, 1864-05-05

EcE Aemksrs---2ue!psral FcEe---Dcsscnitlcs
Amputsticns---Maeulated and Canges-
tire FeTers---Fisit to the
CpIesc--.Setrce,

NtAtT3N-s~eokACEs
The Illinois State Medical Convention met Yes-
tcrds5 morning At 10 O'Clock 10 the Common ,aa-
ell Chamber, tn this city, pursuant to adjournment
Of the presious day. The chair WAS occupied bJ
the Prekident, Dr. 4. Il, Luce Of Bloomington
TIE minutes Of tho previous days proceedings
were read aud approved.
The Secretary presented Communication from
Dr. F. 4. Bailey. chairman Of the Committee on
DrugB and Medicines, announcing bis inability to
be present, and asking for further time to report.
Also further Communication from Dr.. Nc. Far
lane, Of JacEsonviI1c resrettins bis inability to
deitt gr his promised address on Errors In Medf-
elnc, on actUunt Of the Illness OF his assistant.
.,stecat M t. corrscte be I'D beeo gepo,;ed ~ ron
hFe n. F. paralck and n Joseph TEN, Of E1ein;
m:ticd as members Of the Society.
Dr.. n. 8. Datis was appointed a Committee to
d1a1t resolutions on the death Of Dr.. York.
COMMITTEE on OBsTErn1rs.
Dr. Delaskie Miller, Of Chicago, Chairman Of tho
Committee on Obstetrics. submitted a report on
tEat eubject. lie allnded first to paesperal fever.
md The great amount Of nort1lity In th3se p'acea
where It nstumes the epidemic form, and the dlf-
te1ent opinions entertained By various authorities
Cp tie subject.
In London. in 1851, the disease WAS very ylru-
one in one Hundred a5d afty. ,s1rother was The
frtt EroEe out La Paris, In ls4l, and In few
it wae 70 prevalent that seven out OF twelve
ly1nr-in women werc Inflicted with it. The succesA
I've treatments Of cmcsie and depletion had bee1
ma ns
WIS disease OF the onentuu. In 1873, tho stiuu-
latine plan came into Use. with ausd1nes and
~ The na,a1e Of the fever, Its coumunic,bl11ty and
treatment, would form the topics spoken Of.
1te nature-was 1t Inflammation! The best au-
thortties concur In inserting that no morbid ap-
pearEnces are founu In the tissues after desth in
ilsmmation is not, therefore, the sole caose Tho
want Of knowledge On this subject has resulted
from The neglect to recognise specific element;
he helcycd It to be the result OF poison In the
n1ood-to be zymotic-
10 trace the poison to Its source Is perhaps not
potnihe; but 1t may he stated as probably the &c,
suit Of decomposition Of the internal tissues, and
may be communicable BY cont.c, or trAnsference.
The speaker bad met With case In which TIE de-
1vcrE Of putrid placCnta YVES followed by the do
livery Of another woman who afterwards died OF
| puctpeTl teEe1. Preventive measures are there
{ere s1s, to b lost sisGt Of In oestee pf7act'ee
tsyin. i animal matter. When puerpersi fe1er o.
s 1es IL na sabn % Wiz 5sre nc @ may vel
t. q
tetia morhi in the System and pel1c yi.eesa; seo-
ond to eliminate the eGetc macrals from the aEs-
I'm, and 0kd, to, support the Tttal forces. The
| riue and hronne- The other two were discussed
vt length, lut for nanlfeet reasons re csunot re-
,hs io ~ aaas
| urtaur 1lan il usually admitted
The speaker then referred specially to dyslnen.
oe and oTS sea TIC .aas gse e1e
obtained aud eketched the idess laid down By Hip
prc7ats ard Aristotle in the earler aees, - com
ias.d with that of Mackintosh in la.e1 dsy,
wncse methud OF treatment By inclsion was e1:
instrument Invented and used BY D.: pe Paul, .!
EdinSu1gh, defc1ibsng Tue method Of operatlng..
One .Iriety Of A1neucrrhea was WORTHY OF specia
nctice-tllat depending Oh atrophy Of the ntezns-
I'd Gy an intrinsic change in Tie muscular tissue
the organ fatty degeneration. Constitutions
retEcdiIn are to'sy unavasltnv; the mode OF treat
miner salyanc current within the system By me N:
OF ZONE such ins1rument as be exhibited. Tonict
may be exhibited as ad;u9s; The D.. closed b.
p1ac1icc, showing the influence OF local causos o.
ihc development Of the child.
Dr. O. n. Het docs propo=cdJ: Il. Foster, II. D.. @
| LibeFt!fl1le ~ member, which N14 approved. Ht
then rad letter. u invitation to visit the chlcsgt
Medical and the Rueh Medical Colleges, tue Ma
unsa s,ef md Mes{ and The
Dr.. n. =. Davis to eoiree in tic evening. III
tLen rad the report Of the Committee Oh the or
The report Of the Committee on Obstetrics Va,
then dscueseo, DE. Prince Of Jacksonville speak
Inc Of Pcr.oata! PneEperca In particular, aud th'
! l.
report would have been much more complete ant
| interesting had it given tho reporters oWn yl.W!
a. to discrimination between the two extsctn
methods OF treatment which bad been advocated i
| diHeIent periods. lie said thst the practice o
eraroins against the tIanEuission Of Infection b.,
itc tbetetticau could not be too strongly ins1ste.
en-; 1t was easy to use preparation OF brOm1ne
which could he kept undcr water nearly ready II
| use.
Dr. J. N. steelc, OF Edgar county, advocated th
opium treatment in perItonitls, and discussed It
dl.snoeis. lie tho1ght he treated 60 other forms Q
that dis ease than puerPcsa pefatonitsa Tbs treat
| Vcpctect;on woull doubtless be good In a cas-
where tnc veine full and the pl l.e bounding; Il
ana1na,eus cases It would be highly Improper.
Dz. Miller explained that he hid indicated hi
wished to statc facts thsn give his own deduction!
In rrply question a. 10 the form In which brt
miro should re- used as An internal disiRfectant b
snld thai 1t was lest As an aqueous solution, graz
mated from ttten.th Of one In one hundred to OF
In thirty, according to requirement,
i, Dr. j. S. Whiimtre inquired u WhJ, II the d!seal
was techous, it WAS not sotnettmes communicate
b. Andrews, Of Chicago, replied that there r,
Little doubt that thu came Injection would prodnt
ezysf.eixe iu nan. lhe eamc virus produced
verse symptoms in dlfIcren, Tissues.
The report was received and referred to the Coz
Di!tee On Publication.
Dr. Bartlett. Of Chicago, mored TINT the Chai
: man Of thc committee On ob,tetItcs be appoints
:. 1nird OF the uotlce On her otEprinZ, and also
inquire whether the husband Of a woman eaci<n
ever suffers mt1ning sickness In her esea'
Dr. I}yford, of Chicago. offered resolution ns]
ing it Tie d1ty OF the Chair to appoint Com altt.
on Obiunries oi deceased members. Carried: nE
the Cha!r appointed Dr.. Bffotd as such Connitt'
/: for The present year.
! oRTuoPtEp1c SURGERY.
), | Dr.. rrs1ee, Of Jacksonville, submitted verb
! n+4hn 7Pr ~aA a Ia