New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-24
DISCUSSING HEALTH TOPICS.
EDWARD ATKINSON TALKS ABOUT COOKING.
VISITS TO QUARANTINE AND WARDS ISLAND
INTERESTING PAPERS READ.


The members of the American Public Health As
ISOLATION he'd the second days session of their seven
tenth annual convention in the Brooklyn Institute
yesterday. The morning and evening were devoted
to reading and discussing papers upon sanitary TOPICS
and the afternoon to trip down the Bay to the
Quarantine Station, and up the East River to the
Wards Island Hospital. The first paper presented
yesterday morning by Major and Surgeon John
S. Billings, Of the Army, upon ~ The United States
Census in its Relations to Sanitation Among other
things he said in It: "For about dozen Of our large
cities is proposed in the next census to make
systematic division Of the into sanitary districts
having special relations to altitude character of hab
taion Of population, etc, and to have special death
rates calculated for each of these districts This IS
being done in conference with the health authorities
Of these cities, and It IS hoped that in this way some
very interesting data will be obtained, which will
as foundation for sanitary work in the future. Such
dstrictlng has been arranged for Boston, New-York
Brooklyn, Washington, New-orleans and Louisville,
| and the work is in progress for other cities"
Secretary Ezra NJ. Hunt, Of the New-Jersey State
Board Of Health, read paper upon /" The Prevention
Of Phthisls Pulmonas and Methods for It's Limitation
discussing the theories Of the Transmission of con-
sumption and the best of preventing the disease
The discussion of the paper postponed until to-.
day. Health Officer Smith, Of this post, described the
! Improvements at the Quarantine Station Hoffman
Island with the aid Of SereopticOn Illustrations show
Ing especially the Of disnfectlng provided
At IL 80 the members Of the association aboard
the Laura NJ. Starfn for their trip luncheon
served on board.
At the evening session a larger audience assembled
than at any previous time in the convention, and the
first paper read by Dr. George NJ. Sternberg,
major and surgeon, U. S. A., Of Baltimore, upon
Recent Researches Relating to the Etology Of Vel
low Fever" He sent forth the results of his ex-
perlments in the last few months in the culture of
III NJ he thrown
a with the sereOpticon presented the results OF
his work. The paper was discussed by a number Of
those present DR.. TheObad Smith, Of Washington
read paper upon Preliminary observations on the
Micro Organism Of Texas Fever and 1t was followed
Animal Industry, Of Washington, entitled Some
General Observations on Texas Fever" The latter
was illustrated with the sereopticOn.
An interesting paper upon The Art OF COOKING
with practical illustrations of foods prepared by new
by Edward Atkinson, of Boston. In the course OF
1t he said;
What then, are simple principles Of the science Of
cookingl L think they may be stated In few very
plain terms:
1. The heat should be derived from fuel which can
be wholly consumed wholly converted into the products
Of complete combustion without any chimney except
that OF the lamp burner. The fault with COAL e.
pecaIy anthracite It is not evenly or fully con-
sumed hence the need OF chimney 10 take away the
gases developed and not wholly consumed out the chH
ney also of tho greater part OF the heat IL Is
very evident crude combustion OF coal and the
direct application OF the neat generated Will ere long
give way to scientific methods Of consuming the
gaseous products OF deriving the heat from inc maj
combustion OF the gaseous products In all arts In the
matter OF cooking kerosene oil burned In any one or the
types OF lamps which have a central duct TO convey
oxygen from below the inner side Of circular WICK
when properly trimmed and served with Weu-alsleu OIL
gives substantially perfect combustion
The same may be said Of Illuminating gas Wheh
used in one OF the burners Bunsen type which supply
an excess OF oxygen and yield the blue hsme
The combustion oil and Of gas can be Drought uhde
absolute control by gaugng the size Of wick or burner to
the work 10 be DONE ,.,
The oven I'm which the food TO be subjected 70 ths
and comfortable OF heat must be so con-
strueted that the impaired TO It may Dc ehappel
and accumulated up to certain measure or degree and
then maintained at that temperature without substantial
variation until the is DONE This can be done oy
acketinp the oven in a suitable way with material whch
ia incombu stlbe and also a non-conductor OF heat
a There should be direct communication between the
trina oven or receptacle in which the food Is placed ana
h orce NJ heat lest the products OF incomplete COM
huop should sometimes faint the food ana lest the 1000
h,d he exposed TO being places burned or scorched
Tho association will have three sessions to-day, at
which important papers will DO read