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not seriously entertained by many who are fully

conycrsant with the subject.
Tho majority Of graduates OF medical
colleges leave these institutions without having
T i9Sn oies, %6 SssG they be- f have eHSs een Srousst d fss. e.
powerless TO act; This IS only too soon recos.
aheSltRR oaieer OF this Eindis naturally HUngf polIS we "
by such excesses as shotgun guarantees. That
by the. profession is evident from the fact that a
special course In the study OF infectious diseases
tho curriculum Of The medical COLLEGES. ""aaou 10
pr. Doty says IN passing that III Southern
for n change In the administration of tho quar-
antine service, would expend the same energy
in securing appropriations for the construction
ing good sanitary conditions. the danger from
yellow fever would DO reduced to the minimum,
the execution OF sensible health ordinamcos'
would doubtless soon be a thing Of the past" =,
DR.. Girdner. speaking OF the State rights
TO Its logical conclusion, tho argument amounts
to this: A States rights are more precious than
DR., Drake says Of the, Governments right
TO take control: AS epidemic diseases when
c caSm IN ' nnn County h are ia iSs IN interstate
right to enact laws governing the Same" and
he refers his readers to section s, paragraph
3. of the United States Constitution.
The bill before spoken of which is to be intro
duccd at this coming session of Congress con.
slStb VI. ulTty"slA beCtlOnt. hUOnR inc duties
prescribed for the proposed Department of Pub.
lie Health are these:
,,on y aepaaoonrn1nGh smaa,. wnen IN It's 1ndg'
make such additional rules and regulation
as are necessary to prevent the introduc.
tries or into one state Sis.e or ferri.o IS.s or the sG pis:
T 1T,fs Of o OF the pi hss% e 81 eoirm State as Sf
w mhSn , sSid rs Sbsi, and Z, regulations eEomhlonsod have been
Of tho e0p advisory co o%DsfH' and the ino P sppfidGsat
Of the United States; and enforced by the sani-
CAPABILITIES, and local boards Of health, where the
state. TERRITORIAL, municipal, or local health au.
them, but II tho State. Territory. municipal. or
local health authorities shall fail or refuse to
enforce such rules and regulations. the Presi-
force the same, and adopt such measures as in
his Judgment shall be necessary, to prevent the
detail or appoint officers for TIM: purpose.
That the Commissioner of Public Health and
thai Hdd si : s. sSun m..r created ahs u under this b act, act;
may deem most effective to control ana cxter-
inmate all domestic. diseases transmitted by
losis, diphtheria. scarlet fever, smallpox, lep-
rosy; and all diseases dangerous to tho public
Among the provisions of the bill is one setting
forth that the Secretary of the Department OF
Agriculture and the Commissioner of tho De-
pariment of Labor shall respectively furnish for
tho use Of the Department OF Public Health such
information as they shall from time to time
gather upon the following and kindred sub
jects, to wit:
II. The investigation of foods. also drugs,
liquors. and wines, their standard of purity and
their deliberations.
az. The transmission of disease from animal
to man and rice versa, such as tuberculosis,
CHAMBERS. &c.
80. Tho statistics Of climate with relation to
infectious and other diseases.
"A. The statistics and conditions relating to
consanguineous and other marriages liable to
produce physically and mentally defective off,
spring; and any Information leading to race i'm
provement through better marriage selection
than obtains at present.
rs. The statistics relating to child labor and
to confined and unhealthy occupations. &C."