, 1875-07-16

| ETErs TAKEN 70 husID one Fon CHICAGO.
meeting of physciana WAS held yesterday
afternoon at tho Office of Dr. J. n Hyde. No. 111
Clark rtrcet. Tor tho purpose OF lnauguratnR =
floating hospital sersice in tl!ls city similar to
that in operation in Nos York. Dr. Hyde callod
the meeting to order nnl introduced Or. ". +.
ThoNs. Of Now York City, vito delivered tho
following atdrcRs:
n !atEc number Of children in this city arn *.
rosca taenaHnlt tic summer mouths 10 lIe tr!ra
evil" Of Tie ptns'ur atmosphere Of dwellings lnitf-
isren.ly pr"s'es, With comforts. IF high s'Iar tenlera
are tntral 10 hsah and hfe, ul experience shows.
but they mr. asclAbe, anl all so,1rec& Of scknrss
Imperative nature Of d"rs Ut th!. kind 10 reason-
sng mind rnn tnnbs. It Ia Incumbent upsn
path i ay e. aud to or itt.sie M,asyo tas s
any cne be indifferent sucl, Claims nH it,esc we
cannot runerise It ia liz tho Investigator Of utc. Of
thlA character that the ptr, lE loncs-tltied, the
htnth:cnt nns md thar hE1lcat Incentives III tLo
pcrf"rnAace Of duties that sacernin .he bue.t pur-
ho1es q 1ob'e li!e ln al .nst undertake. TO ltt
tue aIl OF unnecessary suffering and drall from tho
neirless poor. whchcr sacse pour are few OF many
thsrs Is tenetsenec Of purpose that shoud comme.ni
!:seE to ssesy one who prefers TO DO sool rather
nsn ns sy4: s y Thsfs III, are oe n q Email ds n
whelInng uttctsnre Df Dante! Webster: "There In no
cyl that w.cannot either fa;aer y from hui tho
sctouanesa Of duty liare3arlrd uf duty p,tr-
tnea ns rser. II Is umnp;eut lito tbs Deity. II wo
takc 10 ourselves tho wings nj the morning, and dwell
duty vloEa,eI IA still with us, for LarIness or
mtscry II We eay The dsrke.n thai! cser uE, III the
u. we cannot escaps ftum their Fower, nor y from
tae!F r5s'auee. Tuey nre viii US in thus lfc.
tha, see"e Of ,nconee!v".,e solcmn..y Which es n III.
further Onward, We shall atiil lind oursescs nur-
rounded by Consciousness af dnsy to pain
ever II has teen violated, ind to coisor far
0osl may have gwen LIS grace 10 perform !t.'
Ws fe.l no ktnd Of ankioty on tho subject before
us. Tue potency aud pEeyllance Of ey1ls u which
hnve spoken, M culis In 1uestihn. That they
ahoad 10 ame'otasea. every good Mind viii admit;
every good nad viii c.ruestsy ut soeate. A'''''f''
Tie purpose 4 tho floating husp'ts1 for atot chill
a1sr ter o, Of IT,. ss o
70 o. sncrts, wc shall gladly drop this and accept
the improvement.
tho beneficial e ecA Of cian4nnf air for tbs Ecl. 10
aorne forms nf snfano deapc, wh'rs lie It'll to
Ing taiea IN to water sir Thrss wason, % oi,o 81 II
the BFustest II tho rrcscnt physi linus nf Great t-
an 9.,, mentions ~ s1n!n'inss 2! his who eoud IN
street IL oxf,rL he w4A On side Of tho ssret Ito
invariably haI attack Of asthma; the other sldo
invariably had asthnl. rhtn be- ptacr1 in any Of
the hack roon,a of alnrtco's Hotel III Paris AMI ho
Thousands Of saars Of thi. kind hayo occurred, OF
which We can Htyo no fo.alblc account why the
nlf is sialrfuI or htaltiiIl.
We hare rcfossed to remarkable examples Of the
one preten.a to know Of sny difference In tls con-
which Was immediately curative HIT do know tho
cau4e Of tbs evil eeIts of tl,o state Of things wrl
dreu, high Temperature In temperate cllrs,ato nnd
10 that intirature W. now asl,irsss ourselves.
Tbs usenac called cnleFa iufautnn Ia ypry fatal tn
Tho second suasarr Of children, and the mortality Is
mainly duo to high hoar temperature. II ths lis
ea.e begins early III tho weather II u uaors
apt to prove fatal than when 1t tglna latn In tho
acasen In tho latter tho failin. "olar ten.pctu
tnrv of autumn reiarcs tho child aud restores It to
topnrnturs IS destructive to life. In m atls work m
tue :" EHcstR Of Climate on tho Human Economy" by
stye1y established hIt tho utinets Of tropical onato
upon person from 4 tempera.o zono nre au
oG Gf 5ssp,. sGr with sm,sf
amount Of oo1 and an Increased amount OF ali In
tao ang' u tropisal @ eMperstn5es Tuis sat' tne
il borno ont by tie fact that lungs Of uropeans
!;ltrnpeana who dis in temGorate cmatea illus prov
'ns tendency toward: .trorhy, and IN 'al fnnc-
nambsT ot he ob.srv.tas Of D. Edmund A. rsss rasss
so,sobu.ate o A. esneus!on q d. Flansls Tbs
from nick children for At leus eight iours ur onohisl
sade1, by placing tho children IN doating hospital
md kettug them moving through the atmosphere of
tie lhp. Something should 10 tlono f1e lie removal
Of tho sick ehItron, especially Of Ills poor.
Dr. Hyde gave fow Statistics concerning tho
mortality OF Children during tho summer
1uouths, showing on alarming number OF deaths
from cholera ,ntnpsum. III regard to the organ
izatlou OF floating hospital soryico, ho suited
that the matter had beon latu before tho Young
Mons Christian Association, atld a committee
lad been appointed to report upon lie matter.
LIE waa Of The ot,fnion however that Tie servsce
ahuutd not be attached to any ono association,
but should roly upon general charity Tor sup
port.
Or. Thoma stated that tho expense Of daily
e1curbious In Now York wan from SLED to $a1i,
Tue geusleDen ln charge OF the clalitv belonged
70 every sect, Including Jsws n wuil 81 Chr!s-
tiaEs.
After Bomn further discussion committee Of
three, consisting Of A1r, J. J. Howard Ur. Adolf
plus, aul D1. StarkwoatheF, waA appointed u
lind out tho cost Of securing proper vessel for
hospital, and to b0!lct fintls.
The mostang then Adjourned until Saturday
afternoon at O'Clock.
THE COUNTY BUILDING,