died on the fifth day, the disease assuming the rare form of purpura variolosa. Reporter, W. A. Haskell, M. M., Alton, attending physician.

Precautions against Danger to Life from Fires:

The recent loss of life by fire at Belleville suggests the point whether the BOARD can profitably take any further action looking to securing adequate provision for escape from, and for the extinguishing of fires in public buildings. On different occasions within the past few years, the BOARD has called attention to this subject-the last time in the fall of 1881, with reference to the danger from fire at seaside resorts, and this was emphasized, soon after the Secretary's circular letter was sent out, by the destruction of no less than six of these inflammable structures within a very short time. Fortunately, these fires occurred at a season of the year when there were only a few, in some cases no inmates, and nothing worse than the rapid destruction of the buildings and contents happened. These events, however, served to direct attention to the subject, and there is reason to believe that this class of buildings is much improved in this respect.

I think it would be well to prepare a suitable letter with necessary instructions, and address to all those having charge of public buildings in the State, with the view of publishing a report of the condition of such structures, with reference to the number of stories, sizes and arrangement of rooms, number and dimensions of staircases, doorways, windows and other exits, special provisions for escape, and for extinguishing fires, etc. Such a report would serve a useful purpose in disclosing to what extent municipal, State or other interference may be necessary to correct such dangers as are found to exist.

Chicago Sewage:

In my last quarterly report, speaking of the solution of the various questions hinging upon the disposal of the sewage from the city of Chicago through the Illinois and Michigan canal, I observed that it was "clearly the duty of the city of Chicago, immediately upon the close of navigation, to have the Bridgeport pumps put into operation, and their capacity and the capacity of the canal determined by actual experiment." I am glad to say that this experiment is now being carried on, and I am in receipt of a telegram from Superintendent Thomas, announcing that the "Bridgeport pumps are working finely, and are holding three feet of water in the canal above the level of the Chicago river."

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN H. RAUCH, Secretary.

Dr. Mackenzie moved that the report be accepted and that the recommendations and actions of the Secretary be approved. The motion was adopted and the report was ordered to be printed in the account of the proceedings of the meeting.

The remainder of the session was devoted to executive business, and the discussion of charges against individuals and colleges, of which the Secretary submitted forty-two various cases, not previously considered. Among other matters, then disposed of, it was

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ordered that diplomas issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Joplin, Mo., and by the Kansas City Medical College for the current session, 1883-84, could not be received as the basis for certificates entitling to practice in Illinois.

Drs. Haskell and Rauch were appointed a committee to draft appropriate resolutions concerning the retiring member, Dr. McLean, and subsequently offered the following:

Resolved, That the members of the ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH who have been associated with Dr. John McLean, of Pullman, during the past three years, part from him with unfeigned regret upon the termination of his period of service. His counsels, characterized by prudence, good sense and moderation, have been prompted by an earnest desire for the best interests of the public welfare and for the elevation of the standard of the medical profession. His sterling qualities must command success for him in any position to which he may be called; and the best wishes of his fellow-members of this BOARD go with him.

On motion of Dr. Bateman, who left the chair for that purpose, the resolution was unanimously adopted; and the Secretary was instructed to forward copy of the same to Dr. McLean.

The auditing committee reported back bills amounting to $2,139.87 as correct.

Adjourned.

SPECIAL MEETING, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1884.

A SPECIAL meeting of the BOARD, was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel in the city of Chicago, on Wednesday morning, January 30, to take action upon certain applications for certificates. PresentDrs. Clark, Ludlam and Rauch, and Mr. Reen, Dr. Clark presiding in the absence of the President.

Simon M. Landis.-The papers and correspondence in the case of Simon M. Landis, of Monticello, Piatt county, were submitted to the BOARD by the Secretary, after a perusal of which the following preamble and resolution were adopted:

WHEREAS, In the matter of the application of Dr. Simon M. Landis, at present of Monticello, Piatt county, for the certificate of the STATE BOARD OF HEALTH of the State of Illinois, authorizing him to practice medicine and surgery in Illinois, it appears from documentary evidence, on file in the office of the BOARD, that said Landis has advertised himself as lecturing upon "physio-phrenology" as claiming "mystic power," challenging clergymen and physicians to discussion of his assertion, "that their teachings are anti-natural and anti-Christ," offering "his services as lecturer, reader, impersonator of Shakesperian characters," etc., and in connection therewith is engaged in vending certain drugs, nostrums, and appliances for the treatment of disease, and is only temporarily at Monticello, having publicly announced that he leaves February 20, 1884; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to advise the said Simon M. Landis that his application should have been made for a license as an itinerant, under section 12 of the Medical-Practice Act.

C. Buel Rice.-The affidavit of C. Buel Rice, of Cincinnati, O., claiming to be a graduate of the Medical College of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1877, was then presented, and the Secretary stated that Rice was one of the "K. & K. Surgeons," and had been recently practicing in the city of Springfield; that although now claiming to have been a graduate in medicine for the past seven years, as shown by his affidavit, he had at first professed to be practicing only as a "student" under one Dr. Hy Rall Smith, in seeming conformity with section 11 of the Medical-Practice Act; that said pretence was a dishonorable and unprofessional attempt to evade the law, since, as a matter of fact, Smith, himself, was the "student" in all that concerned the methods and practices of the "K. & K.'s"-he, Smith, having been hired by J. C. Kennedy, the principal of the "K. & K.'s," only two weeks before Rice and himself came into the State,

while Rice had long been in the employ of the "K. & K.'s" as one of their physicians; that Rice was further guilty of unprofessional and dishonorable conduct in fraudulently and falsely advertising or causing himself to be advertised to the public of Springfield as one of "three of the most skilful and experienced of the Drs. K. & K. Surgeons," "legal practitioners in Illinois, who, having practiced medicine and surgery for upwards of ten years in the State, are thoroughly familiar with the climate, with the people and the diseases to which they are subject," when, in fact, according to statements made under oath, instead of there being three of these most skilful and experienced individuals the man Rall Smith was the only one legally qualified to practice in Illinois, Rice himself skulking into the State under the subterfuge of being Smith's "student" or "secretary" never having before practiced in the State, and, therefore, not having the thorough familiarity, skill and experience which he falsely and fraudulently advertised himself to possess ; that he was further guilty of unprofessional and dishonorable conduct in his connection with a deliberately false and fraudulent advertisement announcing the removal of a "monster tape-worm" by the "K. & K.'s," which had exhausted "the skill of the best local physicians," but concerning which it had been admitted under oath that no such tape-worm had been removed and no such cure effected -the object and intent of said advertisement being to defraud and deceive the suffering and afflicted; that said Rice was further guilty of unprofessional and dishonorable conduct in his dealings with one Lewis H. Miner and one Frank L. Felch, residents of Springfield, and whose joint affidavit the Secretary submitted.

The Secretary also presented affidavits from other citizens of Springfield, and a transcript of the evidence in suits against Smith, as illustrating the methods and practices of Rice and Smith, representing the "K. & K. Surgeons" in Illinois. Copies of the "Guide to Health" and other publications and advertisements of the "K & K.'s," which Rice had aided in circulating, were also submitted to the members, and the Secretary stated that, aside from his own judgment as to their character, they were uniformly regarded by those to whom he had shown them as typical quack advertising matter, well calculated both in text and illustrations to increase the fears and excite the hopes of the sick and afflicted, full of false statements and delusive promises, and suggestive of pruriency, indecency and nastiness. Fathers of daughters, into whose hands these sheets had been thrust, had indignantly appealed to the BOARD through him to protect their families from this outrage. The "K. & K.'s" claim to have circulated 4,000,000 copies of this socalled "Guide to Health," and, for himself, he had no hesitation in asserting that Rice's connection with this wholesale pollution of public morals, insult to decency, and potent agency for deluding and defrauding the sick and afflicted, constituted, in itself, such an act of unprofessional and dishonorable conduct as would compel him to vote against issuing the man a certificate. He added that it was through one of these "Guides to Health" that another of the "K. & K.'s," the man Gaylord, now in the Chester penitentiary, began his infamous correspondence with a young school-girl in Michigan.

At the conclusion of the Secretary's statement, and after an examination of the evidence submitted, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, In the matter of the application of Dr. C. Buel Rice, of Cincinnati, O., for the certificate of the STATE BOARD OF HEALTH of the State of Illinois, authorizing him to practice medicine in Illinois, it is charged:

1. That the said Rice is in the employ of, and associated with, the firm of "K. & K. Surgeons."

2. That said Rice recently, in the city of Springfield, Ill., while in such employ and association, caused, or allowed himself to be advertised as a legal practitioner of upward of ten years' practice in Illinois, knowing such advertisement to be false and fraudulent.

3 That said Rice, at the same time and place, claimed, or allowed the claim to be publicly made, that he had performed or effected a certain cure or cures, when, in fact, as subsequently admitted by himself or associates, under oath, no such cure or cures had been effected or performed as advertised.

4. That said Rice, at the same time and place, attempted to evade compliance with the State law regarding the practice of medicine by concealing his identity and professional character and claiming to be acting as a secretary, etc., and that he did so evade such law in an unprofessional and dishonorable manner until his identity and character were disclosed by his arrest and prosecution for circulating obscene and indecent literature in the said city of Springfield; and

WHEREAS, Such charges, if not disproved, constitute unprofessional and dishonorable conduct within the meaning and intent of the statute; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH refuses to issue a certificate to the said Dr. C. Buel Rice until the said charges shall have been disproved.

The Secretary reported progress in the matter of sundry suits against quacks plying their vocation in Chicago.

On motion of Dr. Ludlam the BOARD adjourned.