New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-20
NETWORK TRIBUNE
MATER.CURN CONVENTION.

u,dropathic Association Of Physicians ard
Surgeons"
The friends Of Hydropathy as remedial agent
rs,in Convention at Hope Chapel yesterday morn
me Tor the purpose Of organizing distinct Asso
cation. About twenty Hydropathc practitioners
we're present and the formation OF the new assoc'-
,ton was speedily consummated under the tile
Oftbe american HYGIENE and HydroPathic Asso-
dstion of Physicians and Surgeons
The morning session commenced at 10 o'clock,
and was called to order by Dr. HAMILTON; after
which Dr. JOEL Stew was called to the chair as
President Of the Convention assisted by Drs. VIII
narth and Foster as Vice-Presidents and Dr's. I.
L Nichols and L. Reuben as Secretaries.
The Convention reassembled at p NJ, and CON-
pleted the organization Of the new society by the
ADOPTION of q constitution, &C. The leading iea
tue Of the provisions of the constitution is, that
zone are to be hereafter admitted 10 membership
Without certificate of a regular medical educa-
tnn and who also required TO present proofs OF
ne ye ar practice of Hydropathy.
The following gentlemen were elected Officers
dtbe Association for the ensuing year;
h.rSsnt-LowREY BARNEY, n. D. Jefferson Co N Y.
Vws P,s,idsnts--Df Chss munde, Northampton, Macs :
DIT 7 seelye, Clevesnd o
s.csayV-f l. Ncbos NJ D, Hew-YOrk.
n,a.wey-Dr r 7 Trail, New York
COMMITTEES ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS
HnsmD "a Hssh aSsf Fo..sr Lowell Ma.
On aya,a,sy.D,nsd G cSs G0Ti.nd Co "
On CyeSeat,als and QroIdesteasDfs Joel Shaw, New
i tss, II" NY ~ ~
AConmittee, consisting of Drs Nichols, Hough-
ton and sbew, was appointed to prepare the Adj
dress Of the Convention to the Public
The Orator Of the next year is DR.. 8. o. GLEA-
son. Substitute, DR. NICHOLS of this City.
The next meeting OF the Association its first an.
nrsnaryl will be called by the Executive Com
niiee, by whom the time and place are TO be ap-
pointed.
At the EyEsIsG SESSION addresses were deliv-
cred BY Drs. h. S. HoUGBTos and T. L. NICHOLS,
and there was q very fair attendance of the friends
81 the project The Chair was taken at 8 O'Clock,
BY Dr.. SHEw, who introduced to the audience DR..
BoueHroS, the FIRST speaker Of the evening. DR..
h commenced by expressing his qualification at
tie continued success Of Hy iropathy, and the hap.
ry results promised by the formation Of the new
Association. In entering upon his subject. he first
Dr. John c. Warren, in his Valedictory Address,
retiring President Of the late Convention at Gin
einnsti A passage was quoted from the report OF
the Cincinnati Gazette, wherein DR.. Warren is re-
ported expressing his regret that so valuable an
agent Water should have become affiliated in
this country with one of the most remarkable
medical 6ctions, which any country has ever pro-
duceo This position was earnestly combated
by the speaker He bore down, also. on Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Of Boston, for a gra-
taiious fling at the "Siesian BoOr." Pas
ing on, he went into the errors of the old fash
oned AnopRthle school without gloves a man
meets an accident in the streets Of New. York
he crowd gather roand and clamor for blood.
eiiing and TO oblige them, the Doctor lets the
ohod Then, with an ominous shake of the head,
be loohs with much sympathy on the diving suf.
erer The newspapers catch the incdent-chroni.
Gle the visitation Of the humane physician. and
hy that the man insisted upon diving. notEith
Standing the best medical assistance. Allooath
sts may rest assured that If they Weld 10 thu
eamors Of the Ignorant and superstitlous great
part OF that ignorance and superstition must be
reflected back uPon the mselyes, aud become par,
.1s's system There IL no stand still for a nell.
IA man lie must keep advancing or ne becomes
Y-Snd'by the miserable being known as a ron
ahe Doctor: Regarding the empoy ment OF ater
T. 'e"i0'nH agent, the speaker disclaimad f,r
a. 'e"o" Nsc','iontrs, the asSum ption that thers
y 10 remediai agent equally as Ell Scion. -
"ter. They do, however believe thst - = ~S
athe best and most powerful In levers $50 80
hss been proved to b. the eases, aud most -
'aa curative agent The Water trearmen, 80
oosy applied, Is the best remedy in violent Esvos.
%ho al complaints OF an inhammatOry nature n
ondoeed by abiding 10 the great want of edu.
.s'ed Ply seians, to conduct the Wster-Treatmeot
scientific manner.
~ NICHOLS Of this City next addressed the an.
"'nee' he proposed to take glance at Society.
70 relation TO Medicine, Hesl,h and Pbvsi.;sn,
zoe h''' physicians were worshipped those oftbs
f.V,eO' gay are held IN high estimation as the bsr.
S''''fs Oh TIE human race. He wa. ,v;o,, =,
nem due respect for beneyOls,0a .~,,' '""s Fl" pay
re pap0sed slanc'us at the result. srt.inss T ~
.'Si' 'i'Tee centuries Of experience H. -. y
70 examine the causes Of the o.. 40 "en' GA
NeN'fork last year. shoxinS So 1''''al.'y OF
1sfs to have been $4,000 be went -.'''Ai'y oil
"'Sse that no. more than one in e..S aemon-
s'sd taicssl Death. Nature intended hat,
va should die only as the tree dies, nss.N.so
ae thousand from the enormous sssres,,a ing
Irence Of accidents he struck totsl os ;. o s'e
,,,s Ard tits with tH array of six bpnd.--Ii'0V
An and Doctors. busily applying their So. -
D.. arrest the progress of disease ga sHN.S
'sy 90 no'sacceed IN these eodeavors. The,e