Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-31
FIND GRAVE OF
ELISHA HARRIS
Eminent Doctor Buried Here
founded N. Y. Health 3D..

Alpine cemetery holds the body
of II of Americas foremost physi-
clans. This became known yesterday
when DR.. William T. Jenkins. for
mer health officer of the Port Of
New York; w. S. Andrews, Com
missioner OF Records of New York.
in company with Dr.. William e.
Ramsay, of this city, visited the
cemetery and discovered a tomb
stone marking the last resting place
Of DR.. Elisha Harris. Physicians
throughout the world at large know
of the great reputation Of DR.. Harris
and queries as to what disposition
was made of his body can now be
answered after the discovery in this
city yesterday.
DR.. Harris died i'm the year Of
1884. Before his death he proved
by experiments that neat being ap-
piled wherein yellow fever exists
would be effectual for the preven-
tlon of spreading of the great Amer
lean malady. The results of the
eminent doctor were afterwards ac-
cepted by DR.. Louis Pasteur, of
Paris, in his experiments on fermen-
tation and sterilization. DR.. Harris
90 NilC lbNlitltl anu SOU Oh the
Board of Health Of New York.
Born in Vermont.
DR.. Harris was born in Vermont
in 1924. He came to New York and
studied under the personal direc-
ton Of Dr.. stephen Smith, another
doctor of national repute. In 1858
DR.. Harris was made superintendent
of the Floating Hospital at Quarau-
tine. After laboring at this task
until the name of the place was
made famous. the doctor then di-
verted his attention to the forma-
ton of a health board in New York.
DR.. Harris hopes were realized in
1866 when the first health board of
New York was instituted. Besides
his positions about New York city
DR.. Harris was secretary of the
National Board of Health. secretary
of the Board of Health of New York
and noted as a specialist throughout
the country.
Not Contagious I'm this Latitude.
At the~third convention of physi-
clans of sea board ports held in New
York In 1859 resolutions were pass
ed exposing the belief that yellow
fever, the great American plague"
was not contagious in this latitude.
This resolution was introduced by
DR.. A. II. Stevens and seconded by
DIR. Harris. During the fierce battle
that ensued the flashing helmet and
waving plume of the fathers of this
resolution won for them a national
title.
DIR. Jenkins. who is an intimate
friend of Dr.. Ramsay, when health
officer of the port of New York, car
ried out some of the principles of
DR.. Harris in using steam for fumi-
cation purposes. In the medical
world the doctor was considered q
genius and some of the methods of
the day used in preventing yellow
fever are being praCticed by the best
doctors of the country. When the
resting place of Dr.. Harris was
found the former health officer of
New York laid a wreath OF flowers
on the spot. DR.. Jenkins is prepar-
ing a lecture on the life and work
of DR.. Harris.
DR.. Ramsay and his two guests
I spent an hour or so at st. Peters
graveyard. After searching the
records no trace of the burial place
of DR.. Harris was to be seen. Acting
Mayor Ferd Garretson's office was
next visited and a record showed
that DR.. Harris body was inferred
in Alpine cemetery. A coincidence
of the day was that the plot OF Dr..
Harris adjoins that of Sol. Andrews,
who was a noted balloonist.
Commissioner of Records An
drews. of New York, when he a "
the grave of Andrews, told his com
pany how he was one of six who had
subscribed funds with which Sol.
Andrews experimental with a dirigi-
BILE balloon.