Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-30

perature as does tho present tester. From
experiments it seems that simply by the
proposed change In the tester the standard
would be lowered about ten degrees. A
committee was appointed by the Sanitary
Convention held at Lansing, March 10 and
20, to consider this subject The commit
tee consisted of Frank Wells lex President
OF the Michigan Pharmaceutical Associa-
tom, Chairman; ii. d. Bartholomew, c. Z.
lex City Engineer); and Professor David
Howell, superintendent Lansing City
Schools. April 2, this committee went be-
fore the Senate Committee on State Affairs
and gave verbal account of the results of
! their investigation, which was, in brief.
that the test ought not to be lowered; that
the Foster Cup" was unreliable, and ought
not to be substituted for the Michigan State
Board of Health tester; that if substituted
for the Michigan State Board of Health
tester 1t was equivalent TO lowering the test
| by about ten degrees.
Bya vote of the Board this report con-
corning illuminating oils was ordered pub
| lished, together with a resolution TO tho
effect that there is not row sufficient evil
dence of the safety of such illuminating oils
to warrant the lowering of the test now re-
quired for Illuminating oils in this State.
This resolution was adopted unanimously.
The Secretary read the report to this
beard by Surgeon George M. Sternberg
U. s. army, now at Johns Hopkins Uni
versty, on his experiments on lower ami
mails in feeding, and in making injections
of culture fluids of poisonous cheese, with
the view of learning the nature and source
of the poison.
DR.. Vaughan made verbal report of his
chemical experiments with poisonous
chees'. He had cerainly secured in
crystalline form q small quantity of one
poison from poisonous cheese which would
produce in man symptoms common to
cheese poisoning. There might be other
poisons in poisonous cheese. He had not
yet fully studied the poison he had OBJ
tanned. 1t gave reactions like those of
aptomaine. 1t was probable. he thought,
that butyric acid had something to do with
the sickness Gsgaefb u fbureh E scF 1TheEs bs
sence Of the odor of rancid butter would
not prove the absence of butyric acid.
The subject of sanitary surveys of prem
ises in cities and villages was thoroughly
discussed. 1t was thought best that the
blanks used should be uniform, but that
each city or village should provide its own
blanks. The committee was directed to
make sample blank to be recommended
for such work, and be sent with a resolu-
tion, which was adopted as follows:
ResolUed, That the Michigan State Board
of Health earnestly recommends to the
Boards of Health of the cities and villages
in Michigan that they make a sanitary sur
vey of the territory under their jurisdiction,
on blanks of which q sample is sent here
with, and to adopt such measures as the
sanitary surveys may prove to be necessary
to place the cities and villages in a good
sanitary condition.
Upon ballot for President of the board |
for the ensuing term of two years, DIR. John |
Avery, of Greenville, was elected.
1t was decided to demand from health |
ai2sIsness aSn&aSs, rruA-~aa a--suasl-l-....
Under the law requiring the approval by
this board of text books on physiology and |
hygiene, and the effects of alcohol, ETC.,
before they are used in the schools of the |
State, the board approved the following
named books: Elementary Physiology and
Hygiene" "The Human Body and It's
Health, "A Text Book for Schools, Hav-
ing Special Reference etc, by William
Thayer Smith, NJ. ID.
The following named books were condi-
tionally approved for use in the schools,
with the qualification that they contained
errors which should be corrected:
Practical Work in the School-Room-
Part l.. the Human Body" by Sarah I.
Buckelew and Margaret Lewis.
THE Essentials of Anatomy, Physiology,
and Hygiene. A Textbook for Schools
and Academies, by Roger S. Tracy, M. d.
DIR. Vaughan reported that he had at
tended the meeting of the State Dairymen's
Association at Grand Rapids, as delegate
of the board and talked to the meeting on
the subject Of cheese poisoning, especially
in regard to his discovery of the poison,
DIR. Vaughan also gave an acoount of the
work of the Committee on Disinfectants,
appointed by the American Public Health
Association. He is member of the COM
mttee, and as such has done considerable
work, and had attended a meeting of the
committee in Baltimore. He thought the
report Of the committee when published In
full would be very valuable document in
practical public-health work, The pre-
iiminary report of the committee Is just
published.