Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-03
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, April 2.-In the State medi-
cal society, DR. Deerng J. Roberts read pa
per on sanitary medicine. DR.. Roberts
offered the following, which was adopted:
ResoIye1 That the thanks of this society be ten
dered to Ex-Governor James D. Porter Tor his lore
Thought In Inviting the American public health as
ISOLATION to hold Its next annual meeting in this
RESOLVED That when this society adjourns 1t will
do so to meet again In special session on the DAY
before the meeting of the public health association,
and that this society will act as COMMITTEES OF re-
ceptiOn to receive the members of the American
public health association.
memorial to DIR. James G. Norris, who
died at Chattanooga with yellow-fever, was
read.
The society concurred In the recommended
ton to establish an Eve prize fund of one
thousand dollars, the interest of which shall
be prize hereafter for the best essay on sur
gerry. It also concurred in the recommends
ton that the action taken by the society at
Memphis, in reference to a monument for
DIR. Paul F. Eve, be rescinded and the above
memorial prize fund be raised In lieu of said
monument.
DR.. Atchson read an essay on "Alcohol,"
which was to have been read by DR.. Avent,
of Shelby.
The feature of to-day's session was the
memorial address by DR.. julius Wise, of your
CITY, II was well received, and the doctor
was heartily congratulated upon it after Its
delivery. Ii is as follows:
THE HEROES OF THE EPIDEMIC OF 1873.
Dr. Wise sad: MI President and gentlemen, at
the privilege of your colleagues of Memphis to ex
tend the hand Of fellowship, and with cordial words
welcome you to their midst. They bade you welcome
to a city teeming with all those evidences Of
prosperity incident to commercial center. Your
eyes rested upon thrOnged marts OF traffic, and your
ears were greeted by the busy hum of cheerful la
Dor In viewing that scene. how little did any of us
dream of the dreadful transformation which the
store.
industry to be mOtionless and life and &C WHY
give place to the awful hush of death, There Is Do
need to rehearse woul story the history of the
recent yellow-feyer epidemic with many OF It's
events and Incidents. is still fresh in your minds
You still see before you the dark picture misery
deSoatiOn and death, with its bright back ground OF
10 e, charity and heroism. Among that noble band
of men and women who laid down their lives as
sacrifice upon the altar of humanity are numbered
CITY of Mgmphs alone fortytWo Of our brethren fell
meath the fatal stroke OF the dread destroyer Lips
words Of welcome and Godspeed are now forever
stilled; FORMS which In the common course of hui
have passed from our sight foreVermore The
Shelby county medical society deemtng 1t proper
those physicians who died in the city of Memphis
during the prevalence of the epidemic, has seen fit
The members OF the profession ia Memphis desire
to pay last tribute of respect to the memories OF
those who devoted their lives to the cause OF science
and humanity; they wish to make public acknowl-
ment of the gratitude they feel toward those who
came their assistance at tryi0g period and give
expression to the admiration which their aetl ms
nave inspired. These the names or the 1ortg-
two physicians who in the city Of Memphis, fell at
the post Of duty ana upon the held or honor;
" B Ayent Memphis J. ErskIne, Memphis,
c. Ewell. Memphis, W. ]. Armstrong, Mphis.
]. R. Dawson, Memphis. W. R. Hodges Memphis,
W. R. LoWry IL smphIs p Otey, Memphis,
| B. Pee0les, Memphis. ]. c. Rogers, Memphis,
w II Robbins M'phis, K. P. Watson, M'phis.
J. d. Woodward, NJ phis, j. 5. BankstOn, Steven
o. D; Bartholomew,Nash son, Ala, ,,-,,,o
L. A. Cheevts, Savannah E. T. Easily, Little Rock,
Texas, ]. G. o. Gorrell, Fl Wayne,
LIB Harlan, Hot Spr'gs, T. Heady, Sherman,
/ ]. B. Hicks, Murfrbo NJ q. Keating, New YORK.
W. c. Meade. Hopeheld, T. W. Meenees, Nashville,
| T. D. Manning, Austin, B. B. Montgomery, Chat
t. a MGregor Upton J; Y. MKIn, St. Louis,
Il. NJ Pearce, Cincinnati, J. 5. Renner Indianap's
| Springs, Ky, 7. C. st Clair Walden, Miss,
| R. H. Tate, Cincinnati, z. Tuerke, Cincinnati,
| Z. B. Williams, Wood. j. b. White, Austin, MISS
During those first August days, after dread suspi-
con had turned into terrible realization, when fran
tic fear with contagious vrulence seemed to spread
| of turmoil and confusion when among the thou
sands who fed the pestilentia city to be found
which humanIty could Impose; who despite OF honor
and duty sought ignOble safety in craven flight, at
list OF our dead, stood calmly and firmly at their
costs, as mistaken stand the noble trees OF the
fury gives vain battle to their steadfast strength
men-the Instructive desire to live Lie to them
was sweet; of them IL was morning, and the
4 dav
wives children. parents, brothers and sisters hopes
| unfulflled, objects to accomplish, bade them live
1GF Yet tSey did not waver To eacl
| one of them the obligations assuIned Wnen dccept
Ing me as q be voice which cleft the Silence
| Horeb's mount. They we're not OF the fayored one:
who stand on high emlnenceS to attract the gaze O.
their fellows it was not given them to plunge Into tn
oceans deeps Of silence, ana pear from us Hiuuel
caves the pearls of knowledge But Ii was theirs to
| do the work which the clarion voice of duty com
| manded-not amid the plaqdits OF admlrlng Iiui !,
tttUdes, but in dark hutS and loathSone surround
ings they Obeyed the CALL asking and expecting NJ
| reward save that which an approving consclehe
= gives To them duty was dearer than life, ana II
Claim higher than all human ties. Security wa
J no allurement; they sa" In salsS Taught Se'
! | "Who does the best his circumstance allows,
J | Does well; acts nobly-angels could 90 no more
! | August was drawing toward its end. The memoI
able days OF September were close &c hand: O ",
! | thousands of homes whose walls had echoed IN
4 | merry laughter of happy childhood there Dfoooe
the silence of desertOn. The fatal V1rulenee Oh IN
q were 5Tostrate From stricken dwellings there cam
| the means of suffering, and the tainted nlgnL,al
shudderingy bore the continuous wall OF despari.n
a agony One By one in quick succession, the devote
= | priests of humanity we're falling upon the held
were left TO minister to the thousands who demande
' their care With unwearyiDg fidelity they went
r the bedside of rich and poor alike, roODlng theL
selves of needed rest in their endeayors to aleya
q the universal suffering. In the midst on clregG
It stances and surroundings OF the most d1scouragn
character with unremitting energy and determine
il ton they labored night and day, of them woIl
Ing I t t. the RrH we're er s 1fe Unable to
3 spond to tue calls of all, and it with dimme
& heartrending appeals were left unanswered But al
{ was coming. The hearts cry for help, which llE
II thTob in Sympathetic beat with the suerIngs of hi
o manity. On the twenty-seventh day OF august II
clicking of the battery told listening city that hel
n | was coming in her hour of direst need. The ga
, wire thrilled with the joyous tale Never did bug
blast Of reinforcing ally sound more sweety 60 va
5 riorS sorey pressed in bloody fray than sounde
70 those words from Nashville Fast following on Il
4 fret hafOY
ct from far and near our brethren came; not as u
soldier rushing into battle to race dealh Ior re
n brief hours amid the heat and excitement OF col
T, hlct; there we're no pennons flying over serrie
II ranks martial music, and no elashing steel
re Inspire heart with furious JOY. Unheraded an
alone they came on their glorious mission 81 mere
a. precious they threw themselves with willing hear
s. Into the embrace of death. Fer weeks and montI
they lahored NOT in the sight or sound of applaudiI
n | thousands, nor at the side of cheering comrade
d but alone In the solitude or appalling misery az
despair Through the long weary days ate IN IN
couch couch mnistering the suffering with Il
to | tenderness of women and with almost more tina
10 the strength Of men 1t mattered that each ho
ir brought word that some OF the noble band mad la
n might have death in store for another they pursue
ed with unceasing patience ana urWearylng zeal u
ii been asked. what we're the motives which actual.
~ bIpf ons answer Not the expectation of gain f
o. no compsnsaticn was offered; no desire of fame,
sc though the world mgh1 praise the many, no Inc
Or TIdua to could receive nope the laurel S ePS
,ir Duty did not call upon them; their paths OF life
SIX 1 distant from the scene or woe, and had they
at mained away, word OF reproacn could not nave I'd
his en- from the lips of their feliogs. Why then,
they leave their homes 20 seek the poisoned at(
If phere of death? That Is a question which can
only asked by those whose minds groyel in the m
ro- of mateTlalstio gehshneSS. They were actuatec
we the grandest motives that car inspire the hum
w mind-the desire TO benefit their tellCW-mdn II
ou fitting that the deathless scroll OF fame should be
the names of those who have GbOred for the Weiff
for of the human race, IL matters not In which one
ed. ifes varied fields the work was done; their dee
led should be held up as an example TO nkind, 10
or, an eYeflasiin influence for good. He who secu
his defends nation liberty on the field OF battle,
ain he who saves In her councils those who by Tn
he study and toll, nave made the world net
IN and happier: are al worthy OF
)rl- membranes put greater than all THESE
out the martyrs of humanity-they have willin
re- died that others might live. The posts and his
in rian's pages are filled with the names and DEEDS
cal those Who 10 achieve power and fame, regarded
the tears nor spGIeu OtOOu VI tnelf SuIIer
= te.t,nra wa sfin hrar the words of command q