New-York tribune., 1873-05-05
SANITARY SCIENCE.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH
AssocAuoN-THE SUM OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THE EPzoOTIC.
[Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUNE.l
CINCINNATI. May y3.-TO-day was the last of the
session OF the American Public Health Association. The
review Of the report epzoGe Influenza nocedin yes
terday's dispatch read by Dr. Jones' prepared by
Dr A. 3. Judson Of NewYork Yesterday afternoon
Dr. John H. Rluch Of Chicago read paper on the SAM
tary Drainage Of Towns and Cities giving prominence
10 a consideration OF the sewerage OF Chicago.
The Association adjourned to-day noon, 10 meet at
Providence on the second Wednesday Of next Septem-
ber The forenoon spent in listening to an address
Of Prof J. s. Newberry Of Cleveland the Homes Of
the American People. II gave description Of the phys
ical characteristics Of the different parts Of the United
States with reference their bearing on the health Of
the residents.
The following is the substance Of Dr. Judsons paper.
TIE EPHoouC DISEASE
The report OF A. B. Julson N. D., the epzO0tic in
duenza OF 1872 and 1873 outline OF the results 0i
the Investigation ordered Dy the HeCn Department OF
New-York Records OF previous SLOO,lSa ~ NJ ~. 49,,
back several hundred years IL IS proDabe tat ths
disease has swept over portions OF Jhe WOld at intervals
The symptoms, complications and treatment OF the
disease had been thoroughly studied by Alex f. Lian-
tard, NJ D. veterinary Srgeel 9I tue "a DS
ment and Surgeon Of the New l0rk college, OF veterinary
Surgeons. In his opinion the disease itself requires no
treatment beyond rest and proper care IL Is disease
that must its course, and lasts from one To three
weeks. The complications are AONbfeI ID uduJ cases
serious and require special treatment The postmorten
examinations showed that the action OF the speclnc
poison Ia on the mucus membrane OF Tie respiratory
organs The pOst-mortcm appearances were shown by
series Of water cOlOTs taken from diseased specimens
during the progress OF dissection
Twenty -four hundred horses died IN New-YOrk during
the ten weeks IN which the disease prevailed. About
900 would have died IN the absence OF any unusual
disease as the average weekly mortality Is about 30 ~
may said therefore that 1900 horses were destroyed
n New-YOrk by the epiZOouc. The number OF horses
stabbed D NewYOrk. according 70 census taken by the
Board OF Health 1871 is about 10000 Nearly per
cent O39 destroyed by the epzOOtc. Every horse
and mule with scarcely single exception was attacked
by disease. II may therefore be stated at nearly
per OF fatal The disease appeared nfs AT
Toronto Canada sept 80 1872 IL spread trOm that
point North South East and West Its first appearance
in the United States at Niagara Falls early n %
tober 1t appeared Chicago October 29 St Louis De
cember l, Omaha December !, Denver December 80,
CHEYENNE January 10, 1873, SAT- Lake CITY January H.
Virginia City, Nevada, March y and san Francisco April
L. took 81 days for the epZOOue 10 spread from To-
rOntO % ~ Louis, distance OF GO miles, and 80 days 10
20 from Toronto TO Galveston, Texas distance or ll5O
miles. and yet II 81 days IN reaching across
the unsettled country between Galveston and Browns
vile, on tue Mexican border, distance Of only
100 miles These facts and many others or similar
import. were shown outline map OF the United
States and Canada They given evidences that
prOgress the disease does not depend solely on
atmospheric agencies. The disease had not yet ap
peared al Prince Edwards Island at Key West places
which could not well have escaped II n 10 was capable
OF dlnugiOn al long distances through the air.