The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-04

situation aa 1t existed there. As you all know, we all recognise New Or- leans as the danger point, and it was after making considerable invesusa- fions that I recommended to the. Gov ernor that a quarantine be placed on New Orleans throughout the State At you all know this was done.
 pr. Sanders at this point went into the matter of his absence from the city and referred to the work or pr. Bondurant He complimented the work of that gentleman. Referring to the situation as 1t applied to Birmingham and Montgomery he spoke in part as follows:
 "Gentlemen, in reference to the matter as 1t confronts you, the med- ical profession of Birmingham and all SO the citizens of Birmingham. l take 1t you and the people of the city Of Birmingham are fully informed of the material facts as they have been an- nounced You all probably saw the an nnouncement of the case as made by me at Montgomery. that I deemed It unnecessary for the State of Alabama or any part of the State of Alabama to declare quarantine against Mont Romery merely on account of the ex- istence of the case. I was perfectly frank and candid In that statement. "In the case of the outbreak In 1897, I immediately advised the Gov ernor to establish a quarantine against Mobile. the principal part of the State that was afrected. I at once put out a large cordon of guards to carry out the quarantine laws. In the pres ent case, If had believed there was one part of danger from the case in Montgomery would have advised | the Governor to quarantine against Montgomery. If I had believed there was any danger of the State Of Ala | bama 1t was my duty to recognize that danger and to provide against 1t. am not the health ofhcer of any town county or city. but of the whole State and 1t Is my duty to look after the health of the whole State.
 Conditions Here Ideal.
 | "Gen0emen, the conditionas at Mont gomery are ideal. and I am convinced there is no danger from the individua the public declaration of the case and l believed that the people of the state and especially the physicians ol the State would agree with me thai
 1t would prove blessing to Mont gomery as 1t would teach them to bt careful against epidemics. They dt not think there is any danger. There Is no possible reason why anybod,
 should quarantine against Montgomer,
 and I hope you will rescind your ac l ton of yesterday"
 l He went on to say that he regretted
 exceedingly that Birmingham had es | tablished a quarantine. He said 1t wal | setting a precedent and in futur' l case 1t would be done and no doub cause considerable trouble. He believ | ed that in the years to come quaran l ho with. H( | said that if he had been informed i'm | medfately at the outbreak in New Or leans he would not have recommended 1 the quarantine in that city. He sait that Alabama Is in a good sanitary con
 dition. in fact, possibly better than oth
 CTS. He hoped that the society woult | reverse its recommendation. He ex pressed the opinion that Birmingham had acted too hurriedly. He then wen on to say that he believed that th' State was right in placing the ban or New Orleans, but in the case of Mont gomery he did not think 1t wise. H' l emphatically declared there was abso Iutely no comparison between the two cities. He remarked that if the societ, would investigate the conditions in thu Capital City he believed they would | raise the quarantine.
 He urged them to look at the mat ter in every light. He said Birming l nam naQ the TISnb tO ucSAuiC 4NNA antine if they thought 1t necessary bu hoped they would reconsider the recon menation of yesterday.
 | He then read several sections of
 law that he had had passed dealing
 with the question of quarantfnes.
 which he pointed out that Birmingham had acted entirely within their jurfs
 diction in placing a quarantine oi Montgomery He did not question tn right of Birmingham to do this. but i
 was a question as to whether the sit uation in Montgomery Justified this ac ton.
 At this point Dr. H. N Rosser asked th> question if in case another case b'
 discovered in Montgomery would notic' of 1t be given. 4.+~ IT.:
 An emphatic reply in the affirmative
 was given by Doctor Sanders.
 Dr. W. H. Wilder then asked thu question: Could the State Board O Health overrule the action of the lief ferson County Board of Health?"
 Doctor Sanders replied that 1t could but that 1t did not usually use tha prerogative.
 Doctors fin Colloquy.
 I An interesting colloquy then tool
 place between Doctor Sanders and pr IJ. c. Abernathy the contention of thu latter calling forth the applause of th' gathering. He asked apropos of thu discovery of the case in Montgomery:
 Can you tell us if the mosquito tha bit this man bit him before he came t, Montgomery or after? If you can tel us that he was bit before he came t' your city then we will raise the quar antine, otherwise I for one shall vot' against it." Laughter and applause. pr. Sanders replied in substance tha while 1t could not be said that thu
 man had been bitten before he cam, to Montgomery there was every reason | to believe that he was, as there hac | been no spread and that the city Q
 Montgomery was kept in a perfectly sanitary condition. which in itself wa! I sufficient that the city was not likel! to start the disease.
 Dr. Abernathy made reply. He sait