History of the medical profession of Camden County, N. J : including a brief review of the charitable institutions within the county / by E. L. B. Godfrey.

  • Godfrey, E. L. B.
Date:
1896
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Credit: History of the medical profession of Camden County, N. J : including a brief review of the charitable institutions within the county / by E. L. B. Godfrey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not infrequently present on the subject after the recovery from the disease, and, hence, domiciliary quarantine, cleanliness and disinfection should be rigidly enforced. Of the common and often fatal prevalence of typhoid fever, which stands next on the list, health authorities are agreed. It ranks among the most serious of prevailing diseases, especially in Camden. The bacillus of Eberth is believed to be its causa causans,- and, since it is most generally diffused by excremental filth and , carried in water, the appearance of the fever should especially engage the attention of health officers. The fever bears a dis- tinctive relationship to polluted water, and also to the milk- supply of cities; so that its prevention and limitation is the duty of local government. Scarlet fever is a contagious and, in a great degree, a preventable disease and calls for segre- gation and isolation of cases and subsequent disinfection of the premises in which it occurred. Epidemics not infrequently arise in the vicinity of slaughter-houses. Remittent fever has markedly diminished in prevalence in the county within the last twenty-five years. In the early history of the county, the great areas of wet and undrained land, and the exposure of new strata of soil to the fermenting influence of heat and moisture, made it one of the chief enemies of the inhabitants. With the extended and continuous cultivation of the soil, the disease has decreased in prevalence and has become more amenable to treatment. Section VII.—The State Board of Medical Examiners. The history of medical legislation in New Jersey began in 1665, when the Duke of York, the proprietor of the province, promulgated a code of medical laws, known as the Duke's Laws, which remained in force until 1772. During this period of one hundred and seven years, the founding of Prince- ton College in 1746, the first president of which was Dr. Jonathan Dickinson; the outbreak of the French and Indian war in 1758; the establishment of the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1765; the formation of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1766, and the organization of a medical school