Motion of Dr. Ladd, seconded by Dr. Mays, the chairman was instructed to appoint a committee of three to revise our by-laws. The Program Committee announced that the meeting to be held March 20 would be a social and scientific session, to convene at Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri. By motion of Dr. DeLamater, seconded by Dr. Spencer, a resolution was passed in which our society was instructed to request the Welfare Board to cooperate with the Buchanan County Medical Society for the purpose of se curing clinical material at the Noyes Hospital. Our old friend and colleague, Lieut. Dr. O. A. Schmid, home on a furlough, was given an enthusiastic reception and entertained the society with a very inspiring and patriotic address. Having no further business before the society the meeting adjourned. Regular meeting held at St. Francis Hotel Wednesday evening, February 20, 1918. Dr. Daniel Morton in the chair. Thirty-two members present. This meeting turned out to be one of the most enjoyable sessions in the history of our society and the committee in charge was particularly fortunate in its arrangement of the program and securing the speakers who appeared. Addresses were made by Captains C. E. Morton and J. F. McGill, from the Post Hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the subject of their papers being "The Duties and Obligations of Medical Men in the Army." Following the addresses, it was the privilege of those present to listen to the Rev. H. Molony of Christ church; who delivered one of the most beautiful and inspiring appeals ever given before this body, and he was given a rising vote of thanks on the completion of his address, which was made in connection with the unfurling of the Buchanan County Medical Society's Service Flag, which was donated by Dr. Chas. Wood Fassett. This flag contained twelve stars, representing that many members of our society who have enlisted in the service to do their bit. Correspondence ACONITE. IN TONSILLITIS Delavan, Wis., Feb. 28, 1918. Editor Medical Herald: Dear sir: In the winter of 1860, while testing a bottle of tincture of aconite repeatedly I noticed a curious sensation in my throat, and on examination found my tonsils paralyzed so much so that I could scarcely feel a pressure on them with my finger. Afterwards, in my practice, when called to a case of quinsy (tonsillitis) and finding the tonsils inflamed and swollen, remembering the paralyzing effect of aconite on the tonsils I used it freely in such cases and soon found I had a complete cure for them. This is my way of using aconite in this treatment: Always, in my winter practice, carry a bottle of cough drops in my valise; when the patient had quinsy, I would mix one to three drachms of aconite with a four ounce bottle of cough drops and give teaspoonful doses of the mixture to an adult, diluted, every 2 to 4 hours, and soon found I had a complete cure for that troublesome disease, never failing to prevent the formation of pus, unless called too late, and it had alread formed. Yours truly, A. J. ROMAN, M. D. Who Is Benefited by Public Health Work— The path of the health official is at best a dreary one. He must often, if not always, lead in measures which are distasteful sometimes to everyone in the community, even though in the interest of those who are antagonistic. A successful campaign to make the water supply of a city or town wholesome, an effort which may save the lives of a number of people is rewarded often by the publicly expressed opinion that "we have been drinking that water for years and no one died. from it" or "water that was good enough for my father is good enough for me." It cannot be proved, perhaps, that "no one died from the water," yet it may be morally certain that they did. The public would like to see in returns of dollars and cents the good accomplished by the health official, but it is the duty of this official to conserve and protect, that the public may have health, not sickness, and promotion of health is not to be measured in financial terms. The application of Dr. Franklin G. Weary for membership in this society received its first reading and was referred to the proper committee for their investigation and report. There being no further business before the If, through patient and persistent work of the society, the meeting adjourned. W. F. GOETZE, Secretary. One Mother!-Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by two and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousings, but only one mother in all the wide world.— Kate Douglas Wiggin. health officer, the death rate of a community is lowered, frequently it is not noticed by those most interested. Louisiana State Board of Health. F. F. Knorp speaks approvingly of the continuous bath in cases of industrial accidents, where the condition of the patient renders amputations, etc., perilous.-Pac. Med. Jour. The Monthly Song Sermon LOVE'S RAINBOW DR. G. HENRI BOGART, Shelbyville, Illinois. Sweetheart mine, most true; When thru darkest doubts you grope? Dear, beyond the clouds, the sun Rainbowed arches, herald hope. After the storm cometh placid days; after the darkness, light; after the war the angel of peace, and the greater the turmoil, the deeper the valley of peace. All of us have somewhere stood disconsolate, crushed with a grief, shuddering with a sense of utter despair, but Time has ever wrought with the balm of healing. is, or that is to be and reflects the lights of joy, like a mirror in the sun. Nor do we need to attempt prophecy in foretelling what good is to come from the stress of evil's storm. Divine Intelligence does not share plans with us, all we are expected to do is to have faith in things not seen, and when the clouds have at last rolled away, the rainbow is there, if not where we expected, with its pot of gold at the foot, not the gold of the crucible, but the better treasure of soul wealth. Sciatica-Pain in foot or knee is felt for some time before any unpleasant sensation in the hip.-R. R. Hopkins, Med. Summary. ¶ Pellagra-Goldberger proved nothing but that a starved man could not resist disease like a well fed, healthy man.-W. L. Lee, Texas Med. Jour. ¶ Makuen (Med. Council) is still working on stammering. He has now reached the point of declaring a causal factor common to all stammerers is still to be found. ¶ I asked a prominent radiologist if he had ever seen plates indicating atonic constipation. He replied: "Not since I have been in business."-Alvarez, C. S. J. M. ¶ Anterior Poliomyelitis-Cerebral cases bear close resemblance to certain lobar pneumonias with meningeal symptoms, also to meningismus.-Lowenberg, Med World. In diagnosis errors arise most frequently from haste and carelessness in taking histories; less frequently from faulty physical examinations.-C. A. Boice, Med. Fortnightly. ¶ Anterior poliomyelitis, bulbospinal type - Fever, Somewhere, the sevenhued bow of promise gastric troubles, limb pains, somnolence or stupor, and has spanned the clouds. Maybe it was behind the cloud, maybe it was hidden by the tears. The bow was there all the time, waiting to bridge over the depths of darkness and woe with the colorful cheer of Infinite promise. Oh ye of little faith, cannot you see beyond the immediate present where dwell the culminated triumphs of the Omnipotent? Whether it be the diplomat, worried with the problems of the world war, or the child who has lost a penny, the rule applies; Look for the rainbow. The homely old saw, "Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll, The former sees the doughnut, The latter sees the hole. covers the case better than a sermon, for the happy soul looks always for the brightness that within 36 hours some type of paralysis.-Lowenberg, Med. World. ¶ When the patient under the influence of veratrum has a satisfactory circulation, if he assumes an upright position, or walks, a change in the pulse is at once perceptible.-Earp, A. J. C. A. ¶ Hemorrhagic typhoid fever with petechial may be readily confused with hemorrhagic typhus, unless blood-count, Widal and blood cultures are made.McNeil, Texas State Journal of Medicine. ¶ Functional hypoadrenia is shown most frequently by tardy response of the circulatory system to accustomed stimuli, and development of the circulatory inefficiency, so-called hyposphyxia of Marinet.-Harrower, Tex. S. M. J. ¶ Poliomyelitis-The first symptom is change in the disposition. All cases have more or less fever, anorexia and intestinal disturbances. In 16 cases there was a new symptom-a peculiar twitching, tremulous or convulsive movement of certain groups of muscles, lasting less than a minute. It affects part or all of a limb, face or jaw, or the whole body.-Colliver, Cal. S. J. M. WHEN A TONIC IS NEEDED the best obtainable is called for-in its composition, in its quality and Gray's Glycerine Tonic Comp FORMULA DR. JOHN P. 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Antiphlogistine not only offers the best method of applying moist heat of equable News of the Month Dr. Tuffier, associate professor Faculty of Medicine, Paris, France, has been made commander of the Legion of Honor. Beware, U. S. Girls!-In a letter to friends, a Kansas City soldier says the French girls are fond of the American troops, and are so much impressed by the Sammies' descriptions of the United States that they are already planning to come to this country when peace comes. Columbia University to Accommodate WomenColumbia University announces a gift of $50,000 from women physicians and $18,000 from other donors which will provide for the erection of additional buildings in the medical department for the accommodation of women students. A Farewell Dinner-A farewell dinner was given to the staff of Women's Overseas Hospital, which sailed for France recently, at the Cosmopolitan Club, New York, on the evening of February 11th. unit was organized and will be supported by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This New Officers-At the annual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Medical Association held at Fremont, Neb., the following officers were elected: President, Dr. John D. Reid Pilger; vice-presidents, Drs. Hamilton N. Morrow and Hardy A. Skelton, Spencer; secretary, Dr. Anders P. Overgaard, Omaha, and treasurer, Dr. Sylvester A. Preston, Fremont. Public Health-The following committee on Public Health has been appointed by Frank B. Fulkerson, chairman of the Civic Division of the St. Joseph Commerce Club: Joseph A. Corby, chairman; Dr. J. T. Stamey, Dr. H. DeLamater, Dr. E. A. Logan, Dr. O. G. Gleaves, James R. Noble, Rabbi Louis Bernstein, G. L. Zwick. Miss Mattie Peak, who left Kansas City in October for France, recently has been taken into the of fice of Mrs. Gertrude Austin, Paris, director general of surgical dressings for France and the Allies. Miss Peak will be in charge of the American Red Cross correspondence and will acknowledge American Red Cross shipments. Before sailing for France Miss Peak was inspector of surgical dressings for the Kansas City chapter. Soldiers' Insurance-Beneficiaries of the soldiers' and sailors' insurance cannot be anyone other than an actual dependent, such as husband and wife, child, child legally adopted before April 6, 1917, or more than six months before enlistment or entrance into actual service; step-child, if a member of the insured's household; illegitimate child, grandchild, parent, including father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather and stepmother; brother or sister; stepbrother and stepsister. Women Physicians in the War-Surgeon General Gorgas has informed us in aswer to many requests for information that there is no place at present in the military lines in which the services of women physicians can be utilized to advantage. In the Red Cross work, however, there are being used a large number of women physicians. Another organization in which medical women may be of service is the American Women's Hospital, which is organized by the war service committee of the American Women's National Association, in which many avenues of usefulness can be found for women physicians. Applications should be addressed to Dr. Eliza M. Mosher, 184 Jorlameon St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Concerning the Doctor Dr. E. H. Bullock, formerly superintendent of State Hospital No. 2, has removed from St. Joseph to Kansas City. Dr. Noah Hayes, Lincoln, Nebraska, was recently appointed assistant physician to the Hastings State Hospital. Dr. L. F. Sidwell of Engleside, Nebraska, has been transferred from the Hastings State Hospital to the Institution at Lincoln. Harry E. Holaday, D. D. S., prosthetist, announces the removal of his offices to suite 806 Waldheim building, Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. William J. Mayo has received a medal from the National Institution on Social Science, awarded for "notable service to mankind." Dr. James A. Burford of Wilcox, Nebraska, has been appointed assistant physician to the State Institution for Feeble Minded, succeeding Dr. E. R. Law rence. Dr. Henry Leland Akin, of Omaha, surgeon of the 35th Engineers, United States Army, has recently been promoted and has received his commission with rank of major. Dr. William F. Wild has been appointed chief health officer of the state of Nebraska, succeeding Dr. Elmer S. Tenney, who has entered the service of the United States Army. Dr. W. H. Coon, formerly health director of Kansas City, has been made health director of the Sweeney Automobile School in Kansas City, the largest institution of its kind in the world. Dr. C. B. Hopkins, Kansas City, has been promoted from first lieutenant to a captain in the medical officers' reserve corps. He is stationed at Camp Lewis, Wash. Before his enlistment Doctor Hopkins' office was at 2600 East Thirty-first street. Dr. Benjamin H. Orndoff, Chicago, has been elected president of the Western Roentgen Society. Other officers are, vice-presidents, Drs. N. H. Lowry, Chicago, and J. F. Wallace, Woodman, Colo.; secretarytreasurer, Dr. Bundy Allen, Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Frank Cohen, formerly attached to the attending staff children's department of Lebanon Hospital, New York City, announces that he has opened offices. Suite 1225 Rialto building, Ninth and Grand, Kansas City, Missouri. Practice limited to diseases of children. Dr. Donald F. Mosher announces to the dental and medical professions that hereafter he will limit his practice to the treatment and prevention of pyorrhea alveolaris and focal infections, using the most modern known methods in this special field of operation. 605 Bryant building, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Phillip A. Schaffer, dean of Washington University Medical School, has been selected to take charge of a branch of the food division which has recently been established as a part of the sanitary corps of the army with rank of major. He expects to leave very shortly for France. Dr. Robert E. Schlueter, president of the Missouri State Medical Association, has been ordered to Fort Oglethorpe for service and has received commission as captain. Dr. W. A. Clark of Jefferson City has been appointed to act as president for the society. All of the vice-presidents have been called to the service as well. |