New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-25
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DIT. D. II. ST JOHN Roos, CHARGES DIT. 4. T.
LOOMS WITH WORKING ror T,NN,xv

| DR.. D. II. ST JOHN ROosA CHARGES DIT. 4. t.
| LOOMS WITH WORKING FOR T>MM,Nv.
| alt Is all scheme Of Tammony Hall. and you
| are working In - Interest" sad Dr. ID. h. ST. Joha
Rosa president o. The Academy o. Medicine. to Dr.
| a. l.. LOOMS last evening, shortly after The meeting
| OF The Academy tad adjourned.
| Do you mean 10 Imply that am wording for
Tammany Hall ," asked Dr. LOomls. but before he had
| finished his question DR.. Roosa had walked away and
| The discussion ended there. This little difference be-
| tween the president md the cxpresidnt OF the
Academy OF Medicine the result OF certain remarks
that DR.. Jooms had made at the special meeting just
held for the purpose reconsderng the motion passed
| AT the last mectin A. ->lschargc the Committee on
National Quarantine v Dr. LoomiS opposed the
| rcappointing Of such committee on the
grJ, nds that the committee had accomplished tlc
work for which it Lad been appointed. mat The con
nuanCe q such a committee wOnld tend u sicIihce
| the scientific work of the Academy. and that the
proper persons 10 VIII the health Of tile city should
| BE- inlrus,cd should be the Health Board Tm' last
statement was what made many members of the
Academy accuse DR.. 10 mis-. and those who favored
the ab)lishing Of all committees such Us the qai'
tine committee, Of being in league Win lahn"hN
Hall. DR.. LOOMS supported In his remarks by
| Dr. NJ. H. Henry who was formerly II police surgeon.
The meeting last night called 10 order by Dr
ID. Is. It. John RoOsa. DR.. Jacobs informed the
society that he had never told DR.. LOOMS 10 use
Ills name In making the motion at the lat meeting
10 discharge the committee lie said that chairman
OF that committee he was III favor OF having II con
iinn-d as there was'much work for II 10 do aud
that the safety OF the citizens OF this city De
nand-d that The Academy OF Medicine
leave no stone unturned In the effort to prevent any
scougr such ~ cholera from entering the country
I'm the spring lie said that Or. LOOMS had nile
under, God his sentiments In regard 10 the com
mittee Dr. Roosevelt then read the following statement
A. our last regular meeting the Committee Of Twenty
one known a. the National Quarantine COMMITTEE" pre-
.rned rcport This report be summarized a. fol-
lows: The committee found 1t unnecessary 7" oppose
c-rton bill pending Consie,s. which IT had been Ia,
rucied 70 oppose since the objectionable measure h"d
teen withdrawn before the committee cond nave ra'ho
wuhncon The report closed with the expression Of ia"
of the committee there l. sirat danger III to
oudl,lou o the stcct, Of city nat the ''toh "ai
,hed Is being contaminated by sewage. which Is another
source danger and that steps Ought 10 De- TAKEN ''o"
ING TO protection from these dIraei,.
Th,re were fe, Fellows present when the report was
read and those few acting und'r an eiore"n' 'mpie'
.ion received accept tie reor refer the matter OF
streets and watershed 70 another COMMITTEE anu To o''
chatce III, National Quarantine Commit. Win tisnEs-
the word, with thanks having been suggested ana A.
,eu,.d a, an amendment 10 the original motion
Were 10 not Tor tho fact that II wA' ue general III
pr, OF those present that The COMMITTEE ues'o Fl"
he discharged ia treatment a, the hand. u The aesee"'
could lot possibly be REGARDED ~ anything out ae"i
crate indication Of dspro's which Wa so eNpres'ei A.
70 90 under The Circumstances. hue sot Of al 'h'n'
Though no d,,cou!tesy Was intended the ACTION was dis
our,.o, in itself the present Tine the public look
IN ,uch iu.titutors Academy OF Medicine tof
Guidance A. American citizens we cannot a'od The "
cuar political duties which therefore devo'o upon US
With no trace of personal feeling. with no other mote
uon . d..lr, TO do riga, tuat,d by sen~r of what
duty Justice sui courtesy idrmsnd-with wish not 10
d.ln.e the academy. but u elevate II NOV" that hf
rc,dent Of the academy be DIR ced 10 r~a.pVt The con"
,,l,,re known q, the National Quarantine committee
This lnoiIon was seconded by Dr. H. lIobr0oK thi'lS
Ing In. lguD
ing OF the committee on the grounds sailed H'
ais, said that II the Academy 81 Mdcln" held MANY
more such meeting, In which subjects were '"h'"'r'o
that soud b. taken of hy -" CIV ono Us WV"
mn 20 10 the dog lie sad That 10" A'Hn'"N ~
N,sIlclu@ va. "A scientific budy ana sl"nh taIk h,'u'
nnfhlnu but scientific affair. IL" then up"osfI l"
Dr Jscold for misunderstanding him. . =,
\ mild sensation was then created Nv Ut. j.. IL
Derby who ispi,d that DR.. Lnomis W.. annn.
,nnt and supported his remarks by rrhuhg praP,I
Dr Joom, had read In 1881 81 thi,h"r'.S IA a.
In ,,. pauer DR.: LOOMS dep0red III" 'a.I ih' Wv,
mIi hanr was in the bands Of the itv ohleiais anu
he said that such matters should he ei1 "h',r'N ~
The rnnd, Of tie Academy of M"lcIh' III D''N
,.m,rLs were received with great apla'l'. To,
DIR. NJ. II. Henry mad" - i'W I'i|lIhN "t"'''
the motion. ana closed hN SAVING '".''"'" 80
{, d.. sake let II. drop the whole mailer. -, u
The question th"n put. nud was n''"o" ~
fin. affirmative by "a majority al ven N"'>'
physicians Who w"r" active ~ having '' p,,,'
iirappolni.d were Dr,. j. ". Roosevelt l. J. i'",'
a. Il CLARK ". j. swift. H. II. ShN'' !; -
Che-sman W. J. Morton, g. h. licwer ana H. H.