Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-22

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Treasurer-S. Putnam, Montpelier.
Anditor-C. NJ. Chandler, Montpelier.
Publication Committee Henry James.
C. NJ. Chandler. p d. Bradford
DELEGATES.
To the Maine Medical Society-Dr IL s.
Brown, DR.. C. NJ. Chandler.
To the New Hampshire Medical Society
Dr. 0. 5. Passett. DR.. p D. Bradford
To the Massachusetts, Medical Society -
DR.. L. G. Butler. DR.. C. P. Thsyer.
To the Rhode Island Medical Society--Dr.
Ii. ID. Holton, DIR. Z. F. Upham.
To the Connecticut Medical Society-Dr.
| II. James, DR.. A. b. Lowry.
To the New York Medical Society--Dr l.
C. Butler, DR.. A. P Grinnell.
To Dartmouth Medical College-Dr. So
Allen, DR.. G. B. Ballard
To the Burlington Medical College = DR.
S. w. Thayer, DIR. s. S. Clark.
DIR. Fassett then moved that the bylaw
fixing the time of the semi-annual meeting
be so changed as to leave it with the presi-
dert and secretary, in order not to confiic'
with other State medical societies, and that
the place of holding the next semi-annual
be Newport. Carried.
Dr. Dunsmore, of St Adams, supplement
ted his paper of the previous evening by
further remarks on the subject, and was an
swersd by DR.. Putnam. of Montpelier.
DR. NJ. Goldsmith, Of Rutland. then fol
lowed with extended remarks upon the
"Origins and Propagation of Typhoid
Fever, commencing with reference to the
filth of the river Thames. Londsn, and the
number and extent of the sewers emptying
into it and quoted atlsngth from DIR. Budd s
book on Typhoid Fever in which were sta
tistics 70 prove that the mortality of Lon
don at the time of the excitement and dis
cussion in reference to the dirt theory,
so-called, was less than the three previous
years, notwithstanding the apparent in-
crease 10 the flthiness Of the Thames. The
Doctor gave an account of his researches
abroad on this subject, aud Of his inter-
views with number of distinguished ply
siologists. He paid msrited tribute to
DR.. Erichun, who spoke kindly of Ameri-
can and American surgeons, calling them the
best in the world. DR.. Goldsmith spoke
of his visit to the Dog Hospital, London,
and of his meeting with Cline. whom no
called the brains OF the Health Department
of England, and Of his showing him a true
typhoid fever organism under the micro
scope. He gave a careful resume of the
epidemic at North Tolten, ngland, place
OF 200 inhabitants, BEAUTIFULLY situated in
side hill where there was perfect natural
drainage. The inhabitants. on the contrary,
were filthy in the extreme, with no sewers
and with but an Clubhouse to about four
houses There had not been case Of this
disease for the previous ten years. until .
laborer returned from Q neishboring town
with the disease, and the occupants Of the
other three houses soon came down with it,
and in short time the population Wss dec
mated. And. yet, an adjoining town.
much filthier. and exposed to the same at
mospheric influences, did not have single
case Windsor, the abode of Royalty, and
conseq uently as clean and pure IS money
could make it. with perfect system of drain
pipes and sewers. had 430 cases in one sea-
son. all occurring near the outlet Of their
sewers.
In another locality. where there had besu
no case Of the disease for long time. IL
families each had case break cut suddenly.
and it was found that they all used the va
ter from q particular we'll, into which .
drain, coming from the country where there