Medicine: Virulent Diarrhea

Chicago is the home of some of the nation's foremost baby specialists (notably Northwestern University's Isaac Arthur Abt and University of Illinois' Julius Hays Hess) and the world's No. 1 obstetrician —Dr. Joseph Bolivar De Lee. He tirelessly preaches that, to prevent the spread of infection among mothers and children, all hospitals should not only have separate sections but separate buildings for the delivery and nursing of children and the convalescence of post partum women.

Chicago is headquarters for the three medical organizations which control the operation of U. S. hospitals—American Medical Association,...

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