The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-30

the ex, City Clerk had made his final
report. The Mayor e2etated that he
| had not; waereu ppn Alderman Carroll
| moved that wheH Conncil adjourn, it
adjourn TO- meet on sshIonday evdning
next, ut 8 o. clock. to hear the Clerks
report.
Alderman Simons moved to amend
by adding: "Aud if no report be
made by the Clerk at that time, fur.
ther proceedings be instituted TO force
him 80 to do" Accepted.
! Alderman Pugh moved to amend the
amendment so us to read: ''And if he
falls to make Il report, immediate legal
action be taken" The amendment to
the amendment was accepted, and the
motion, as amended, was adopted.
The following resolution, by Alder.
man Carroll, WIS adopted:
Rssolced, That the City Clerk be in
structed to advertise for bids for the
city printing for tho ensuing year; the
bids to ba opened at tho next regular
meeting, and the contract awarded to
tue lowest bidder.
On motion of Alderman Brown,
Council proceeded to the election of
members of the Board OF Health.
Alderman Griff1u. on behalf of the
Aldermen from Ward /, nominated
Col. Charles S. Minort. Joseph Mo-
MILAN, Esq, aud Joseph Kennedy,
Esq
Alderman Carroll, on behalf Of his
associates from Ward 9, nominated DR..
Z. B. Tnrnipseed. Rev. A. Richardson
and Horace Lee, Esq.
Alderman Purvis. on behalf of his
associates from Ward 3, nominated
DR.. 3. ". Taylor, Douglass Clark,
Esq and W. 3. Gnlick. Esq.
alderman Brown, on behalf of his
colleagues from Ward 4, nominated
John Filzsimmons. Esq, Benjamin
| Moutsom.ry, Esq, aud Cyrus Aston,
! Esq
The nominations were unanimously
confirmed
Ou motion of Alderman Puryis,
Council proceeded to the election of u
Ciiy Attorney.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen
Purvis. Simons and Brown as telers
Applications from the following per-
sons were presented aud read: Jnme es
y. Dunbar w. Hutsun Wigg, J. II.
HIillams aud Jnmes D. TradewelI.
Alr. james a. Dunbar, having received
4 majority OF the votes cast, vas de-
clareL City Attorney Tor tho cushing
Two years.
Ca motion OF Alderman Brown,
Conncil adjourned.
WALTER r. JONES. City Clerk.
EYDROPHoDIA.-Ata q regular meet
ing OF the Medical Society of tha
County OF New York. DR.. Elliott in
tue chair, aud DR.. A. E. NJ. rnrdy
acting us secretary, O paper was read
by DR.. Churies 2. Russell on Hydro
phobla." He snid: There are two
iOrmS OF canine mad ness, it is claimed
by several prominent English author.
tiles; one marked by adherence oi
water. the other the result Of dis
temper aud unmarked by any OF the
above symptoms. Both are alike com
muuicabie by inocuiation. Canine
madness is spoken of by the Hebrew
historians. The earliest mention, how
ever, OF the true hydrophobia is given
in Hlndoo treatise as long ago as the
ninth century. The hydrophobia OF
this time is described as exactly identi-
cal with that Of the nineteenth century.
Thee .ritus and Plato refer to madne ess
amJng the wolves. Virgil, in his
"Gsorgios. aud Ovid, in his "Met
morphoses. speak of rabid animals.
It is popular superstition that cut
ting of the tip Of the tail, forty days
utter birth, will prevent an animal
from ever contracting hylrophobia.
After sketching out at great length the
history Of the disease up to this cen.
tury, the lecturer proceeded to indi-
oate the various sanitary measures for
it's prevention and cure. A very able
doctor of Engand recommends the
treatment of caustic. and states that
he effected eighty cures in single
year. and that when applied immedi.
ateiy ho never lost q case. In the
Stnte Of Louisiana, in the year 1870,
no less than sjxty-threc cases Of canine
madness were reported.
Zsigler fixes the origin OF the dis
ease rs morbid condition Of tho gas
trio juice in animals. It was popu-
lar superstition in the last century,
that there was worm under the
tongue Of every dog, which eventually
brought on hydrophobia. Science has
shown us that this is only gland oil
he saiyary apparatus. DR.. Kane
,ta.cs thns the disease does not exist in
Grecnlaud The popular notion that