, 1873-09-14

nurfaco-water. IIo thougl1s many physicians
areotoa too much tho Mrs Of tho pnro ohenlies,
s too "stdos ss aSeas pao vi '0 Wniss IL s
public, uninDuoncod by the opinion Of tho doo-
tors hagglo over the purity OF tho water, the
moro important foaturo-an amplo aupply-is
as nothing compared with TINT which is neoos-
sary for oloaning. washing, art, and manufao-
lures. How to increase tho supply without dry
ing up tho Thames, was an important question.
Of tho midland towns, London included, from
tho lakes Of Cumberland and Westmore1and.
The speaker thought England might botsor make
Instead Of letting tue foods damage our bost
nlluvlnl soila, destroy animal and vegetable lifo,
| ondanGer man himsolf, aud finally flow untnter.
ruptedly to tho soa, might not much OF this flood
form small and large reservoirs and lakes, which
would DO amplo supplies Of the bost water at
| eyory eoaaon of THO year, and ovon koop IN tnir
/ volume no,no Of tho primitive streams ?" The
| the simple housewife everywhere sought It by i
| natural Instinct. In Glasgow, 4 city Of hnlf-a-
million inhabitants, thore Ia Raylng Of E4vooo
yearly for sonp, owing TO tho softness Of the
| formed by tho watershed Of tho district.
All TINT The learned surgeon said was true NJ far
| 90 It went. II Is al we'll enough to BAyo soap,
and still keep clean but tho vital polnt Of the
| WAS ENTIRELY IoNonEp,
| md thnt, too. at time when It ID alarming1y
important that Il should be understood. Cholera
| is raging ali aronnd lie; several caacH have bsen
temio in some OF tho most aristocrasioq Of
the city physicians families especially haye beon
afflicted by thie mnlady. In tho majority ot tho
| casos, tho poison has boen traced to the milk Of
nnid farm has died recently Of typhoid. and this
| name fover has boen raging in tho neighborhood.
The conclusion Of tho inyeatigstion shows that
the milh is poisoned by ths cows drinking
to "rinso out tho cana contains enough
Of tho poison to infect tho milk.
No dilution by wator can DO carried on on slhrge
acnlo without detection but the ray IN which
| half-pint Of unter in oaoh,-enou8h to rcndor
many gallons Of milk unfit for uhe, II tho wator
| bo sowage-polluted. Tho suspected milk has
passed into state Of putrstaetion with unusual
rapidity, and complaints Of it lave boon mado to
'nS dpqoppos ppp3pads; q tnts ars the
| INVESTIGATIONS 11ApB III DR.. EDWARD BALLARD
concerning tho IL Localized Outbreak Of Typhoid
radical source Of Contamination was tho rator
supplied from an underground, defective tank.
| Thia dairy-tank WAS constructed Of wood which
had become burrowod b rats hence, an opon-
ing was made between It and some old drains. DR..
Ballard suggested that the rinsing Of tho cans
might poison the milk. This Afforded consider
nblo amusement, considering tho traditional bo-
slief about nilkmen but. while he proved that
l~this might DO aufllciont oauBe, 1t Was after
wards discovered that tho milk in question had
been regularly diluted 10 por cont by the pol
| luted uater.
William sedguiclt, surgeon, IN a paper on
| cholera. BayH milk itBolf may undergo
BONE uNnEoooN1zApLE CHANGE,
| by which 1t acquires propertieh cGpaplo Of pro-
ducing sympton1a Of poisoning which are analo-
gous to, sud sometimes identical with, those Of
| nt,1 ftn khA%er &SN& &bA
ourred in 1896 at Aurillso, village in Franco,
| which woro Investigated By Profs. Oraeld and
Marc, commissioned by the French Academy.
| In thiH oaao, fifteen OF sixteen customers OF d
particular dealer in goats milk wore attached
| with all the symptoms Of oholorA. The Pro-
| fcasors eaid thoy had met with parallel cascs
! reported to them by tho police Of Paris. They
could In no instance trace the presence Of min
poisonous alteration Of the milk to ''new prin-
| clples formed by vital process" There is an
other instance, which occurred In malta, Oct:
1s, 1856 about ,twonry PERSONS were aeized
cholera. which wore ascertained BY the Police
physiclan, DR.. Folice Calicla, to DO caused
by drinking tho milk Of two gosts." Mr.
assume that the animal from Which :
noxious secretion has been obtained has boon
itself iniuriously affocted. Poisonous honey
may be aecrcte1 in beos which hayo fod NTH i'm
p.lnitJ on certain flowers; and thors in no physi-
ologicel reason why milk capable Of developing
either typhoid or cholera should not bs hccroted
by cowH which have drank NTH impunity water
unfit for our own use"
With theao serious facts before ua, you cannot
wonder that
/ WE WE'RE ALL DISAPPOINTED
in the address Of Sir William Furgunaon. He
chose for lis subject the 1noat important branch
Of nhat il known as State Medicine; and be-
cause, forsooth. it requires lct, vater to quench
thirst than it does to keep clean, therefore
tho keeping clean is more important
or a the .] quality @ Of Tate5 "a e. for tie TIE
must 1--we purposo snoro d tho e uesoa Il
| infection, Of which London Is full OF sad illua-
trationa. A nun Of his position and learning
muat understand it thoroughly, and big silence,
tho head Of such great authority aB the British
Medical Association, ia ino1cusablo on any known
grounds.
Each day Of tho ssasion- Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday--Was thus marked by q
leading address, delivered by tho Presidents Of
tho Sections.
| THE ADDRESS m MEDICINE
was delivered by z. A. Parkes, III. D.. T. n. s.
Il MAJ . very ahlo or.tion. ue gave very az
bright's % Albuninu,i.. Veselow's Embol..
ton, phthisis. Diseases Of nervous syatem,
tho hithorto obscure Entozoio and Morophytio
elasaod Under the vague term blood -poaon-
ing" Like ekillful rhetoriciAu, he used tho
poNer Of contrast. placing tho old and new aide
| by Htd0, no that to sec WaH to bo convinced.
THE Address IN SURGERY
wan given bY John Wood, r. r. @. g., T. Il. g.,
Professor OF Surgery in Kings Oolege LII
described Ill tho new methods !; WAS opposed to
tho practice Of Theoretically scaling up Wounds
according to tho plan deduced from Tyndalla
experiments upon tho purifying results Of the
colton-hltor Of Paateur. Horny has shown that
the method docs not prevent putrefaetion, nor
tho abundant formation Of microzos. He
!; plastic surgery, detailing aomo wonderful opera
. tions OF tho making Of new organs mud rostor-
ing OF old. In Rhinoplasty ho must be I skill
with which ho Asa u1hdo now noses ont OF flaps
from tho pateuts' forehead or cheeks. Undo,
tho head Of Anehtheties, the speaker said: "We
follow but sardilJ, In this old country, in tha,
combination Of pleasure with utility which haa
! led lately tho inventive genius OF our Transat
lantio brethren to tho association Of egthotics
NTH hnoathetics In tho performance Of opora
tions, undcr theae agents, to an obligato ACCOM-
. tnanin1ant unon thu 0rrn1. md m nnnrnnrin n h