OF THE

NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

.1879.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1879.

THE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

OFFICERS.

JAMES L. CABELL, LL. D., &c

President.

JOHN S. BILLINGS, Surgeon, United States Army.

THOMAS J. TURNER, Medical Director, United States Navy.

Vice-President.
Secretary.

MEMBERS.

PRESTON H. BAILHACHE, M. D., U. S. M. H. S., 1316 R st. N. W., Washington, D. C. SAMUEL M. BEMISS, M. D., &c., 558 Saint Charles street, New Orleans, La.

JOHN S. BILLINGS, M. D., United States Army, 84 Gay street, Georgetown, D. C. HENRY I. BOWDITCH, M. D., &c., 113 Boylston street, Boston, Mass.

JAMES L. CABELL, M. D., &c., University of Virginia, Va.

HOSMER A. JOHNSON, M. D., &c., 4 Sixteenth street, Chicago, Ill.
ROBERT W. MITCHELL, M. D., &c., 34 Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.

SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS, esq., Solicitor-General, 1119 K street, Washington, D. C.
STEPHEN SMITH, M. D., &c., 31 West forty-second street, New York.
THOMAS J. TURNER, M. D., U. S. N., 1227 M street N. W., Washington, D. C.
TULLIO S. VERDI, M. D., &c., 815 Fourteenth street, N.. W., Washington, D. C.

W. P. DUNWOODY, Chief Clerk and Disbursing Agent, 30 Grant Place, Washington,

D. C.

Appendix D and E. Deterioriations, adulterations, and substitutions of

drugs......

77-148

Appendix F. Diseases of domestic animals..

149-158

Cattle diseases in relation to the health of man and in

political economy

159-167

Appendix K. Report on the Hygiene of the Mercantile Marine, with rec-

ommendations

263-273

Appendix L. Report on Malignant Diphtheria in Northern Vermont.... 274-294

Appendix M. Rules for securing the best sanitary condition of vessels,

&c., coming to the United States from any foreign port

where any contagious or infectious disease exists. ... 295-297

Appendix N. Sanitary regulations for quarantine stations, vessels, rail-

roads, &c...

298-306

Appendix O. Reports upon the ports and cities of the Atlantic coast

and Gulf of Mexico....

306-458

Appendix P. Report on quarantine at New Orleans

458-467