The evening times., 1899-10-25
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Severe Criticism of the Health Off
Ger of New York.

Ger of New York
NEW YORK, Oct 25.-Dr. A.vah II.
Dotys recent departure for Europe, for
the avowed purpose of advocating the adop
ton of stricter sanitary measures in re-
gard to emigrants from Russia and Medi-
terranean ports, has increased the friction
long existing between the officials Of the
United States Marine Hospital Service at
this port and the health officer of the port
OF New York.
1t is maintained by the surgeons CT the
United States Marine Hospital Service thai
DR.. Doty's trip abroad is distinctly unofii-
cial, so far as the State Department. Treas
ury Department, and immigration Bureau
are concerned and wholly unnecessary, in
asmuch as all precautions have been taken
by their own surgeons at points of en-
barkation for the examination OF inmi
grants. They are also anxious that the
State quarantine regulations at this and
other ports on the Atlantic seabOard be
placed under the Jurisdiction OF the Marine
Hospital Service.
Attacks on DR.. Doty in two medical pa
pers have increased this i'll feeling. One
is in an article published in Philadelphia
medical journal by DR.. II. W. Austin,
surgeon in the United States Marine Hos
pital Service who is stationed in Phlla-
delphia. He says in part:
Enquiry at the State Department in
Washington shows that no special authori-
" has been given to Dr. Doty in the mat
ter of inspection of various ports. He was
simply given lettr of introduction. which
is given TO any reputable traveller on spe-
cial application to the State Department
Neither has the immigration Bureau OF the
Treasury Department any official communi-
cation concerning the matter.
"Emigrants from all European ports are
subject TO stringent consular supervision,
such emigrant being given an individual
consular inspection card, and when ieay-
ing an infected port or coming from an
infected district. their detention is required
by the United States quarantine reguia-
tions An officer OF the immigration Bu-
reau at Washington has Just completed
thorough inspection of the ports of Liver
pool, London, Eayre, MarSeiiles. Rotter-
dam Bremen and Hamburg and will make
| all necessary Tecomme mendauons 10 the Sec
retary of the Treasury.
IN St. Louis medical journal there ap-
pears an article in which the following
statements are made:
Many amusing things are 10 be observed
| in New York, particularly as connected
with The department of State medicine.
| The coming OF a summer brings no morz
| inexcrsbIy the Fourth OF July than it does
| the annual fake in exploitation of the
| prowess of the work done al the New
| York quarantine station.
Last year Dr. Doty announced that he
! had sufficient serum at Quarantine tC i'm
| munize the whole CO the American forces
| in Cuba. In the first place there is no la
boratory on Swineburne Island. The Quar-
1 lsEg1 tor
The State contemplates only a system by
which contagious diseases may be checked
at the border. Bacterial research into the
causation of such contagious diseases Is
another matter. Accordingly, the work
| of such research may very properly be left
to the Marine Hospital Service. which has
the equipment for successful investigation.
| and which has already been at work for
| many years
| DR.. Doty is at present in Bremen. Capt.
| Alexander G. Hall. his secretary at Quar-
antine. was disinchned to discuss the ar
| ticles in the absence of the health officer.
| 'Dr Do;y.' he said, has gone to Europe
| TO confer with the steamship companies
from all the ports bringing immigrants &c
| the port of New York, with the object oi
| establishing better sanitary measures in
the transportation of emigrants who com,
1
| ed Governor Roosevelt before he wen
abroad and l am sure that he never .saiC
or intimated that he represented the Stat;
or Treasury Departments or any other de-
partment at Washington
Captain Hall laughed at the Statement
| that the quarantine station had 10 labora
tory. I'VE have one of the finest labora
tories in the State" he said We have {
separate laboratory building. a laboratory
barn for inoculating horses. and an anima
! house for guinea pigs and rats
Dr. George W. Stoner is the surgeon ir
charge of the United States Marine Hos
pital at Stapleton. S. l. DR.. Stoner at the
| Purveying Bureau of the Marine Hospital
37S Washington Street. said:
II thoroughly agree with that article by
| DIR. Austin. We think that Dr. Doty went
| TO Europe simply TO advertise himself
| His action in going there To examine into
| the health regulations regarding emigrant:
is entirely superfluous. as We have eff
| cient surgeons of our own at all necessary
foreign ports. Naturally. we think tha
all quarantine regulations in this country
| should be under the control Of the United