The Public Health

Chicago, Juna 10.- Thora was a large attendance at tho meeting of the American Medical Association in Central Musió Hall yesterday and many intercsting subjeets vvere discussed. Cremalion was declared the truest methoi of escapo from disease communicated by dead bodies. The danger oi cholera invading this country was considered greater now than at any time in the past three ycars, and the importauce of cleanliness and disinfection was urged. Insanity and its relation to crime was treated in an exhaustivo manner by Dr. Clavenger, of Chicago, who contended that almost all crimináis had diseased minds, which prompted the commission of offensos. Dr. Vickers said that all crime was not insanity. A great deal of crime resulted from bad habits and bad company. The American colony of "boodlers" and thieves in Canada was mentioncd ae an instance. Dr. N. B. Davis, of Chicago, delivered an address on the abstract rights of man, during which he asserted that alcohol was a worse poison than opium orarsenic. This caused a lively discussion, but the venerable doctor more than held nis own. Chicago, Juna 11. - The convention of tho American Medical Association came to an end yesterday. Af ter listening to a few addrosses and committee reports the body adjourned to meet in Cincinnati next year. An excursión to Pullman was taken in the afternoon.