Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-25

charge OF selling contempt Ole pnt OF
whisky, and when he is acquitted, wantonly
and without any Foundation 10 fact, swear
ise thas hs has barrels, kegs and jugs Of
liquors which be keeps fos sale, when ail that
csn be found By the Shssif, is two one
gallon demi johns. which he probably had
for his own use, and which . Republican Of
ficial dsciised u interfere With. Out u,eu
such shallow hypocrisy-such open as,
sumption Of an angels garb to serve the
devil in. We have nothing to say against
Mrs. wilcy-she 10 poor woman, and is
entitled to the sympathy Of all; butwe have
no words strong enough to express our con,
tempt for those who took advantage Of her
state Of mind to make ter The tool Of their
iniquitous schemes against the well being oi
a respected citizen.
iowa state Medical eociosy.
THURSDAY EVENING SESSION.
At 8 o'clock p. m. the Society met, the
President ccupyiug the Chair.
DR.. Hughes, with permission, offered the
following resolution.
R.s0ired. That the State Medical Society
take pleasure in adding their testimony 10
the prosperity, usefulness and manageMenl
of the Soldiers Orphans Home at this place
that. under the superintendent OF DR.
Cochran and his able associa es, the citizeni
OF the State may congratulate themselves
that the children entrusted to their care viii
receive every attention, and the interests OF
| o. atrhf fut ri rfa RI
and that the members of this Society ten
der their thanks to the Superintendent foi
his hospitablc reception. on the occasion oi
their visit to the institution this day.
Which having been read. the same wal
adopted unanimously.
Drs Truesdale and Plummcr, Of Rock
Island, being present, on motion, they were
invited to participate in the proceedings
The paper read by DR.. Cochran at the af
ternoon session, on Cancrum Oiis, was ac
cpted and referred to the committee on
Publication, without further comment.
DR.. WINERY, from the Standing Commit
tee on Vaccination, made q report OF con
siderable length, which was listened to with
marked attention and interest The report
was received and referred to the Committee
On Publication.
The chair then announced the following
.Surgerv-Drs. Baker, G. II. Henry and
Hughes.
Malignant Dised&s Drs. Maxwell,
Hughes and J. S. Graham.
Diseases and Epidtm,cs Of Children n-Drs
Cochrane, Ealy and Cleaver.
Criminal Abortion-Drs WINERY, Tom
son and Cornts.
Medical Jurisprudence Huff, N. s.
Smith and Baker.
Mem Remoises-Drs Gamble Knox and
Shrader.
Opthatmascope and Diseases of he Eye
Drs Hughes, Mcclure AM Saunders.
D,aJefes-Dfs- French, Bell ard Gamble
Hysica, Erploration -Drs. A. M."Carpen-
ter, Harvey and Richardson.
Urinary and Biiary Colcuti-Drs. Hu T.
son, Cowden ami Olshausen.
Medical Mhdtatioas-Drs Mcclure, j. w.
Graham and Hudson.
Cutdnsous Discdses-Drs. NJ. X. Taylor.
Peck and Thrall.
UWs and Abuses of Mercury-Drs. Lloyd
Marboure and Witherwax.
Surgery Of the Pdrie Orgdns-Drs. Peek,
Stone and Shrader.
.Sulphites and Hypo-!suiplites.-Drs. Rous
seau. Hazen and Guthrie.
Ugpoiermic Injecfi0ns-Drs. Gamble
Cleaver and Nassau.
Use Of Ne,c instruments dSd Dsricss 70,
Diagnostic Purposes Field, Ealy and
Black burn.
DR. Hudson. from the standing committee
on Ansesthetics, made a report, in which
the respective merits OF chlOroform and
e.her, rs. agents, were ably discussed alsu
indicating the treatment, in case Of threat
ening nervous depression arising from the
use of an0sthetics.
Interesting remarks were made on the
foregoing subject BY Drs Field and Hughes
The report vas received and referred to
the committee on publication.
The standing committee on Cholera was
continued as constituted last-yaar.
DR.. w. II. Hosford was substituted 10.
Dr. Sears on the committee on Ph,hisis Pul
monalis; and DR.. Winery was added to the
committee on Obstetrics
Miscellaneous business now being reau
larry in order, Dr. Peck offered the follow
ing. which was adopted
Resoircd. That the committee on Publica
ton be requested to confer with Dr. Hughes
in relation to the practicability of publish
ing the proceedings of the Iowa State Medi-
cal Society, and that, providing q reasonable
contract can be agreed upon, the committee
are authorized to appropriate the requisite
amount from the treasury OF the Society, not
exceeding one hundred and twenty five dol
lars.
: The Chairman then announced rs follows
Committee on Publication-Drs. Field
Williamson and Carpenter
The following resolution was offered and
adopted
RSsolutd, That a committee of three he
appointed to report in detail TO this Society
such subjects as they may deem of impor.
tance, for action at its next meeting.
Drs. Saunders, Hughes and Watson, were
appointed said committee.
A bill presented by DR.. Peck, late Secrc
tary, for postage, &c, for $25,40. was or.
dered to be paid by the Treasurer.
DR.. Cochrane offered the following reso.
lutions, which were adopted:
Resotcui, That the Polk County Medical
Society, be invited as sister organization
to act as committee OF arrangements Ia
supply accommodations for the next session
Of the IOWA State Medical Society, which
will he held in. Des Moines. on tae first
Wednesday of February. 1868.
Resolved, That the Secretary Of the Iowa
State Medical Society, be instructed to ad
dress copy of the above resolution to the
President Of the Polk County Medical So
ciety.
"A communication was received throw.
ing dou0sUpon the claim of DR.. Miller, oi
Bellevue, to membership.
On motion, the matter was referred to q
committee Of three, consisting Of DR..
Hughes, Hudson and Witherwax, to report
at next meeting.
DR.. Lloyd, offered the folio ing lesolu
ti0ns, which were adopted. ~
Resolved, That the thanks of this Society
are due. and are hereby rendered, 10 the
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