New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH
.ny,s ABILITY OF RESTORING ITS POWERS
.ppropp1>rION FOR TIE MANU-
r,cruRE OF KoCHN LYMPH IN


noc ~ C,pcciaI--A resolution mas
"s" MIA in Concrcs, appropriatng 9loc'ooo
poH ~ t,,,o the German Government OIL H"rlN
" so' t. rD,yn a, DR.. kOchN lymph anu NV
OF pT 80 i. manufacture and di,iribnh"n III inc
o'n .,atcs Thcrc j. feeling am"hE nic"'' ~
I'M .h., the resolution viii fail of adoph'o' "'hoHt"
n. .essitv for some such provision "Ilc''N "''"'
- Congress j. not commonly o''po>'" - i''
pueu ., scientific researches Of this nature
800 years ago when the senate pF"ioSeu ~ "Pi'o
Ho" 200 900 for an examination al Havana ANA III
I'll NJ yellow fever germs the House dl'a-Feeu' anu
br A., an, down 10 $4,000 Tic senate then
ou % accent the amendment. ana the mat|r uico'
s.or,hery Of the Army. aud medical director Z" 'I'
,..,,ard Laboratory at Brooklyn. t"oH up inc "orN,
-, .,nensc. bong paid ont Of the iegHar hci' II
depart nent thho -,. ,dioa, ,,,r,osos
100, difficult 10 obtain from Congress regular
U.s. fnnd Of 100000 has been set aside an
.r.nv and since President Arthur'> Administration
.. h han d,bur~ed by the Marine Hospital service.
I'll anpropriation> the epidemic funds and SIMS Tor
,s,ial medical investigation, were formerly hadeo
o,.r % tie National Board Of HEALTH winch sun re-
..ins rs organiyatol and has lcId! cNlsei'c' IL
members an remaining in communication WIFI '"' "
a,hor So,c Congress suspended specific appropra-
.ions for II, support. the Board has Of course zone
thing beyond retaining control Of its membership
.hat in tlc event Of return Of Federal financial
.rnno-t il former functions may be resumed lis
.get, are stored in the Army Medical Museum III
mi, CITY. ard include many valuable records ana ilh
rortant mcro>copical collections For three years
after ConCre>, withdrew it, support. these c"e'u'h'
were kept In local storage house until The Museum
was built ard deficiency appropriation Of el'oio
being secured 10 dcfay the cost of this storage the
cserts were removed to their present repository.
The usefulness of National Board Of Health has
several times been apparent. and i'm the present IN
stance the need Of some organization of this char
scter s again suggested bill is At pr-sen; pending
IN the senate 10 reeStablish the National Board OF
Health whose friends regard the present occasion
as one furnishing good argument for such
legislation IN act rcve,tinS the Board with former
powers they say, would Afford the President ISidN
means Of fulfilling the requirements Of the resolutions
\, things stand now the Pre-, dent would have II
resort 10 4 special commission certain on not every
occasion Of being representative or efficient. or 10 taC
Marine Hospital service The necessity for active
National Board Of Health exist, to-day more than ever
bofre" said a prominent physician the otllc4 day
1--WE have 10 organization IN tli- country TO whom
just such matters a. this resolution embraces c1iI
be referred. The exception may De The America
Academy Of Sciences but the membership II that body
includes a halfdozen ASTRONOMER, for instance 70
single medical man. The Marine Hospital service
T. which Congress naturally loo6, in the absence d"
moro suitable Institutions is too much engaged in IT,
own work to undertake foreign medical labor. =
commission wculd no doubt, serve better purpose
than either the Academy Of sciences cor the Marine
Hospital service. Lut special selections IF This sort have
their dangers from which The best meaning and file~
Informed Executive might not escape. tn,
Old National Board OF Health, to m'
mind furnished The competent and trust worthy
system of medical and h renic inquiry. Il acted fo
the entire country in the sane WAY a. tic hc'l'i
Officers Of municipality or the health boards q; TN
State acted for Their respective terroue~. II Ecce>
sity exists for state organization, like need exist
for a National body. y general supervision of tr
state nlethds j, requisite b. a perfect system. il
New orleans, even Biloxi on Tie Mississippi border
is dcrelict in IT. qUariut'nc, the sirianess OF me
orcers al savannah and NeW-Norh viii avail nothlu.
from contagior~ reside, in
system Of unity. which must bc established and SUI
tanned BY a National Board Of Health