The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-15
Homeopathic society OF Ohio.

This society held its first annul meeting
in Columbus on Tuesday. We condense
the following result of its proceedings
from the Ohio State Journal:
The Convention was called to order BY
the President, Prof. A o. Blair, Of Cleve-
land, there being about fifty physicians
present. Seventeen new members we're
elected. The following officers were cbo-
sen for the ensuing year: President, L.
Barnes; Vice Presidents. L. BOssler and a.
Sheppard; Seeretary,E. P. Pemfeld; Treas
urer, G. Q. White.
After q number of reports on various
diseases, including enc from Prof A o.
Blair on Scarlstins, DR.. Wooster proceeded
to read his essay on Typhoid Fever. It
took q comprehensive view of the disease,
its causes, symptoms and remedies. He
did not think it rightly named-did not
consider it contagious, and in answer TO a
question said that nine -tenths of the cases
under bis observation were cured. In the
discussion following the members generally
participated.
Dr. Cyriax had never found what Typhoid
Fever wss-had never seen q csse of it,
He heard oft in France, and in the West
ern Ststes-but Typhoid Fever east was
different from Typhoid Fever west. As
long as we cannot find any distinct symp-
toms peculiar to this disease, let US not give
it name. Said an eminent physician had
declared that when patient lived, the dis
ease was called Typhoid, when he died it
was called 1yphalS. He did not wish to
fall mo an error, and call diseases by
wrong names.
DR. Barnes would like to ask question.
As the symptoms are always similar why
not give the disease 8 nsme2 There is q
fever throughout the country, and it must
have q name. After comparison of the
typhus and the typhoid, he said there was
no specific for the dIsesse-it must run its
course.
DR.. Hatfield thought Typhoid Fever, in
the common acceptance of the term, q low
torpid state of the system. Did not mean
typhus fever, but that cesdness Of the sys-
TEN that we find in the west. Treated
over three hundred cases in Minnesota, and
lost but twelve. Sulphur was with him q
gre st remedy. Always took into consld-
Grafton the habits and constitution of the
patient. ..
DIR. Hunt called attention to the impor-
tsnce of diet all through the course of the
disease, and recommended egg Wstsr
also of the great advantage he had derived
from the local application of cool wet
eompresses TO the bowels, and spoke of il.
iections of wstel into the bowels, aciduls-
led with nitric scid, as almost a specific
for intestinal hemorr, ge-thought the NOR
taIity OF DR.. Webster's report too great.
DR.. Flowers said that he found no diff.
Guilty in giving fever name. There are
four degrees-The lowest Is Typhus, the
next Typhoid.
Professor Blair thought that in many
cases ordinary treatment did but little
good. He believed more in pallistion and
| diet than in medicine. Comparing Ty-
phus and Tyhoid, he said the former wAl
! never attended with hemorrhRge, and wa
not apt to be as fatal as the latter. He
would recommend milk as diet. He BE-
lieved that in Typhoid fever the msjority
of patients recover without medicine.
On motion, Drs. John B. Hall, OF Cleve
land, Charles Oropper, of Cincinnati w
Webster, of Dayton, E @. Bsckwith, j
B. Flowers, of Columbus were appointed
8 committee to collect names Of Homeops.
THO physicians in Ohio. ---.7
After some further proceedings the 30
ciety adjourned. In the evening sup
Der was given, st which its members pass.
ed pleasant hour or two,