The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-01
Or. LEACH RETURNS.
Resolutions of Thanks to President
Roosevelt and of Pledge to Support
the Federal Authorities.

MIMI, WHO came down 10 New orleans
week or so ago for the purpose of
making tests of the arcenic theory for
the prevention of yellow fever, an
nounced last night that owing to GER
tain circumstances over which he had
no control, he had been unable to
make the tests he desired, and that
therefore he would return to his home
Saturday. The announcement was
made at a meeting of DR.. Leach's fol-
lowers in this city, at the st. Charles
Hotel. There were about 300 persons
present, including q number of ladies.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Sidney Story and DR.. Leach was
the first speaker. He explained at
length the purpose of his visit here,
and referring to the letter of Surgeon
j. II. White, printed yesterday, he
made an eXpl anation of the various
statements made against his theory.
DR.. Leach told again of his efforts to
have the federal authorities test the
arcenic theory, all of which were un-
successful, although the matter had
been tested in Brazil with favorable
results.
Replying to the statement that sew
eral persons who had taken the arcen.
ic tablets were now i'll with yellow few
err, DR.. Leach said he had never stat
ed that the tablets were positive pre-
ventatiye of the fever, but that in most
cases they served such purposes, and
in all cases persons who had taken
them suffered only a mild attack of
the fever.
Louis p. Bryant spoke at length of
the efforts made by many citizens to
have DR.. Leach's theory tested here,
and with the opposition met with on
the part of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice and the Orleans Parish Medical
Society. Mr.. Bryant read the follow
ing resolutions which were adopted
BE it resolved, That whilst we de-
plore the confession of the state and
city boards of health of their inability
to control the yellow fever in our
midst, that we hereby tender our ever
lasting thanks and appreciation to the
President of the United States for hav-
ing so readily come to our rescue.
Further resolved: Wehereby pledge
ourselves to support the federal health
officers sent here by the President to
take charge of the yellow fever situa-
ton, so that the very best results may
be obtained in their efforts in behalf
or our city and state from danger that
may otherwise be menace. We ask
the people of New Orleans and the
state of Louisiana, regardless of ma
tiOnality, to follow the directions emf
mating through orders and control of
DR.. White, of the Marine Hospital
Service. We implore the people of
New Orleans, who have not yet COM
piled with the mosquito ordinance and
all other sanitary conditions, to
double their efforts in obedience there
of. We condem the men who show
any disobedience to the laws of the
city or the suggestions and work of
the United States Marine Hospital
Service.
Be it further resolved, That the mo-
tive of the people who assembled to
petition the Medical Society of the
parish of Orleans 70 lend assistanceto
the trial of the arcen;zation theory of
DR.. Rego Gear, and advocated by
DR.. r. B. Leach was solely to bring
the matter to a conclusive test and
settle same once for all in the same
manner of trial that made fact of the
mosquito theory.
That the people herein assembled
never ment or mean now to disregard
the fact that the mosquito is trans
mitter of yellow fever, but were and
are of the opinion that the trial of ar
cenization can be resorted to in con-
junction with other precautionary
measures accepted and taken against
the stegomyia fasciata.
A vote of thanks was rendered DR..
Leach and the meeting adjourned al
ter adopting a resolution to the effect
that the authorities be requested to
rush to completion the building OF the
waterworkS and sewerage systems,
in the construction of which. the reso-
luton stated, there had been too much
delay already.-Daily States.
ORDERED 70 HURRY UP.