, 1877-09-27
THE SANITAKIANS.
Second Days Proceedings OF the
American Public.HeaIth
Association,
Important Paper on the Sanitary Value
Of Forests--.Tree-P Planting Rec.
commended.
ity, Female Physical
Culture, Etc.

The American Pnhlic Health Association re-
assembled Yesterday forenoon In the fadscs' Or
''lnatv Of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Ur. Raucll in
tho chair. The members took trip In the
early part Of the morning out to tho csih md
up the soatl, branch, which gave them fair
appcti.c for breakfast.
Tho business Of the session opened with the
reading Of paper by Dr.. aeorge L. Andrew,
Of LapoFte, 1nj.. on "The Sanitary Value Of
Forests" A considerable portion Ut the essay
wns devoted to tracing the decay OF prosperous
districts simultaneously With tic destruction
porsat teat' ono Tue whetsr s't'a %aners. was would
ultimately suffer the fate wlIcl, had 0vcrtakcu
large scct,o,Is Of The Eastern iicmispllerr. liz
co1fanerttcd the arttnn Of Congress In nppoInt-
promotion of tree planting and t,c conserving
of ttir furests. lie went On to show Tint nnt-
nal ltfc AMI vegetation were complementary
lorecs the oxygen Ut tho trees nculsaftztnx tho
cartnltc arid gus cinanating from animals which
distilled msIsture from tho atmosphere. The
nn',er sought to defnnnstrate tat tltcv in.
fliicnec,l III MI Important degree the ru,.i-slip
ply, am! went TN 10 sfuw the beneficial effects
out als0 the drawbacks TO their usefulness III
particular sections.
The sanitary value Of forests were thus sum.
mel up by Dr. Andrews:
]. Forests increase tie amonnt OF condemnation
intnrsrurI ~ th,ir . ~. ~, "na o. e smoGn5
rainfall At tic earta surface In not. pcfhnp. ma
,fray @ % aes.ea " shsaf nsesenec @ n'snce IN r;
cultivated.
:, III ucsns Of their intetlaced root+. .no-sca.
nctn. a sstn1ai s SnsGx 'se oanx u ru
y.,, ~ u. 9eaa .s ana sn!an2a and decfeaalng tho
,pnr ,o tc IN e ~ H. 1''n nn,u,, pGelaon that u
eoalnfEry: Y E:.. a,,.,,,.. A.. , -
-; uHn , y, INC eTaposaton from Tho
uorc a eopenssted ~ tho fnr1c,.sa !.
n.monriai 'acr M Fote may saaS become
s nSnuns'a' e oshsiM.se. aceofalhs 70 circnm-
manSss n1,'s: n, whs et,anfS whssh planting as
hn',.t.s,f .prI mp,' & N 1nSn ptalna " kHAa taf M
~ ii..;o ~ VIZ " sGfeasnR the immunity oE
rnsra ~ e.. e., nean ~ ni 'entcs
ing !: Tuss! nst wh evil
,n,.,, ivSn v n.ou,5 5.snre.asula-W1oieu toantftes
-rIt T., ~ .t. ~ @ anu soolsI IN summer
slow soadactnv power tho times S" Of their M dsiIy iT
hours after thu same phases in sae tcmpesn,uro Of
te s!t. thus astributsns the heat Of ths day motu
eann!ly over ihs twcntr ;fnnr hour. The sprcIal
nsn =, o. re fHoc ~ es n s net that - re-
nomccis Of ors han ihe az mean s te
&. Treea ra,listo nna cyapor.,s IN a str,tum n,
air euua1uu In thIrKfcss tcir hc,rht ,,hjtsi ti.r
radiation snd evaporation FROM erattee plant. snd
parai.vc Lesser plancs, which they occupy. 49,.
-: Ffom tls pfecsalnx y tanT % fairly Inferred
drnnr,r, ~. tas LII :" sMc extent OF IN.
n ttcis xlr.nttx ~ AM thia t VI tae a!seases
iases.s Il no. sonsdcted unyetsa snna1enec m
nentIy shaded to be In.ainbr,oua, j 3'' ps'""'
7. fore.ts anu tres belts a1e of nndoutted value
IN preventing ttln disscmlnation Of malaria.
rtsos sfs ftn m1 p3stlss sanaF, sal"e in Afford
.ne shel.ef rom tho e1ces*iye hcat Of the sun.
thstic nu,"rr VI "oa l" pFo"otas es-
n Ti,r innortontc of dev,,s,, Il, ,,.o.,. III,
gIons nntt ior profitable cultifation and Of nr.,.
iectlng them BY ~ enl!rh.ened publ sentiment,
su,nsi ss ssai.ars ~ rsii @ = ~ caanoniesi @ M
necessity.
~! ~ ha"a Aa Gnnstly 4; paEsaa.s relating 70 e
@ WIKI ~ WI. H. ~ ay ,ae an =.
usa aeaoa t sssqg ons II:
te.s.tsa %, In II. weltate.
thu papcr by presenting Contribution Ii from N
Yea coea: O. on 'hs e ysa af ss9o Of
e .t fs aud y9iou. crude sss i ssa
and particularly on tic use I nf pelts Of tfsss On
The Secretary TrsJ ! paper by Dr.. Exrn N,
Hunt, II. b., accrctaryof tlIr Sev jer.sT Mai, It,;
scryattoas md pronosItEons cnnscrnin@ ~ tl,c n
sanitation Of indtvaas, with reference s 10 thS s
arrc.t mud prevention u infectious maIsdies. ''''
The next paper was review 1T tic teachings
Of twenty two years rrcosi Of morality froi.,
Group, dtphticfia, a,,d sca.lattna in a In =. by
Etwln II. SNOW, II. b., ] supcr,ntcpdrnnt' dn' q
Public Health. Providence, il, /, The naoer
hcalth ollIscr iron, 1863 to 1s7I an,i pSr,cnt,S
carefuliy.prcparci statfatIcs n mnrfalitx ~.
sultInr from tho dtscnsrs tIntnefi
Tho following new members vcrc elected by
tlc Association vcsterluy: Tho Rev. M,nrn
Gibson, Dr. II, NJ, Chambers, Dr, Il i,n.ifa,,'
thu Hon. N. l}atct,at,, Hr Iioraro Waidtnrr nr'
G. n stcrues, Df. i, ". Gray. praf Eixani
I1Itchc1uk. OF Amhers. rnlirrc' Maj. Thorn.
j, Turner. A, NJ. II. B.: James arone' MI II ~
President Noar,l Of iicat,h Of Drt,okJyn: I1r' i
j.. Lin.lslcy, Of Nashville, Tenn: Dr. Eiwari
i. VojIuu. Dr.. Wultcr KentNt.f. n Oshk"sh.
DR.. L. H. Cohcu. of Oujnry. Ill. n II +,
MerrIIusn. OF Chraao: d. 4. .1sncs j,,,re
Moore, judge Rogers, Judge Jamesrn,' India
nooth. JuRjo Wlliiama. Dr. Is. r. NeIsnn.
Dr. Lcstsr Curtis, DR., j, il, uoilisrer'
DR.. ". j. Uarruun, nr. Al. IL Hev5.sst
IL. j, W. llutchius, DR.. E. r. Inrnjs'
Dr. E. lpxajs, III. II. isham. Dr. 4. Il. .'artsnnte
Dr. i. b. Jacobson. Dr. III II, Jones' II. i +
Knox. Dr, +. ii. Matthey. Dr. ~ j. Maynsn''