Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-21
THE MEDICAL CORPS
Annual Report Of the Surgeon Gen.
eral of the Navy.
TEE WASHINGTON NAVAL HOSPITAL
Interest in the Growth of the
Museum Of Hygiene. -D
THE RECEIVING SHIP DALE.

THE hECEIN1Nd SHIP DALE.
Surgeon General ]. R. Tryon. U. S. N.
has just made his annual report to the
Secretary. It was made public this morn
Ing. The report contains q number Of val
liable suggestions and comments.
According to this document there are ten
naval hospitals located as follows widows
Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine; Portsmouth.
N. H.; Chelsea. Mass; Brooklyn. NY;
Philadelphia. Pa; Washington, DC; Nor
folk. Va; Pensacola. Fla: Mare Island.
California. and Yokohama. Japan.
They are all serviceable. well-appointed
establishments. meeting the requirements
OF the respective stations, excepting the
hospital at New York. which is specially re-
ferred to in the report.
The Hospital in This City.
The hospital in this city has been entirely
renovated. 1t has been supplied with an
efficient heating apparatus, the sanitary
arrangements have been overhauled, all
interior woodwork painted. neuchatel floors
laid IN basement. and the wards furnished
with new Iron bedsteads, comfortable chairs
and durable lockers
continuing, the report says:
hecosnizing the importance Of placing
tne several navy yards, naval stations and
marine barracks under the most fayora ble
summary conditions, in view OF the possi-
olty OF CHOLERA or other epidemic dis
eases gaining foothoid in this country,
the bureau called the attention of the com.
mandants to the necessity and impOrrance
OF placing and Keeping the stations u.der
tneir command In a thoroughly clean and
mnoiesome condition, recommending fire.
officers OF the stations, special attention. m
De given to the removal and disposal of
garbage and offensive matter. Cleaning cnd
o oann OF offensive places stables,
ceiars vaults, sewers, drains water
closets. ETC., and in all respects fnitfafine
and carrying out such practical measures
as would put the several yards and stati,ns
M 1noer the most satisfactory hygienic con-
The health Of the Washington yard con.
tinues satisfactory" W.
The Receiving Shin Dale.
AZ 70 the U. s. receiving ship Dale sta
TONED at the Washington navy ward. the
report says:
Attention Ii called to the necessity for
hitting up room for conduc ting the phy-
steal examination Of recruits; the quarters
now used for this purpose being also util
lied as a shipping office. and by the ships
yeoman. 1t is almost impossible, under
present conditions, for the medical officer
70 properly perform his duty. The majority
OF admissions were for intermittent fever.
the Increased number Of admissions for this
oisease over the preceding year being prob
ABLY due to the dredging along the river
t.on. ooa recruits were examined during
the year, OF these 2sS were men. 16 were
boys. and 81 marines. OF the men 2l3 were
accepted and II rejected; Of the boys &c
were accepted and 1876 rejected, and Of the
marines ~ were accepted and Il rejected.
There were reflections among the boys
examined. for color blindness"
Inc report makes some valuable recon-
mendations as to the Improvement of the
men OF war.
The Museum Of Hygiene.
Great interest has been manifested by the
service, and by professional and scientific
bodies. IN the growth and development Of
the museum Of hygiene, as shown by the
steady increase in the number Of exhibits
The museum has reached a stage In It's
development when the department should
take active measures toward securing a
more suitable building than the unsightly
and lily arranged one now occupied for the
care, preservation and display Of the VAL
uable exhibits. which in the past few years
have increased beyond the storage capacity
OF the present building. The constant adj
ditions being made to the museum collec-
ton. In connection with its present crowded
condition. and the generally admitted fact
OF the unf1tness of the building for its pres
ent purpose, renders this step imperative,
In order that the exhibits may be properly
grouped and classified, and that their value
for purposes Of study and observation may
not be impaired.
THE further fact that the building is
badly arranged for the prosecution of mi
croscopical and meteorological investiga-
tons, which have heretofore constituted
an important feature in the administration
OF the museum. Is an additional argument
in favor Of securing more suitable quarters.
THE removal of the museum to the build
ings Of the old observatory Is strongly rec
commended"
Pan-Amcrfcan Medical Congress.
The meeting of this congress was held
in Washington on the 5th. 9Th, 7th and Sth
Of September. 1893. under the auspices OF
the United States government. act approved
July IS. 1882.
''In pursuance Of the said act invitations
were extended by the executive to all Of the
above mentioned governments to send OFF,
cial delegates. and representatives were
present from the Argentine Republic. BO-
livia, British West Indies. British North
America, Chile, Costa Rica. Dominican Re-
public, Ecuador. French West Indies. Guate-
mala. Haiti. Hawaii. Honduras tSpanish}.
Mexico, Nicaragua Paraguay, Peru, RE
Indies. United States of Brazil. Uruguay,
Venezuela.
THE congress met the expectatio Of all
concerned. The Navy Department aided in
The Marine Band was placed at the disposal
Of the secretary of the congress and the fol-
lowing officers were ordered to represent
the medical department Of the navy: Medi-
Cal Director A. c. Gorgas. Surgeon c. "A.
Siegfried, Surgeon Fl. G. Boyer and Passed
Assistant Surgeon d. NJ. Guteras.
DR. Guiteras was detailed as Spanish
speaking secretary Of the section on mill
tary medicine and surgery and Surgeons
Siegfried and Boyer were requested to con-
tribute papers for discussion before the Sec
tions on ply siology and military medicine
and surgery.
"Copies Of Surgeon Siegfried's paper on
The Causes and Origin Of Continued Fever.
With Reference to Naval and Military Ser
vices, and Surgeon Beyers paper on
Some Observations on Normal Growth and
Development Of the Human Body Under
Systematized Exercise have been furnished
the bureau and are appended"
PE1XOTO INCREASES HIS VIGOR.