The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-02
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Two busy sessions were held yesterday
by the American Public Health associa-
ton, meeting at Minneapolis, with a
period Of relaxation in the evening, when
a smoke social at the West hotel was
the feature Of the programme
The morning session was devoted al
most entirely to a discussion Of infec-
tious and contagious diseases. DR.. Peter
II. Bryce, of Toronto, secretary of the
provincial board OF health of Ontario
and chairman of the association commit
tee on the cause and prevention of in
fectious diseases, opened the programme
with the committee report. 1t was an ex,
haustive review Of the progress Of scien-
tific investigation into the ways in which
infectious diseases are transmitted. Much
of the paper was devoted to accounts of
the experiments made with flies, mos
QuitOes and fleas to determine, If possible,
their agency in carrying poison and I'M
oculating their victims DR.. Bryce
summed up by quoting an old authority;
1t went back to first principles Remove
the causes of uncleanlness.
Prevention of Contagious Diseases
was the subject of a paper by DR.. Frank
w. Wright, health officer of New Haven.
The third and last paper in this series
was by DR.. Jesus E. Monjaras, Of San
Luis Potosi, Mexico. DR.. Monjaris is
vice president of the association and an
interested and intelligent participant In
its affairs.
The report and the papers were fo,-
lowed by a general discussion which was
participated In by a large number Of
the delegates.
Prof. Ellen T. Richards, of Boston, ad-
dressed the students of the university
at chapel in the morning. She spoke on
the doctrine of the conservation of encr-
BY applied to the human mind, arguing
the responsibility of the individual for
treating the energy of the mind as tbs
physicist treats force in its physical
phases. In the medical building Prof
Richards talked about foods, referring
to their nutritive. digestive economic and
esthetic quantities.
During the noon hour the delegates paid
visit to the Pillsbury A mill and were
shown over the plant.
A report on the cause and prevention
of infant mortality was read by Dr.
Ernest Wende, of buffalo. The report
YVES an exhaustive one and among other
subjects dealt with the subject OF milk
supplies. Numerous examples were quot
ed to show that most of the contagious
diseases which grow particularly fatal to
children, such as scarlet and typhoid
fever, may be traced to improper milk
supplies, due either to the unsanitary
condition of the diaries, or the city M TX
depot
The afternoon was devoted to technical
papers.
The epidemic of typhoid fever in Pat
erson, N. j., due to an infected public
water supply, was discussed by DR.. John
Lainy Leal health officer of that place.
DR.. n c. H. Herold, president of the
board of health of Newark, N. J., read
report on the fever In that city, caused
by the same water supply. A report Of
four months test of a mechanical filter
was read by DR.. Gardner T Ewarts, of
Providence, r. l., and then the subject
Of typhoid fever and its prevention was
thrown open for discussion. During the
afternoon there re-alsC papers by H.
W. Clark, of Boston; DR.. G. s. Clakin of
Providence, and w. H. Allen, Of the Uni
Versity Of Pennsylvania.
The election of officers will be held Fri
fay morning Contrary to custom there
Is as yet no candidate openly in the
field for the presidency. AS a general
rule. the candidates for the honor are
the subjects Of considerable discuss on
even on the first day of the meeting, but
so far as can be learned there has been
no election talk at all at the present
meeting.
BY a rising vote the association adopted
motion to appoint a committee to pre-
pare suitable resolutions on the death Of
President Robe. President Mitchell
named DR.. Lee, of Philadelphia; Dr.
Linsley, Of New Haven; DR.. Montizam-
bert, of Ottawa, and DR.. Jones, of Bal.
tmore, as the committee to formulate
these resolutions.
Atlantic City is out for the next meet,
Ing of the association. Yesterday a
large amount of literature advertising
the New Jersey resort was distributed.
Mrs. H. H. KimbalI entertained the
women Of the association at a tea yes
terday at her home on East Twenty
fourth street. The affair was very in
formal and about fifty women, the wives
of the members of the various commit
tees for the convention and the wives
of several of the st. Paul doctors, gath
cred in honor of the visiting women.