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" Don't recognize any," " scientific," " ordinary standard or allopathic," " allopathic and eclectic," "the legitimate profession," " old school," "clinical medicine and gynecology," "common school or regular," "botanic and eclectic," " truth and common sense," " old regular school," "the regular advanced science," " mineral, mineral or allopathic," " old blue school," "whatever is indicated," "medical reform," " homeopathic," some combine eclectic with allo- pathic practice.
The state board of health was created by an act approved February 1, 1877. Under authority vested in the governor by section number one of this act, he commissioned Drs. W. M. Compton,* F. W. Dancy,* and D. L. Phares members from the state at large; J. M. Taylor,* and A. G. Smythe,* from the first congressional district; T. D. Isom and John Wright,* from the second; E. W. Hughes* and S. V. D. Hill,* from the third; C. B. Gal- loway and P. J. McCormick,* from the fourth; Robert Kells* and C. A. Rice,* from the fifth; and R. G. Wharton and P. F. Whitehead,* from the sixth district. The meeting to organize was held at Jackson, April 7, 1877, Dr. Whitehead presiding, with Dr. Rice, secre- tary. The members present were those whose names are marked thus * in the foregoing list. Drs. Compton, Taylor, McCormick, Kells and Rice were chosen members of an executive committee for six years; Drs. Phares, Isom, Hughes, Wharton, and Whitehead, for four years; Drs. Dancy, Smythe, Wright, Hill, and Galloway, for two years. Dr. Kells was subsequently elected president and Dr. Wirt Johnston, secretary.
Reporters or writers on special subjects pertaining to sanitation were appointed in the following order: Epidemic and endemic and contagious diseases, Dr. J. M. Taylor; Diseases of the swamp district, Dr. P. J. McCormick; Diseases of the prairie region, f Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Diseases of the sea coast and the sea coast as a sanitary resort,; Dr. D. L. Phares; Vaccination and compulsory vaccination, į Dr. E. W. Hughes; The influence of syphilis on public health, Dr. P. F. Whitehead; The effects of food and clothing on public health, ; Dr. F. W. Dancy; Drainage, Dr. John Wright; Indigenous remedies of Mississippi, Dr. D. L. Phares; Cleanliness, its general and special influence, ; Dr. A. G. Smythe; The influence of alcohol,t Dr. W. M. Compton; The architecture of prisons, asylums and hospitals, ; Dr. C. A. Rice; The proper organization and objects of city, county, state and national boards of health, includ- ing the registration of births, marriages and deaths, t Dr. J. M. Taylor. The subjects marked | were ably treated before the close of the year, and papers on the prevailing diseases of the sixth congressional district by Dr. R. G. Wharton, and of the first congressional district by Dr. A. G. Smythe were read. The sanitary commissioners appointed in the order of congressional districts, were: Drs. Smythe, Isom, Hill, Galloway, Rice and Wharton. A resolution of thanks to the state librarian for permitting the meeting to be held in the senate chamber closed the first meeting of this board.
An epidemic known as phlegmonous erysipelas appeared in that part of Tishomingo county, now Prentiss county, in February, 1845, and before the close of May carried off a number of women and girls, but no adult males. One third of the sufferers succumbed to the disease and the recovery of the others was slow. This statement is taken from Dr. Smythe's paper read before the state board of health in 1877. In 1877, Secretary Johnston com- municated with sanitary associations throughout the country, and mailed one hundred and sixty-four circular letters to physicians throughout Mississippi. Before the close of the year many responses came in and the march of old and the introduction of new diseases are accounted for. The death of Dr. C. B. Galloway at Canton, June 3, 1877, was made part of the record of the board. The papers presented brought forth clearly the preventable side of disease and showed that by proper attention to personal cleanliness and the least attention to
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the laws of sanitation in the house, village and city, the great majority of diseases could then be banished from the state.
The meeting of April, 1878, was presided over by Dr. Kells, with Dr. Wirt Johnston secretary. The latter was then member of the board from the state at large, vice W. M. Compton, deceased. In December C. A. Rice presided as president pro tem. His address tells of the action of the board during the prevalence of the yellow fever, and makes special mention of Dr. Johnston and the late Dr. Crafts. Resolutions on the death of Drs. Hughes, Whitehead, Cage and Compton were adopted; measures were proposed for guard- ing the state against disease, and copies of rules and regulations were sent to the county and municipal boards, organized under the amendment of 1878.
In November, 1878, the American Public Health association met at Richmond, Va., and there Mississippi was to be represented by Drs. R. G. Wharton, J. M. Taylor, P. J. McCormick, S. D. Robbins, F. W. Dancy, George E. Redwood and Wirt Johnston, but Drs. Johnston and Robbins, with Mr. Marshall, were the only delegates present to present the report from this state.
The following roll embraces the membership of the Mississippi Medical association in 1878. The letters and marks after each are explained thus: P., last president of associ- ation; V. P., vice-president; R. S., recording secretary; C. S., corresponding secretary; T., treasurer; O., orator; * removed from the state; fdeceased. The star before a name denotes the president of a county or city board of health in 1878-9.
D. W. Adams, Floreyville; W. G. Allen, Skipwith's Landing; E. M. Alexander, Ripley; *William Aills, Steen's Creek; * W. N. Ames, Starkville; William H. Armistead, V. P., Vai- den; W. L. Ainsworth, Hazlehurst; M. T. Anderson, Brownsville; T. M. Anderson, Pickens; Theodore Artaud, Jackson; W. H. Baird, Vaiden; * P. T. Baley, T., Jackson; W. T. Balfour t, Vicksburg; E. G. Banks, V. P., O., Clinton; R. B. Banks, Jackson; J. R. Barnett, C. S., Vicks- burg; * J. D. Back, Corinth; J. W. Bennett, Brookhaven; T. G. Birchett, Vicksburg; John Brown- rigg, V. P., Columbus; W. Y. Gadberry, first president, Yazoo city; fL. L. Gadberry, Yazoo city; *Harris A. Gant, Water Valley; S. C. Gholson, Holly Springs; J. H. Gibbs, Meridian; * John Gordin, Corinth; * J. W. Gray, or H. W. Gray, Holly Springs; W. F. Gresham, West Sta- tion; T. H. Gordon, Grenada; * N. L. Guice, Fayette; F. H. Gulledge, Durant; A. C. Hal- bert, Artesia; J. D. Harrell, DeSoto; W. B. Harvey, Canton; C. R. Henderson, Deasonville; E. T. Henry, P., Vicksburg; J. R. Hicks, O., Vicksburg; S. V. D. Hill, P., Macon; George W. Howard, Vicksburg; E. W. Hughes, V. P., Grenada; J. M. Hunt, Vicksburg; * W. F. Hyer, T., Chulahoma; J. C. Hall, Mckinneyville; William Preston Hughes, Fort Gibson; George K. Harrington, Jackson; A. E. Hardin, Abbeville; W. W. Hall, V. P., Grenada; John L. Hebron, Bovina; J. W. Holman, Winona; J. E. Halbert, Leota Landing; W. W. Hart, Lodi; J. J. Houston, Tillatoba; H. Hanslow, V. P., Hazlehurst; Thomas D. Isom, V., P., Oxford; Henry Izard, Garlansville; D. W. Jones, Hazlehurst; Wirt Johnston, R. S., Jackson; R. B. Johnson, Madison county; H. W. Johnston, Clinton; Robt. Kells, T., Jack- son; Carroll Kendrick, Corinth; H. B. Kidd, Yazoo City; D. A. Kinchloe, Sardis; J. R. Kirkland, Meridian; William T. Balfour, Jr., Vicksburg; J. M. Bogle, Raymond; * R. L. Bogle, Raymond; D. W. Booth, V. P., O., Vicksburg; W. D. Bragg, Garlandville; O. C. Brothers, Artesia; J. D. Burch, V. P., Yazoo City; Samuel T. Birdsong, Conway; T. C. Bryan, Pope; W. F. Barksdale, Hardy's Station; A. M. Brown, Coffeeville; Charles Basker- ville, Horn Lake; A. H. Cage, Canton; * J. S. Cain, Okolona; LeGrand G. Capers, t Vicks- burg; J. A. Campbell, T., Shiqualak; Matt. Clay, Brooksville; William M. Compton, P., Holly Springs; * E. A. Cox, Baldwyn; M. S. Craft, C. S., V. P., P., Jackson; N. G. Carter,
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Ripley; * R. C. Cunningham, Verona; * F. W. Dancy, Holly Springs; Chesley Daniel, Holly Springs; J. S. Davis, Iuka; * M. G. Davis, Greenwood; J. R. Dougherty, Holly Springs; * W. J. Dulaney, Jackson; R. L. Dunn, Yazoo City; F. G. Ervin, Columbus; A. I. Ellis, Sardis; J. T. Evans, Oakland; C. C. Ewing, Aberdeen; R. D. Farish, Mayersville; J. C. Fant, Macon; *J. S. Featherston, Macon; * Frank Ferrell, Ashland; F. M. Fitzhugh, Warren county; W. P. Finley, Fannin; Dr. Fielder, ---; P. F. Fitzgerald, Grenada; * T. W. Fullilove, Vaiden; C. B. Galloway, Pf, Canton; W. A. Galloway, C. S. Beauregard; * B. F. Kittrell, V. P., O., P., Black Hawk; John D. Kline, Meridian; John W. King, C. S., Vicksburg; D. A. Kinchloe, Jr., Sardis; W. M. Lea, V. P., Holly Springs; * James M. Lewis, Kosciusko; W. L. Lips- comb, O., Columbus; T. P. Lockwood. V. P., Crystal Springs; L. C. Lee, Graysport; C. J. Mitchell, Vicksburg; W. H. Miller, Okolona; J. H. Murfree, Okolona; D. McCallum, V. P., Westville; P. J. Maxwell, Columbus; Thomas H. Mays, V. P., Columbus; L. M. Mays, Graysport; J. D. McConnell, R. S., Brownsville; P. J. McCormick, V. P., P., Yazoo City; W. H. McDougal, Rienzi; N. W. McKie, Sharon; R. D. McLaurin, Sidon; T. J. Mitchell, Jackson; W. E. Monette, Warren county; * J. P. Moore, Yazoo City; G. C. McCallum, Lake; W. Myles, Utica; H. C. McLaurin, Brandon; William McSwine, Grenada; James Mc Willie, Jackson; J. M. McFarland, Water Valley; C. J. F. Meriwether, Charleston; J. L. McLean, Winona; R. C. Myles, Burtonton; Frank Nailer, Vicksburg; J. Nailer, Vicksburg; D. B. Nailer, Warren county; W. J. Nesmith, Vicksburg; R. Anderson New, P., R. S., Port Gibson; James C. Newman, Vicksburg; William E. Oates, Vicksburg; R. O'Leary, Vicksburg; J. F. O'Leary, Vicksburg; T. T. Orendorf, Mckinneyville; S. L. Paine, V. P., Corinth; T. A. Phillips, Canton; J. T. Parker, V. P., Buena Vista; William Powell, Torrance; D. R. Pet- tit, Warren county; K. P. Perkins, Eureka; A. J. Pulliam, Grenada; D. L. Phares, Wood- ville; R. A. Quinn, T., Vicksburg; D. H. Quinn, Summit; * H. J. Ray, Grenada; * George E. Redwood, Meridian; W. D. Redus, Port Gibson; L. Richardson, Bolivar Landing; C. A. Rice, C. S., Brandon; J. L. Riley, Lake; R. S. Ringgold, Grenada; R. W. Roland, Oaklaud; H. Shannon, Vicksburg; Lee Shackleford, V. P., Meridian; J. S. Sizer, Fort Stephens; A. H. Smith, V. P., Meridian; James M. Smith, Egg's Point; A. G. Smythe, V. P., Baldwyn; " John W. Spillman, Columbus; J. C. Spinks, Shubuta; A. P. Sims, Morton; Newton C. Steele, Kossuth; R. R. Stockard, Greenville; Joseph Steinride, Benton; H. L. Sutherland, Glencoe; W. J. Sykes, T., Aberdeen; Robert Smith, Kosciusko; B. A. Shepherd, Goodman; A. J. San- derson, Vaiden; * E. P. Sale, V. P., Aberdeen; J. Mell Smith, Coffeeville; J. O. Sanders, Carrollton; J. M. Taylor, P., Corinth; C. Y. Thompson, Macon; R. S. Toombs, Greenville; R. J. Turnbull, Duncansby Landing; G. W. Trimble, Grenada; J. Tackett, Richland; David B. Turner, Winona; * T. R. Trotter, V. P., Duck Hill; J. D. Talbert, Cold Water; W. E. Todd, Clinton; F. R. VanEaton, Dowd's Landing; * B. A. Vaughan, V. P., C. S., P., Colum- bus; * G. W. Vassar, V. P., Carrollton; A. M. Waddill, Rolling Fork; M. F. Wakefield, Starkville; * R. G. Wharton, V. P., Port Gibson; L. White, Utica; P. F. Whitehead, C. S., P., Vicksburg; B. H. Whitfield, Clinton; John Wright, Sardis; * T. W. Wright, Pickens; W. B. Williamson, C. S., Edwards; Z. T. Woodruff, Vicksburg; * J. S. Walker, Greenville; A. M. West, Holly Springs; T. L. Wilburn, Winona; S. L. Wynne, Looxahoma; Lea William- son, Como; * B. F. Ward, Winona; N. M. Woods, Oakland; * H. Yandell, Benton; J. W. Young, Carrollton.
The presidents of county municipal boards in 1878-9, who were not then members of the state medical association, are named as follows: T. J. Jackson, Liberty; T. S. Sharpe, Natchez; J. A. Cooper, Friar's Point; G. W. Purnell, Hazlehurst; W. E. Jones, Quitman; J. W. George, Chester; Alex. Fairly, Williamsburg; J. E. McEachin, West Point; J. P. H.
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Westbrook, Hernando; Geo. N. Smith, Pass Christian; Edward Latham, Bay St. Louis; W. W. Durden, Lexington: B. D. McGown, Mayersville; W. G. Bailey, Claiborne; E. F. Grif- fin, Scranton; L. M. Mclendon, Sucarnochee; J. T. Chandler, Lafayette; B. Noah Ward, Leake Co .; B. T. Semmes, Canton; T. B. Ford, Columbia; C. P. Parton, Decatur; M. N. Phillips, Batesville; D. T. Price, Booneville; M. R. Fontaine, Pontotoc; J. W. Ellis, Deer Creek; William Giles, Westville; A. H. Bays, Walthall; W. D. Carter, Ripley ; J. R. Slaton, Senatobia; A. S. Kirk, Louisville; L. W. Magruder, Woodville; W. J. Nelson, Austin; C. A. Pegues, Abbeville; J. H. Hays, Byhalia; S. P. Lester, Batesville; S. F. Sorsby, Byram; Frank McIntosh, Beauregard; O. B. Cooke, Cumberland; C. R. Norman, Cato; F. L. Fulgham, Crystal Springs; A. A. Powell, Coffeeville; W. R. Blailock, Carthage; John B. Pease, Concordia; R. B. Carson, Durant; A. L. Kline, Enterprise; J. W. Lack, Hillsboro; D. H. Bryant, Liberty; M. H. Allen, Lodi; J. L. Gresham, Lake; J. A. Fox, Louisville; D. P. Rawles, Morton; D. U. Ford, McComb City; D. C. McCampbell, Mt. Pleasant; A. Le Blance, Magnolia; H. A. Minor, Macon; J. W. Cutrev, Osyka; W. R. Manniece, Pontotoc: J. W. Bynum, Rienzi; T. W. Coleman, Rodney; W. D. Heflin, Sardis; J. R. Sample, Sum- mit; L. W. Tuttle, Satartia; B. F. Archer, Taylor's Depot; O. S. Iglehart, Vicksburg; J. Pitts, Waynesboro; R. W. Rea, Wesson.
The report of Dr. T. B. Ford on small-pox in Marion county, in the spring of 1878; that on the epidemic in Grenada was presented by Dr. H. J. Ray; in Canton, by Dr. A. T. Semmes: that on the epidemic at Lake, Scott county, by Dr. F. E. Daniel, of Jackson, Miss .; that on Holly Springs, by Dr. F. W. Dancy; that on Greenville, by Dr. R. S. Toombs; that on Water Valley, by Dr. H. A. Gant; that on Hernando, by Dr. J. M. Jones; that on Harri- son county, by Charles Pelaez; that on Pass Christian, by Dr. George N. Smith; that on Tillatoba and vicinity, by Dr. T. H. Gordon; that on Yazoo City, by P. J. McCormick; that on the epidemic at Y. F. Griffin's house, near Summit, by Dr. W. W. Moore; that on Winona, by Dr. B. F. Ward; that on Meridian, by Dr. P. H. Griffin; that at Valley Home, by Dr. J. M. Calhoun. The several reports form a history well worthy of study. Each one goes from the beginning to the end of disease in 1878, deals with the causes and effects and points out where care and cleanliness could have averted the troubles of that year. The history of quarantine regulations in the counties and towns of the state was contributed by Dr. T. S. Sharpe, of Adams; J. T. Chandler, of Lafayette; G. W. Vasser, of Carroll; C. Y. Thompson, of Noxubee; Frank Ferrell, of Benton; T. J. Jackson, of Amite; Alex. Fairly, of Covington; H. H. Holbert, of Scott; B. N. Warde, of Leake; K. P. Clark, of Lincoln; W. F. Stansbury, of Holmes; A. T. Semmes, of Madison; R. C. Cunningham, of Lee; C. P. Partin, of Newton; J. S. Cain, of Chickasaw; George M. Powell, of Yazoo; W. N. Ames, of Oktibbeha; George E. Redwood, of Lauderdale; W. L. Carter, of Tippah; H. J. Ray, of Grenada; J. A. Cooper, of Coahoma; T. B. Ford, of Marion; A. L. Kirk, of Winston; R. G. Wharton, of Claiborne; M. G. Davis, of Le Flore; James D. Beck, of Alcorn; A. H. Bays, of Sumner; Marshall R. Smith, of Issaquena; W. E. Jones, of Black; W. J. Bailey, of Jasper; J. F. Pitts, of Pontotoc; and J. S. Walker, of Washington.
Reports on the quarantine of 1878 were also made, by H. A. Minor, of Macon; N. L. Guice, of Fayette; B. A. Vaughan, of Columbus; J. M. Lewis, of Kosciusko; M. D. Vance, of Oxford; F. L. Fulgham, of Crystal Springs; H. S. Van Eaton, of Woodville; John B. Peace, of Concordia; H. Wood, Jr., of Scooba; J. A. Hartin, of Banner; J. D. Talbert, of Cold Water; R. B. Carson, of Durant; I. B. Luck, of Mount Pleasant; R. Thompson, of Hillsboro; N. Vernor, of Cornersville; Howell Whitsill, of Wahalak; W. D. Heflin, of Sardis; J. E. McEachin, of West Point; R. H. Parham, of Michigan City; Mayor George W. Rice,
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of Harrison; L. W. Tuttle, of Satartia; J. A. Fox, of Louisville; J. P. Alvis, of Waterford; W. E. Jones, of Quitman; Wyatt Wooten, of Forest; D. T. Price, of Booneville; A. T. Whitfield, of Artesia; J. W. Bennet, of Brookhaven; A. C. Webster of Toccopola; C. R. Norman, of Cato; Frank McIntosh, of Beauregard; D. N. Lawrence, of Crawford; W. L. Lee, of Ellisville; H. D. Thrower, of Mayhew; D. P. Rawles, of Morton; W. F. Cross, of Lexington; M. G. Davis, of Greenwood; S. A. Cooper, of Friar's Point; Mayor S. Hearle, of New Albany; P. T. Raeford, of Byhalia; G. W. Vasser, of Carrollton; T. W. Wright, of Pickens; Thomas Bryan, of Pope; J. S. Smith, of Chester; Mayor J. W. Woods, of Love's station; W. J. Nelson, of Austin; W. A. McAnulty and William F. Wallace, of Kossuth; Mayor C. C. Shipp, of Springdale; J. L. Plunkett, of Carthage; Mayor Josiah Hester, of Martinsville; M. W. Howard, of Fulton; Henry Yandell, of Benton; C. M. Williamson, of Raymond; John H. Morgan, of Ashland; Thomas G. Brewer, of Lamar; J. R. Slaton, of Senatobia; C. Baskerville, of Horn Lake; H. C. McLaurin, of Brandon; P. H. Hamilton, of Shuqualak; T. R. Trotter, of Duck Hill; Mayor W. J. Taylor, of Charleston; J. D. Dabney, of Tchula; W. R. Minniece, of Pontotoc; V. W. Fullilove, of Vaiden; E. P. Sale, of Aberdeen; H. W. Gray, of Pleasant Hill; G. W. Tribble, of Guntown; J. T. Parker, of Buena Vista; W. T. Holland, of Marion; G. H. Gray, of Raleigh; S. P. Lester, and W. O. Harris, of Batesville; F. W. Coleman, of Rodney; A. W. Hunter, of Tupelo; J. S. Ros- borough, of Como; W. D. Carter, of Ripley; A. Le Blanc, of Magnolia; J. T. Alvis, of Taylor; L. M. Sykes, of Muldon; Benjamin F. Kittrell, of Black Hawk; Mayor Thomas H. Hull, of Grand Gulf: W. E. Thomas, of Leakesville; G. S. Matlock, of Hickory Flats; Mayor H. L. Dicken, of Newport; Mayor L. A. Powers, of West Station; J. G. Sallis, of Sallis; B. F. Archer, of Taylor's Depot; J. B. Greaves, of Edwards; D. H. Wallace, of Goodman; C. A. Pegues, of Abbeville; J. R. S. Pitts, of Waynesboro; Mayor J. B. Shaw, of Pittsboro; H. C. Mayer, of Meadville; A. A. Powell, of Coffeeville, and G. S. Henderson, of Birmingham.
The measures taken, according to the reports, were effective in checking the march of disease and were so far useful. Had they been taken before the disease appeared there would be little or nothing to fear and regulations opposed to commerce and personal liberty would not have to be enforced so radically as it became necessary to enforce them.
The transactions of the board for 1879 were insignificant when compared with those of 1878. The members and people rested after a year of alarms, fatigues and losses. Dr. F. W. Dancy was reappointed by the governor a member of the board and was present at the annual meeting, April 5, 1879. B. F. Kittrell was commissioned a member, vice E. W. Hughes, deceased. George E. Redwood, vice A. H. Cage, deceased, and C. A. Rice, vice P. F. Whitehead, deceased. E. P. Sale, John Wright, S. D. V. Hill, and In August, 1879, the fol- J. W. Bennett were appointed or reappointed members. lowing points were established as quarantine stations: Osyka, Michigan City, Fort Adams, and a point between Commerce and the Tennessee line on the Mississippi river. The quarantine officers appointed were Dr. W. C. Warren at Osyka, Dr. J. M. Taylor at Corinth, Dr. C. A. Rice at Polk's Landing, near Commerce, Dr. E. L. McGchee at Fort Adams and Dr. Geo. E. Redwood at Michigan City. Prior to November 8th, all the stations were vacated, including the station at Horn Lake, established at the close of August. The fever at Concordia, Oak Grove and Harrison Station was stamped out immediately, the national board of health appropriating money toward that end.
The annual meeting of 1880 was held at Jackson in April, 1880. Dr. S. V. D. Hill was elected president, and Dr. Johnston reelected secretary. The law approved March +, 1880, abolished county boards of health and provided for the appointment of a county health officer, by the governor, on the nomination of the state board.
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The chief health officers of counties appointed under the act of March 4, 1880, and holding office in 1880-1, were: Adams, Dr. T. S. Sharpe, Natchez; Alcorn, Dr. W. B. San- ford, Corinth; Amite, Dr. C. H. Bates; Attala, Dr. J. M. Lewis, Kosciusko; Benton, Dr. T. L. Jackson, Michigan City; Bolivar, Dr. J. W. Dulaney, Rosedale; Calhoun, Dr. W. L. Dottery, Bentley; Carroll, Dr. G. W. Vassar, Carrollton; Chickasaw, Dr. J. S. Cain, Okolona; Clai- borne, Dr. W. D. Redus, Port Gibson; Clarke, Dr. A. V. Wolverton, Enterprise: Coahoma, Dr. J. A. Cooper, Friar's Point; Copiah, Dr. G. W. Purnell, Hazlehurst; Covington, Dr. Alex Fair- ley, Mt. Olive; Clay, Dr. J. E. Mc.Eachen, West Point; De Soto, Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, Her- nando; Greene, Dr. B. F. Hamrick, State Line; Grenada, Dr. G. W. Trimble, Grenada; Holmes, Dr. G. C. Phillips, Lexington; Jefferson, Dr. N. L. Guice, Fayette; Jones, Dr. John M. Baylis, Ellisville; Kemper, Dr. L. M. Mclendon; Lafayette, Dr. J. T. Chandler, Oxford; Lauderdale, Dr. A. H. Smith, Meridian; Lawrence, Dr. James A. Rowan, Silver ('reek; Leake, Dr. W. R. Blailock, Carthage; Lee, Dr. R. C. Cunningham, Verona; Lincoln, Dr. E. J. Bowen, Brookhaven; Lowndes, Dr. B. A. Vaughan, Columbus; Le Flore, Dr. M. G. Davis, Greenwood; Madison, Dr. A. T. Semmes, Canton; Marshall, Dr. A. M. West, Holly Springs; Monroe, Dr. J. M. Greene, Aberdeen; Montgomery, Dr. B. F. Ward, Winona; Neshoba, Dr. T. J. Lee, Philadelphia; Newton, Dr. C. P. Partin, Decatur; Noxubee, Dr. H. A. Minor, Macon; Oktibbeha, Dr. W. N. Ames, Starkville; Panola, Dr. A. I. Ellis, Sardis; Pike, Dr. B. U. Ford, McComb City; Prentiss, Dr. W. A Taylor, Booneville; Rankin, Dr. P. Fairley, Brandon; Scott, Dr. J. L. Gresham, Forest; Sharkey, Dr. J. C. Hall, Mckinney- ville: Simpson, Dr. William Giles, Westville; Smith, Dr. A. G. McLaurin, Raleigh; Sumner, Dr. A. H. Bays, Walthall; Sunflower, Dr. W. H. Baird, Indian Bayou; Tallahatchie, Dr. James Calhoun, Garner's Station; Tippah, Dr. W. D. Carter, Ripley; Tishomingo, Dr. Carroll, Kendrick, Corinth; Tunica, Dr. J. M. Phillips, Austin; Warren, Dr. W. T. Balfour, Vicksburg; Washington, Dr. R. S. Toombs, Greenville; Wilkinson, Dr. L. W. Magruder, Woodville; Yalobusha, Dr. H. A. Gant, Water Valley; Yazoo, Dr. R. L. Dunn, Yazoo City; J. R. Slaton, of Tate; A. A. Wheat, of Tallahatchie, and G. K. Harrington, of Hinds county, resigned; R. D. Farish, of Issaquena, declined to accept the office, and Dr. H. C. McLaurin, of Rankin county, died. The reports of health officers and of quarantine affairs at Pascagoula occupy a large space in the annual reports for 1880 and 1881.
In March, 1882, the board adopted rules for the guidance of censors or examiners of physicians seeking a license to practice in this state. Dr. Johnson resigned the office of sec- retary on March 17, so that the tenure of the office should be fixed, and was immediately elected to fill that position for a term of six years. Dr. F. W. Dancy was elected president. During the year five hundred and seventy cases of small pox were reported, but inspectors were only sent to De Soto, Panola, Coahoma, Bolivar, Pike, Tallahatchie, Le Flore, Holmes and Warren counties. In September the question of guarding against the introduction of yellow fever, then prevailing at Pensacola, Matamoras, Brownsville and Havana, was dis- cussed; quarantine regulations were ordered to be enforced in Jackson county and at Osyka. The reports on the small pox epidemic of 1882, given in the report of the state board for 1882-3, are valuable contributions to the history of this disease in Mississippi. The number of licenses issued under section 17 of the act of March 17, was seventeen hundred and eighty- tive, exclusive of twenty-six temporary licenses and eighty-four after examination by the cen- sors. Dr. J. M. Taylor was elected president in May, 1883.
The annual meeting of 1884 resulted in the choice of Dr. B. F. Kittrell for president. Correspondence on the subject of the small-pox epidemic claimed attention first and reports of health officers next. Small-pox was reported in nineteen counties during the year 1884,
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as follows: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Hancock, Hinds, Holmes, Jefferson, Lee, Marshall, Pike, Prentiss, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson and Yalo- busha, continuing in Warren county from 1883. A case in a county warranted mention, but the state may be considered as free from disease. In 1885 Dr. Kittrell was reelected presi- dent. Owing to reports from New Orleans, La., on June 10, the necessity for establishing quarantine stations on the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad and the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas railroad appeared urgent, and preparations were at once made to quarantine against New Orleans. Fortunately nothing more than preparation for defense was neces- sary, and the year became noted as one in which the state reveled in good health. The issue of a circular by the board, drawing the attention of the people to the possibility of a cholera invasion and pointing out the means to prevent or restrict it, was not the least of the good deeds of this body.
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