Minutes of the proceedings of the Quarantine Convention : held at Philadelphia by invitation of the Philadelphia Board of Health, May 13-15, 1857.
- Quarantine Convention (May 13-15, 1857 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date:
- 1857
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Credit: Minutes of the proceedings of the Quarantine Convention : held at Philadelphia by invitation of the Philadelphia Board of Health, May 13-15, 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![[The following letters having heen read to the Convention, were referred to the Committee on Business ; and, under the authority given by resolution of the Convention, were ordered to be published as communications received, but not acted on, by the Convention.] MR. BELL'S LETTER. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 14, 1857. Wilson Jewell, E?n., President of the Quarantine Convention, Philadelphia. Sir :—Having, by previous occupation and opportunity, as medical officer in U. S. Navy, become much interested in quaran- tine, I have long since concluded that the proper object of quarantine can be accomplished only by such modifications of the regulations as will harmonize them with the enlightenment of the age and the spirit of humanity. I trust, therefore, you will excuse my presumption in sending you the accompanying pam- phlets, giving a brief history of the institution. I have unceasingly advocated— 1. Immediate freedom to all well persons. 2. Warehouses for infected goods, with provision for unload- ing and ventilating such as are found to be so, immediately on arrival. 3. Anchorage ground at such a distance and direction from the warehouses, and all populous neighborhoods, as to endanger no one; and 4. A Marine Hospital, also at such a distance from the ware- houses and anchorage ground, as to be in no danger from them.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013081_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
