The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-23

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resumed business at Mozart Hall yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock-the president, DR..
Harris Of New York, in the chair. Prayer
by Rev. Dr.. Edwards.
The President announced that the En-
ecutive Committee, as authorized to do, had
determined upon Nashville, Tenn, Us the
place for holding the next annual meeting.
The committee will hereafter decide upon
the date OF meeting.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
A preliminary ballot for president OF the
Association was taken (Dr. Harris declining
reelection). and Professor James l.. Cabell,
of Virginia, the first vice-president, re-
ceiyed iorty-nine out OF siXty-three votes.
The secretary was then directed 10 cast the
unanimous vote OF the Association for DR..
Cabeil.
| DIR. J. S. Billings, Of the United States
army, was elected first yce-presidcnt, and
DR.. Samuel Chopin, of New Orleans, sec
ond vice. president. There were about
seventy-fve members voting. DR.. Henry
b. Baker, OF Michigan, was reelected trca-
suIcr. Executive Committee chosen: Drs.
G. 3. White, Louisiana; T. j. Turner,
United States army; +. II. Hunt, New Jer-
sey; J. D. Plunkett. Tennessee; G. F. Fol-
some, massachusetts; and G. n. Hewitt,
other year.
! LEGISLATION.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
that they had had under consideration reso-
! luton presented by DR.. Henry B. Baker, Of
Michigan, in relation TO obtaining legisla-
! ton by Congress on several subjects per-
tanning to the public health. While the
committee cordially approves Of the SUBJ
| iect-matter Of these resolutions they think
that the object can be better accomplished
by a committee Of members OF this Asso-
citation, representing each Slate and the
army, navy, and marine-hospital service.
The report was adopted.
THE COMMISSIONERS PAPERS.
The committees appointed to consider the
papers of Drs. BemisS and Howard. men,
| bers OF the YeIlow-Fever Commission, sub
mitted reports approving and compliment
, ing the work Of these gentlemen.
THE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
Dr.. Billings. from the committee, sub
mitted for discussion number OF questions
and propositions, which were ordered 10
he printed.
STATE BOARDS OF HEALTH.
The following from the conference Of
| health. officers were adopted 1--WE print Ue''-
batiml:
! Resolved, That in the deliberate iudg-
ment OF this Association it is the duty OF
every State to establish and adequately
maintain an efficient State Board Of Health,
and in as great an extent rs practicable to
contribute to the protection Of the public
health within its own Commonwealth, and
| by all suitable means to that OF the whole
| country. ...
2. Resolyed, That the powers and duties
OF the State Boards OF Health should be
so we'll defined by law and so fully pro-
vided for in polity OF State administration
that the sanitary interests and protection OF
all places in the country should be secured
8. ReSolued, That copy Of these resolu-
tions, together with a suitable official men,
orandum, as basis OF correspondence,
shall be transmitted to each State Board Of
Health and each Governor in our country,
to the healthsofficers OF ports, and to the
government OF each State and port that
may be concerned in the duties OF such mu-
tual efforts for sanitary protection.
| HYGIENIC STATISTICS.
DIR. Billings, United States army, sub
mitted a scheme for incorporating in the
ensus-interrogatories for 1880 five ques-
tions relating to health.
YELLow-FEvER PAPERS.
Papers or brief addresses on the yellow
| fever were given to the Association by DR..
S. S. Herrick, of New Orleans, supporting
the importation theory; Dr. Holiday, OF
New Orleans, maintaining that the fever
was Of local origin; DR.. Stcrnberg, of the
United States army, the importation theory,
and in favor OF the national quarantine: DR..
NanGcman, history Of the disease at Chatta-
nooga; Dr.. Mitchell, Of Memphis, as to the
means OF relief in epidemics, and descriptive
OF the work Of the Howard Association, and
proposing National Howard Association
for work in epidemics; DR.. Gihon, OF the
United States navy, experience and obser-
vations Of fever on ship-board, and holding
that the fever is the result of living germ,
the indus Of which is deposited in flth ;
Rev. DR.. Marshall, proposing to eXtermi-
nate the yellow-scver germ in ships by the
freezing process; DR.. Trescott, OF Charles
tor, S. c.. communicating OF fever from
ship to ship; Dr.. Turner, OF the navy,
showing that on a United States ship upon
which fever prevailed, after being laid up
for two or three winters fever was again
developed; DR.. SeIden, OF Norfolk, evE.
depcc supporting the importation theory,
and maintaining that the fever can be kept
| out by proper quarantine, and that I. it is
not; not contagious ;.t:S by person. at least not in
In nearly every instance where fever ap.
peared in 1873 the doctors made blunders
in their diagnoses-generaily calling it ma
lcnant bilious fever, or something OF That
sort-and thereby losing lives and time.
At 3 O'Clock the Association adjourned to
meet at 1880 p. NJ. u-...
Night Session.
The Association, as the first business OF
the night session, elected the following
members Governor Carroll, Of Maryland ;
DR.. A. NJ. Fauntleroy, OF Staunton. Va;
Mr., james II. Gilmore, OF Marion, Va.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Of New York;
and Or. ]. r. Ward, OF Maryland.
The following committees were an
nounced:
10 Petition Congress to Publish the Gaia
loque of the Library Collected by the Sur
aeon General: Doctors r. W. Mitchell,
Tennessee; Ii. !. Bowditch, Massachusetts;
Is. NJ. Bemiss, Louisiana; Writ johnson,
Mississippi; and Fl. B. Baker, Michigan.
Committee of Council to ErecutiUe Com
mittee on National Legislation: Drs.
Webb. of Alabama; Gibbon, California;
Wall, Florida; Thomas, Georgia; Rauch,
Illinois; Sutton, Indiana; johnson, Missis-
sippi; Steiner, Maryland; Bowditch, Mas
sachusetts; Taylor, Pennsylvania; Minor,
Ohio; Hodsen, mississippi; Snow. Rhode