, 1864-05-06

! material from tho syetcn. Thc 1nacssian ~
specl1c ,1sn remedies would not be m.ds. fer
medical agent was dependent Is much on ths ,,me
and manner Of lis exhibition as On Ia own iplrin-
&c qna1tnea; Eut it had been found that the rup-
p,y ana eaeas'ion 81 fsee eslotc and electritity
region snd heat to the ,rrsL Inte1nai stImus nls
saou'd be etyen but net Ut the GIGGsho or inrhri-
r npg s1na ont 2i the pure orga:ic caaracter. tre
= e1h!oit1Uns were here enumerated with the phy-
the'oglcai h elects produced thereby} To Increase
eae csPaaty Of The blood Tor ths absorption Of
only In The depressed stage Of Ills disease, but In
many oths5 casts+ Contraction Of the cerebro
snm n SaRmlaIies va the next point to be arrived
agents well known to medical ruet,. TITS uode oI
, Treatment was. all that was needed Ia case The
nnirsd e. weIs applied before the disease had
sch IT, .as1 nsa nssa
marked In tts beneficial 1esulte It must no., how
eoGts ne 1csfed that y every case Ibis or aas
Dr. Allen wished to testify personally to the
value OF the report which Dr. Davis had submit.
:. The report was referred to the Committee on
gr. Holmes Gekcd the amount Of funds on hand.
". doaiisteL, reported sixteen accesslons tho
Thole amount was s15a received, leaving about
Jear'e report.
siieht discussion ensned on the printing OF the
The committee On Nominations for pe,nbersh}n
proposed ns members
In: 6, . Lester Of Bristol, Kendall county, and
+. a. Emnons OF Aurora. Accepted.
On MOTION Of Dr.. Woodwort6 OF Aurora, the
thanks Of the society were given to the gentlemen
who tentere Invitations to the society," and to tho
cNcefs; AID Oh motion OF DR.. uolmes, the ths uks
q the society were also given 10 the Common
Council ot thls city ior ts kindness Ia giving the
uso Ut The room 10 the society,
On motion Of Dr., Davis the eoc1cty then clscted
tns following gentlemen as dec;ates to tae en-
ne hstsorai Convention to be held in New York
on ths 1tst Tuesday in June:
n. Wright Of SanpAtnou county David Prince of
o. oiAeyWorth, n. 9; Davis Of Chicaee. D. y. Young
%o,h q = n stSes q GEsnd ysE
Jewctt Of chtca1o. Lucius Clark Of Rockford, R.
e. na%ill Of chisago. y. Holton q Buds, 4. /.
EGAs M;nh s,our ~ o. Joliet Il cook ef Mendots, T. D.
brake OF Clinton Dc Wit
The eocdety theh adjourned to the next annual
meeting.
VISITING.
At2 o'coek the members OF the Society Assem-
bled In the Council Chamber, md thence walked to
s' staie street, where the cars wess taken to the
cal Colleee tle Sisters II Mercy HOSPITAL and 1 tbs
hospital At Camp Douglas. car chartered for tbe
&hoa s o Rs55 aSns H,s a9d
Face, where on the corner Of Stat stands the
CHICAGO MEDICAL coILEaE.
The pa y was met In the reception room by o.,
Davis, who on behalf Of tbs faculty welcomed them
analysis Of the course oFtnstrurtion pursued there
and gave Its distinctive features. Thcea were q
eyst5m o. grading N the studies giving division
many European colleges than that OF many others
here. DC vns glad to RnoK 1hat they had been
ta'ped BY ths aa 1hs public to A. extent
attention to the fact that the faculty nsd solicited
the State Medical Society to appoiut a board Of
three censore to take part In the annual cxamina-
tons, and vote the qualifications OF candidates
for grAountion. lie mentioned rtsn the connection
q the College with The Mercy Hospital. and the
library and museum, will other appliances OF the
Half an hour was spent very pleasantly In look
Ing over the Library and mu.enm.
AERcT HOSPITAL
The pnrty then proceeded to the Mercy Hospital,
where the gcatlcu1en were briefly introduced, and
then made tour OF 3nspection throuy the several
! wards. Not much time was spent In the examina-
ton Of casea, the more important ones only being
| noticed. The gentlemen expressed their high
eente Of the efforts made to ensure the comfort and
has,en the Is. .conyaleseence oi>1he patients: Dr
eIysIptlos WAS thing almost unknown under the
new mode Of treatment
| CAMP DoC6LAa.
| Camp Dougas WIS then visited, and the gentle.
men were met at the gate BY Col Strong, who coa
duc.ed them inside, where they met the gentlemen
named below, and were By them accompanied
their quarters were ali infinitely scanned. We need
not here describe the appearances Of things there
as = iun account Of the Camp, its arzan:ements
| in tie TRIBUNE. As many Of tho guarding tsoop:
a. could be spared were then paraded IN thesquafe
aud reviewed br Col. Sweet. On leaving, The gen
1lemen met and passed the following unanimously:
Reeolred-That the thanks Of the members of the
Ininois State Medical Society are dne and s1e here
mancsnt Of the post, colonelJ, G. Strung, com
mandipg Camp Douglas, Major Skinner, Commits
ea1y Of Prisoners Captain II. Burr. Assistant Ad
}utant General, DI. ;: Grove. Superintendent o