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[Entered at the Postoffice of Denver, Colorado, as mail matter of the Second Class.] EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. The Colorado The thirty-first annual convention of State Medical this association was the equal of any Society. of its predecessors in scientific interest and social attractions. The success of the meeting should be credited largely to the efficient energy of Dr. E. P. Hershey, chairman of the executive committee. The program was a full one. It was well arranged and was carried out very satisfactorily. Where nearly all is good, comparisons are invidious, hence we will make no special mention of any of the papers presented. At this meeting, as well as at previous ones, members assigned to open the discussion were often absent-a defect unavoidable no doubt in many instances. The symposium on nephritis evoked considerable interest. The time limit was a trifle short in some instances for the speakers, if not for the audience. While no epochmaking discoveries were promulgated at this meeting, we feel certain that the average of the papers presented rank in intrinsic merit and general practical value with those of any other state association in the Union. The semi-popular evening addresses by Drs. Mitchell, Freeman, and Corwin, were well conceived, happily rendered and cordially received. The friends of Dr. Will B. Davis are gratified that he won the prize for his anti-quackery essay. The only belligerent feeling evinced during the session was on the subject of tuberculosis in Colorado. While Dr. Sewall's and Dr. Tyler's statistics showed a considerable apparent increase in the mortality ratio of indigenous phthisis, not all the members viewed the subject in so sombre a light, and the report of the committee was accepted for publication without any steps being taken to influence legislation or to popularize the facts in the case. Probably no physician in Colorado will deny that consumption can be acquired here, though all may concur in the curative effects of high altitude in suitable cases. The chief trouble is that many eastern physicians, either through ignorance or through criminal negligence, send patients to Colorado who should never have left their homes, and whose last days are shortened in miserable loneliness by the change. Another point in this connection is the relation of the health of its citizens to the future prosperity of the state. From this standpoint it would seem self-evident that we need to encourage not the sick but the well to make their homes in Colorado. The proposed amendment designed to make membership in a local society a prerequisite to membership in the Colorado State Medical Society is impracticable. When doctors live forty miles apart, as in some of the counties of Colorado, they can hardly affiliate in such a measure as to keep up a real medical organization. Dr. McClelland, the stedfast old ex-treasurer of the State Medical Society, has remembered the association of which he was so long a valued officer, by leaving it in his will his extensive medical library. Dr. Corwin, of Pueblo, was elected president. Dr. John Law, of Leadville, and Dr. Finney, of La Junta, were nominated by the committee, but respectfully declined. The next place of meeting is Pueblo-a change and perhaps for the best, notwithstanding the fact that Dr. Corwin, in his short speech of acceptance, promised the Denver physicians a hot time. Dr. Munn made a most excellent presiding officer. His address was classical and greatly appreciated by every member of the society present. As his address will be published in full and reprints sent out, we will not further comment upon it. Dr. Will B. Davis' prize essay, referred to in another part of this editorial, will also be published and reprints sent out; probably to the laity. It was offered to the daily papers, but declined with thanks. We would further say that Dr. Munn's address will probably not be published, especially that portion referring to Christian Science, in the daily press. year: Following is a list of the officers for the ensuing President, Dr. R. W. Corwin, Pueblo. First Vice-President, Dr. W. W. Grant, Denver. Second Vice-President, Dr. P. J. McHugh, Fort Collins. Third Vice-President, Dr. L. J. Forhan, Trinidad. Denver. Assistant Recording Secretary, Dr. J. T. Melvin, Saguache. Treasurer, Dr. William J. Rothwell, Denver. Board of Trustees-Dr. Hubert Work, Pueblo; Dr. S. E. Solly, Colorado Springs; Dr. J. T. Eskridge, Dr. A. Stedman, Dr. W. E. Wilson, Dr. E. J. A. Rogers, Dr. J. N. Hall, Denver. Committee on Admission-Dr. C. K. Fleming, chairman; Dr. C. A. Powers, Denver; Dr. N. D. McDowell, Longmont; Dr. M. Ballin, Leadville; Dr. F. R. Coffman, Minturn. Delegate to House of Representatives of American Medical Association-Dr. C. K. Fleming, Denver; alternate, Dr. P. L. Gildea, Colorado Springs. Gloves or I cannot imagine a young operator no Gloves becoming very expert if he uses gloves. I believe that more bacteria drop into the long exposed wound of the glove operator than are carried in by well-prepared bare hands.-Robert T. Morris. I believe that if a man cannot keep his hands clean, he cannot keep gloves clean.-John B. Murphy. I have never had a pair on; I do not recommend them.-Joseph Price. In Europe, where experiments were first made with different materials for covering the hands in operating, gloves are employed less than formerly. The Berlin surgeons rarely use them, and Tuffier is said to be the only glove operator in Paris.-H. A. Royster. -Medical Record, June 15, 1901. Mississippi Valley It is announced that the dates Medical Association. of the next meeting of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association have been changed from the 10th, 11th, and 12th of September to the 12th, 13th, and 14th of September. This change has been made necessary because the dates first selected conflicted with another large Association meeting at the same place. The meeting is to be held at the Hotel Victory, Put-in-Bay Island, Lake Erie, O., and the low rate of one cent a mile for the round trip will be in effect for the meeting. Tickets will be on sale as late as September 12th, good returning without extension until September 15th. By depositing tickets with the Joint Agent at Cleveland and paying 50c the date can be extended until October 8th. This gives members an |