NEW KNOWLEDGE
THE PATH OF REFORM. “A conflict of opinion always arises when a great new idea appears. When Lord Lister introduced modern amiseptic surgery his ideas, which were contrary to what had been taught in
the medical schools, were opposed fo; a long time by many surgeons of his day. After the discovery that garrns were the cause of disease like cholera and dysentry, and that these germs were conveyed by water- and food, it took nearly a quarter of a century before this simple truth was fully understood, and public opinion became strong enough to enable those in authority to spend the necessary money on modern sanitation to get rid of
these diseases. It is always the same with any new idea, especially if the acceptance of it means that something has got to be done about it. But the new knowledge of nutrition is now becoming generally accepted, and getting past the period of conflict. Something is already being done to get it applied, and more is foreshadowed for the future.”—Sir John Boyd Orr, in the Listener (London.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAWC19370816.2.9
Bibliographic details
Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3940, 16 August 1937, Page 3
Word Count
181NEW KNOWLEDGE Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3940, 16 August 1937, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Te Awamutu Courier. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.