Life, 1912-07-11 · page 12 of 44
Life — July 11, 1912 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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The page contains two distinct items: **Top Article "This Time"**: Discusses Dr. Hideyo Naguchi, a renowned scientist accused by New Yorkers of conducting unethical medical experiments—injecting disease germs into 146 people (mostly children) claiming the material was "harmless." The piece sarcastically questions whether researchers would inject these germs into their own children, and challenges the public to reconsider such experimentation on hospital patients without proper consent. **Cartoon "An Old Man's Darling"**: A satirical sketch showing an elderly man admiring his reflection, suggesting vanity or self-delusion about aging. **"Where Do You Live?" Section**: Philosophical commentary contrasting East (tradition, memory, looking backward) with West (prophecy, progress, looking forward), presented as a cultural debate about which approach serves society better.
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1384 146 This Time OMEWHAT illuminating was the rumpus over Dr, Hideyo Naguchi. This Benevolent Person was accused by certain well-known New Yorkers of inflicting human beings with a horrible disease. Thereupon his co-workers rose up in wrath and said the accusers were liars. The co-workers maintain that whatever Dr. Hid uchi injected into these “forty-six. normal individ- uals, chiefly children between the a of two and eighteen, and one hundred individuals suffering from various dis- eases,” was a harmless material. Beneficial, perhaps! The public is assured by his defend- ers that it was merely “an emulsion from dead germs and quite sterile.” We are wondering why these busy gentlemen should waste their time with a material so dead and sterile that it could produce no active results, There certainly was a purpose in trying it upon 146 persons. And some trouble. Do researchers ever inject these germs into the blood of their own children? We think not. The accusers ask in their pamphlet: “Are the helpless people in hospitals and asylums to be treated so much material for scientific ex- perimentation, irrespective of age or consent? Does the general public ap- preciate the danger of such experimen: tation?” “AN OLD MAN'S DARLING” “1 DON’T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING To DO, ADAM. I'VE HUNTED EVERYWHERE AND I CAN'T GET A SERVANT FOR LOVE OR MONEY” Where Do You Live? 'O the East ancestors are most im- portant; to the West descendants are most important The East delights in memory; the West in prophecy. The East says, This thing is rather unpleasant and inconvenient for us, but it served our fathers well; there- fore we will keep it. The West says, This thing will be a nuisance for us, brought up in other customs, but it will serve our children well: therefore we will adopt it The East, though moving slowly forward, looks backward; the West, though sometimes moving backward, yet looks forward. The East takes delight in being be- hind the times; the West, in being ahead of them. The East is History; the West is Apocalypse. Life’s Lucid Lexicon BILITY—Power or skill. Once held in high esteem, but since the introduction of money it is af- fected only by inferior persons. Fame—Being honored by _ those whom you believe to be your inferiors. Obscurity—Being ignored by the same. comichooiees ™