99 CONDUCTED BY ALFRED DRURY, A.M., M.D. Readers of the JOURNAL are cordially requested to send personals, removals, deaths and all items of general news to Alfred Drury, M.D., 122 Broadway, Paterson, N. J. Secretaries of societies and institutions are invited to contribute reports of their proceedings, and, as it is intended to make this department crisp and newsy, reports shall be complete but concise. In order to be inserted in the current issue all matter should reach the editor by the tenth of the preceding month. CORRESPONDENCE STAFF Buffalo, N. Y.-De Witt G. Wilcox, M.D. London, Eng.-James Searson, M.D. PERSONALS. DR. V. L. GETMAN. N. Y. H. M. C. & H., '04, has located at Oneonta, N. Y. DR. B. BURT SHELDON, of New York, has removed to 695 Madison avenue. HARRY EDWIN RICE, M.D., has moved his office to 647 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. WM. H. PERRY, M.D., is now to be found at Chillicothe, Mo., instead of Unionville, Mo. THOMAS LOWE, M.D., has removed from Slayton, Minn., to Pipestone, in the same State. DR. F. MORTIMER LAWRENCE, of Philadelphia, announces his removal to 1722 Chestnut street. DR. A. WORRALL PALMER, of 210 West 57th street, New York, resumed his practice on September 12. DR. FRANK W. CORNWELL has removed to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where he is located at 513 Broadway. DR. GEORGE E. GORHAM, of Albany, N.Y., has made a change. in his office address. It is now 214 State street. DRS. F. E. DOUGHTY and FREDERIC A. LUND returned to their town home, 512 Madison avenue, on October 1. DR. JOHN E. STODDARD, Boston U. S. M. & N. Y. H. M. C. & H. has located at 34 West Main Street, Meriden, Conn. DR. JOHN P. RAND of Monson, Mass., was married to Miss Lena Maud Adams of Wethersfield, Conn., on September 3. DR. J. EDGAR AMBLER of New York was married to Miss Charlotte Ethel Semans of Naples, N. Y., on September 19. DR. JOHN B. GARRISON, of New York, has returned from his vacation, and is in regular attendance at his office, 115 East 71st street. DR. J. W. HASSLER, formerly of Philadelphia, opened an office in his new location at 267 Central Park West, New York, on October I. DR. J. LAURENCE NEVIN of Jersey City spent the month of September on a coaching trip through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. DR. ANSON H. BINGHAM, of New York, announces his removal 100 Societies and Current Events. to 250 West 88th street. Hours: 10-12, 6-7. Telephone, 3945 Riverside. DR. DAVID BALDWIN JEWETT has located at 68 South Clinton Street, Rochester, N. Y. Hours: 7.30-8.30, 1-3, 7-8. Home telephone 3267. DR. ARTHUR H. HARDY has located at 115 South First Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Hours: 8-10, 2-3, 7-8, Sundays: 9-10. Telephone 567-R. DR. ST. CLAIR SMITH moves his office on October 1 to 56 West 50th street, New York. His office hours and telephone number remain the same. DR. CLARENCE C. HOWARD, specialist in mental and nervous diseases, announces his return to practice. His office is at 57 West 51st street, New York. DR. F. H. VREELAND, of Paterson, N.J., was thrown from a trolley car on September 10th and injured in the head and shoulders. He is improving slowly. DR. ARTHUR H. RICHARDSON, of New York, desires to announce that he has removed to 39 East Eighty-third street. Telephone: 611-79th street. MR. FRANK RUF, of the Antikamnia Chemical Co., spent the summer in Europe, and sent us pictorial postal cards from one or two of his resting places. DR. M. Z. WESTERVELT of Newark, N. J., has removed to his new office and residence at 625 Ridge Street. Hours: Until 9, 1-3, 6-8. Sunday by appointment. DR. EDWARD G. TUTTLE, of New York, is once more in his office at 61 West 51st street, where he is devoting himself to gynecology and surgery exclusively. DR. GUY B. STEARNS of New York announces the removal of his offices to 119 West 82d Street. Hours: Until 10.30 a.m.; 5-6.30 p.m. Sundays by appointment. Telephone, 3993 Riverside. DR. Jos. H. BEATTIE and Dr. R. W. MOISTER upon the completion of their service as internes at Hahnemann Hospital, New York, sailed for Europe, where they will spend the greater part of the year touring and studying. JOHN D. ASHBY, a student of the N. Y. H. M. C. & H., '05, was drowned at Babylon, N. Y., on August 2. He was awarded the Greenleaf prize in his freshman year, and the Fiske prize for highest standing in the three years' study at the last commencement. DR. H. EVERETT RUSSELL has removed to "The Willard," 254 West 76th street, New York, between Broadway and West End avenue. Hours, 9-11, 5-6; Sunday, 10-11. Telephone, 3284 Columbus. Dr. Russell gives special attention to children's diseases. DR. A. WORRALL PALMER, of 210 West 37th street, New York, has resumed the practice of his specialty of diseases of the nose, throat and ear. He requests that all poor persons suffering with these diseases be sent to the N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospital, corner 23rd street and 3rd avenue, at 2 p.m. 'for clinical purposes. J. T. O'CONNOR, M.D., is once more able to take up practice after an illness of more than year. For the present he can be found at Garden City, N. Y., and can arrange for consultations in New York City. A little later he will open an office again in the Societies and Current Events ΙΟΙ metropolis. The NORTH AMERICAN welcomes Dr. O'Connor back. to the ranks of workers and trusts that he will enjoy good health for many years to come. DR. WILLIAM OSLER, now of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, the well-known teacher and author, has been appointed Regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, in succession to Sir John Burdon-Sanderson. Dr. Ösler has taught at McGill University, Montreal, of which institution he is a graduate, at the University of Pennsylvania, and at Johns Hopkins. He will take up his new duties the first of the year. DR. L. A. MARTIN, of Binghampton, who is going around the world with Dr. McGRAW, of the same city, writes a most interesting letter from the Inland Sea of Japan. They have visited a number of interesting places in the Island Empire, among them Myanoshita, where Dr. Helmuth wrote his poem on "Two Views of Japan," and they report that both views are correct. Dr. Martin says he has seen no drunkenness in Japan, no deformity and no disease except eczema. This affects the face and scalp of the children, and is of a very severe type. At the time of writing the doctors were about to start for Hong Kong. SOCIETY MEETINGS. INTERSTATE: MISSOURI VALLEY HOм. MED. Assoc.: MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MED. Assoc., at Cincinnati, O., on Oct. 11 and 12; NORTHERN IND. AND SOUTHERN MICH. HOM. MED. Assoc. at Elkhart. Ind., on Oct. 11; RocK RIVER INSTITUTE OF HOM., at Clinton, Ia., on Oct. 6; SOUTHERN HOм. MED. ASSoc., at Louisville, Ky. SECTIONAL: SOUTHERN CAL. HOM. MED. Soc., at Los Angels, on Oct. 12; WESTERN KENTUCKY HOM. MED. Soc.; MIAMI VALLEY HOM. MED. Soc., at Dayton, O., on Oct. 27. STATE: CONNECTICUT, Semi-Annual at New Haven, Oct. 25: NEW JERSEY, Semi-Annual at Lakewood on Oct. 25; Texas, Annual at Dallas; VERMONT, Semi-Annual at Rutland, Oct. 11; WEST VIRGINIA, Semi-Annual at Sisterville on Oct. II. LOCAL: KINGS COUNTY, of Brooklyn, Oct. 11; NEW YORK COUNTY, Oct. 13; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13; MATERIA MEDICA, of New York, Oct. 19; CHICAGO, Oct. 20; ACADEMY OF PATHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, of New York, Oct. 21. International Congress on Tuberculosis.-The American International Congress on Tuberculosis, held under the auspices of the Universal Exposition, will meet at St. Louis, Oct. 3-5, 1904. "Preventive Legislation Against Tuberculosis" will be one of the main topics considered. A large number of eminent men will be in attendance. Among the Hon. Presidents are Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State, and Hon. Stephen B. Elkins, U. S. Senator. Among the Vice-Presidents from New York are Dr. Ernst J. Lederle, Ph.D., ex-President Board of Health, New York City, and Eugene H. Porter, A.M., M.D. The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Hom. Med. Society of Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties, N. Y., will be held at the Palatine, Newburg, on October 18, at 2 p.m. With the Quakers at Easton.-A free use of printed matter, an excellent program, and persistent work on the part of the Lehigh Valley Homeopathic Medical Society, and especially of Dr. Wm. A. Siebert, of Easton, contributed to make the annual meeting of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania at the Forks of the Delaware one of the red letter days in its history. There was a large attendance, over 150 registrations being recorded. One most interesting feature was the admission of 65 new members. The sessions were formally opened on Tuesday, September 20, by an invocation by the Rev. Dr. L. W. Eckard, pastor of the Brainerd Union Presbyterian Church, Easton, in the chapel of which the meetings were held. Dr. E. D. Doolittle, president of the Lehigh Valley Society, delivered an address of welcome, and was followed by a welcome extended by E. D. Warfield, LL.D., president of Lafayette College, Easton, on behalf of the citizens. Dr. T. Sureth, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Society, responded to these. Dr. D. C. Kline, of Reading, then delivered the presidential address. The first scientific session to be called was the bureau of Gynecology under the chairmanship of Dr. W. A. Stewart, of Pittsburg. The papers read and discussed were "Post-operative Intestinal Paralysis," by Dr. T. J. Gramm. Philadelphia; "Diseases of the Fallopian Tubes," by Dr. T. L. Chase, Philadelphia; "Retro-displacements of the Uterus," by Dr. N. F. Lane, Philadelphia, and "Gynecology for the General Practitioner," by the chairman. The bureau of Pathology and Pathological Anatomy followed under the chairmanship of Dr. T. L. Gramm, Philadelphia. Dr. J. E. Belville, Philadelphia, argued for the "Early Operation in Appendicitis from a Pathological Standpoint;" Dr. H. M. Gay, Philadelphia, reported "An Unusual Case of Diphtheria;" Dr. I. W. Heysinger, Philadelphia, gave an exhaustive and philosophical study of "Advanced Biology with Relation to Homeopathic Principles;" Dr. R. E. Tomlin, Philadelphia, discussed the "Pathology of the Puerperium;" Dr. A. W. Yale, Philadelphia, narrated the incidents of "A Case of Appendicitis in a Large Femoral Hernia," and the chairman gave the latest views on "The Parasitic Origin of Carcinoma." The surgeons had their turn next and showed their devotion to their specialty by remaining in session under the chairmanship of Dr. J. L. Peck, Scranton, until midnight. The papers that were read were "Treatment of Abdominal Conditions," by G. M. Christine, M.D., Philadelphia; "Fracture of the Neck of the Femur," by G. A. Van Lennep, M.D., Philadelphia; "Excision of the Elbow Joint," by E. R. Gregg, M.D., Pittsburg; "Fissure in Ano," by G. B. Moreland, M.D., Pittsburg; "Nephropexy According to the Edebohls Method," by H. L. Northrop, M.D., Philadelphia, and "A Few Thoughts Concerning the Surgery of the Stomach," by W. B. Van Lennep, M.D., Philadelphia. The section of Pedology reported Wednesday morning with Dr. F. L. Muth as chairman. Three papers were read: “Observation of Symptoms in Children," by Julia C. Loos, M.D., Harrisburg; "A Case of Basal Meningitis with Paralysis," by Mary Brewer, M.D., Philadelphia, and "Convalescence," by E. Š. Haines, M.D., Rutledge. The bureau of Sanitary Science followed and discussed some interesting papers under the leadership of Dr. R. L. Piper, Tyrone. Dr. J. D. Boileau, Philadelphia, told of "Food Impurities and Adulterations;" Dr. W. E. Rotzell dwelt on Societies and Current Events 103 "Human Environment," and the chairman contributed some interesting thoughts on "Sanitary Clothing." Dr. F. M. Lawrence, Philadelphia, had provided a good program for the bureau of Clinical Medicine. Dr. G. M. Golden, Philadelphia, read a paper on "Arthritis Deformans." Dr. W. W. Seibert, Easton, discussed "The Diagnostic Value of the Normal Constituents of Urine." Dr. E. R. Snader, Philadelphia, pointed out "The Frequency of Phthisis Pulmonalis in Infancy and Childhood," and was followed by Dr. C. S. Raue, Philadelphia, who spoke of "Pneumonia and Pleurisy in Childhood." Dr. Robert Walter, proprietor of Walter's Sanitarium, Walter's Park, philosophized on "The Nature of Disease." The chairman himself had prepared a thorough study of "The Present Status of the Uric Acid Question," but handed it in without reading owing to the lateness of the hour. It will be published later in the NORTH AMERICAN, together with several other of the best papers. In connection with the bureau of Materia Medica, Aug. Korndoerfer, Sr., M.D., chairman, Dr. T. H. Carmichael, Philadelphia, made an eloquent plea for "Loyalty to the Pharmacopeia." Dr. J. C. Guernsey, Philadelphia, provoked considerable discussion by his paper on "The Prophylactic Power of Drugs," and the chairman contributed "A Few Thoughts on Our Materia Medica." At this stage of the program a break was made in the serious work of the meeting, and Wednesday evening was devoted to a theatre party at the invitation of the Lehigh Valley Society, following which a number of those present adjourned to the house of Dr. Detwiller, a son of Dr. Henry Detwiller, the pioneer of homeopathy in America, whose portrait, by the way, adorned the room where the scientific sessions were held, and was reproduced in the handsome souvenir program. Speaking of souvenirs calls forth a word of admiration for the handsome badges issued to all in attendance at the meeting. The bureau of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology reported on Thursday morning with Dr. D. W. Harner, Philadelphia, in the chair. The papers read were "Eye Strain: Its Causes and Treatment," by Dr. G. H. Haas, Allentown; "Internal and Local Remedies as Compared with Local Treatment," by Dr. H. F. Schantz, Reading; "Report of Cases," by Dr. H. B. Ware, Scranton; "Nasal Obstruction: Its Causes and Results," by Dr. H. S. Weaver, Philadelphia, and "Homeopathic Remedies in Eye Diseases," by the chairman. The last bureau to report was that on Obstetrics, of which Dr. J. E. James, Jr., Philadelphia, had charge. Dr. Emma T. Schreiner, Philadelphia, treated of "Hospital versus Home Care in Confinement Cases." Dr. E. S. Snyder, Lancaster, discussed "Toxemia of Pregnancy and Albuminuria and Their Treatment," and the chairman wrote exhaustively on "Chorio-Epithelioma Malignum." It was decided to hold the next annual meeting at Altoona. The newly elected officers are: President, Dr. W. A. Seibert, Easton; first vice-president, Dr. C. F. Seip, Pittsburg; second vicepresident, Dr. W. G. Dietz, Hazleton; recording secretary, Dr. G. B. Moreland, Pittsburg; corresponding secretary, Dr. E. M. Gramm, Philadelphia; necrologist, Dr. Chandler Weaver, Phila |