Ripley, literary critic of 'he Tribune; John C. Bigelow, late ambassador to the Court of France; Daniel E. Sickles, late ambassador to the Court of Spain; Albert Brisbane, the celebrated socialist writer; Prof. Bush, the celebrated Hebrew scholar and Swedenborgian theologian, and a number of other gentlemen who have since rendered themselves conspicuous in the domain of literature and politics. All these gentlemen, without an exception, were enthusiastic advocates of homoeopathy, a system of practice which had won Dr. Hempel's admiration in his early boyhood. Drs. Gram, Channing, Gray, Hull, Hering, and others among the oldest homeopathic practitioners in New York and Philadelphia, were his friends and constant companions, to whose advice he was greatly indebted tor light and encouragement in the arduous path of his profession. Soon after graduating he began his translations of the leading authorities of the homeopathic school, and during many later years wrote numerous exceedingly able medical works which took a high standing in that line of literature in this country and Europe, securing him a name foremost in the medical professional literature of the English language. A bare list of these works would occupy a considerable space. Shortly after his marriage he was called to Philadelphia to fill the chair of Materia Medica and Thera peutics in the Homeopathic Medical College of that city. Here he abored three years with fervent zeal for the cause of homeopathic science, and published, as the result of his efforts in that direction, his system of materia medica and therapeutics, which was hailed with satisfaction by every enlightened practitioner of that school. The death of his father-in-law rendered it necessary for him and his wife to leave Philadelphia, and take up their residence in Grand Rapids, to look after the interests of the family estate. There he became engaged in a large and lucrative practice, which, after a short time, he was obliged to relinquish on account of failing health, and at last entire blindness. The new edition of his Therapeutics is nearly ready for publication. action. Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood in the same decade that saw the first colony planted on Manhattan Island. Yet the involuntary muscular contraction of the heart and arteries is unexplained. We do not know the process by which the chemico-vital force is supplied in the capillary passages, nor are we fully acquainted with the genesis of the blood-cells. The rapidity of nerve-action has been established, but we do not know the exact nature of the nerve-force, and science fails to explain the process of its generation. Yet medicine is the most learned of all the professions, if by learning we mean the knowledge of the greatest number of facts essential or conducive to human happiness. Within its ranks are the most earnest and devoted men of these busy times, who are pushing outward the lines of discovery in all possible directions. The young man who enters this profession with the expectation of achieving success, or the hope of winning distinction, must bring to his tasks all the firmness and courage of his nature. He must work early and late and not be too sparing of vital force. A liberal education promotes professional success. Medical students who have led a thorough course in science, or even in classics and mathematics, begin their professional studies at great advantage. Their previous studies have given broader scope to their perception and judgment, and trained their minds to sound reasoning and correct methods of inquiry. The study of art, literature, or history brings one into sympathy with the best minds of all times, and thus furnishes a healthy mental stimulus. Moreover, it enlarges the capacity for knowledge. The student should strive to maintain the full dignity and distinction of that good old word "doctor,”—a learned man. Whatever gives the mental faculties greater range, and tends to lift the student to the level of the times, in measure frees the mind from prejudice and ignorance Biology has peculiar claims upon the student of medicine. Admitting that its present tendency is strongly toward materialism, it is evident that materialists must come sooner or later to acknowledge that between mere physical action of the brain and what is termed consciousness exists a void which even the imagination itself cannot bridge. There can be no better field for the exercise of observation and judgment than biology, because of the vast number and But it must be remembered that the domain of the complicated character of the data which it presents. material embraces but a portion of man's nature, and that by no means the higher portion. There is a ADDRESS OF DELAVAN C. SCOVILLE, ESQ., PRESIDENT spiritual science as well as a material, and the only REPORTS OF SOCIETIES, ETC. OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL PATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. OF THE NEW YORK EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY. The twentieth annual session of the New York Homœopathic College was formally opened on Tuesday evening, October 7th. A large audience, composed principally of students of medicine, crowded the spacious amphitheatre. After a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Corbett, Prof. Dowling Dean, of the college, made a short address of welcome to the students, in which he referred to the continued prosperity of the college. Upon closing, the Dean introduced Delavan C. Scoville, Esq., President of the New York Educational Society, who held his audience for over an hour by a most able, eloquent, and interesting address, of which the following is an abstract : true course of the student lies in the conscientious coordination and equal pursuit of both. Undue cultivation of the spiritual leads to superstition. Undue cultivation of the material tends to destroy moral force and results in selfishness and fatalism. The student of medicine should cultivate a spirit of toleration. The science of medicine presents a great number of unsettled questions, the true solution of which will be determined only by the most patient, laborious and accurate research, by the most critical and rigid observation of facts, and the utmost skill in analysis, comparison, and classification. We might reasonably expect that, in the pursuit and practice of an art which is beset by so many difficulties, and which concerns itself with the relief of human misery, the The student of medicine has adopted the most diffi- mitigation of pain, and the protection of life, there cult and exacting of all the professions, in the success- would be exhibited the broadest liberality and a comful pursuit and practice of which he must toil hard and mon desire to know the truth, under whatever name constantly. The miracle of life that is perpetually presented or by whomsoever advocated. But the hiswrought in the human body depends upon the action tory of medicine disappoints this reasonable expectaand reaction of a mechanism so complex in its struc- tion. In no other profession has there been such serture, so various in its forces, so multiform in its opera- vile submission to authority, such questioning defertions, so delicate in its adjustments, that he who deals ence to tradition, such bitter opposition to new diswith its disorders and disarrangements may well be-coveries. No other profession has suffered its chief lieve that only nature herself can restore its proper benefactors to be so wickedly persecuted, calumniated and traduced. Harvey hesitated to publish his great form, which alone he used for twenty years. The discovery in vital mechanics lest he should make chloroform should be fresh, not such as has been mankind his enemy;" and when at last he did make opened frequently in a drug store. He preferred it known, certain of his professional brethren imputed chloroform because it is both prompt and persistent in it to him as a crime that he had thus convicted pre action and readily antidoted, the latter being easily ceding anatomists of error and unsound teachings. accomplished by the use of cider vinegar. He had not Jenner's discovery of vaccination was greeted with seen a case of injury by the use of chloroform. It is derision, and he was publicly ridiculed and abused by necessary to observe the susceptibility of the patient men eminent in the medical profession who had not to the use of chloroform, so that no danger may foltested his alleged discovery. Hahnemann, of spotless low if the operator is obliged to trust to inexperienced purity of life, was described as little less than a beast, assistants The speaker said that foeticide had infor no other offense than making known a beneficent creased alarmingly in the last quarter of a century, and principle in medicine. one reason was that wives were afraid of the pains of child birth which this anæsthetic would remove. The best way to acquire a spirit of toleration is to learn to love truth. If we love truth sincerely, su premely, and for its own sweet sake, our minds are in that condition of easy receptivity that makes true wisdom attainable Love of truth is coming more and more to distinguish the scientific mind of the age Dogma and tradition are losing their hold upon men's minds. The bitterness of schools and doctrines is passing away. Medical creeds are filling a smaller place in men's thoughts; humanity, a larger. Henceforth, appeal must be made to facts and facts alone, In the conquest upon which you have entered, you have as allies God, nature, and truth. Your warfare, if wisely waged, is one over which no human heart will ever weep, no angel eye sadden Your ministry is of the holiest, for to you is committed to teach the discipline of suffering. You will enter into the innermost sanctuary of the great temple of the family. You will stand beside the broken altars of domestic love. You will sit by the hearthstone whereon the fires of household affection never die out. You will be at the bedside of the dying when grim death_triumphs over your skill, and defeats your art. Yours will be the hand that receives the new-born babe naked from its Creator, and shrouds the old man in the vestments of the grave. Might each of you take upon himself the vow that Hippocrates required of every student who entered the temple over which he presided: "I swear by the physician Apollo, and Æsculapius, and Hygeia, and Panacea, that, according to my ability, I will keep this oath and stipulation. With purity and holiness I will pass my life and practice my art. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption. Whatever in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see, or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge; as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this oath inviolate, may it be granted to me to enjoy the practice of the art respected of all men in all times; and should I trespass and violate this, my oath, may the reverse be my lot." STATE SOCIETY. SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION. REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OBSTETRICS. C. A. Bacon, M.D., New York, chairman. Dr. Bacon also approved of the use of chloroform. Dr. Osborne inquired when it should be administered. Dr. J. R. White did not understand how so small a quantity as half an ounce could be made effectual in long labor. He had seen death result to the child from the administration of chloroform to the mother. Dr. Burdick said that in extraordinary cases they had to use more than that quantity, but in usual cases that amount was enough. Dr. Bacon said that the action of chloroform was intermitting. Dr. A. R. Wright had used chloroform for a long time, with satisfactory results, but he had used forceps without chloroform. Dr. J. W. Dowling asked if profuse hæmorrhage was more frequent in cases where chloroform was administered than in other cases. Dr. Burdick said he had fewer cases of hæmorrhage with chloroform than without. Dr. Dowling had in his practice found that in instrumental cases where he used chloroform freely, profuse hæmorrhage was frequent. He was in the habit of giving chloroform only when the patient asked for it. Dr. Burdick thought it probable that the hæmorrhage was the result of the instruments. The most serious cases of hæmorrhage he met were when no chloroform was used. In response to inquiries the professor said that he found chloroform of inestimable value in convulsions. The president said he did not, as chairman, wish to discuss papers in the chair, but recommended careful scrutiny of the foregoing paper, as the experience in hospitals was that deaths were more frequent since the introduction of chloroform in labor. The president next called on Prof. J. W. Dowling to report on physical diagnosis. He commenced his remarks by referring to the time, so recent, when physicians were dependent upon the resources which nature alone had given them in diagnosing disease, and said he himself could remember the time when a solitary stethoscope, and that too of a kind which had long since been discarded, was the only instrument, aside, perhaps, from a tongue spatula, to be found upon the table of the physician engaged in active practice. In view of this fact he said: We can but express surprise at the array of instrumental aids now in use. It seems as if the expert physician should be able, with these mechanical aids and the assistance which chemistry affords, thoroughly to inform himself as to the pathological "Anæsthetics in Labor." By Professor S. P. Bur- changes going on in the body. I sometimes think we dick, M,D. "Obstetrics." By Robert Boocock, M.D. Professor Burdick said that some obstetricians approve of anesthetics, while others object to their use, and that some object to chloroform while | admitting the use of ether. He held that it was an error to regard pain in labor as physiological. He thought all pain a consequence of deviation from nature's law, and said that any safe means of obviating pain should be adopted. In his own practice he had cases of labor without pain, although using no anæs thetics. When he did use them he preferred chloro have become so interested in physiology, pathology, and diagnosis that we forget the main object of our calling, the relief of suffering, the curing of disease, and the prolonging of life. I have been requested by your president to appear before you to-day armed with the various instruments used in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest and abdomen. I have brought most of them with me. In addition to the improved stethoscopes, the best of which is probably that of Dr. Camman, we have pleximeters of various kinds; hammers for percussion, made of various substances and of different weight residual air. In the early stages of tubercular phthisis where but negative results can be obtained from the ordinary means of diagnosis, this instrument will undoubtedly give warning which could be obtained in no other way. and shape; instruments for measuring the inspiratory could with a forced effort expel a large portion of the movements of the chest walls, and the movements of one side, or even small portions of the surface of one side; instruments for measuring the diameter of the chest or abdomen in different localities; instrumen's, and quite a number of them, for obtaining the vital capacity of the lungs, or the number of cubic feet of air which can be inhaled by a forced inspiration after evacuating the lungs as far as possible; instruments for obtaining the shape of the chest walls, and instruments by which we can, with the eye, study the condition of the mucous membrane lining the larynx, and the delicate vibrations of the vocal chords, All these, in addition to the microscope, the clinical thermometer, the ophthalmoscope, the sphygmograph, the dynamometer, the æsthesiometer, the exploring canula, by which we can investigate without danger the character of pathological fluids in the most delicate of the shut cavities of the body. And aside from these, numerous instruments have been introduced for pursuing upon the living subject physiological investigations. Prof. Dowling then exhibited many of the instruments mentioned; at the same time explaining their action and uses. In referring to the pleximeter and hammer he said he thought these simple substitutes for the fingers in percussion were not appreciated as they should be. The ear could be so educated to their use that an accurate decision as to the amount of resonance or dullness could be much more readily arrived at than when the fingers were used in mediate percussion. So with the stethoscope. There are no sounds developed within the chest which can be heard with the ear applied to the naked chest walls which cannot be more distinctly heard and located by the aid of the binaural stethoscope of Camman. He referred to the recent improvement of the spiral spring which had taken the place of the rubber band formerly in use, which was apt to become relaxed, and which frequently from vibrations produced by the breath of the examining physician developed sounds which were carried to the ear of the examiner. In exhibiting a neat and improved spirometer Dr. Dowling dwelt at some length upon the investigations made by various physiologists in determining the capacity of the lungs for air, and explained the difference between the so called vital capacity of the lungs and the total amount of air which they would contain. He said the vital capacity of the lungs in health and adult life is constant. It does not vary from day to day. The investigations of Dr. Hutchinson from some five thousand observations show that the average vital capacity or the extreme breathing capacity of all heights is about 215 cubic inches. Although he was not as enthusiastic as some as to the value of this instrument in physical diagnosis, from investigations made by himself in diseases calculated to diminish the lung capacity, he was satisfied that it was useful as a confirmatory aid to diagnosis. He had used the instrument in a large number of cases of phthisis, in cases of emphysema, and in cases of pleurisy with extensive effusion, and had found the result to correspond accurately with the conclusions drawn from careful auscultation and percussion. He spoke of a case of pleuritic effusion which filled the entire left chest, pushing the heart over into the right mammary region, which was examined in the presence of the State society in February last, when upon a subsequent examination in his office he had found the extreme breathing capacity to be but sixty cubic inches. In another case, a strong, robust man, in perfect health, a student of the New York College, showed the enormous vital capacity of 350 cubic inches. He thought this solitary instance could be explained by the fact that he had extraordinary control over the muscles concerned in expiration, and Prof. Dowling then exhibited the various instruments for measuring the chest. The simple chest measure (composed of two graduated pieces of tape united over a silk saddle which was to be placed over the spine) for determining the relative size of the two sides of the chest. The callipers, the cirtometer, the ordinary stethometer, and the stethometer of Quain, an exceedingly delicate instrument for determining the exact amount of movement in portions of the chest upon inspiration. The dynamometer, an instru ment used for noting the daily increase in muscular strength of the hands during convalescence from tedious illness of various kinds. The æsthesiometer, for determining the tactile sensibility of the skin, or the greatest distance between two points at which they convey a single impression when applied simultaneously. Each of these instruments, he said, aids in obtaining a diagnosis in diseases of the heart, lungs and pleuræ, is an aid to the other, and the results ob tained from each will accurately correspond with that obtained from any one of them. The doctor then commenced the consideration of the sphygmograph, and said he had brought with him the most recent invention in this line, the sphygmograph of Pond; he had also brought a large number of tracings taken by himself of the pulses of patients suffering from a large variety of diseases, where the circulating organs were primarily involved, and where they were involved secondarily. He also had tracings taken from healthy subjects, in childhood, youth, middle, and old age, and had come prepared to demonstrate the action of the instrument, to exhibit these tracings, and explain their characteristics; but he had already occupied more than an hour of their valuable time, and as much more would be required to complete his subject, he would ask permission to postpone the consideration of the sphygmograph till the February meeting, when he would be happy to continue his remarks of to-day. At the conclusion of Prof Dowling's remarks Prof. Burdick asked if the doctor looked upon the microscope as an aid to diagnosis in phthisis. Prof. Dowling answered that he most certainly did, and if, after all other methods of examination had failed to satisfy him, he should find in the sputu upon miscroscopical examination the characteristic elastic fibres of lung tissue, he should unhesitatingly pronounce the case one of phthisis. The president said that the use of instruments in diagnosis was of the greatest importance to the profession. Pro'. Burdick used no power above the fifth in looking for the fibres in the early stages of the disease. In advanced cases little was left for them to do except send their patients south, west, or to the mountainsto die. The professor mentioned a case in which the microscope detected phthisis when nothing else would do it. Dr. S. H. Talcott presented a paper on "Mania: Its Causes, Course, and Treatment The term signifies "I am raving." The disease was assigned to various causes, such as loss of property, disappointment in love, etc.; but we must go back of the immediate cause and look for the origin of the disease. In a large degree a man derives his tendency to mania from his ancestors. Vicious parents inevitably produce offspring of similar inclination. Parental influences are very prolific in producing mania. Nursery tales and threats of punishment and imprisonment in dark closets have also a tendency to produce a state of the brain leading to insanity. The doctor described some of the physical signs indicative of insanity in their possessor. Overwork, undue anxiety in spiritual or mental welfare, intemperance in venery, the use of alcohol and tobacco, were given as the principal immediate causes of mania The doctor quoted Dr. Johnson's Rasselas in description of the progress of mania. The breath of the insane is a novelty which, once experienced, is never forgotten. The disease has no regular course. The doctor enumerated a number of the delusions to which his hospital patients are subject. From sixty to eighty per cent. of cases, if in the prime of life, recover; the remainder drift into dementia. Liquid food is best adapted to the disease, milk and beef tea being espe cially valuable. The paper was a long one, and its author read the principal points only. The next paper was on "A Case of Suicidal Melancholia," by N. Emmons Paine, M.D. The patient was fifty-five years old, had been temperate, except in venery excess, which brought on the disease. He grew worse, and he was subjected to the Mitchell treatment. He was cured in 120 days, although an extreme case, having been sick three years, during which he slept only two hours nightly. Cure when a patient has been sick two years is very unusual. A paper on Hystero-Epilepsy," by William M. Butler, M.D., was next read by Dr. Talcott. The Effects of Climate on the Insane" was the subject of the next paper. It was presented by A. P. Williamson, M.D., and was read by Dr. Talcott. The author noticed that the insane in England are dull, while those in France were in good humor, the climate being bright and the patients kept out of doors. In America the climate is cosmopolitan. Sea-bathing was found beneficial for mania, while mountain air was found good for melancholia, where the air was more stimulating. The doctor next read a paper prepared by C. Spencer Kinney, M.D., on "Mestastasis as a Cause of Insanity." The author said that the sudden checking of skin diseases, etc., by external applications, had a tendency to produce insanity. Walter Y. Cowl, M.D., read a paper on "Positive Recognition of the Peritoneum in Abdominal Opera tions." Dr. George Allen next read a paper on "Muscular Anchylosis Following Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint." A paper on "Strangulated Hernia," by Dr. H. T. Osborn, was read by title. The report of the bureau of Clinical Medicine; was taken up, and the first paper read was on Range of Doses with Clinical Cases," prepared by Dr. M. A. Wilson. 66 | J. C. Morgan, M.D., of Philadelphia, prepared a thoughtful paper on Pseudo and Other Forms of Local Spasms," in which he cited a number of specific cases which he had treated. A paper on Gelseminum in Chills and Fever," by Samuel Eden, M.D., strongly recommended the use of Gelseminum where the patient was suffering from chills and fever. Combined with perfect cleanliness, he said that he had rarely known it to fail, and he had used it in a large number of cases. The characteristic symptom of intermittent fever, as described by the writer, was a besotted appearance. A paper on "Clinical Cases," by C. J. Farley, M.D., was a description of a number of cases he had treated, with the remedies used; elicited no discussion. A paper on 'Cholera," by Dr. Boocock, expressed the opinion that fear was mainly responsible for the fatality of this disease, and the very unique manner in which the doctor expressed himself caused very general smiles. Dr. Doane, of Syracuse, spoke briefly upon the use of calomel in hæmorrhoids. Reports from the bureau of Materia Medica were next in order, and the first paper was on Jatropa Curcas," by Dr. John J. Mitchell. He spoke in high terms of the success had by the use of this medicine in cases of summer complaint among children. A paper on "Actea Racemosa in Its Relation to Alcoholism and the Opium Habit," by Dr. C. C. Curtis, was read by the chairman. Vertigo, deep depression, pulse quick, spinal irritation, sleeplessness, fullness in the heid, offensive stool, tremulousness, cold sweat on the hands, etc., etc., were described as the symptoms of an excessive use of opium, and a number of instances were described where macrotin had been given with beneficial results. Dr. Adams said that in six cases his experience confirmed the report made by Dr. Curtis. "The Virtues of Anti-Fat" was the subject of a paper prepared by Dr. T. C. Fanning. This completed the regular business of the meeting, and then Dr. Talcott, of Middletown, moved that the thanks of the convention be tendered the press of Rochester for the very full reports of the meetings, and the chairman added that never before in his experience had the newspapers given such intelligent attention to the meetings of medical men. Thanks were also given for the use of the rooms, and then, with an invitation from the chairman to meet him in Albany next winter, the convention adjourned. MARYLAND HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY. The fifth annual meeting of the Maryland Homœopathic Medical Society was held in Baltimore, at the Academy of Music in the South Cafe, Oct. 8th, 1879, the President, Morris Wiener, M.D., in the chair. The following members were present: Drs. M. Wiener, A. A. Roth, Eldridge C. Price, Milton Hammond, D. H. Barclay, F. R. McManus, A. Wanstall, Besides members, A. T. Bell and Thos. Shearer. there were in attendance six candidates for election. The minutes of the preceding meeting were then The Treasurer's report was read, read and adopted. and showed a balance on hand of $58.88, and was accepted. The business next in order was the reports of the various medical bureaux. The first considered was the bureau of " Materia Medica and Provings," Morris Wiener, M. D., chairman, who spoke of the necessity of proving carefully our remedies. Not only should physicians prove remedies, but also the laity. Drugs should be proven at different seasons of the year, also by both sexes and at different ages. There are remedies whose symptoms are known only in an empirical manner, and not from pathogenetic effects. The castor oil is an example. It has been shown to have great effect upon the female sexual organs. We have careful provings of benzoic acid, but they are not exhaustive. Hahnemann proved Thuja occidentalis, but the Austrian physicians, not being satisfied with the number of symptoms, again proved it, and the result is a complete and exhaustive proving of the drug. He proposed that the association form a society of provers, and that they prove at least two remedies uuring the year. Dr F. R. McManus approved of the remarks of Dr. Wiener, and offered the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee be appointed for the purpose of proving remedies in the ensuing year, and that Dr, Morris Wiener be appointed chairman, with the privilege of selecting his colleagues, and to use his discretion in the selection of drugs to be proven. Dr. M. Hammond did not see the practicability of the idea. Few people would be willing to undergo the ordeal of proving a drug, and perhaps be sick from its effects for months; but, as Dr. Wiener was expe rienced in proving remedies, he would be pleased to hear some further remarks, Dr. Wiener said it was not necessary to begin with the crude drug or low potency. It is not necessary to take the remedy until we are nearly poisoned, Live as usual; do not depart from the regular mode of life, Commit no excesses. Keep the mind in a mild, even, placid condition. We must guard against imaginary symptoms. Begin high and go down lower in the potency scale, Dr. Hammond thought that reliable drug symptoms could only be obtained from low potencies. Dr. Wiener was sure that one fact had been overlooked by Dr. H., and that is the proving of Lachesis, which has only been proved high-in the 30th. Dr. McManus said he did not remember having heard of this mode of proving, i. e., beginning high and going lower if symptoms are not produced, but he thought it an admirable plan. Dr. Wanstall suggested that, in case the resolution under consideration be adopted, observation of the various organs, as the eye, ear, throat, etc, be carefully made, as this has been neglected in the majority of our provings. Dr. A. A Roth thought it of great importance to ob tain perfectly pure drugs; this could generally be done at Boericke & Tafel's pharmacies, but extra care should be taken in the selection for our purpose. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Bureau of Clinical Medicine and Zymoses," Eldridge C. Price, M.D., chairman, was next opened The only paper presented was one by the chairman, on diphtheritis. The paper contained some theoretical views upon the cause of diphtheria, taking as a basis the theory of Eberth and Oertel, who believe the materies morbi to be bacteria, and without them diphtheria has no existence. The paper also contained an account of six cases, with the treatment The bureau was then closed Directly following this Dr. Wiener read a voluntary report of four interesting cases: erysipelas neonatorum, angina of esophagus, nocturnal enuresis and summer diarrhea, The paper was accepted with the thanks of the society. The chairman of the bureau of surgery, J. A Fechtig, M D., of Cumberland, was absent, but Dr. A. T Bell read a paper upon 1 "Wounds of the Abdomen nd nd bull The bureau of miscellaneous subjects, including anatomy and physiology, A. A Roth, M.D., chairman, reported two papers one by Dr. Rothentitled Scientific Medicine and Homeopathy Synonomous; the other by Dr A. Wanstall upon Color Sense and Color Blindness rib ir nozong sd bipode One-half of this paper was read, the remainder to be read at the next session. 31 emotquiz- 9-oita zib The following applicants for membership were *elected, viz: Drs. M. Brewer; R A. Millin, Irvin Miller, E. B. Britton, J. W. Dehoff, Lewis Woodward, R. D. Dashiell, Wm. B. Turner and Emma E, Steen. Adjourned. ཙྩཱ SECOND DAY. 216469 min At 12:15 P.M. the meeting was called to order, and the roll called: The president then read his annual address, in which he spoke of the influence of Homoeopathy upon oldschool treatment. In 1836 there appeared in the Lancet some cures by Lisbon which were all made on our law of similars; for example, a severe case of erysipelas cured by Bellad. The allopaths of to-day are constantly making cures by the clandestine use of our remedies. These encroachments upon our law show the approach of a revolution in the ranks of the old school. We have invited them to investigate our system, but reasoning a priori, as the ancients did when Columbus laid his plans before them, they have refused to be convinced. At the conclusion of the president's address, Dr. Wanstell continued his paper, the subject to-day being the tests of color blindness. The whole paper throughout was interesting, and showed much careful study and research. Color blindness may be either congenital or acquired. The former is incurable, the latter curable. The legislative committee of one, Elias C. Price, M.D., submitted a new medical law to the consideration of the society. The object of the bill is to suppress quacks and other medical pretenders. An effort during the past year was made to gain the cooperation of the allopaths, but, failing in this, we intend undertaking the passage of the bill single handed. A committee of three, consisting of Drs. Elias C. Price, M. Brewer, and A. T. Bell, was appointed to revise or amend the new law, and to advise the society when their report was complete. The Secretary having been authorized to prepare a new order of business for the Society, reported, and the new order was adopted. The Secretary offered a resolution to institute the office of historian to the Society. The suggestion was received favorably, and the resolution will be adopted and the office instituted at the next annual meeting. Dr. Roth recommended a new remedy, the Lippa mericana to the Society for proving. In the old school it is being recommended for laryngeal irritation, the cough of phthisis, etc The election of officers for the ensuing year then took place, and resulted as follows: President-A. A. Roth, M. D.; First Vice-PresidentM. Hammond, M. D.; Second Vice-President-A. Wanstall, M. D.; Secretary-Eldridge C. Price, M. D., re-elected; Treasurer-M Brewer, M. D; CensorsLewis Woodward, M. D.; D. H. Barclay, M. D.; A. Wanstall, M. D. The appointment of bureaux being in order, the Society directed that the President should make the appointments, and notify the members in time for preparation for the next annual meeting It was also decided to hold four sessions at the next annual meeting. The Society then adjourned at 3 P. M. to meet the second Wednesday in October, 1880. 114,41 ELDRIDGE C. PRICE, M. D., Secretary. MEDICAL ini .. ORANGE CO HOMOEOPATHIC SOCIETY, had that h e Toge A The annual meeting of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Orange County was held at the Asylum, Oct. 14th, J. W. Ostrom presiding. Discussions on the ..various papers elicited much valuable information. Among the papers offered by the respective bureaus were The History of a Case of Ovarian Multilocular Cystic Tumor," by C. M. Conant; Recurrent Mania Cured by an Injury," by S. H. Talcott: The Effects of Climatic Influences Upon Patients, and the Different Modes of Treating the Insane in the Different States of Europe," by A. P. Williamson; HysteroEpilepsy," by Wm. M. Butler; Melancholia (Suicidal) Mania Cured by S. Weir Mitchell's Method, with Some Improvements on this Method Devised;" by N. E. Paine, na The papers contained much valuable information for physicians in general practice, and were listened 16 with marked attention by those presenting C. Spencer Kinney, M.D., was elected a member of the society, and the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: President-Selden H. Talcott, di goligo age Vice-President-Fred. H. Bradner o gilent Secretary-Ira S. Bradner, bob dofdw n. Cor. Secretary, A. M. Woodruff. 1514 Censors W. M. Butler, C. M. Conant, H. S. Smith, Adjourned to meet at the Asylum the second Tuesday in January, 1880. sili mort szroqədi |