The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-13

cases TO any person on the outside In any
instance.
Our camp was located ION tho beach,
sufficiently fur away from residences to
lie cafe to every one. and our patients
were sheltered in tents: an excellent
medical officer was secured with CORPS
Of assistants and no case was discharged
from GIMP until hc was we'll and tnen
bathed AMI fumigated.
Recognizing the fact that in vaccina-
ton when performed successfully. we
had a certain proDhyloxls against vsriola.
offered free vaccln ton 10 all the citi-
zens OF Galveston. and over 900 OF our
people avsiled themselves Of this most
salutary safeguard On tho other hand,
however. hundreds Of negroes aud some
few whites peremptorliy refused to be
yaccinated. Including those protected In
this manner from smallpox during the
yer 1900 II is &c TO say that 10000 OF
our citizens have been vaccndted In the
past twelve months
In conclusion, | will says threc-fourths
OF the SMALLPOX cases in Galveston Jur-
ing the present season have been negroes
aud nine-tenths OF them all had never
into our city from adjacent counties. cx-
cent in the instance Of he first case.
ana WIS Epre1d by negroes and infected
cotton hsndled b. wharf laborers \ few
of the better class OF patients were
treated by me ~ heir homes ulder
moral quarantine. without spreading the
disease TO the outside. while the balance
were promptly ppfohended and sent to
camp. Distinction of infected goods and
gremises WIS universally prlcticed and
In some instances cremation OF the bed
ding was resor;ed 10. Rcin.pection OF
houses was made frequently. Yellow
"a IS were nlac0d over suspects bat their
npOrt was so NV msconstruei hy sn.ae
Il oar citizens that their preaence was
liscortinued Ir the cisc OF three young
.dies under quarantine at thar HON,
he first W $ taken III on J1uusrs z The
second on January e AMI the third on
January 81 this would prove longer
nruhitive period than rs usually SUP
posed, or else the first stage OF smallpox
is not universally CONTAGIOUS, as the FRS
uctjent In this family WIS indoubt edly
The injector Of tho othc-s
Dr. Wilkinson said he required all ply
sleien5 IN lyo;11 10 rePoG all cases
in their p.pct.ce under pena,ty OF fine tor
failure. He would accept these diagnosis
where inc physicians were reputable.
pr, Paschal said that several cases Of
false diagnosis had como under his OBJ
scryation, particularly v'aerc chlckeupox
had been mistaken tar smallpox
AT this juncure Of the proceedings u
recess was taken for lunrh. tho doctors
deciding to resume the meeting at y. m.
DR. Ma sic tender NJ his office for tat
purpose.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to
order by DR. Massie at his office in the
Levy building ah5tf- $50 o'clock. AMI Dr.
Pasctal Of San Antonio. who mad the aoor
V'aen the morning session adjourned, was
asked to coucinuo his talk.
Arising, Or. Fasclal asked Dr. Wilhln>
son no explain more fully what he meant
~ moral quaIant mes, referred to Ia mia
paper read during the morning. Dr. Will
t'nSon replied that ne rncal. qCa:Autinee
whore respectable and Trustworthy citi-
zens we're allowed to remain at their
rtpes Wtt'aOuJ guards upon ;Atir pom
ses and 1heraby create possibility OF
'ao spread Of the disease. Asked I he
believed that colored people could be de.
pended upon in such cases. Or. Wilkin,
son replied that ho did not.
Dr. Paschal said that all realized row
'tat tacre Is an epidemic Of SMALLPOX
ihrr ugh>ut the country. and went on 10
give his idea OF how the disease was al
lowed 20 become so generally prevalent.
He said that vaccination was first prac
ticed in mis- country In boston in 1901.
and that II WAS tor time so generAily
pric,iccd that smallpox was virtually
stamped out in the United States. The
people, Though have Of late besun to rest
In their rancled security or immunity aud
neglect vaccination, which. with our new
! commercial relations has enabled The
disease 90 again sc a fOotAold hence tho
presen, alarming spread.
w. was Dr. P1gchnls opin.o on that T.
VII take months OF bard labor ana the
cErcnditUre of thousands snd thousands
o. dollars 10 again subjUgato smallpox.
/ He Thought the most impoynnt move
would lie to properly establish "A dtagno.
sis of the disease. He urged the inpor-
ta0'e % etfe J'voy isrlatNg patients and
ren rmen ed that persons who had been
exposed should be vaccln TED ard kao
TN e. observation uritil the pe~l-d 20.
tho development Of symptoms shall have
passed
The best way to prevent the disease
from spread ng, said Dr. PaSohal, is to
thoroughly fumigate rooms IN which he
disease has been confined and to make
the fnmfeatiou rhornuGh I'D heavy bad I
ding usci by The paBient should be hlruei{
Dr. Pasctal advised the city physicaG
10 make a THOROUGH house TO house eau
vass or mhelr respective cities. and SAT-
shat Y az any nlace 1hey were met bt
resistance an officer should he Simmone-3
aud The Investigation made either with or
without t6e consent OF the citizen. Ha
also thcught II would be a good idea I'd
inluguUate a system az train inspection
10 guard against outside cases being al
lowed TO enter the cities,
Another source Of infection MAT Dr.
Y3saf7i dcDrSeaHed wag titat caused Nv