Excerpt from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Quarantine Convention: Held at Philadelphia by Invitation of the Philadelphia Board of Health, May 13-15, 1857 As chairman, and in behalf of said committee, as well as in accordance with the Spirit and letter of the resolution, I respect fully call your attention to the importance of a revised and uniform system of quarantine laws, for the protection of the maritime cities of the United States from the introduction and spread of disease through the channels of commerce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.