New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-07
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.

regular meeting Of tbs Academy was held on
"Wednesday evening in the USve sity baidiug, WISH
irgtob square 10 consequence Of tie indspcsiop OF
Dr. Ws;sop the President, Dr.. FosrTR, occupied the
chair.
TIE subject of the evening was yellow fever. re.
solution presented expressing the concurrence Of
the Academy uit1 :he Natora Ssrtars CONVENTION
Of 1859 in the opinion " That 10 the absence OF soy
has ever been conveyed by one pers N TO another
"pe'synE quarantine Of csses Of yellow fever nsy o.
.siel sbolishet provided that onss OF every kind
"be Iieioly restrcted'
Dr. GEIsCon re 81 lengthy paper ia support OF the
opinion arrived at by the SsUifary Convention.
Dr.. REEsn thought il preguuitnou in the misc.lla
neous ne ubeTship Of the Sanity Convention ID act
thtrfeves up e. aiDs. the full yes'sbshed conclusions
Of al the cider pby.ic,rs. Tee doctrine Of fJmes-
that tie body itef lot the source Of Infectious
disease, but ehluyia which was absorbed ny The
tuTounoir gs Of the bocysss not only Al urmlstsks
be u,y.iic.m but If subiIns,ed aO-urdi,y, sid
With gres Difference, srraLt Iorssne. The very idea
was q myth. The only believers II The doctnres Of
the Saoi ary Convention were the S,s'en l.landers
who not srsd n csrfy on, th- slck IN their arms
ard vho stt OF fire s1d buried the GUS s1tlne bnili
ings ard extergnsted tie fomiles, yel fever
b.d since been kIo there. To Ray TOmpkihs, ESQ +,
AID the Scpoys vO'e Of thanks sh0uli have been
voted for adopting the theory Of lbe Convention ~ al
vaice TIE Academy Of Medicine was mol csllsd pOn
10 combat the conclusions Of invention OF pOacai
sppoiHtees, who, nineteen cut Of twenty, knew no
u0ie Of yellox fever than horse did OF holy ~ifer
Inc speaker reIns ke1 teSt TIE StulLAy
Convention Of 1853 wnich met il Pha elphis ed
resolution on the same Qustion exactly the csntrafy
of thst Of 1850. Was il question Of Newfork yer
fns Philadelphia II 40, he hoped they would hight It
cut Themselves after he Kilkenny fashion, ani Do
siOy each 6tber, because they were both wfO9g.
Ouarsrt1e ave for the cleansing and FL . stion OF
Infected vesse, ras relic Of bsrbarism AM dis
grace 10 civilization. lie uasted that the result o.
tbis discussion would not be unworthy Of the Acateuy
Dr.. JoHa W Faxes paid compliment both 70
tie head ard heart OF Dr. Grsecu, bat thought he
DR. FTaucis hsd witnessed and traced popular deln-
sons 20 sCns ex,sut a1d considered this great one.
lie wss solcitous for e honor o. tbs Academy and
preyed most earnestly tina; il sbOlh rot commit s-f
II was remarkable ths. MAJ Of DE- Griscoms sm ;
bic disposition and asue in'ellsc; sh01l1 thus commit
birnse but those who we're so abstract in many thin
often had quirk 10 their heejs. Dr.. Rockingham oi
Scotland who had motives other THAI benevolent
ouee Yet maze ney III the long run, on one occasion
stripped himself Of coat Of vest If rowse! cad shirt
and sailed forth through the streets Of Eiinbu'gh,
CRYING, "Wo unto the city, siCpy from an elabo-
sts ne 'ioal theory which be srnved az. tie thougot
Dr Griscom hsd already partially denrdsd himself.
How in the world could the body, which han 10 infeo
ton about sslf, be the source OF Omites In which
consisted the infection exclusively DIR. Faces
hoped that this fatal discrepancy would not be received
blythe Acsdeny, ard that 10 theory excee, such 81
might have soOd in the year and would s.an IN the
year 1900 ard the yesr 5000 as well would be adop'ed
DR. SMITH thought tue question the simple't iGla;
rsble ant after referring TO previous production Of
he own on the subject proceeded 10 lengthy speech
| TO explain his conception of il.
DR. VALENTINE MoIT followed, bu' alluded to the
question Only in general terms lie opposed the rcso
| luton.
| DR.. Posi- took sides with DIR. Griscom and tie
Sanitary Convention. The elder fel0ws Of the Acade
my had beer begging the question, and fighting man
Of straw and pitching into him with their dlrks <th
quite unnecessary valor TEey had not tAken up the
question nj its fundamental point.
Dr. McNuLTY moved that the discussion be pot,
poDed the third Wednesday Of the month"; in order
his opinion. Carried, and adjourned accordingly.