The New York herald., 1873-11-14
SANITARIANS In COUNCIL.

Tempest in q TeapOt-Dr. Chandler on
Water Supply-DOrman b. EatOn on
Sanitary LegislatiOn-Tho Hon. AM
drew ID. White ON Sanitary Instruction.
The Sanitary Conference resumed its session
yesterday morning, DR.. stephen Smith in the
chair. The attendance was very slim.
The first paper read was upon SANITARY organ
ization in villages and Rural Districts" by DR..
Ezra N. Hunt. He endeavored to demonstrate
that large cities. as well rural districts, should
all be embraced In one system OF sanitary police.
In the country State Board OF Health was not
SUFFICIENT but men OF the locality should be chosen
who stood aleof rom rrcsssss rrccsisssscss
Dr.. George NJ. Beard read paper upon "Atmos-
pheric Electricity and Ozone, and Their Relations
to Health and Disease"
DR. Henry Hartshorne, OF Pennsylvania, gave his
views on the question, "what To DO Against Yellow
FeverW
DR.. J. T. Gilmore submitted report upon "Yel-
low Fever as 1t Prevailed in Mobile,n which gave
In the main facts already published in the HERALD.
DR.. James j. O'Dea, Secretary OF the Staten Island
Board OF Health, furnished report upon Its "or
ganization and Work"
DR.. Elisha Harris gave lengthy account OF the
sanitary laws and ordinances existing In various
portions Of the United States and Canada.
DR.. stephen Smith, the President, reported that
number OF physicians were recommended by
the Executive Committee for election as members
Of the association, among them Mrs. Putnam
Jacoby and Miss Emily Blackwell. DR.. G. G. Cox
desired to know why Drs. D, w. BLISS and 7. s.
Verdi, members OF the Board OF Health OF Wash.
ington, D. O., were not recommended for election.
The President said this inquiry was out OF order
as there was nothing before the house, and the
physicians proposed by the Executive Committee
were then elected.
DR.. Cox made q motion that no one be excluded
from the Association on account of some fancied
breach OF etiquette This he said, was q society
OF sanitarians and not OF doctors.
DR.. woodward called DR.. Cox to order. DR.. Cox
had insulted the association.
Or. Cox claimed his rights, not only as .
member, but also as an American citizen. He had
right to make his motion.
element, that DR.. Cox who had insulted this asso.
citation, be expelled from the ROOM
The motion was seconded, and there we're loud
cries OF "Put MIN outl Put him outi,'
Dr. Cox SAID, calmly, that II this association
would expei MIN, nim rom m the room because he had
the country. Both physicians whose names had
been omitted from the report OF the Executive
Committee were able sanitarians, although one Of
| them had been expelled from the Physicians So
| ciety In Washington on account OF some fanced
breach OF etiquette and because he was homeop-
! athlst
This was said amid perfect whrlwind Of shouts
| OF "0rder, Orderln "Put him out ~ &c.
DR.. Moreau Morris said his motion to expel DR..
COX rom tne room had been seconded, and he in
| sisted that it be put
| Dr. Smith, the President-I hope the gentleman
| will withdraw his motion.
Dr. Ranch I'm an excited tone) i move that we
| DR.. Morris preserved silence and the President
passed on TO several resolutions to the effect that
the next conference be held In Philadelphia on the
second Iuesday IN November, 1874, and that the
| association put Itself in closer communication
with the various Sanitary Commissions In this
| country
| DR.. Chandler gave an extended account OF the
impurlties OF drinklng water. Typhoid fever had
Reen developed frequently by water contaminated
On sanitary subjects claimed that sad did not con,
E as 9o I ssel soos %s ney as mn"ss GS"s
grains OF iead Mineral and vegetable Impurities
were not particularly ObjectloaSbls 9pt the great
ought to be placed farther than they were
now in the country rom the cesspoos:
xtn ge hesere o es tewea
might be received by rivers without any danger.
Dr. Chandler then alluded to the London water
destroyed In large stream like the Thames. The
Crotcn water, although y was four times as pure
TWO tons OF mineral matter In this city with
out lnJurlng the quality, and this matter was very
similar similar to TO shat distributed by factory water.
During the war statements had appeared In
the New York press that spies we're here
rom the south TO poison The Croton River. He
three and onehan tons OF strychnne TO do
TINS whe there was not one ton In the world, or 1t
count OF the d1lculty OF solution
Alter recess Dr. A. b. Judson gave history OF
the cases oil cholera In the South during the pres
ent year.
Mr. Dorman b. Eaton then addressed the meet
ing on the Scope OF Sanitary Lawsu
Drs. Miller and Ranch, OF Chicago gave history
OF the cases OF cholera which had occurred during
the present year In the Garden City, and Dr.
Peters, OF this city, made some valuable obscrva-
tions In regard to cholera In general.
Tue evening session held In Association
Hall, Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton presiding. There was
Mr.. Andrew u. White, President or cornell Uni
yersity, delivered address upon SANITARY
Science in Its Relations to Public instruction."
Mr.. r. A. Y. Barnard, President OF Columbia Col
lege followed with an address upon the "Germ
Theory OF Disease In Its Relations TO HYGIENE" and
DIR. John Ardronana on the "Rclatlons OF Hygiene
TO Pauperism and Insanity and the association
then adjourned until thia morning when another
the iast-sessiou viii e held In the Department OF
Health