New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-16
rEALTR TOPICS DISCUSSED
:. >,srAL. MEETING OF TIE STATE MEDl
CAL ASSOCIATION.
80, ponB SAYS DRY ROT IN BUILDINGS CAUSES
Much sICKNEss.PREsENT METHOD OF
TEACHING OBSTETRICS CONDEMNED

M, RoBB SAYS DRY ROT IN BUILDINGS CAUSES
MICH sIcKNEss..PREsENT METHOD OF
TEACHING OBSTETRICS CONDEMNED
USE OF ANTIroxIN UPHELD.
The twelfth annual meeting of the New-York
.a,s Medical Association began at $50 o'clock yes
,oriay morning at the Mott Memorial Hall, No. Ga
Madison-ave. Professor Austin Flint. president of
be association called the meeting TO order. and DR.
= ID Ferguson. of Troy. acted secretary. The
orst business of the day was the reading of
rarer entitled "A Chemical Report on Orthopedc
surxery," by DR.. S. +. Mliken. DR. Terra j. Lusk,
of warsaw, read paper on "A New and Original
Method of Skin Grating" paper entitled "A
csuse OF Much Sickness That is Often Overlooked"
xas read by Dr. William u. Robb Of Amsterdam.
ny Robb said that the environment OF a patient
oren furnishes clue TO the disease from which he
rsunerins'
while these conditions" he continued do not in
themselves generate the specific germ of the dis
sase In question they do undoubtedly furnish a suit
able indus IN which they are developed. In this
paper | wish 10 call your attention TO but one of
these cond,dons The condition referred to is one
IN which the timbers and flooring OF the cellars
Ar more or less affected with dry rot cause
of much sickness that Is often overlooked.
The air of the house is soon filed with the spe-
cihc germs of various diseases Living and sleep
Ing rooms are poisoned with them. Food water
and air are all affected. and through these
they introduced into the human body. OF
those who inhabit these houses the feeble Is
the first attacked by disease. Other members
Of the family may at different times scken OF the
same other diseases. In fact, the same person
may have at different times repeated attacks of the
same disease.
Or. Robb cited cases where he found dry in
the tmbers OF the cellars and the members Of the
family had pneumonia and diphtheria. The paper
gave rise 10 much discussion by the doctors pres
eIt
After recess a paper The Present Status OF
Obstetrics was read by Dr. Henry Mem Painter.
The paper recommended that students be
merely instructed in the theory OF Obstetrics bu,
that they also have practical training. The
method OF teaching obstetrics by means OF ddact!c
lectures in classes condemned. The condition
OF oostetric practice to-day" DR.. Painter said,
SHOWS sad lack OF experience among many gen
<ral practitioners. all owing TO the obsolete methods
employed in teaching the student Obstetrics
DR.. William II. Park read paper Recent
Siudies on Diphtheria and Pseudo-Dphtheria lie
gave statistics tending TO show that the use Of anti
foxin for the Of dphtheria has been highly
York City he said. which for years "a per
cent and less than % per cent only Il
per cent during the last nine months after the serum
had been introduced, and If antitoxin had been
psed in all cases the mortality would have been
less than 10 per cent"
Other papers read by DR. John L. Weeks.
Or. c. s. Bull. DR.. Alvin A. Hubbell, Dr. John q.
Trlax and DR.. T. II. Squibb. The meeting vii. ad-
J0lrn tomorrow