commutator; the car carries no batteries; the ignition is supplied by a high tension magneto with a fixed spark There is no water pump, no fan. Water circulation is secured through a particularly effec- tive thermo-syphon system. Thus, extra complication and extra weight are eliminated without a lessening of efficrency; parts prone to be trouble breeders are done away with, When your interest carries you to the point of a demon- as it inevitably will—you will remark the gliding start which characterizes the engage- ment of the especially designed disc clutch, and the smooth, free operation of the engine at low and high speeds. The literature which we will send you. upon request. sets forth other distin&t advantages; and you will find it your while to write for it Aassillon, Ohio Toledo Los Ange! Pittsburg Salt Lake Used by Our Best “Forget it—cast it thorne’s Marble Faun. “She was a respectable old guy.""— Thackeray's Vanity Fair. “It's a sure thing.’’—Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. “ Twenty-three.""—Dickens’s Two Cities. “Gave Hector a gift a lemon."'—Shakespeare’s 1 bor’s Lost. “Cut in Vanity Fair. away."’—Haw- Tale of e's La- and win."’—Thackeray’s 807 “Gone to the wall."’—Bunyan's Pil- Just a Little Exercise The clevator conductor of a tall office building, noticing that the colored janitor had ridden up with him several times that morning, remarked: “Sam, this is the fifth time I have taken you up, but you have not come down with me.”* “Well, you see Sam replied, “Ah been washin’ windows on de ‘leventh floor, and every now and. agin’ Ah misses mah hold and falls out.’’—Success, comicbooks.com