The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-03
TEXAS HEALTH LAWS.
Address Read Mt Columbus by DR.
IA. II. Harrison.

rs II.
The following address was read by Or.
r. H. Harrison at the recent session of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass lmml-
grafton association at Columbus:
Mr.. President and Members OF the Associ-
alton, Ladies and Gentlemen;
In view OF the multitude of subjects you
have had to occupy your attention, and
the brief limit OF time left to US, / promise
not to tax your patience very severely;
though the importance of the subject as
signed to me merits more ample treat
ment, inasmuch as upon the preservation
OF life and the perpetuation of health de-
ponds the successful accomplishment of all
those objects we have been discussing.
Less than half century ago, Texas
had a world wide reputation as health
resort. With the area and physical re-
sources of an empire Of first class magni-
tuae, she combined such variety and sa-
lubrity of climatic conditions as mad no
parallel in the know world. On my ar
rival Ia this county littie more than
three decades ago, and for number of
years later, a quarter OF slaughtered beef
might be hung, some ten or twelve teet
abJYe ground, ana the purity OF the ut
mosphere was sucn that it would keep
sweet and untainJed until an ordinary
family would consume IL al their dai y
meals. II Is no wonder then, that immi-
grafton flowed In in uneeaslng Streams
from every quarter Of the civilized world,
until in the brief space OF twsnty years
her population had nearly duadrupled.
From this pert-d down to the present
time ! have had continuous opportunity
for personal obseryatiyn, and presume 10
know whereof / speak The climate, the
seasons and meteorological conditions
We're all that could be desired to perpet-
uate longevity, Gradually | became aware
OF the existence,in several sections OF the
State. OF localities peculiarly adapted to
meet the exgencies Of various diseased
conditions that had, fronl time
immemorial. bsfhed the skill OF
the most ACCOMPLISHED and pros.
found thinkers in the medical pro-
fession; and these resorts TOO we're soon
sought by nvalids from every quarter Of
the country. The Texas Medical assoeta-
ton, then in IT'S early youth, realized the
condition OF affairs, and appreci8tlng the
necessities of the occasion, submitted a
proposition TO the State legislature. 10
assume the duties Of state board VI
health and vital statistics, without eosi
to the State bAYond the publication Of Us
annual transactions. Tint the machinery
OF the association, extending As II aid, It's
tributary organizations into all the more
populcus counties Of he state. was emil
nently adapted TO the Accomplishment ..
the purpose, is a self-eYiaeus proposition
Every medical man OF prom nence IA u
Stale would then nave been engaged n
1.-THE investigation OF all thDse- questions af-
fsetipg he public health no less than the
peculsgities Of the various localities n
TIE state furnishing saesial fa.iliie
for the management o. diverse forms o.
disease. snd the publication OF their MEL
its to ne world Pursaanthto this pro- o.
sHion committee Of Ibis asFociat o.
formulated bill which was submitted K
the Fourteenth legislature by Inc Hon
H. storey. who now occupies a dis,
tingrished pagit!on In the stae gcye,u-
ment This bill was carried through th'