, 1879-08-01

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ir"a1ns1 OF sct ut ,ml;vIt1ua1s III New Oseans,
H. hu Al, ~ttr,ca y'a IN he nasno A'd Tor tho
tt"thi tho hunor atnl credit Of my statc nn}
tt,; anil | beg 10 tell you something Of tho
cun,positson, formation, anu status Of this
, noAnn or nEALrHs
]. Tha Governor of lie State and tho CITY
nufhorItic, Of New Orleans appon1 each, q
portion IT ,le Hoard. Consequently, although
generally REGARDED as Statc concern, tho Hoard
arc ran,ly tic joint servnnts of clt. and State.
2 Ttc President Of tho Bonrd (boing ono OF
them by nppointmcnt) Is elected to his offfeo By
the Hoar1
8. The Board Il composed Of medical n1cu mud
)aymen.
4. At tho time that Or. Chopptu was frat
made President, the law Of the State required
that every member Of the Boarll Bhould be Bt-
lcctcd, amongst other considerations, leaass Of
a'sknon7s stal n jaror Of quarantine.
.. When The Board VIA reorgan!zed last
spring Dr.. Chopin was reelected, with the full
Sst "
. uuasaosloef aHu w ''as oeen
SUSTAINED nj the HOARD -...
u no Ian III t"e e'aso VI i.oals.ana eau suc-
ceAsfuslr impeacn inc personal atatus or fnotises
of nnJ Individual In the Board. All arc ctt-
zens hopored By the peop1e around them,
~. as,,o ono - ."sa on+ ""'s ~, ',9 NJ, ss.
aent receives oho CENT ios his sef7-
Ices, and tic salary Of that o1lecr
could not possibly tempt the cuptlity OF my
and cniov,nc nracttcc inro)vInr constant en,.
NV passSe ~, .'..a eoao.aus .',a TA'
plosmoht. Beyond ms station as c1tizen' Dr:
Choppsn. ss = professional man, has haas a,,ti
snB thoroughly improved, the best educational
,ppostunftfcs, American and European.
Who, n. rhor,,, n.a,,,coh ~ s.,ro,,nn4
Susepa "sHaea 'o ~ 'aas
,,.,, u~e y, eo4o". ~ ~ o"asu W 1'ea'."'
As.s seasa w w poss'ess oeaos t"as ~ ssp's'
tented Tue sentiment Of Tue mass Of the pcopie
nf both State and city. The very statute which
directed that all members OF the Board should
ba aclrctef, mn occn,,nt ~ tnc,r vnovn 1en, in
ssan. ~ s..,s..,.a
1a7os el quarantine ..
GOES TO rRovE THIS FACT.
and there is no earthly doubt tint tic commu-
ntty had bccn cducntcl t,v tho Doard that prc.
cedcd this one. and whIc, was long IN power,
70 believe Tim. efl|e'ent quarantine bad eesa
aargciy 1nstFG1nehtnl n rrescbtuE el,ueaaies 10 1of
series oi years. Under tne cseunls,anccs, ":
choppln and no boaFa , conc not nso'a u'c eAoFt
TO aunrauttno IL they would.
:. AAoThFa iNFonrAHF folST.
The Board Of Health which preceded Or.
Chopp!n INIT ocen try'flE ss1'ee q experiments
on Sc!1o"-1cVsf WIN cnfnoilc aeid, anu dafsf!E
scyerat years they llad educated thc people to
U&Htto !" hS po"Gf ~ !o"~e' ~ staAp
out f!lc disease. Dr. Chopptn atH hia hoast!
believed In their reports. What thent
Why, for thc two seasons named they
were ~ boilnu to try It. mn, that thorouoll-
~ !meH ula a1 .nS1r Motk !''.sy; ont, a. "as
nnntsss ~ ~" ronr,,tnn. ~, ~ ,rs",ons ~.
n."rI fic thtnsT faiind .i~"ntiv - '''s e'e''"'
s,nnoso r. f!hnnn1n H.; ia E,,r1 hal ro,
+.soi rnrhoii. aid inst rnnr VIII, H., ,,n,f,
sr;rt hceyfn;, IN Il, with rcl,,,.fov,r e s,t"rtn1
nrnrr hnnaohnii, m ~ s,,re 'hoir ,,os ro,,ii
%ngc },nnn snfa " '''' 'N'N s''e'' avs '0A'0
THIS 10 osLs HUMAN NATURE
What is TUG state u The easel DR.: Choppin
tine, mud they have used thcir bust ctf0rts
to carry ont tho mcaaurc. am Ut
tvrtY sEcptfcal on tho subject OF quarantine.
Or. Y. ind the Uonrd hare not ncl!eyed t1at vel
1ow-fcyer could originate III New Orleans. at,l
thes hare believed III tho efficacy Of cleaning
up" the city to prevent It, II Il could originate
thefs. am nef1cct!F sure, aiter thasty wears
thar. f,'t sarss ~, % H., "'.i .. uoee
!. y{rtwa i M villa ~, d",nt .,iH"n,i, is'
aasce can H. n,ars .af",v ~ cnurtre., /" "ian,,.
fincs,' st'1I th has M inorc tn tin ,rth II t sr.
et;o, ~ rofn,. foor H., !, as ~" 49, ~ 49, o Ky
VIC No' " " " '"''s' .e 81
TIE aAoADEsF plFfEhEScEs OF OPINION
tmnGinablei but what right have 10 inlp,sgn
the motives or dcnounrc the ut]lc!al acts OF pub.
lie oiflciala working zeatouslv to dc good, n1ld
under The scry dictates or tlic law untler Which
tAels head Arst accepted nost!tona
have said that the lntest dispatches almost
charge directly that DR.. Chopptu has abandoned
New uslc2na In her threatened trouble. Per