Biography. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION. Dr. Samuel Cecil Stanton, Treasurer of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, was born June 28, 1856, at Newtonville, Mass., his parents being Samuel and Ann Louise Stanton. He received his preliminary education at the Grammar school at Manchester, N. H., and at the City of London school, London, Eng., and the University of Illinois at Champaign. He received the degree of B. Sc. from the latter institution in 1879 and degree of M. D. of the Northwestern Uni Major-Surgeon of the Illinois National Guard, assigned to the First Infantry. He is a member of the American Medical Association, British Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, American Medical Editors' Association, Illinois State, Association of Military Surgeons of the State of Illinois, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Medical Examiners' Association, Physicians' Club, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, and United Spanish War Veterans. Dr. Stanton has been identified with medical journal work for years, formerly being an editor of the Medical Standard, of Chicago, and has been one of the assistant editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association CAT for some time. Among his contributions to medical literature may be mentioned the following: "The Clover Inhaler," Chicago Medical Recorder, 1894, "Prophylaxis of Tetanus," M. V. M. A., Memphis, in 1903, and Journal A. M. A., 1904; "The Recruit," Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 1900. Dr. Samuel Cecil Stanton, Treasurer. versity Medical School of Chicago, in 1892. Before taking up the study of medicine Dr. Stanton was engaged in railroad business with the Northwestern Railroad, and in that capacity made many trips abroad. He was married on February 12, 1885, to Miss Harriet Louise Cornwell, of New York City, and they have had three children, two of whom died early in their life and one is living, John B., born March 28, 1897. Dr. Stanton was Superintendent of the Post-Graduate Hospital of Chicago in 1893, and is consulting gynecologist, Union Hospital, Englewood. He has always taken an active interest in military affairs, and is at present acting Assistant Surgeon of the U. S. Army, with headquarters at Chicago, and is NEWS NOTES. Dr. W. E. Wood will be inducted to the office of Mayor of Dalton, Ga., January 1, 1908. He received the largest number of votes ever cast for Mayor in Dalton. Dr. H. C. Bruner, of Hardyville, Ky., who succeeded his brother, Dr. Ben L. Bruner, as Chief Deputy United States Marshal, has tendered his resignation, to become effective January 1. He will return to the practice of medicine at Hardyville. Dr. J. Loring Courtright, who has been connected with the medical staff at the State Hospital for four years, has resigned and will enter general practice at Dayton, O. There are now two vacancies, no successor having been named for Dr. Harbottle, who went to Columbus several months ago. Under the State law which holds liable to punishment the head of a family where contagious disease is allowed to exist without a report to the health department, the Columbus, O., health authorities are preparing to prosecute persons who are permitting their children to suffer with chicken-pox without reporting the cases to the Board of Health. The Montgomery County Medical Society, Dayton, O., at its last meeting discussed the city Board of Health. The opinion was unanimous that the State law empowering the City Council to have either a separate health board or permit the Board of Public Service to act in that capacity should be repealed. It was contended that the service board with its many other duties could not give health matters sufficient attention. It was also deemed advisable to have the health board removed for partisan influences. OBITUARY. THE LANCET-CLINIC. The Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati adopted the following resolutions on the recent deaths of two prominent members of the local profession: DR. OLIVER DWIGHT NORTON. Dr. Oliver Dwight Norton was born at WestAt ten years of hampton, Mass., July 1, 1821. age a serious accident brought him under the care of Dr. J. Flint, father of the eminent Dr. Austin Flint, of New York, and turned his attention to medicine. At the age of thirteen he entered the office of a physician at Southampton, Mass., where he learned the compounding of drugs, the preparation of bandages and splints, and some of the first principles of practice. At nineteen he was a school-teacher. At twenty-one he began the study of medicine. When he was twenty-four years of age he graduated at the Birkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass Dr. Norton came to Cincinnati in the fall of 1846 and began practice in an office on Central Avenue (then Western Row) just vacated by Dr. O. M. Langdon. During the Civil War he was Surgeon to the Washington Park Hospital. Dr. Norton was a man of many accomplishments. He possessed a fine voice. He was for many years an officer in 'the Philharmonic Society. Dr. Norton became a member of the Academy of Medicine May 4, 1857, two months after its At that time the meetings were formation. held once a month. On the above date Dr. R. D. Mussey, first President, delivered his inaugural address, so that Dr. Norton was virtually a member from the beginning. In 1894, thirty-seven years after joining the Academy, he was elected Second Vice-President, so that he was an active member of this body for more than thirty-seven years, and an attendant until age compelled him to rest from his labors. In remembrance of his many sterling qualities, be it Resolved, That the Academy of Medicine regrets the departure from its midst of one who was, for more than the time usually allotted to meu, an active and useful member of this body and of the profession. Resolved, That we extend to his family our sympathy in their loss. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and to THE LANCET-CLINIC for publication, and that they placed in the minutes of the Academy. A. G. DRURY, DR. EDWARD SAMUEL GATES. In the death of Dr. Edward Samuel Gates the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati has sustained a great loss. Dr. Gates graduated with high honors at the To practice his profession the doctor located in 639 modest and kind disposition, and thorough WHEREAS, By the sudden and untimely death WHEREAS, His uprightness of living, his kind Resolved, That we extend our sympathy to his E. CUNDELL JULER, The following resolutions were adopted by the staff of St. Mary's Hospital: DR. ADOLPH GRIMM. Dr. Adolph Grimm, who for almost a quarter of a century has been physician to the Medical Department of St. Mary's Hospital and for twenty years Secretary of the staff of this institution, has been called away to his eternal reward while still in the prime of life and in the zenith of his efficiency. In the demise of Dr. A. Grimm we deplore the loss of a competent and highly educated physician, a couscientious and dutiful official, and a genial and courteous associate. To the Sisters of the Hospital he will be an irreparable loss on account of his devotion to the cause of charity and his urbanity to all in the fulfillment of his duties. With his colleagues he will leave a vacancy to be felt for many years to come en account of his well-known ability as a physician, his sterling integrity as a man, and his geniality as a companion. May the just and kind Lord reward him for his many virtues, not the least of which was his fortitude and resignation in the last moments of his suffering. May he rest in eternal peace! Resolved, That we extend to the brother and other relatives of the deceased our sincere sympathy in their bereavement; Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the archivos of our Hospital; and Resolved, That a copy be transmitted to the relatives of the deceased and presented for publication in THE LANCET-CLINIC. WILLIAM H. WENNING, The Millcreek Valley Medical Society, at a special meeting on Wednesday, December 18, 1907, adopted the following resolutions on the death of DR. W. O. C. HARDING. WHEREAS, the Supreme Physician has seen fit to call from us our brother, Dr. W. O. C. Harding, who has been our co-worker, having enjoyed a lucrative practice and having served as Presi dent of the Millcreek Valley Medical Society, as well as one of its charter members; and, WHEREAS, by his earnest efforts in behalf of the society and his devotion to his family and the community wherein he lived, as well as to his practice, he has endeared himself to all who knew him; therefore, be it Resolved, that we, the Millcreek Valley Medical Society, at a special meeting, have met to express our sincere sympathy in the loss of our brother, Dr. W. O. C Harding. Resolved, that we express our appreciation of his loyalty to his family and the community, as well as to our society; and be it further Resolved, that we extend our sympathy to his family in this their sad affliction, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family and the press, and a copy spread upon our minutes. Respectfully, G. A. ASTLER, WILSON SAFFIN, J. W. THIEL, C. W. TUFTS, E. H. JOHANNING, Committee. THE DEATH LIST. Dr. James A. Oliver, Steubenville, O. Dr. Frederick E. Gordon, Anniston, Ala. Dr. J. Haller, Lanark, O., aged sixty-five years Dr. W. A. Walker, Bullock, Ala., aged seventyfive years. Dr. D. P. Dillin, Nashville, Tenn., aged seventynine years. Dr. J. L. Laws, Wildersville, Tenn., aged sixtyeight years. Dr. S. M. Deal, Columbia, S. C., aged twentyfive years, tuberculosis. Dr. J. Ridgway Andre, Baltimore, Md., aged eighty-four years, senility. Dr. James M. Brannock, Richmond, Va., aged seventy-eight years, Jefferson Medical College alumnus. Dr. J. Aud McCarty, Louisville, Ky., aged thirtyseven years, Louisvile Medical College alumnus, fractured skull as a result of accident to buggy. He Certainly Will! The true physician must be clean, physically and morally; and his surroundings, his methods, and his associates must demonstrate his cleanliness. He must be active, energetic, earnest, and honest toward his patients, and he must show his skill and ability toward all classes. He must study and read and broaden his mind by contact with general subjects and association. He should be trained in business ways, in order that he may treat his patient and his creditor with fairness and promptness. He should interest himself in public and municipal affairs, and prove his fitness to discuss public questions. All of these things he may do if he will, but his tendency to systematize his methods can be accomplished only by effort. When the medical man reaches this plane he will be a power that cannot be ignored, but will he reach it?-Ex. AMONG THE SOCIETIES. The following officers were elected by the Clark County (O.) Medical Society: Dr. C. M. Heistand, president; Dr. A. H. McIntyre, first vice-president; Dr. D. K. Gotwald, second vice-president; Dr. Thad. McLaughlin, secretary; Dr. S. R. Hutchins, treasurer. The Knox County (Ohio) Medical Society has elected these officers: President, John E. Russell, Mt. Vernon; vice-president, W. H. Eastman, Fredericktown; secretary, Fred. L. Singery, Mt. Vernon; treasurer, J. H. Norrick, Fredericktown. The Columbiana County (O.) Medical Society has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. S. R. McCready, Leetonia; secretary, D. J. Jones, Lisbon; treasurer, J. B. Talmage, Columbiana. W. E. Morris, of Lisbon, was elected delegate to the State Medical Society. Dr. C. L. Bonifield spoke on "The Value of Organization Among Physicians," and Dr. E. W. Mitchell, of Cincinnati, on "Diseases of Lungs in Children," before the Delaware County (O.) Medical Society. The officers elected for 1908 are: F. L. Gage, president; W. H. Woodworth, vice-president; A. S. Pounds, secretary. Contest in the annual election of the Columbus (O.) Academy of Medicine centered in the selection of a vice-president, five ballots being necessary before Dr. Hugh Baldwin' was chosen. Dr. Wells Teachnor was elected president for the coming year, C. J. Shepard, secretary, and R. B. Smith, treasurer. W. C. Davis was elected delegate to the State convention. The fourth annual meeting of the Sixth District Councilor Medical Society closed with a banquet at the Bundy Hotel, Newcastle, Ind. E. H. Brubaker, Newcastle, acted as toastmaster, and responses were made as follows: "Intellectuality in Medicine, J. L. Allen, Charlottesville; "Practicability in Medicine," C. S. Bond, Richmond; "Sociability Among Physicians," G. Pigman, Liberty; "The Doctor as a Citizen and Politician," M. W. Yencer, Richmond; "The Future of Medicine," W. S. Coleman, Rushville. At the twelfth annual session of the Seaboard Medical Association, held at Norfolk, Va., it was stated that at a certain drugstore in Norfolk there is a daily traffic in laudanum to the extent of fifteen gallons per day, and that another druggist receives upwards of $90 over his counter daily for cocaine. These startling statements came out incidental to the reading of a paper on "The Evil Effects of the Drug HabitCan it Be Regulated?" by Dr. R. L. McMurran, of Portsmouth, Va. In his paper Dr. McMurran advised the enactment of more stringent laws, making the violation punishable as a felony. The seventeenth annual meeting of the Western Surgical and Gynecogical Association will be held at St. Louis, Mo., December 30 and 31. The trend of present-day surgical thought is illustrated by the subjects in the programme. Of thirty-two titles announced, nine deal with the upper region of the abdomen liver, gall-bladder, ducts, ducdenum, jejunum and omentum; five with the appendix; five with joints. Purely gynecological subjects are represented by but three papers.. Goitre is not mentioned, strange to relate. Dr. John C. Morfit is chairman of the local committee of arrangements. Drs. W. D. Haines and B. M. Ricketts are the Cincinnati men appearing on the programme. MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Some Portentous Changes in Medical Affairs. Custom has set apart arbitrarily the first day of the year for promises and resolutions, and it is customary to break these forthwith. However, there are certain resolutions anent medical affairs in Cincinnati which are as fixed and immutable as fate. A systematic campaign for the regeneration of the medical profession will then be under way. THE LANCET-CLINIC has in a previous issue expressed its views on this matter. Suffice it to say that the determination to alter the conditions which have so long acted as a blight upon initiative and progress has been strengthened. Support has been received in a most flattering manner. Enough has been said for the present. Deeds speak louder. In a short time you will note a few changes. Your support is solicited. The City Hospital. "The spirit of insubordination and shirking on the part of employees is still present to an undue degree. We recommend an increase of salary for the Superintendent in the hope that a more efficient official can, perhaps, be obtained. The only evidence of neglect in the case is the fact that neither Dr. Jos. Ransohoff nor Dr. Hiller saw this patient from the time of his admission, November 24, to November 27, when the former went off duty; and that Dr. Doerr [interne] failed to insist upon either of these two members of the staff to see and examine said Condron while they were on duty. This omission on the part of Dr. Ransohoff and Dr. Doerr is considered by the Board of Medical Directors a dereliction of duty and deserving of cen sure. "Conditions at the City Hospital are not what they should be; efforts to mend [by the medical directors] had been blocked in one way or another, and if the real truth were known it would surprise the public." The The above statements were made by the Board of Medical Directors of the Cincinnati Hospital, consisting of Drs. W. E. Kiely, E. Gustave Zinke and Julius H. Eichberg, and printed in the daily press of Cincinnati. To clear the institution of such grave charges, a most rigid investigation should be instituted. If the charges are proven true, a complete reorganization, from medical directors to internes and from superintendent to scullion, should be had, if necessary, to rehabilitate the City Hospital. public already has lost much confidence in the hospital, and if these charges be permitted to go unrefuted, it will be to the disgrace of the medical professian of Cincinnati. This is but another strong argument why the Board of Health should be out of politics. With a non-partisan board, the members of which serve five years, such a state of affairs would not have been possible, and if it existed it would have been corrected without this damaging publicity. "Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant." In a few days our able health officer, Dr. S. E. Allen, will vacate his office in favor of his successor. Whatever the future may have in store for Dr. Allen, his record of the past two years is meritorious in all that the term implies. Previous to his term the health officers were either unable or unwilling to attempt any radical departure from the mediocre work accomplished. Other cities were far in advance of Cincinnati. But to-day our city is second to none. Dr. Allen was instrumental in establishing the medical inspection of schools, in the creation of milk dispensaries for the poor, in the supervision and control of the city's milk supply, in the erection of a tuberculosis clinic, the regulation of slaughter houses, etc. It is believed his successor will maintain these advances, but the credit for the initiative must go to Dr. Allen. He possessed the stamina and the independence of character necessary to introduce the requisite measures for the protection of health. He saw the need and supplied it, and hence deserves the encomiums which he has received. He has done well. Measles is prevalent. Forty-six samples of milk were examined last week by the Health Department Laboratory. Dr. B. F. Lyle has been appointed to his old position as Superintendent of the Branch Hospital. The Hamilton County Legislative Delegation have been asked to support a bill making it a penal offense to feed distillery slop to milch cows at the dairies of the State. According to the statistics of the New York Board of Health cardiac diseases are on the increase. The various attaches of the local health office, including school inspectors, are at present becoming painfully aware of the symptoms of cardiac palpitation. This is the last week of the term of office. At the fourth conference of the Ohio State Board of Health with representatives of local boards of health, which will be held in Columbus, January 23, 24 and 25, 1908, Dr. Byron Stanton will read a paper. His subject will be, Medical Volunteer Inspection and Certification of Milk." Prof. John Uri Lloyd, pharmacist-author, read before the Cosmic Club, December 19, 1907, on the subject, "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Prof. Lloyd dealt in his paper of the venereal peril, the ravages of these diseases, the effect it had on the pelvic diseases of women, its great prevalence and the means of preventing it. He quoted freely from recent papers published in THE LANCET-CLINIC by Drs. Zenner, Minor and McKee. The paper was in the author's most inimitable style, and showed great erudition. It would seem strange how any one who had not been in the actual practice of medicine for at least a quarter of a century could have produced such a paper. The club, which is composed largely of ministers, lawyers and authors, was astonished at the revelations of the paper, yet every one present discussed it. The eighty-first semi-annual meeting of the Northwestern Ohio Eclectic Medical Association was held at Marion, O. Among the papers read was one on "Pre-incipient Stages of Pulmonary Tuberculosis,' by Dr. Herman D. Rhu. Prof. John Uri Lloyd, of Cincinnati, was an honored guest. Book Reviews. The Medical Record Visiting List or Physicians' Diary. For 1908. New Revised Edition. For either sixty or thirty Patients per week, with or without dates. Bound in flexible leather, Morrocco binding, with flap and pencil. Price, sixty patients, $1.50; thirty patients, $1.25. William Wood & Co., 51 Fifth avenue, New York. This is an extremely valuable pocket visiting list, as a partial enumeration of the contents will show: Calendar, estimation of probable duration of pregnancy, maximum adult doses by mouth in apothecaries' and decimal measures, drops in fluid drachm, solutions for subcutaneous injections, emergencies, table of signs, records of vaccination, obstetrical practice, etc., cash account. It economizes time and renders systematic keeping of accounts a matter of easy accomplishment. It can be cheerfully recommended for the purpose for which it is designed. Every physician should have one. The Practitioners' Visiting List. For 1908. An invaluable pocket-sized book containing memoranda and data important for every physician, and ruled blanks for recording every detail of practice. The Weekly, Monthly and 30-Patient Perpetual contain 32 pages of data and 160 pages of classified blanks. The 60-Patient Perpetual consists of 256 pages of blanks alone. Each in one wallet-shaped book, bound in flexible leather, with flap and pocket, pencil and rubber, and calendar for two years. Price by mail, postpaid, to any address, $1.25. Thumb-letter index, 25 cents extra. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York. This revised pocket visiting list contains a vast amount of valuable information in small compass. The tables of weights and measures and comparative scales, instructions for examining the urine, incompatibles, poisons and antidotes, various directions for meeting emergencies, the record portion adapted for noting all the details of practice and professional business, make this book a source of profit and of pleasure to every physician wise enough to possess one. THE City of Columbus, O., has installed a water filtration and softening plant, also a sewage purification plant, at an enormous cost. On the occasion of the fourth conference of the Ohio State Board of Health with the representatives from local boards of health throughout the State January 23, 24 and 25, 1908, these plants are to be inspected. In various States of the Union, drug journals and druggists' associations are advocating legislation prohibiting the physicians from dispensing medicines in in any form-fluids, powders, tablets, triturates, granules or what not. They claim it is advisable that there be a check on the physician, and that a prescription filled by a druggist acts as such check. Much may be said pro and con on this subject-for the present we leave it with you to cogitate over. |