New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-30
NATIONAL SANITARY AND QUARANTINE
CONTENTION.

YESTERDAY the third Of the sessions Of the Conven-
ton gratifying amount If busIness was accomplished
There large attendance OF delegates ana se'era
new delegates were added 10 the list
The following resolution offered by Dr.. ALFNASDER
H. SrEyESs on Thursday, WAS taken up a. the special
order
In he a.,acr ot any evidence e'abAias ilr oagl'
"a, yeoE fever has eye- ben conveyed ~ ~ P-,a -
,u,.r il /. the opinion Of Conynon ina rsns qEarsn
tine II es-r. Il yellow fever llsS b. sairiJ seoisard
Dr. STEVENS briefly supported his resolution by IN
s.tng on the theory that yellow fever was non-cona-
Dr. BILL Of Brooklyn. supported the resolution
He perfectly agreed with Dr. Stevens that yellow
fever vas no; contagious anywhere. The gentleman
cited various ease. in Vera Cruz. Pensacola aud else
where in which his own experience proved tnat yellow
fever could not De- communicated from one person %
another In lS}s the ofthe French snip tTomi',
who suffered iresifully from yellow ieye! were trans
ferred 70 the hospital AZ Pensacola. The nurses got
frightened. when Of the physicians, 10 convince
them il Was not contagious, wrapped himself ~ the
bedclO,hes of a man who had died OF black Nomit
at l. O'Clock at night aud slept IN them t'.l morning.
without taking the disease Yellow fever disappeared
At Vera Cruz at the change ui winds from The south
and southwest a. Il did here from fros', when commit
infested through our badly managed Quarantine With
regard To the rpmmuuicability of yellow fever from
shIr, ard goods there appeared TO be- ioubt what
ever The disease was communicated by passing
thrugh the air. and il - amendment were required
10 the resolution Offered by Dr.. >ieven-, It would be
that things, not persons were the cause oi the CON-
muticablty Of yellow fever.
Mr.. ELY wished the matter laid over uril next
session. There were too many !aynen to urcdr
matter when doctors disagreed. He had been among
yellow fever in Vera Cruz and lid not ctch L, yet ne
did net feel prepared 20 vote. .
D. Glars If Boston said that doctors did not dis
agree the sub iect they were a. well agreed thereon
~ thew the theory thai In a5de people ShooA'
and guinine was good for It.
Ir Jogx w FRaSCIs beiug called upou by DIR.
Stevens. was received with applause Tie remarked
tLa lie had been acquainted with the theoryoI irNerS
fr exacilv ~ wears and had read at least 300 volumes
ON the subject He had been acquainted with every
Gaze Of yellow fever III New-lork from l9l, Wlen the
disease was described by Adams downto the last re-
turns received from Staten Island. He stood there
to speak for great New-lork, ana ne hopei
that as che was the first 10 establish quaran
tine m this country. she would not he the
frst to abandon it altogether. Applause
III proceeded 10 give resume of the history o yellow
fever from the time il appeared IN BarhadneS III 1871
down 70 the present time, and gave II as his opinion
that the yellow fever ar Peck-slp IN li'l ana
again IN 1893. were mporiaons nom abroad. Ia
1859 isOl 1853, $50 aud ls22 when the lever
started al Rector street, all these visitaiions were inn
,u,anns lie would therefore, start with The theory
la, yellow fever exotic. and did not belong TO
,is climate He secuted the idea that all everS were
,ne and remarked that Americans genera!ized too
much and therefore, madc themselves ridiculous 20
tie studous and philosophical mind. DIR. r. proceed
d to sIeak of the theories Of Narons persons ~ 10 the
causes Of yellow fever. remarklnE that could be com
nmicsird from local bodies or from animal matter.
Treat yellow fever bilious fever, and the people
would constantly be filed with ettuvial exercise.
auehter1 The yellow fever WAS al idiopaihc alice
for arising from other causes than ncw-naie ground,
| &c n advanced BY some people. While many were
Of opinion that yellow fever not communicated by
urc vcrsnn TO another vet the learned and excel
| ft DIR. Mitchell related an instance IN whlch the
dsea-e was communicated by bank note handed
from one person Ia another. he also remarked that
every man carried the yellow fever IN LIS breeches
tocket and we thus all yellow fever subjects Dr.
Francis asserted that there no place so healthy as
| New-York. If We had proper SANITARY Ponce. Jap
| 1Iause1 New York. according to hlS theory, was
| i,rt,ct paradse of health and asserted by all
Missionaries here to be excellent place for the cure
Il pulmonic diseases No. II was the wretcnei crea-
| tnres who governed New-lork her miserable police
| iauplausel her fell Democracy, and the violent
| lacnbinsIu of the times which made her what she
was. Immense applause. Letthere be a better ponce
| and better sanitary measures, ana things womb De
J better; but when they attempted 10 apolsh
quarantine laws, they attempted serious business.
lie delighted 10 see yellow fever, because IT was
great study He liked 10 90 IN and witness the luxury
OF a vonii IaugheTl. because It was great study,
and God had carried him through it ALL lie agreed
with DIR. Harris that there too many rural Physi-
| clans coming in here 10 make new quarantine laws;
These gentlemen were politicians, came IN mere ana
filed their pockets and went away delighted WIN the
quarantine laws. Applause. WHAT would they
Have done in 1856, IT not for these laws Inc
Doctor next proceeded to speak of the quachs VINO
nrciended to write concerning yellow fever. IL asked
| did they ever see ease they would say, 30 pl'
CIV believing that all fevcrs were one and the Suine'
And this WAS the case with many who wrote Of yellow
fever Some of these would see patient ana not touch
him with a bean pole. lIIanshtef:I lie "ouu no'
deny mathematics because the quadrature OF the CIR
Gle had not vet been discovered; reHgUn, because
had It's hypocritcs. or the Providence OF God IN the
fruits of the earth because there were snakes IN the
| grass fApplause.l Nor wOuld he deny the uses OF
Ouarsn.ipd because had ts abuses. The venerable
Gentleman proceeded at length to speak Of the theory
of fever believing that the treatment for bilious lever
would Kill in yellow fever. lie believed, too That
when they spoke of the non-cOnagion of yellow FEVER
tbsytook too wide latitude and cited Instances when
in i5gJ yellow fever was communicated. I'm that year
his father died of black yOmit, and he 1.-THE speaker
was never ont Of the house and yet he took no yellow
fever lie was then but a boy aud saw ms ather III
the coffin but did not get into II, he thanked God
| U.aughterl The speaker next alluded to work by
Dr. De La Roche, which he admitted was wen written,
| bu, part of it under deuson. lie trusted they would
! not by hastily adopting Dr. Stevens resolution,
make Themselves the lauching-stock Of Europe, with
| all her learning. They had passed too many motne-
banks; if they abolished Quarantine, they would do
| an irreparable injury to this nation.
| by STEyESs replied. defending Ms resolutions ana
the doctrine ui nou-coragiun. He asserted thai there
had never been single case. in this clnate aileast
| of indi,putAblr personal con,agon.
| Dr. BELL offered an umeuIment to the resolution
pryiding that t0aitcs of every kind be rgdly re-
Sirictcd.
| Dr. STEVENS accepted the amendment.
Dr. HARIus m advocating the resolution dNhh
4 that 1870 there were nj Irh-t ~ NaN1' VI
fever transferred from the most populous parts OF the
city to Quarantine many of them throwing mp back
WON'T ON the way in the streets Of the city ana on the
frry.boat.. and vet 10 person who came III contact
With these persons nurses or otherw'e' hah been
| known to take the disease.
| Dr. La RoCHE Ot Philadelphia, stated facts IN rela
ton 10 yellow fever lie nsapced the case OF bark
Which had landed NJ the wharf at Philadelphia
shortly after The matches opened there were sew
,ral cases %, yellow fever in the immediate vicinity Of
| the vessel which spread and produced l'0 cases.
While this wrs So rot one steyedOre or person en-