, 1865-11-08
tine CHOLERA.
Important Meeting Of the Medical
Profession to Urge the Adop-
fon Of Preventive or
Ameliorative Santa
ry Measures.
ADDRESSES By DIS. ALLEN, DAVIS,
BLAKE AND OTHERS.
Committees Appointed to Draft an Ad-
dress to the City Authorities and
Hygienic Directors for the
People.
ImmEDzATE ACTION STRONGLY
UhGED.
Eicss ETC., ETC.

LIZ HAD1A1E ACTION STRONGLY
ChGED.
fic., ETC., ETC.
The meeting OF physicans, at the superr,sozs'
hoom, In the Cont House, list evening, WIS nj
tended BY abont sixty Of the DIST medical psarti-
noness Of the city, uniting to urge upon our citl-
zenS md city authorities active sanltasy MEASURES
in view or the Threatened vsitaiion OF tho cholera
to cur city.
Df. B. Mcyickar was, On 1notiop appointed to
preside orer the meeting. In taEtng his scat, the
doctor made . fe,r remarks explanatory Of the oh
1 s5 s e s oas 5sa sesa %
Al The present time due from Tie profession TO The
community in which they live, IN which al thelr
eaae md pcahence threaten rs. it Ia due from the
Their eare md skin for rdlsnehIp md pfpiecdon
Of council and atyice, fase voce OF warning. and
lndlcate whai shou'd he done and what avoided, IN
%bs 70 to BE- r.
condition, not ior this special emergency only. bnt
on general principles; sad in order 70 promote this,
sy ng m " , 9 epea
the medical profession Is called.
Dr. lolhster was appointed Secretary. As this
bad attempted to mark out the course o, action
which should be adopted lie therefore suggested
the propr1ety Of appointing I committee suthsient-
] e s orn dRsssoS. as1 saa s
the suggestions they nny rcceive from The mem
bess prstent dsait such az address to the citizens
fess1on deem the needed changes tn the sanitary
condition ot the city. He further thoueht It would
be well noW to discuss the seyeral poInts which
conclusion Of his remarks, be said that both author
tiles and citizrns look auxiously the profess
sion 10 lndcate What arc the most essential reaue
fhAF
clty, which ii ia in their power to accomplish, and
thsy ats ready to move IN tho matter. vigorously
Dr.. Allen WIS called upon tor aone expression Of
his opinion md the fesulta OF his large experiences
and s!ndy Of the subject. he spo-e, in substance.
Ii aee1ns to ne the Common Council, at the pres.
ent time, have Initiated an action which looks to-
ward the AdrsntaTe Of the community, and which,
II sas11ed out, VIII ensure ever1 thing that y r.
every one. II hardly needs professional advice on
the subject. for can hardly ind anybody SO OBJ
suse :. BE- III 70, IT, recognize + pne:s f be tie
ought TO Be- accomplished as in regard to the fact
{ sse1 sa On ths n e. Il
e r. Rs 3:si ess9 assa n9! s9f
bang M p1inied and md discn.sed by lie coamon c
Coundl every thing which VIC wieh 10 have reuedied
In tie sanitary condition OF this community. or
All th7t we can do Is to add line upon line and pre-
cept npon pEecept a. far as sholera poison is
concerned, suppose we are willing to acinow-
Jet antdote for 1t 60 AZ 10 prevent its coming,
and 60 far As choera coming. suppose Is better
to prepsse 1he community Tor Il by telling them
ton of he oommanlty at least. an moi speaking
those likely 10 be attacked. They are innaeasely
dirty.
Ist 4 man 60 into the back s.neete, he need not.
to he boarding houses, where dir5 specimens al of
cover this. With regard 10 The choless, can only
about them: they must purify themselves, ind Ill
their surroundings. Ihe enfhp matter Of pEeren.
Clean. I L % I. se,v Z anp1e. he EoImoo % coanea: @ q
elean.ed. TalS aSoat tae b.sE :trsets: Go 10
tnurnu:s. and the smell atcends to heaven III the
time Right heFe. In The heart Of The city. this Ia
so. Go 10 The lowerpast Of the coErt Honsc down
ranaes l. is inhabIsnis i've @ At T. al. nd he onls I
reaeon they live ii al l. lhe majority are lei out On
snaw bail aftes short time: You talk about going
nd let man smell Of Il for few nnntes. md he
! will be convinced that jon must reach 10 h1sher
places l9a need ssns1.l cleansing Q, tns e;ty: y
immediate cause OF the disease the cholera poison.
II there IL such poison, there are eertafn other
thlncr you can do, and which o1eht NOT to be left
nfst The necessity Of removing this incentive to dis
snse which they bnid up b the1r nneleaniiness It
thing new in their matter and nothtn, to be dl4cos
porsible aanitary condition, eren though se don't
In srch condition tho epidemic ID passing over
us Will leaye rs with tcsrcy trace Of its exist
III X : n,ria fnlored rn,n.rt{rp.
1presume there Will he here pretty full express
sion Of opinion As to the necessity of something
aas5 u Ru o
us in this locality No one can tell when It will
make IL appearance, except from former ekperi.
some Something should @ Be- dune, nd While ihe Common @
Council haa already initiated proceedings, there Is
real necessity 70. some tndisiduals who are more
the Common Council a.e, Or c,n be, in Its detail :.
TO be placed in position where they can act az sd
snS ,hsy r. Ss The IT, T,s5 mp m as
the city needs to be cleaned is not sufficient. You
1ay approach every Individual old and Young,
efal proposition. but wien ron have made ihat
proposition the idea Is mainly 10 clean up the
etrectk. Iapprrbend that what filth there Is In the
Of he deless1iens influence tnat bears upon the
citizens Of Chicago. We admit that there Is
something in particular sea.ons and in the pecn.
mehes animal and vegetable material combined. 1t
gise. much greater ntensty and e1sct TO tue cause
need i not The urging them 10 do some,hanE, bal
they need the e.ict adsce to the details Of nh,t
II Necessary 10 be doDe, for think careful surrey
the subject will shoW, thst while The streets contain
M imrneuee amount Of nnatc11al that should be re-
ots betwesn Baases s sswes Sheis
there are sencts, and allowing tho matter to
secanala1s md rvmsln duEng ! 'argr portion q
mental stil. Tic sapor thst arisea from eofl in,
precnsted With animal matter through the floor and
around our houses, ha. actually moEe influence
ea.e than ihat which il seeo By ihe eye or taken IL
by the nostrfls On the streets The fapof arising
imprenatea the lower portions Of our hoases, and
CONT covered With tang,. TINS condition of fsh,aet
OF course brings disease. An along our stsee't
yea m'y y,, 1nd ,th'F' even srt15t n dTstanE, ai;,
o1 ase a.nns Where tscr a1r dr.ins Which al III?
matter might be carried into, and where nature has
IN % 70 s sss fou hd ~ L sns ess
these places more mischief accumulated under tht
walls End In back yards than In the streets them
90 not M r. R m fhe ~. s1e on
be looked 10. Then again should be pointed cut ts
thoee In charge OF ibis matter, not only the necee
eSs ossz ahs ~ Is we'll We ~ S,i % 4ass % up the lt
the streets, but also the necessity OF inadtuting
Inore direct and careful supervision over Ehn
pai1ni thonld be kept dnl1ne The packing seaso,
and rigid enforcement Of the ordinances 10 with
hold every species Of aaimA matter from goint
into the river 1t Is well known TINT At moderate
expenditure for this city the use Of charcoal ovcl
| The OPENINGS Of sewers would absorb 1arSsr pn1
lion oi !he influence q :ne seTeFaee hat whsss I
should he taken under adrteement- There must bt
an intention TO deiails Is to what ehoud be done
aud we thould arold 1 one r. thing that ! thini
prompt action, we must be careful 10 aI0id tpur
ring them OF now 70 = profuse expendtt9fs o
70 St. s. H. @ n assy spoIs I psa .s ota4
excitement 70 that when we get to time whe1
we most uans attention TO our Fanitazy matters
.ss va ps ,piae ies q sa
shall commence their work in uay that will cul
inmate N the sp5ing rather than IL spasimsod1 ssI
aS theasai Iii = woa'd = not to sPpoin
committee Of discreet men who gill civ
= u e' eoos 'iss sae aaa and %A9 for
,se Council i prossedmF in what Va. prepesed
commence sheis work at once, not go much, pei
haps 1t present to cleanse al The Etrees as to PR
, vent further accumulation IN them. Let the FIR
thing ii this time be to e.pend money IN seaysnse
| wagons to take Away what would hereafter Accumu
lite and then afte1Word let them remove that whie
. present encnmhers the dry. When The aecumu
1at}ou IL prevented then proceed step by step an
! enough TO do, preventing the noumulstlone In th
HreF. think with the gentlemen who mas a
:. ready addressed You, TINT while VIC c1uno
. control the wings Of death that may 60 forth as
. destroyer in the form Of IN epidemic condition
The Atmosphere, ret you ran remove the ., Gans
e which leads 10 the yfrulence Of the attack. Wbu
we cannot control the w1nde Of heaven, nor pr
vent the occasional cf1ectr Of the atmosphere, "
can rsmose tnoee causes that are within onr cor
l., troll That tend 10 give that epidemic atmospher
most Of It, yiru,ent force and Destructive niaene
, upon man. The committee We appont, II We AZ
: point one, should consider 1t more than cssns
Il duty that Is assigned to hfu they should devote
It that time which is necessarily and should tnior,
themeelrea Of the condition Of the city, In sucs
4 znannes es may qushty them to act as advisers
!, The dty authorities have already proposed VII.