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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![8!) Lieuteuaiit Gladwin held the fort, as Horatio the bridge,in the old fighting frontier days when Pontiac made history, and left us memories of “Bloody Kun”, and the base-ball game at Mackinaw. But beside the interest which Canadians have shown for the people of Jfichigan during all these centuries you owe us a debt of gratitude tor manifold favours. From the river Raisin northward and from Marquette southward you hear, whether from steamboat captain or railwa}’ brakeman, euphonious names familiar to every lover of Old Canada, though often the poor name, like an old llag that has done duty, is often sadly tattered and torn; and one may be forgiven for recalling the days of long ago when he hears of such philistinish names as Turkey, Mama-Juda and Humbug profaning the islands of the noble river. Yet more than thanking us for names, you must thank us Canadians for populating your fair land. Who does not know that in the old pioneer days, when many thousands were pushing westward to the new lands from the eastern states and New York, that many stayed with us over in Western Canada, and that after being taught many good and wise things, they pushed on farther west- ward, some for your good, and others for the good of the country the}' left; so that from 1882 onward, ^lichigan has l)een eni])loyed in making homes for, and having her resources developed by, something like half a million Canadians, and for fear that the records of the patent office, if left in Detroit, would show the real nationality of the people of the State they were in ISoT, ipiietly transferred to Lansing, and since that time the title to the ])ro])erty of this State has become very much mixed. But if as Tennyson says: “This truth within thy mind rehearse That in this boundless universe Is boundless better, bouiulless worse,” this occuri'ence Sfems to have resulted in bringing into touch with lliese records of the State two patriotic citizens and studious ])hysicians. who delving into historic lore, and reading of the glorious deeds of Surgeon George C. Anthon, attached to the Detroit post in the old Pontiac days, and of the holy and reverend Father Martin Kundig, the undying hero of that terrible cholera year 1884, when he bought au old church, and in 24 hours had taken o)it every alternate seat and made the space into a bed, were fired with a holy desire to emulate such glorious achievements and so it came about. Ladies and Gentlemen, that Ira Haw- ley Bartholomew tobiit 188!)) and Dr. Henry Brooks Baker began the crusade in the cause of public health, which resulted in the formation of a State Board of Health in 187.8. Since that date the attacks upon the “infidels”, and the return assaults of the Saracen foe ai e matters of history to all of you. Of the workers, and work done during these twenty- live years I need not s]>eak at length. For myself, looking back I find Hiat it is twenty one y<‘ars, since, .as <a teacher of chemistry. I first A’is- ited Lansing and met my dear old friend, the Nestor T belieA'e of the Michigan Slate Board of Health, Dr. Kedzie. to have known the work since its inception. Certainly the Provincial Board of Health of Ontario was known the work and wo'’kers of the Michigan State 12 T seem almost since 1882 Avhen created, I h.ave Board of Health](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22335213_0093.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
