New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-16
THE rrElrNEYT or TYPHOID TErER.
4 DISCUSSION At THE ACADEMY or MEDICINE
PAYING TRIBUTE 10 Or. SIMS.

4 DISCUSSION At THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
PAYING TRIBUTE 10 DR. SIMS.
The Academy of Medicine held its regular
meeting night tho hall OF tho Academy, No l.
West Thirty fst-st. Every srat occupied and many
ndlc. were present Fordycc Barker, who presided
spoke IN cuogstc Of the late Dr. Marion sims. by
whose DEATH" hc said the Academy Of Medicine and
the profession OF The country has lost It's most original
and brilliant genius In the department OF surgical
gynccology" uo appointed Dr. r 4. Emmett to prepare
memoir of him to be read at the nrst meeting Of the
Academy In January
Or Francis DclAneld then read paper on Typhoid
Fever" lie said:
The mortality tables Of the BOARD Of Health
show yearly mortality OF nom ono to two hundred
fever pre-, fled In Scw York mortality from typhoid
up To- from 800 10 600 caHcs. In 1883, up TO
most prevalent I'm Ncw-York In August. September and
r,,is in tho city nom Janunry l. ls77 10 October l.
lS-J. M different yenrS, there great variation IN
the percentages ~ mortality The highest percentage OF
50 per icd the lowest in 1870 whom only 20
per ~ the II cases treated terminated fatally The
d-cas" I'm NeW-YOrk has followed the ordinary rule Of
prf,lng Young adults OF the 1905 treated, Col
wcrr between twenty and thirty years OF age
In the different hospitals there are great differences IN
the methods uf treatment In Others pcpiinzed mix IL
used. Alcohol In somr shape. Is given by some physi-
In h"spraD- quininc 4. given IN nearly every in
stance. Ia others IL only used wnen the temperature
100 degrees; and I'm others It Il Gardy given II NIL
Opinions differ widely TO It's Use. General bathing
have been abandoned, nut -pDuHlug InN sur
face o the body with cold water cold water and alec
hol ia employed to u largo extent In some OF the
hospitals
Dr. \. l.. LOomis said
Dr. DrIrcd has not given any definition OF what IA
typhoid fever lie has left II open question whether
the fever Il ~ spontaneous development or whether
Il depended upon POISON which must bo developed in %
living organism. and which must undergo certain
changes before II II infectious Othcr words whether
We can typhoid rCvor without having typhold
germs wards In our hospitals are III con
diiou To develop typhoid fever even II II were OF soh-
tuuCUus origin
Dr. L. T. Kinnlcutt said.
In regard treatment the question OF tho advantages
Of alcohol /, difficult Ia decide In some cases rest
o.,nc-s Is diminished by it, but IN number OF
we tho OF this picture. MY ruio
/. to withhold alcohol until the third week,
and then to give 1t only II seems
necessary In two which | hnvo recently noticed
where large doses Of alcohol given the dcun was
strongly marked the sudden withdrawal or The alCO
patient showed marked improvement. The best treat
ncnt II simply plenty OF rest In bed, qulGtudo aim
strictly regular diet, reserylng medicinal diet oh! lot
special symptoms.
Dr. Juneway said that the causes Of typhoid fever were
in many cases difficult to determine He related the his
tory Investigations after outbreak Of typhoid fever
NJ the Deaf md Dumb Asy and at Princeton In b0th
case. the course the disease defective drainage
In the first ease the Tainngcplpe passed Mlthh h'lScn
feet pf1ho we'll there signs or hi'HkaEc anu II
required the most careful experiments 10 determine lhlt
the water contaminated -,
Dr. r. A. Mcbride said be had used karin NJ SunSti
FOR linno for tho purpose OF reducing tePeuro
with good results