Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898.
- Michigan. State Board of Health
- Date:
- 1898
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![learned and aeconiplislied scientist of his day. His early life was passed in the court of the most niajj^nilicent emj)ire of the times. His education was confided to private tutors, and no pains was sjiared to make it com- plete and thorongln His were the secrets of the heavens above and of the earth beneath and of the waters under the earth. This training in- cluded not only the cultivation of his mind and furnishing it with all the lore of the schools, but scrupulous attention to the (leveloj)ment of his bodily powers, and the accpiirement of ])roticiency in athletic s])orts and military exercises. His great bodily strength was imfortunately evinced soon after reaching manhood by his killing, with a blow of his list, a man with whom he had an altercation. This led to his banishment from the court and his flight from the country. Then followed a ])eriod of close communion with Nature, during which he had an o])]»ortunity to digest and formulate the knowledge he had receiv(>d from his princely tutors, and to cultivate the sj»irit»ial side of his nature, while, at the same time, in the simj)le, hardy life of a shepherd, j>assed entirely in the o]»en air, he still further develo])ed his ])hysical powers, and laid the foundation for a robustness of constitution rarely i)aralleled. Needless to dwell on the magnificent achievements of his maturer years; his heroic elforts for the relea.se from slavery of a long-oppressed race, writhing under the tyranny of a }>rond, avaricious and blood-thirsty dominant nation; his magniticent military enterprises; his marches and counter-marches; his bjittles and sur])rises; his wise statesmanship and his wonderful con- trol of a turbulent and self-willed i)eo])le. He apj)ears before us now, at the close of his stormy and (‘ventful life, having more than ]>assed the century mark, and yet in the full jiossession of the vigor of his early man- hood, with his keenness of vision and his natural forces unabated. Surely such a man, if any, had a right to call a State Sanitary Convention. The jirogram on this occasion was comprehensive and varied. Among the topics treated wore:— The Importance of the Inspection of Animals intemled for Use as Food. The dangers resulting from the Use of the Meat of Animals which are unclean Feeders. The Proper Method of slaughtering Animals to be used as Food, and of the Pre])aration of the !Meat. The Danger of using ]Meat which has begun to ])utrefy. The Value of a combined Animal and Vegetable Diet, The Dangers arising from the Use of the Meat of Animals which have died a Natural Death, or have been killed by Dogs or other Animals. The Diagnosis of Leprosy. The Differential Diagnosis between D‘])rosy ami other Cutaneous Affections. Leprosy both a Contagious and an Infectious Disease, The Necessity for the absolute Isolation of Lc])ers. The Im])ortance of Quarantining those who are suspected of l)eing affected with Lc])rosy or other Contagious Cutaneous Affections. The Necessity for the Destruction by Fire of infected Clothing and p.edding. The Importance of scraping and re]dastering the Walls of infected A i^artmenf s. The Hair and Heard considered as a vidiis for the Develo]»ment of the Oerms of Disease.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22335213_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
