The New York herald., 1874-10-10

urged TO the nece esslty OF 'strlcter oversight anC
pursuit lceJoigrn0l OF the excesses oy the ultra
measures Instituted against she Catholics we
must mention, finally the recent tnstrucuons te
the police relating to the churchly processl0ai
and pilgrinlages The instructions are quite
lengthy and are to the effect that only the Gus
to be permitted, with tin consent OF the police
authorities Ii Is lett TO the police 60 decide 20
danaer da1 wouia result, for instance. II tSs p
gr mage is a long one and the lgrlms have to
remain out all night. such procession can
be prohibited. The police nave strict orders
to AFFORD every protection to persons who
may be abused for not uncovering the head
measures win only serve to increase the zeal Of
the pilgrims and so Rome Will be all the happier
when she receives the reports OF successes.
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND PHYSICIANS.
German lie insurance companies have recently
been placed IN great embarrassment by the re usal
enjoyed by the insurer without the latters con-
sent The ply slcans maintain their position by
which threatens with punishment the .'unauthor.
ized revelations OF private affairs" and they Justly
consider themselves to be committing .
agents the sanitary condition OF their patients But
since for solid lie insurance companies 1t is actu-
ally necessary 10 he furnished with the opinion OF
the family physician as to the early life and sani-
tary condition OF the petitioner, the former re-
solved to come TO some understanding In the mat
tives from twenty German lie insurance compa-
MES and delegates from the Union OF German Pny-
tant resolutions were adopted. The CHIEF OF these
WILL tnink be Of interest to you, and are as iol-
lOws:-
Certificates relating to the past health OF the
petitioner be furnished by the family ply sician
only Ql when the former declares in writing that
him at any time to give full and unreserved inlor
nation respecting his state OF health; (2) when
os give to the M
authorization from the petitioner; t9 this certifl-
cate must be sent to and received by the director
nft
to the agent nor to the petitioner, nor to the IN
surance company's physician. The insurance
and may not charge the petitioner any extra
amount Tor the same"
so the petitioners are happy to ma that doctors
nesses oi early youth and the doctors are happy
to be able to receive good fees In legitimate mat
ter. The lie insurance companies dilemma has
GERMAN OPINION ON AMERICAN SCIENCE
Is the title OF an interesting article, BY Gends
Weiss, in recent number OF the Wddge, from
which translate the following very flatterlng ex-
tract:--"n the mastery statement which Proies-
the doctrine OF infectious diseases he spoke OF
the progress OF medical science In the United
States. Since we Germans are accustomed to
speak highly only OF the practical talent OF the
Americans. out to shrug our shoulders In very
contemptuous manner about their scientific ac-
quirements. it win not be unnterestlng TO near
the Judgment OF q certainly not over-!ndulgent
critic Virch0w says:-Truly 1t Is fearful to think
Of the school Of suffering which the armies had to
acknowledged. In the Crimean war the French
army lost one man out OF three Of the whole
army, and 1t is estimated that OF the 956l5 lives
lost only TO- 240 fell before the foe. ABOUT as many
died OF wounds in the hospital, and the rest (more
than $4,000 mem were victims to epidemic dis
eases. II is calculated that In the American war OF
secession 81 900 men tell In battle and 1874 600
died OF diseases and eptdemtcs. What an excess
OF pam and sorrow, what an ocean OF blood aud
tears, are contained in these figures And what
mass OF false regulations, and prejudices and mis-
understandings too! II is not necessary to re-
These are known too well, and serve as terrible
warning to others. But 1t must here be acknOw-
edged that 1t was not the necessity alone that re-
vealed the evil and brought the help That the
French In the Crimea learned from their expert
ences little or nothing and the Americans IN their
new era in military medical science-these results
were brought about not BY the magnitude OF the
need which the Americans had to suner-f0r this
was not greater than that experienced BY the
French in the Crimea-but rather by the critical
and truly scientific spirit, the open mind,
ing which in America gradually per-
meated all departments OF the army
organization, and which, under the wonderful CO.
operation Of an entire people, reached the highest
point In humane efforts ever attained In q great
war. Whoever takes up and reads the extensive
publications Of the American medical stan will be
constantly astonished at the wealth OF experience
therein found. The greatest exactnesS In detail,
careful sta tstcs even about the smallest matters
and q scholarly statement embracing all sides OF
medical experience. are here united IN order to
preserve and to transmit to contemporaries and
posterity, In the greatest possible completeness.
the knowledge purchased at 80 vast an expense. ("
This extract Is cerfainly happy appreciation OF
American medical science, for which We owe Pro-
lessor Virchow profound thanks.