Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29


As per announcement already given, the
ninth annual meeting of the American Pub.
nc Health Association viii be inaugurated
this morning at Masonic Temple at 10 O'Clock.
A large number Of members of the bodv
have already arrived, and many more are
expected to-day, and the indications are
that the session will prove exceedingly in
teresting and instructive. The following Is
the programme which the Executive Com
mIttee have prepared for to-day, and which
has been kindly furnished US by DR.. Azel
Ames, OF Boston, the Secretary of the As
ISOLATION:
MORNING SESSION, 10 O'CLOCK.
Call to order by the President, DR.. Chas
B. White, of New Orleans, La.
Prayer by Rev. l. s. e. Axson, D. D., OF
Savannah.
Business of the Association.
PAPERS.
l. The Contagious Diseases of Domestic
Animals DIR. Ezra NJ. Hunt, of New
Jersey.
2 Disease Among Texas Cattle. A con-
tinuation of the report made to the Asso-
cember, 1880. DR.. Joseph R. Smith, U. 5.
Army.
8. A Report of the Examination of Hogs at
the New Orleans Abattoir during the Sum
mer of 1881 Submitted by the New Orleans
Sanitary Auxiliary Association.
4 Trichine Spiralis. DR.. J. M. Partridge,
of Indiana.
5. Triehir@ Spiralis in American and Ger
man Hogs. DR.. F. 8. Billings veterinary
surgeon), of Massachusetts,.
Discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS O'CLOCK.
1. The "Kankakee. A Sanitary Problem
In Indiana. Professor John L. Campbell, OF
Indiana.
2 The Comparative Vital Movement of
the White and Colored Races in the United
States. DIR. s. s, Herrick, OF Louisiana.
8 The Disposal of the Dead. DR.. w. h.
Curtis, of Illinois.
4. The Relation OF Authorization to H.
fantile Development and Diseases. DIR. /.
q. Duncan, OF Illinois.
Discussion.
Reports of Committees.
General Business.
EVENING SESSION 7:30 O'CLOCK.
His Honor John F. Wheaton, Mayor OF
Savannah, 10 the chair.
Addresses OF welcome by Captain George
A. Mercer, representing the city. and DR.. 4:
]. Num-, President Of the Georgia Medical
Society.
The Presidents annual address.
The report OF the Committee on the Man
agement of Epidemics.
Business session.
This association is perhaps the best work
ing volunteer scientific body in this or, in
deed, any country. Its membership, now
something over seven hundred strong, COM
prises the leading sanitarians, both lay and
professional, of the country, and its ranks
are being steadily augmented by the best
men of all sections.
The work of preventive medicine, So
called, has naturally a stronger hold upon
the sympathies of the people than any pure
" curative art can have; but it, like
many another public good, Is ''a plant OF
slow growth" This association makes 1t
its endeavor to discuss and disseminate
truth in its field, and is really the backbone
Of sanitary science in this coun ry.
The subjects it will have under special
consideration at this session involve the
great questions OF International sanitary
cooperation, the diseases Of food animals
and the prevention and the establishment OF
compulsory vaccination, with a wide range
Of other topics, all OF grave importance In
the preservation Of health. We shall pub
lish the programme of each succeeding
day, and give full report Of the proceed
ings and papers as raed.
We cannot dwell too strongly upon the
benefits likely to accrue to this city through
the medium of this association. The pre-
vention OF disease and the maintenance of
health are subjects of vital interest
TO every community, and to educate the
public In these subjects so that they may be
thoroughly understood is, as we have said,
the main end and object of this body. IL is
. Ion
OF the term, by any m although
naturally their profession iLjuees physi-
clans to take an active and special
interest in fits d-liberations-butfti is earnest.
ly desired that leading men and public
spirited citizens throughout the country
shall Join the association, and zeslously CO.
operate with it in disseminating knowledge
aud otherwise carrying out it's most praise
worthy mission. We doubt not the citi-
zens of Savannah will enter heartily into
the spirit aud object of the society.
Among the leading physicians and sani-
tarians of the country who have already ar
rived in the city to be present at the SEES
sions Of the body, we note the following:
The President of the Association, DR..
Chas B. White, Of New Orleans. La.
The Secretary, DR.. Azel Amee, Jr., OF
Wakefield. Mass.
The Treasurer, Dr. j. BerTien Lindsey,
of Nashville, Tenn.
DR.. B. Joy Jeffries, of Boston.
Dr. Ezra NJ. Hunt, of Metuchen, N. j.
Medical Director, Albert L. Gihon, 0. 8.
Navy.
Dr. s. 8. Herrick, of New Orleans, La.
DIR. w. :. Holiday, of New Orleans, La.
DR.. Gustavus Devron, of New Orleans,
La.
DR.. John 81. R3uch, of Illinois.
Edw. Fenner, Esq, of New Orleans, La.
DR.. d. G. Hewson, of Texas.
DR.. II. B Horlbeck, of Texas.
DR.. f. Peyre Porcher, OF Charleston, s. G.
DIR. w. E. Wiegand, of Baltimore, Nd.
DIR. j. g. Cabell, of Virginia.
DR.. 8. P. Moore, of Virginia.
Besides the gentlemen above named who
have already arrived, Professor j. L. Cabell
and DIR. Stephen Smith, of the National
Board of Health, DR.. Henry B. Baker, Of
Michigan, Drs. Henry P. Walcott and 8. ii.
Durgin, OF Massachusetts,, and other promi-
nent sanitarians from different States, are
expected to arrive to-day.
We have been specially requested to state
that the presence of ladies is heartily desired
at all the various sessions of the body, but
especially is this the case at the evening
sessions, which it win be the object of the
association to make as pleasing, popular
and interesting as possible.
A Pleasing Political Incident.