Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-20

Third, the sulphate of copper meth
cd is still sub judice. In weak solu-
tons Il to 1.O0O,00O) It will kill fresh
water algae, but according to the re.
cent investigations of Mai. c. Z. 7.
Fowler It has to be in the proportion
of 1 to 10000 to kill intestinal organ.
isms in turbid water.
Copper. sulphate Harmful.
This amounts to about half
grain to a quart. Who will say that
half a grain of sulphate of copper, ia.
ken daily for indefinite periods, is
harmless?
MIR. Moore never intended this
method to be substitute for filtra.
ton. He only recommends 1t as an
immediate and temporary expedient
for purifying a badly polluted water
which is too foul for use"
Dr. Day frequently referred to
charts explanatory of his remarks. His
address was listened to by all with the
deepest interest.
Danger to Water.
DR.. Wood said there was danger to
the city's water supply from the camp
alongside the Nuuanu water supply
ditch. He had mentioned the matter
to the Governor and the latter had
promised immediate attention. DR..
Humphris thought 1t would be a good
idea to have a committee to talk over
the matter with the officials of the
government. DR.. Day was appointed
chairman and the rest of the commit
tee will be appointed later.
Chance for Millionaire.
DR.. A. n. Sinclair. in charge of the
Victoria or Leahi Hospital, read
technical paper on tuberculosis pull
monalis. He considered the home well
located for n hospital for consumpt-
ives: there was plenty of fresh air
there. Doctors Wood and Humphris
thought that some Hawaiian million.
aire should come forward with suffi-
cient money to endow the Leah insti.
tuition. that a hospital for the treat
ment of durable cases could be equip.
ped.
Doctors Day and Hodgins suggested
sanitarium for the treatment of such
cases. President Pinkham of the
Board of Health announced that IS
per cent. OF the deaths in this city
were caused by tuberculosis.
DR.. p. S. Rossiter, U. 5. n, told the
meeting of a diphtheria epidemic of
1903 in a Rhode Island naval training
station. There had been $50 cases
and not one death.
Mothers Milk Best.
The Maternity Homes head physi'
clan, Dr. A. G.. Hodgins, addressed the
convention on Infant Feeding in Ha-
vail" He urged the use of mothers
milk and was strongly against wet
nursing under conditions prevailing in
these Islands. He thought cows milk
| here superior to mainland cows milk,
as COWS here were not kept in barns
as they are for much of the time on
the mainland. He believed condens.
ed milk the next best to cows milk
and said Taroena was good. DR.. Wood
exhibited some dried milk, patent
of Harold Mott.Smith. DR.. Sinclair
did not favor the use of condensed
milk. DR.. Moore argued that condens.
ed milk was sterilized, while the same
thing could not always be said of
cows milk. Dr. Moore had never
heard of a case of illness arising from
the use of condensed milk. DR.. Emer-
son thought It all depended on the
COW. DR.. Humphris preferred the con-
densed to the fresh article.
DR.. Cofer told of milk exposures in
San Francisco, of fake creams, etc.
DIR. J. r. Judd, Queens Hospital
surgeon, read a paper on perinephrit.
is, with reports of four cases.
Yesterday morning a clinic was held
at the Queens Hospital. The propos-
ed trip to Waialua was called off. At
the clinic the operation was for appen.
dicitis, DR.. Judd performing the opera.
ton, assisted by DR.. Carl Ramus, p.
H. and NJ. II. s., DR.. West administer.
ing the anaesthetic.
DR.. Day made snapshots Of the mem.
bers present. Then came clinical
lecture by DR.. Walter HoffmaO.
An impromptu party formed for
lunch at the Young Hotel at O'Clock,
after which a visit was made aboard
the Russian cruiser Lena. The sur.
geon of the cruiser. DR.. Vladimir IA.
botkin, was invited to attend the ban
quet at the Young tonight.
Before visiting the cruiser the doc
tors visited the morgue and DR.. ]. T.
Mcdonald performed an autopsy upon
a Hawaiian who died at Moanalua in
the morning. unattended by a physi.
clan. Acute pneumonia was the cause
of death.
DR.. Judd operated this morning at
the Queens Hospital for abscess of
the liver.
The next meeting of the Medical
Society will be held at p. m. today.
The program for the banquet to be