The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-19
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filter at ali. consists N conducting
the city's sewage out of town to a
lower level into great shallow basins
or reservoirs where il a few days
time, by bacterial action, il IS abso-
lutely physically and chemically
changed into new compounds, sanitary
and inoffensive. This marvellous
d gency of nature in thus disposing OF
dead animal and vegetable matter py
decomposition ordinarily offensive 10
the smell and repulsive to the sight
becomes endowed with a fascinating
interest as we discover the process and
the cause. The present writer is forcl-
bly, reminded Of Z classroom remark OF
our professor Of Moral Philosophy IN
college many years ago. Gentlemen,
there is nothing disgusting in the uni
Verse-eXcept sin.
1t is only in very recent times that
we have come to appreciate the very
important agency of these bacteria
which inaugurate TIE chem cal changes
by which the worlds great process of
self-cleansing are accomplished In the
work Of these little oInnipresent. but
invisible micro organisms, We read the
secret Of Natures eternal freshness.
DR.. Mcdonald then passed to the con-
sideration OF the beneficent bacteria in
relation to agriculture, in the very
formation Of the soil itself, and the work
OF the so-called ''nitrifying bacteria in
producing nitrites and nitrates in the
soil for the use Of growing plants and
their intimate relation 10 the chemistry
of fertilizers.
The Doctor next took up the bacterf-
ology of Sairying, butter and cheese
making, showing that the choice aromas
and fayors in the most wholesome but
ter and cheese are due to bacteria. He
also briefly reviewed the invaluable
work of bacteria in arts and manu-
features, affirming that for every yard
of linen in use in the world today we
are indebted directly to bacteria for
softening the cenlenting substance
which binds together the long valuable
fibres of flax to the worthless woody
portion OF the stalk and no other de-
vice for their separation independent
of bacteria has yet been devised.
OTHER PAPERS.
In the absence of DR.. Dinegar his
paper went over until Monday.
DIR. Goodhue was also absent, but
part of his paper advocating school
Of tropical medicine in Honolulu like
those in London and Edinburgh was
read by DR.. Cooper. He says that
many tropical and substantial diseases
which were of very little interest to the
United States before the Spanish war
have now become intimately associat-
ed with the nation and need attention.
The exceptional opportunities offered in
Hawaii, with practically all of the sub
tropical races of the American possess
sions represented here, were enlarged
upon. and at the close OF the paper
Drs. Sinclair, Cofer and Goodhue were
appointed a committee to consider the
proposition and report next year.
, Dr. Judd here announced that the
clinic at the Queens Hospital would be
held at nine o'clock instead of eight
thirty.
DR.. W. E. Taylor presented a very
interesting address of technical ma
ture upon peculiarities of certain
diseases of the throat, or more exact
ly, the traehea. or windpipe.
The association will go to Waialua
this afternoon for an outing.
The program for the banquet to be
gwen MONDAY evening is as IOHOWS.
Our Committee of Arrangements Dr.
AInitage, Our Out of Town Mem
bers,'' Dr. Bond; Our Honorary Mem
bers.'' Dr.. Cofer; The American Medi-
cal Association DR.. Wayson, late
delegate thereto from Hawaii; 1.-THE
Territorial Board of HEALTH" President
Pinkham; Our Patients DR.. Judd;
The ladies' DR.. Humphris; and lie
Roi est mort. vive lie Roi,'' by the in
coming president, will complete the
formal program. Short speeches and
toasts will be interlarded and the COM
rany will finally adjourn to the loung-
ing room for a Conversations.
EVENING SESSION.
The Medical Association resumed its
session at o'clock with an even larger
attendance, among those present be-
ing many ladies'
Tie principal paper Of the evening ses-
sion and for that matter Of the day
as a whole was the one of DR.. Francis
r. Day on FILTERED Water VS.. Typhoid
Fever in which he urged in the
strongest terms the necessity for the
immediate installation in Honolulu of
a proper sand filtration plant for puri-
flying the water supply OF the city. His