The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-30
. idootino a Resolution Refusing
the System Endorsement.
ealxsr THE OCCUPATION TAX
si.ith's Paper Was Rend Again.
|r,.,.s Exempt from yellow Fever
Bccause of Sanitation.


|, some Of the visitors attributed the
,tness to last night'ss banquet which
q at 1890 and continued until after the
,Asnting hour OF midnight, but the tardy
anns charged their lack of promptness
something in the atmosphere that
~ sleep delicious. The attendance to-
was also smaller than yesterday. sew
4 81 the visitors were called home by
esrar,s and others left on the early
urpiug trains, but there were number
arrivals. who. with the number remain
made the attendance satisfactory and
ded interest to the proceedings.
me meeting was called to order by Pres
bnt B. f. Calhoun and Secretary Van
lsn being absent. DR.. 7. w. Sargent of
him was elected to fill that position
mporarily.
4infuence with Special Reference to the
nito- Uurinary Organs" by DR.. o. l..
baSworthy or Houston, was the first paper
Ia, discussion of which was opened
Dr.. Bat Smith of Wharton, and it Was
fticpated in generally.
The second paper, Mature and Art in
Cure OF Disease was read by DR.. b.
Calhoun OF Beaumont, and 1t was dis
tsed at considerable length by DR.. S. G.
ID OF Houston and others.
After discussion of this paper, the as
dation went into executive session and
bk up the question of a National quar-
tine. The proposition was discussed in
Of its phases, but a consensus of opin-
was that it was scheme fraught with
a III, f1,a tata
dd expect nothing but disaster. AS
expression of the associations views
the premises. the following resolution,
roduced by DR.. r. Rutherford of Hous-
D. was adopted by unanimous vote.
Resolved, That we, this day, as a
body OF medical men, decline to in
dorse any change of power from the
resent status of quarantine affairs, or
Under any circumstances transfer to
be United States marine hospital SER
vice our right to govern and State con-
troll Of such service.
The secretary was instructed to furnish
kopy Of this resolution to the State legis-
ure.
Drs. S. G. Red. r. Rutherford and o. l..
Esworthy. all Of Houston, were appoint
q committee to draft resolution con-
inning the occupation tax recently i'm
.ed on physicians. reported the following.
Web was adopted, and the secretary was
tructed to furnish each member of the
hlature with % copy:
Resolved, That 1T is the sense OF this
MEETING that the occupation tax i'm
osed by the legislature, including
physicians, is onerous. unjust and I'M
institutional in that it bears I'M
eQually on all occupations.
me association then resumed its regu-
programme.
Dr. j. II. Reuss of Cuero read
entertaining and instructive paper, en-
Yea "Permanganate of Potash (Hypoder-
Mlly) in Opium Poisoning" after dis
son OF which the association adjourned
dnner.
When the association reconvened in the
efnoon DR.. Bat Smith OF Wharton. re-
'ng president, read paper entitled
anatomical Changes in Malarial and yell
Fever" This paper was read yes
uay but owing to the interest aroused by
discussion of papers by DR.. West of
weston and DR.. Morris of Houston. or
recent dengue and alleged yellow
81 epidemics in Houston. Galveston and
" the attention Is deserved. The doc
was therefore induced to read 1t again
afternoon and the association pro-
anced 1t the most important which had
published in the associations official
~. Ut will DO given in full IN The
OF Sunday, January %
discussing this paper. DR.. X. II.
,ison. the yellow fever expert OF CO.
LUIS nus. pronounced 1t an admirable con-
Duuon to medical literature. as It proved
~ conclusively that the diagnosis of
Nv fever was vet in allegiance. He
tsht That what even the physicians. az
as the yellow fevey experts OF today.
OF yellow fever would fill a much
a.er book than what they did not know.
JUS opinion the history OF yellow fever
the most remarkable of any disease
va 10 man. II swept Boston years and
4, y ago Then II was epidemic in Phila-
sa,a, thence TO New York. Baltimore.
. avk charleston. thence to Florida and
NY. Aia-- and appeared in Biloxi, Miss.
~ Years before it appeared In New
Aus He cited the epidemics III these
,h'n cities merely to call attention
NJ Nc lact that yellow fever had ragged
which are now regarded as eN'
ne believed these cities had be-
Exempt purely through sanitary and
N~dhitioitS, anu tiistL tDt HVutu-
~, s9unsry could secure protection
sn me same measures DIR. Harrison
akled that dengue sirs! made its APP
~ ne In the North. 1t being discovered
Rush In Philadelphia IN 1873. 1t
,naius drifted south The doctor did
a''nk mat the lack OF correlation be-
puse and temperature and albumin
urine We're sufficient to diagnose an
Is yellow fever. as these symptoms
~ ~ many other diseases. He regard
aeiai expression as the most positive.
~. an expression that he had never
elsewhere exceDt In spasinodic
-. IN children. The doctor then gave a
~ " MS visit to Galveston dprlne
svent yellow fever. and his descrip-
hi some OF the cassS, he visited were
sao'e' and he entertained the associa-
NJ nearly half an hour.
~ conclusion OF his remarks a vote
shss was rendered DR. Smith for his
= a. paper and II was ordered pub
IA the Medical Journal.
~, smith Of Wharton read the draft
nil which he thought the physicians
~. s shouid endearor to have the leg
,ss IN enact into law The bin would
~ NE district board OF medical ex-
ana create State board to bt
4 ~ OF a member from each congress
district. and all persons desiring tc
49, medicine. whether they have q
49, or not. would r. snrnnAiied II
examination before this hoard
vote fhn or-.>f-.sn. \ 4.