The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-04
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Ltd for, Negs eIecssd NM con. w.
Or. LezLsii, ssssyisE appointed By
he C0aEsntIon Al RairraoDt, in April,
read very Interesting paper on tbs
satlscs OF lie uss q BamulEuu 70 care
DR.. BRICK, the cher essayiE4 appoint
ed by the CoDysnItO1, 1zs called upOa
by tie PrEzi6sDT, bat Htssed that oStog
70 family s61sef.oos and Ofhsr c4rczD-
sfsDess beyond his eoofEol, Be lad no1
been abe % prepare the essay - htch u
lad bssn made his duty 70 present. a
this meeting.
on Lnolon OF Dr.. Happ, IL Ezs rs-
solved ihaE the rsEsons EsstEDbd by
DR.. Brock for Ibs noo-psEforEoAncs Of
daty y dsSmsd sumeienE
Df. Bsoek thEn submitted = golur-
tesT rspoTt n ezss Of cyslle tancE OF
tDs urstur.
Dr.. BinRIe exhibited . very rsnarsEa-
bic human tcE.1s OF IE-eS mouths
haEfnEtE0 bszds. tTo 4ssar three arms
ard one cord He ProPO0nded the
question How could the child b born
ilEt had come 70 its time
he Prssidsnt remarked thAt ths
question aid aOs HdnIt % much dLs-
cossioD, bUL the SsEDsss fHtns had
been born aud he supposed this might
Dr. Brock PIessats5 = pap@r showing
ibs FEriOus Gtss6IE-isz and disszass
cndsr Ehieb the DsmbsEs q \ miiitfa
EszirnEnf in HonOpEElia eo9nty bad
Esssu exempted from militia duty 10
lssz. He rslnArksd thai this papST poe
szsssd No sPscisl Interest nov, bat sog-
gssLsd that similar cOBp4lAtiODs, IL ByB-
tsnanczIly made, Wouid prove inter
szting and ossfaA
ne SecrstHIy read letter from DIR.
JEmsz 4. ksDbis, Lnsmbsr Of Tie so
eSssy. sPoiOSbsinE for HnkToldAbls abb
ssDps.
mat oRiesF aiso Rad \ letter from
Dr.. Haley Mccoy. Of wheeling, fuoE .
member q tbs SocJsty.J EAkiDg IsHTe
u make . Statement 70 the Soessly.
The letter dad not fndiraLs The nature
Of the proposed steLsmsnI; but the
Prssidsct aid be understood that Dr.
HeC:Sy. having fallen Into soms HTeg-
aLEritiss IN his pFEeLies, dssirsd TO sI-
plain The reasons and circumstances
under which tbe Irregularities were
committed.
on uloIIon q Dr.. I4azLsII, the mailer
Z was referred 70 = committee Of hires.
Z Epp1Enisi by the eDaiF - EO5IOHss-Drs.
7 Estss, LsZzsu and Slcklin-
Dr. Bues, before ths commirtee retired,
desired 50 EDaks 4 saEgsstiOn FespseIipR
their eOnsIitution. He said the time
. add eiTcumIstzpues Of its adoption pre-
elnLisd = careful analysis and eonsidsE-
alton Of It's various provisions at the
{ PafFuout ssssiou. There were souoe
proyIsfons IN it that did not altogether
meet his spPfobatIou. The sth clause
I. OF the hrsi section provided for semi
annual u1sstnEs. He thought these too
frequent 70 be Of much service 10 The
professi1u. Il would Be difhcult 10 get
foil Lnestiugs 30 often, and the Gssocia.
ton would gradually lanzuish. The
second ssetIoB provided that I'VE mem.
bsra should Constitute quorum for
- III
sssnsd 70 him 20 be eIcsedIugly lHL.
No two successive meetings were 70
Is bsIh In the same place. That
/ was very well bat = succession OF
mssiings might b held In localities not
30 easy Of Roosss for q large proportion
who might not be able 70 attend, 50
Z that gradually the direction and con-
troll Of the Society would fall Into the
hands Of nye or ak men, which he
/ thought would be very objectionable.
DR.. LazZsD concurred in the views OF
I DR.. Bates He thought further, that
there WIS too much Of the Constitution.
Tbs Constitutions of the medical socis-
I LIES Of PhilAdelPhis and Baltimore were
| about oDe-thiEd slonR.
DIR. L. proceeded 10 remark that some
6issatisfactiOn had arisen in The Society
from the msuner IN which . portion Of
the members had been Bdmitted. At
the closs Of the meeting At FAirmont,
and after The adoption Of the ConstitH-
tion and by-lHws, the Society numbered
but = or "a mem bers. The Constitu-
ton and bylaws prescribed that mem
bens could De Admittsd only upon their
election by ballot. There bad been no
meeting Of the Convention from then
until now, but they had about double
the number Of members mentioned on
the roll now. How did they get in
The Secretary told them that an ar
rangemsnt bad been made with the
Presidrnt that some leading phyEiciAna
who hsd been oriki q ally In Vited 20 a..
dat in organizing the Society were to
be received by paying the fee OF mem
/ 6srBhip. That was all very WE'LL
/ These gentlemen who had been taken
in irTegulArly were As worthy members
- any In me Society; bot their Hdmis-
/ sion WAS Irregular apd u was neceasary
| 70 give 1t tbs sanction OF the Society in
| SOME way.
| Secretary and President be ratified by
| the Society, and that in compliance
/ with the constitution, the question be
taken by ballot. RI.
| DR.. Bates said when the conferences
in reference % organizing this Society
/ took place here last winter, IL was nTst
/ proposed that call be issued in the
| press of the State. Objection was made
that the cali would be TOO broad, and
embrace too many persons, and that
many claiming to be regular physical De
tWh6 were not) would come forward
l aud take part In organizing the Society.
| The next beat and the safest method
/ was to issue the call In the form OF =
| circular, and AFTER obtaining by the
best means practicable. the names OF
the most reputable regular physicians
/ In each county, tJ send circulars to
them. That was done. II might be
| possible that among the names fur
nished1 were some persona not worthy,
but he was not aware OF any SUCH
Only n part OF the persons who
received this circular attended at Fair.
mont. Those who did attend adopted 4
consultation and bylaws. IIthO5e who
failed 10 attend, had done 30, they
would have been members Of the So
cIety Just as the rest. He did not think,
however that the couTAe now proposed
/ by DIR. LsZzsIl, would cast any censure
on the Secretary OF the Socisty or
others " ho sent out these certificates OF
membership. 1t was In n sense irrsg-
ular, though not improper, and in order
TO prevent any future difficulty, IL
would be well 10 take vote and In the
bulk ratify the membership.
DIR. Rseyes, the Secretary, said that
at the Fairmont meeting, tWenty-one
responded TO the call for the purpose Of
organizing the Society. 10 the haste OF
Adjournment, many things were for
| Rouen. After the adjournment, DR..
Bates suggested the names OF Doctors
Cumnins and Baird, and others who
| were not present. and were therefore
not members de Jdeto, but as he main
tanned, were members de jHTe; and .
tacit understanding was had that the
same privilege which DIR. B. wished
extended TO the! Wheeling profession.
should be extended TO the profession
| throughout the State. He therefore
add raised n letter to thoEs tn whom the
circular had been sent, informing them
that their tNarli fif.nfaF of mann harahf n