Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-31
All the Different Societies Met This
Morning.
he GENERAL SESSIONS PROGRAM
A Paper to Be Read by Surgeon
General Sternberg.
THE SUBJECT OF SEWER GAS

were all well attended. There have regis
tered at headquarters upward of four hun
dred members from all over the country,
and the present congress is generally re-
garded as the most successful in the history
of the association.
All of the fourteen societies met in their
respective halls this morning and spent sew
eral hours in the reading of important and
valuable papers on subjects of special in
terest to their members. This afternoon
the general meeting of the congress at
Metzerott Hall was under the direction of
two Of the leading societies. the American
Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons and
the American genealogical Society.
This Afternoons Program.
The program for the afternoon is as fol-
lows:
From to $3.50 p. m.-General session I'M
der the direction of the American Associa-
ton of Gento-U rinary Surgeons Subject,
''Nephritis in its Surgical Aspects" opened
with paper by Dr. Edward L. Keyes of
New York city: THE Basteriology of Ne
phritis, by DR.. George NJ. Sternberg, sur
geon general of the United States army:
discussion by DR.. George Chismore of San
Francisco, Cal, DR.. L. Bolton Bangs. pro-
lessor of genito-urinary and yenereal sur
gerry In the New York Post Graduate Med
ieal school and Hospital, and DIR. Francis S.
watson, Instructor in genito-urlnary dis
cases III harvard Medical School.
From $50 to D p. m.-General session I'M
der the direction of the American Gyneco-
logical Society. Subject, THE Conseryat tive
surgery OF the Female Pelvic Organs"
professor of obstetrics and the diseases of
women and children in the University of
me CITY OF New York, and Dr. William
IN tbe honorary honorary professor of gynecology
IN the University of Pennsylvania
The Subject of Sewer Gas
Yesterday afternoons session nroved %
be the one of most interest to the general
public The principal subject for discus
| sion was Sewer Gas" The discussion Was
| opened with paper by DIR. Alexander C.
Aboott or the laboratory of hygiene. Uni
Versity OF Pennsylvania, on Chemical
| PHYSICAL and meteorological studies upon
ar over accomplishing substances. with
| 81 ciai reference to their appica ton to the
| AIR or sewers The effect of sewer gas IN
| the production of disease" was the subject
or an exhaustive and able paper by DIR.
Abraham jacob, professor of diseases OF
| children in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York. Dr. Jacob is an ac-
knowledged expert on the subject and his
remarks were listened to with the closest
attention. Dr. Jacob took the ground that
| children whose respiratory apparatus was
| only two or three feet above the surface of
the ground. undoubtedly would breathe in
| more microbes than grown men He ouot-
ed several learned investigators to prove
| that there were less poisonous microbes in
| the air of sewers than in the air of some
schools: Still. he did not discredit the dan
ger OF bad drainage or defective pipes and
| gave mary cases which furnished positive
proof that sickness was due to lack of
proper sanitation, especially as regards
sewerage. Direct cesspool poisoning is the
most dangerous thing to be guarded against
The ventilation of sewers along tn cir route
| also was considered a matter of danger
DE- Beverly Robinson. clinical professor
or medicine In the Bellevue Hospital Medi-
cal College, presented a paper on Sewer
Gas as Cause of Throat Disease"
Leprosy I'm America.
At the conclusion of this part of the
program there was a session under the
direction of the American DeEmatological
Association. and the general subject was
The Distribution and Control of Leprosy
in North America" The principal paper
was by d.. ]. Nevins Hyde professor of
skin and venereal diseases in Rush Medical
College. According to this authority IL is
estimated that the total number now alive
In this country is between ninety and one
hundred and fifty.
These figures" said DIR. Hyde ARE to be
reviewed neither with hysterical alarm nor
with careless indifference. They call for
intelligent discussion and for a wise pro-
vision, alike for the needs of the unfortun-
ate leper and for the safety Of the COM
munity in which the infected are now liv-
ing. There are greater problems presented
to the physicians of America than those
growing QUA OF these interesting statistics
tuberculosis alone exposes at present, to a
greater danger than lepra, the health of
our popula ton"
DR.. James c. White, professor of der
matoloSy in Harvard Medical School, fol-
lowed with an interesting paper upon the
Contaglousness of Leprosy, Prophyiaxis
and Control" in the course of which he
urged the necessity for the enactment of a
general law for the segrega ton of lepers
and refusing entrance to all Immigrants who
are afflicted with this disease. The subj .ct
NN-..G n cod lnr..r \,
professor OF diseases of the skin in the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, who took
the ground that too much stress was laid
upon the dangers of leprosy. DIR. Joseph
ID. Bryant professor of anatomy and clint
cal surgery in Bellevue Hospital Medical
College. also presented brief paper fol-
lowing Dr. White and opposed to DIR. Fox
DR.. A. Van hurlingen. professor Of dis
cases of the skin in the Philadelphia Poly
clinic, spoke a few words upon the dag
nostic features and treatment OF the dis
ease. DIR. Walter G. Wyman. supervising
surgeon general of the United States Ma
rine Hospital service, closed the discussion
OF the subject fIom the standpoint of ma
tional control
The Banquet Last Night.
The banquet room Of the Arlington was a
dream of beauty last evening for The ban
quet given in honor of the congress. More
than four hundred people sat down at the
magnifcently decorated tables and the
event a whole was one of the most
elaborate ever In this city. 1t took
twenty-five tables TO accommodate the
guests and the display of palms and flow
ers was something to be remembered.
The only formal toast of the evening was
The old, old army" This was responded
to by Gen. Wheeler of Alabama, who
made address that at the same
time eloquent and witty and his references
to the army surgeons as he had know
them thirty yeas ago were full of fun
for the listening doctors. DIR. Alfred l..
Loorlis, the president Of the congress, pre-
sided at the banquet and called for a num-
Der of informal speeches. Among those
who spoke were DIR. kingston of Mon
treal, d. John 5. Billings, the first
president of the congress, DIR. Pope. and
Or. Landon Carter Gray of New York.
chairman of the executive committee of
the congress. DIR. Mastin of Alabama, who
originated the idea of medical congress,
spoke at some length of the progress of the
organization and OF the many advantages
which have accrued to the profession
through the BROADER acquaintance with
men from all parts of the United States
and the acquisition of new ideas.
Officers Elected.
A number of the associations composing
rho conpleSs have already held their annual