The morning call., 1894-09-10
INDIA IS TO BLAME.
Cholera Spread by the Niece;
Pilgrims.
Some Wrangies Caused by ResoIu-
tiOnS at the international
Hygienic Congress.

BUDA PEsTH, Sept. Sat the session
Of the Hygenic Congress an Interesting
paper on cholera was read by DR.. Ernest
Harris. He argued that the disease came
from the valley OF the Ganges, where
there is an utter disregard to sanitary pre-
cautions and where the peorle habitually
drink polluted water. DIR. Harts said it
seemed persons could even touch and rub
cholera patients with impunty. The
danger consisted in the swallowing of the
bactilli. which, the doctor contended,
lived two lives, one in the human body,
mul tiplying within the patient and
poured forth by him abundantly and the
other outside the body in damp ground,
dirty water, ETC., to be swallowed by some
one else in order to start again its destruc-
tive course.
Cholera. he said, is spread broadcast by
pilgrims to Mecca and elsewhere. The
Government of India must watch the fes-
tivals In that country and Europe by in
ternatonal agreement and should guard
the pilgrim track Dy isolatlng early cases.
The Sultan of Turkey ought TO adopt
measures for the thorough sanitation of
Mecca, which is a nursery of cholera.
Upon the conclusion of the reading of
the paper a resolution was adopted ex-
pressing the full approval of the congress
of the Dresden convention respecting the
misuse of sanitary measures.
Some disagreement ensued regarding the
number of resolutions submitted, owing
to the fact that many of them were not
translated and were apparently not under
stood by majority of those present. At
an early stage of the discussion Dr. Bill
lings, who represents the American Gov
ernment and several scient ic bodies, en-
ergeticaly protested against the wholesale
adoption of resolutions that were unex-
planned and imperfectIy UNDER TODD, and
urged that an international congress Of
this kind should only pass resolutions re-
gardDg which a general consensus OF
opinion existed. He would object to every
reso 'ution and challenge the batch.
The voting had increased the confusion,
and the resolutions we're now rejected for
no apparent reason. DIR. Billings then
read his protest, and said that when there
were $500 mem bers of q congress resOlu-
tons could not be passed by vote OF
thirty. He demanded the number of votes
on each resolution to be recorded. He
thereupon ordered count OF the delegates
and found eighty-six were present.
Dr. Lowe of Vienna said that in its
present conduct the meeting was simply
destroying the work Of years. Important
resolutions were being rejected because
only few delegates We're acquainted with
| the subjects. A resolution was shortly
afterward adopted relating to The compul-
sorry insurance of cattle. DR.. Billings pro-
tested that this was no. hygienic but a
commercial question. The question was
rejected.
The proposal to appoint an International
committee to make studies for an inter-
national pharmacopela was submitted. DR..
Billings said the question was for a medi-
cal or pharmaceutical congress. This con-
gress, he declared, might as well propose
to pass resolutions bearing on interna-
tIonal law. The resolution was rejected.
Other irrelevant resolutions met similar
fate.
The attendan ce at the sessions gradually
dwindled. until to-day, when an adjourn
ment was had, it was less than fifty, AT
the final setting Herr Won Hieronymi,
Minister of the Interior, presided. All
the foreign ministers were present on the
platform. 1t was decided to hold the next
congress In Madrid.