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Kansas City Academy of Medicine

Meeting every Saturday evening at the Rialto Building

President, Wm. K. Trimble, M. D.
Vice-President, E. H. Thrailkill, M. D.

Censor, C. B. Francisco, M. D. Secretary, F. M. Denslow, M.D.

Treasurer, B. H. Zwart, M. D.

MEMORIAL TO DR. C. B. HARDIN. Tonight we do honor to one who, by his geniality, amiability and urbanity, has won the respect and love of all his associates.

As a man he was clean and noble; as a citizen a model; as a husband and father he did full well his duty, and as a physician he so labored as to keep abreast of the times and earn that exhibition of love and veneration we now pay to his memory.

C. B HARDIN, M. D.

Dr. Hardin was one of the founders of the Academy of Medicine and to the last preserved that affection for it which characterized all of its founders.

Whether the Academy was a rostrum from which scientific facts were promulgated, a stage from which comedy might entertain its fellows, or a school in which we might learn, and it was this and more, C. B. Hardin was there actively to take or play his part. Always fond of argument he was, nevertheless, not combative and his discussion was always vitalized by an unique logic and a train of reasoning peculiar to himself. All his discussions were punctu

ated by self-answered question, always showing thought upon the subject in hand and bringing forth fruit in the minds of his hearers. The fact of his having been president of this and other societies speaks of his popularity with physicians.

In the death of Dr. Hardin we have sustained a loss, an individual one because he loved every true physician; as a soceity, for he loved the Academy, as a citizen, for he possessed all the attributes of a deserving one and in a virile Christian-like way did that work laid out for him.

In his illness of three years he was optimistic and hopeful, and by his cheer lightened the woe of those who painfully saw the reaper approach.

We older members of the Academy the better know our loss and the more fully realize it for in our hearts there is a void which none can fill. In youth we live in the future, ambition goading our energies, events transpire quickly and friends are quickly made and soon forgot; but to us in our ripened years, who have only to harvest the fruit sown in our youth and grown and matured in the years of our prime, to us whose hearts are not easily set aflame, to us to whom the past in our life and our friends are those associated with its memories, memories of the day of our prime, memories which electrify the wellsprings of joy, to us, friends lost are lost for aye.

In our slackened pace now directed away from the meridian of life the cheering, hopeful voice of Hardin served to keep fresh the beauties of the past; his geniality helped to make us realize that this was a beautiful world and the companionship of friends drew a veil before our eyes as we trod the way to the not distant valley of death.

Who had thought that of that throng he, of all, was nearest the valley-what he saw he interpreted as a mirage of a far distant land-its people were his friends its joys were to be the fruition of his labors and even as he contemplated it his mind was enveloped in the mystery of it all.

As was meet for such an one, the troubled river was stilled by his unconscious mind

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that he might not be wakened till, having crossed it, his eyes in opening might behold the wonder of the new land and his soul be stirred by the welcome of those who had gone before.

God grant that when this life is o'er

In the life to come we may meet once more. B. H. ZWART. At a regular meeting of the Kansas City Academy of Medicine, held October 4th, 1913, the foregoing memorial was ordered spread upon the minutes of the meeting, published in the Medical Herald, and a copy thereof sent to the family of Dr. Hardin.

F. M. Denslow, Secretary.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. At the meeting in Washington when the American College of Surgeons was founded, the question was asked whether the college. would positively exclude surgeons who were suspected of fee-splitting or paying commissions in any form whatsoever. The president declared that no one should be admitted who was suspected of being guilty of this pernicious practice. This declaration was received with universal and most enthusiastic applause.

It does not seem possible that many men who would otherwise be eligible can belong to the class of fee-splitters, but the fact that the matter was so much emphasized has induced the Committee on Credentials to prepare the following positive declaration, which will be filed in connection with the credentials of each fellow.

If the college succeds in eliminating this evil, the public will be enormously benefited. Very respectfully,

Committee of Credentials.
DECLARATION.

"I hereby promise upon my honor as a gentleman that I will not, sc long as I am a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, practice division of fees in any form;

neither will I collect fees for others referring patients to me; nor will I permit them to collect my fees for me; nor will I make joint fees with physicians or surgeons referring patients to me for operation or consultation; neither will I in any way, directly or indirectly, compensate any one referring patients to me; nor will I utilize any man as an assistant as a subterfuge for this purpose."

The only man who can truthfully say his wife is an angel is the widower.

WHO ARE THE BRAVEST?

G. HENRI BOGART, M. D., Paris, Ill.

To joy in the forefront of battle,

Where keen blades, hot heart blood are drinking-
To stand on the deck while the rattle

Of davits, sends women from sinking-
To climb where the fire fiend is sweeping
And reaches the helpless, unshrinking-
To nurse when the plague brings wild weeping
And gaze on its horrors, unblinking-

With plaudits of fellows full ringing,
Bright badges of bravery bringing;
All these win the glory of men.
To toil for the good of the masses
Who answer by cursing the working-
To drag from the gutter grimed lasses
While slander stands smilingly smirking—
To wrest from the plague germ its story
With it, in his life currents lurking
To strive for the altruist's glory
And meet dire disdain without shirking-
Full faithed that futurity's favor
Shall feast from his efforts with savor;
All these call for earnest, brave men.

To smile when the numbed heart is breaking
And love unrequited droops dying-
To laugh when the soul's depth is aching
For soul that shall answer its crying-
To jest when frowned fates, dear hopes shatter
Their furies of torment defying-

To sing when dreamed ideals scatter
Like song birds from wintry blasts flying-
When none even guess cause for sorrow
Close linking each day with tomorrow;
All these need the bravest of men.

All I ask of you, doctor, is that you analyze the three types of bravery, as outlined in the three stanzas.

In the first we find physical courage, the battle's charge, a Titanic's sinking deck, the fireman's rescue, a Nightingale, all stimulated by an admiring populace, all fed with glory as the petrol flows into the engines of your motor.

After these, and to my way of thinking, greater are the reformers, such as Lindsey of Denver; the Salvation Army; the simple surgeons who purified Havana and Panama, until to have to name them were profanation; the Jane Addams, all of whom strove for humanity, knowing a niche was secure for their future fame.

The courage of these of the second rank is higher than the first.

But the third, those who hug a sorrow that it may not engulf others; those who laugh loudest that the rattle of the hidden skeleton tell not of the tale of shame or dishonor of another; the courage of the Spartan youth who smiled as the hidden fox gnawed his vitals; courage that goes on and up, serene and suffering until the end when the very knowledge that would bring sympathy and applause, would prove its own defeat, this is the acme of courage; the courage that comes from within and which builds solely upon nobility of soul.

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HE DOUBLE CROSS which, for ten years or more, anti-tuberculosis societies and institutions have been using as a symbol or emblem of their fight against tuberculosis, has recently been standardized by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In this use it was formally adopted by the International Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Berlin in 1902, when it was proposed by Dr. C. Sersiron of Paris. He took the shape of the cross from the common Croix de Lorraine and the cross of the Greek Catholic Church. The emblem is being used today by anti-tuberculosis workers in every part of the world.

In the standardized emblem, the width of the cross is the unit of measurement and all angles in the points are of forty-five degrees. The same proportions are maintained in all sizes varying in lengths from 1⁄2 inch to 61⁄2 inches or more.

Anti-tuberculosis societies may obtain these cuts from the Missouri Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis, Columbia, Missouri, for use on stationery and literature, at cost price.

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The Doctors' Library

"Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books."-C. C. Colton.

Sterility in the Male and Female and Its Treatment. By Max Huhner, M. D., Chief Genito-Urinary Department, Harlem Hospital Dispensary, New York. Small octavo; 262 pages. New York: Rebman Company, 1913. (Price $2.00.) This little volume is replete with important details in the diagnosis of the seat of the lesion causing sterility, fixing the responsibility on the husband or wife. The responsibility of the male ceases, according to the author, if live spermatazoa reach the cervix of the uterus, examination to be made after coitus. Perhaps the chief value of the book is to show us the want of accurate information on the subject, although it also represents a large amount of conscientious work by the author.

Malaria: Etiology, Pathology, Diagnosis, Prophylaxis and Treatment. By Graham E. Henson, M.D., with an Introduction by Charles C. Bass, M. D. Twenty-seven illustrations. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1913. (Price $2.50.) Dr. Henson's book should be in the possession of every physician, not only those living in the Southern states, but wherever malaria is found. The author believes it to be the sacred duty of the practitioner to assist in the eradication of malaria, inasmuch as he considers one of the most important prophylactics the early recognition and proper treatment of this disease. laria is a comparatively easy disease to diagnose and responds surely to treatment. The chapters devoted to diagnosis and treatment will be found most useful. This volume brings up-to-date our knowledge of this disease. We can heartily commend this

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work. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied. By Henry Gray, F. R. S., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, etc. New (American) edition thoroughly revised and re-edited, with the Ordinary Terminology Followed by the Basle Anatomical Nomenclature, by Edward Anthony Spitzka, M. D., Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute of Anthony, and Professor of General Anatomy in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadalphia. Imperial octavo, 1502 pages, with 1325 large and elaborate engravings. Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Febiger, Publishers, 1913. (Cloth, $6.00, net; leather, $7.00 net.)

Gray's Anatomy is perhaps the best known book in medicine, and for nearly half century it has been a masterpiece. is brought up-to-date every few years, and in this edition the Basle anatomical terms have been introduced, in parenthesis, following the old terminology, in an effort to unify the nomenclature in all teaching institutions at least. This edition, like previous ones, has the unique feature of en

graving the names of the parts directly on the illustrations. Another point of excellence in which Gray's has always held a place among the best, is the abundant use of colors for showing dissections and in the text directing the student in dissections. There is a splendid index as one of the important new features of the book, furnishing both the old and new terminologies in a single alphabet. The revision for this edition has been very thorough, and Gray's maintains its high standard.

Descriptive Catalogue of Medical, Surgical and Dental Books. St. Louis, U. S. A.: The C. V. Mosby Co., 1913.

The C. V. Mosby Company, medical publishers, of St. Louis, have just issued their 1913 catalogue. This catalogue is considered by all who have seen it to be the best arranged and most beautiful ever issue by a medical publishing house. The Mosby Company has been aggressively active from its organization and it is giving the west a medical publishing house that will in the near future assume the proportions of those in the east. A copy of the above catalogue will be sent to any physician upon request.

Special Fracture Number.-The American Journal of Surgery will present in January an issue of their journal devoted exclusively to fractures and their treatment. The following subjects will be presented by acknowledged authorities in this special branch of surgical work: "Astragalus Injuries" by F. J. Cotton, M.D., Boston, Mass.; "Diagnosis of Fracture" by Lewis A. Stimson, M.D., New York; "Position in the Treatment of Juxta Epiphyseal Fractures at the Hip and Shoulder" by Fred. Albee, M.D., New York; "A Splint for Maintaining Nail Extension During Transport" by John C. A. Gerster, M.D., New York; "Fracture of the Skull: Roentgen Ray as an Aid in Its Diagnosis' by W. H. Luckett, M.D., New York; "Vicious Union" by James K. Young, M. D.. Philadelphia, Pa.; "The Immediate and Remote Results of Fractures of the Skull and Spine" by Chas. Elsberg, M.D., New York; "Conservation in the Treatment of Fractures" by Wm. L. Estes, M.D., So. Bethlehem, Pa.; "Some Phases of Fracture Treatment as Based on Hospital Experience" by E. S. Van Duyn, M. D., Syracuse, N. Y.; "The Treatment of Fractures" by E. P. Magruder, M.D., Washington, D. C.

Medical Progress

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The Fairchild Baths.

We take pleasure in recommending to our readers the Fairchild Bath and Massage Parlors, located at 406 Francis street, St. Joseph. Here may be obtained scientific massage, electric light, vapor, Nauheim and other baths, adminstered by trained attendants, according to the well-known Battle Creek methods. We would urge our readers to call and get acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild, and you will send them your patients. Appointments may be made by telephoning main 3887 W.

Excelsior Springs, Mo.

A prominent feature of the equipment of the new Snapp Hotel at Excelsior Springs, and one that will appeal to the physician, is the splendidly appointed bath and hydrotherapeutic department, in charge of capable men and women. Elevators convey the guests direct from their rooms to the bath department, a convenience enjoyed by no other hotel in the Springs. We would urge our readers to take a trip to Excelsior Springs over the new electric line, and inspect the new Snapp Hotel, enjoy a few of its excellent meals, and invigorating baths; you will return home a convert to Excelsior, and a friend to Mr. and Mrs. Snapp, who are untiring in their efforts to make all guests feel "at home."

Army Medical Corps Examinations.

The Surgeon-General of the Army announces that preliminary examinations for appointment of first lieutenants in the Army Medical Corps will be held on January 19, 1914, at points to be hereafter designated.

Full information concerning these examinations can be procured upon application to the "Surgeon-General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C." The essential requirements to secure an invitation are that the applicant shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be between 22 and 30 years of age, a

graduate of a medical school legally au thorized to confer the degree of Doctor of Medicine, shall be of good moral character and habits, and shall have had at least one year's hospital training as an interne, after graduation. The examinations will be held simultaneously throughout the country at points where boards can be convened. Due consideration will be given to localities from which applications are received, in order to lessen travelling expenses of applicants as much as possible.

In order to perfect all necessary arrangements for the examinations, applications Adjutant General at least three weeks bemust be completed and in possession of the fore the date of examination. Early attention is therefore enjoined upon all intending applicants. There at present twenty-six vacancies in the Medical Corps of the Army.

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Scientific Contributions to the Literature of Atophan by American Investigators-The "Greater" Field of Atophan.

The striking and therapeutically so valuable selective action of atophan and its tasteless derivative novatophan upon the uric acid output of the organism and the regulation of the purin metabolism has been the subject of an already very long list of publications, chiefly from the pen of European clinicians and pharmacologists

of note.

More recently, however, American scientific investigators too have been attracted to the study of these most interesting substances and have in every way confirmed the earlier findings.

Professor Otto Folin and Dr. Henry Lyman of the Biochemical Laboratory of Harvard Medical School, Boston, have contributed an article "On the Influence of Phenylquinol in Carbonic Acid (Atophan) on the Uric Acid Elimination" to the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, July, 1913, in which for the first time the effect of atophan medication upon the uric acid of the blood is made the subject of thorough investigation. This has been made possible only by the introduction of the new and very exact colorimetric uric acid test of Folin and Denis. In every one of the six cases of gout in which atophan was given under purin-free diet, the medication led to a pronounced increase in the uric acid elimination and a corresponding reduction of the uric acid content of the blood.

Prof. Howard D. Haskins of the Physiologic and Biochemical Laboratory, Western

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