New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-12
IN THE AFTERNOON.

! CARL PFrIFFER on VENTILATIoN-DR HITCHCOCK
NALCOHoL--AssIsTANT SURGEON HAwAY READS
PAPER on YELLOW FEVER AT PENSACOLA.
! TrRoM : SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRIBUNE.l
BALTIMORE, Nov. lion the Ieassembing
OF the Association in tho afternoon Carl Pfcier f. A.,
OF New-YOrk, read a report on "The Principles anu
| Methods OF Ventilation" He said, in substance
Natural ventilation il based upon the defense OF me
and inner temperature. and consequently upon nc
density Of the interior and exterior ar Desen sa,rs
that by a difference OF from 800 to 4Oo De
tween the inner aud outer cir, tuhclcht
ventilation may be obtained in Winter but nor ln sprns'
Summer or Fall. In these seasons If constantly opei
alive ventilation is required, viii be necessary 10 resort
mechanical means 10 secure r. Physicists nave luf
nishcd the most decisive proofs that the sOcaed dTa
in chimney ia not produced by the tendency OF the
the colder lower air just causes oil to rise
I'm the The paper concludes with the statement
first prize by the Imperial Academy OF Vienna for an e
say the construction Of asylums Tor inc insane had
arrived at the conclusion that mechanical Ventilation
was the most perfect.
letter was received from the Centennial Medical
Commission asking the appointment Of ten delegates
10 represent said Association at the session OF the
International Medical Congress TO be held in Philade
phia Sept 10 o, 1876. In accordance with this invita-
ton the following delegates appointed DR. Joseph
NJ Toner, d.. G. +. Folsom, DIR. J. 3. Billings Prof
stephen Smith, NJ D., DR.. c. ID. White, +. q. Thomas
NJ D. Dr. J. r. Kedzie DR.. James A. Stewart, DR.. j. ~
Logan, Dr. II. A Johnson
DrA " Bell said that the need felt most
kCenly IN the case OF the pCOft ana asAeu no" mcca
cal veut2ti0n was to be given them.
Prof Peer replied that the owners OF tenement houses
should be forced supply the machinery and 1t should
be so located that the tenants cannot get TO n 10 inter
fere withit.
Dr. Homer o. Hitchcock, President OF the State Board
Of Health of Michigan, next read paper on The Rela
tons Of the Excessive Habitual Use OF Alcoholic
Drinks 10 Public Health and Public welfare" H said
Drrnkards are the earliest victims of epdemics. In
Warsaw OF deaths from cholera are OF persons
idic ted to the haual OF Intoxicating drinks Six
tcnths insanity England + attributed 20 alcohol
The vital statistics Of OF the United states snow
mortality OF G per cent Iaceabe to tins source
L. NeYOr. SJ6 for each nhaDitant ~ spent Tor
alcoholic drinks This sin does not inlet baiI
tic harm upon him who sins upon the nhcntors OK
ha blood. Life IL shortened 2S per cent by us nsr
diminishing the duration OI the lives of those
who use Il rs - years. The Government loses iar
more the moral effect NJ alcohol than II gains III rev
cuuc Cach STATE should ascertain bY commission how
much loss suffers nom The raic IN alcoholic drinks,
ami should that loss TO the dealers eqnaDy ae
c0rdinY 10 their saieS.
parer on yellow Fever in Pensacola Bay Florida,
in 1879" prepared ~ Assistant Surgeon Harvey l..
Grown, was next read.
The reading Of the PAPER OF Dr. Brown was Ollowedby
statement Of facts relating To diseases among the
Indian tribes of North America, BY Dr. Josiah Curtis,
supery sing medical officer To the Indian Bureau.
DR. wn. tssriiznsn read voluntary paper ON the
sanitary adv aIt s OF certain portions OF North Caro-
lima
The Association then, At ESQ D. m adjourned to pm.