Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-08
THE CLOSING SCENES
Continued from First page.)

with an average temperature of 72 de-
grees and a daily variation of but de-
grees. There the strawberry and the
orange ripen In June as they do in De
cember; there one drinks water sterilized
In the great work shop of nature and
charged with carbonic acid gas so that
1t pearls like finest champagne. rieing in
purity with the waters Of The most noted
spas In Europe.
There consumptives live without a hem
orrhage or even cough. There Koch's
bacillus need never be sought or feared.
There asepsis need hardly be employed in
surgery, for there the air is so pure that
meat exposed to it remains unchanged in
terminably.
Honduras is proud that It was the first
Latin. American country to adopt the North
American system Of public education. Ap-
plause). 1t was the first country Of the
American tropics to Institute the liberty Of
the press (appiause)-rfes great Postcard
uate school. Applause). In consequence 1t
expects to emulate the United States, save
In the matter Of size. Gaughte).
You read much of political disturbances
and seismic convulsions In Honduras. Dur
ing the past thirty-fve years there were
but four changes Of government-one ex-
president is now living abroad and another
after two consecutive terms of Office, is
farming In Honduras. This shows that a
presidential term does not expire by bull
lets. but by ballots. and as to earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions, not one has &C.
curred-tn nearly half century.
Yet Honduras is not recognized as fully
as II merits; 1t will be as soon as this
practically undeveloped land is placed
within six days travel from the port of
New York. and that will be in less than
twelve months. Then the glorious star
spangled banner will greet the modest blue
white and blue of Honduras in brotherly
salutation. CApplause). Then the greatest
people in the history of mankind will know
and consequently reciprocate the sentiments
~, xr-t,l s,l. &c t,atA
science will achieve another of its tri-
umphs-the way being pointed out by the
first Pan-American medical congress.
Executive Committee's Report.
At the close Of DR.. Valentines address
DR.. Reed read the report of the interna-
tional executive committee, which has been
in active session during all the days Of the
congress. The report was a very consider
able document and after arranging for a
permanent organization of the different
sections went on to give the action taken
upon the various resolutions and other
matters referred to it from the congress
The most important of these were resolu-
tons from the section of hygiene. china
tology and demography, which has been
the most active of ali the sections. These
resolutions have already been for the most
printed In The Star. Among other matters
treated were the propositions looking to-
ward the establishment of national de-
tries represented and the entire suepen-
sion of immigration from cholera infected
ports.
The report closed with a resolution Of
thaEks to the President and Congress Of
the United States for the interest they have
SHOWN In the Pan-Amertcan congress the
surgeons general of the army and navy
for the courtesies extended to the delegates
10 the general officers Of the congress
through whose activity and energy much
OF Its success Is due. to the committee of
arrangements. who have done so much for
the comfort and pleasure of the delegates
ana their families, and to the lay press
which has so fully ard satisfactorily re-
ported the proceedings of the congress and
OF the different sections. These resolutions
were passed one by one and with unanf-
nous and enthusiastic votes
HyEienfc Resolution.
When Dr. Reed had finished. President
Pepper arose and said that all that now re-
manned was the consideration of new BUSH
ness that might be presented to the con-
gress- Medical Director Gihon, U. s. NJ,
presented the following resolutions sent up
from the section on hygiene:
Resolved by this section, that the follow
ing resolutions be added to the Resolutions
ALREADY adopted and reported to the gem
eIaI session relative to temporary suspen-
sion of immigration, to wit:
Resolved. that in the opinion of this sec
oion the thorough disinfection, without dis
crlmination, of every piece of baggage dun
mage. or article OF personal effects belong
ing to the immigrant classes and to crews
or immigrant ships. and the exaction OF
scrupulouS cleanliness of all vessels arriy-
Ing at Pan-American ports should be rigid
~ enforced at American ports. supplement-
ing ana enhancing the protective value Of
similar treatment at the ports of departure
especially at times when cholera exists in
Europe, as a sanitary precaution, second
only In efficiency and Importance to the
ion nrt ,,,,,
Resolved, that it is also the opinion of
this section that the habitual and thorough
disinfection of all personal effects liable to
carry contagion OF immigrants to the
American hemisphere, and Of dunnage of
crews of vessels carrying the immigrants
from any quarter of the globe and the ex-
action OF scrupulous cleanliness of all yes
sells arriving at American ports shou.l be
enforced at all times as the most efficient
means Of greatly lessening the introduce
ton into this hemisphere Of the seeds Of
various contagious diseases. which are now
and have been In the past almost constantly
conveyed by the Immigrant classes and dis
tributed widely an,ong the population Of
this hemisphere.
Pleasant Expressfons.
At the conclusion Of the business of the
morning DIR. Pepper announced that all
that was left was brief but formal inter-
change of pleasant expressions from the
different delegates.
DR.. Phillipo of Jamaica was requested by
DR.. Pepper to make a few concluding re-
marks. IT response. DIR. Phiiiipo made a
happy and appropriate address emphasiz-
ing the appreciation of his fellow practi-
TONERS for the generous cordially and hos
pitality extended during the interesting
sessions of the congress.
Mr.. Ernest Hart of England who made
suc> a sensation by his address on medical
ethics yesterday, was then called upon to
say few words on behalf of the guests
from across the water. He made a pleasant
address. in which he hoped that the pres
ence of foreign guests at this congress
would still further strengthen the fedora
ton existing among brethren of the medical
profession the world over.
Dr. Rafael Lavista of the City Of Mex
leo. where the next meeting Of the congress
is to be held, made a pleasant little address
on behalf of the Latin-speaking delegates
After presenting a vote of thanks to the
different railroads who Save so courteously
treated the delegates in every way Presi-
dent Pepper pronounced the congress ad-
tourned, to meet again in Mexico either In
1896 or 1897. In so doing DR.. Pepper referred
briefly to the needs which had existed for
such an organization this Pan-American
congress. which creates firm relations Of
amity and cooperation among the medical
men of all the countries which had sent
their representatives to take part in its pro-
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