The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-04

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Resolred, That the thanks of this So
ciety be voted to its officers for the sat
isfactory discharge of their duties.
DIR. Reeves, the Secretary, arose and
addressed the Society as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen:
As one of the officers of the Society
whose services are recognized In the
resolution offered by my friend DIR. K.
III. Cummins and which you have just
supported so heartily, l feel that you
will allow me few words in response.
l am sensible of the value OF your
good opinion of my services in the cause
Lof legitimate medicine and surgery in
West Virginia. 10 know that my ser
vices Ore approved and valued by those
whom have accepted to serve, fur
nishes the surest incentive to continued
industry. But, sirs, it required not this
positive assurance of yours to encour-
age continuation of my interest in the
welfare of the Medical Society of West
Virginia, whose origin and progress /
have watched with so much solicitude
so much heartfelt anxiety. d, .-n..
A few months since beheld our hon.
orable and adorable profession in West
Virginia MISUNDERSTANDING at ran
dom-without the privileges of the
highest professional respect and public
esteem-without the intellectual and
social advantages within its reach-and
/ determined that if possible this state
of things should no longer exist that
the charge of slothfulness should no
longer attach to its record. The better
and more surely to accomplish this
good object, begged the cooperation
of sound gentlemen at different points
in the State, as the call sent out to the
profession on the 9th day of last Feb
ruary for State Medical Convention at
Fairmont will show, and from no place
did l receive so much valuable assist
ance as from the city of Wheeling, and
without which L should probably have
failed in my effort. At every step re-
ceiyed the willing and active aid Of the
Wheeling Observation-Disclosures large
minds, willing hands, and, might add,
liberal pockets, engaged heartily in the
work Of separating the true from the
false, thus elevating the standard of
Medical and Surgical science in West
Virginia. To them, therefore, belong
most of the credit of our improved
status, and posterity will gratefully re-
member them. .r.r Ir. .-..H-
The Medical Society of West Virginia
is now one Of the permanent institutions
Of the State, and must WELD an influ-
ence in the highest degree beneficial
upon the profession and the pnblic at
large. Already the fruits of organiza-
ton are most encouraging. Our men,
bership now numbers sixty names,
among which are to be found a MAORI
ty of the best men in the State; and the
number will continue to enlarge until
every. man claiming responsibility in
the profession in the State will be in
cludcd. An enlightened public senti-
mert will command him to this forum
where his talents will receive q Just
premium, and from whence his honors,
if he possess them. will shine the more
brightly. "-.
Conference.-The future of the Medi-
cal Society of West Virginia is full. of
rich promises, and the present harmo-
nious and profitable meeting will be
but the beginning of even better things
in store for us, ifogwe, continue to dis
charge our duty faithfully, if we re-
main true to ourselves and to the pro-
fession, whose keeping is in our hands.
l know you will guard well its fair es-
cutcheon; know you will work earnest
ly to upholdIits honor. The little craft
which was hewn out at Fairmont and
cut loose from that quiet mooring on
the 10th Of April, ! think is worthy of
your highest confidence and best ener-
ri es to keep her afloat, for she bears the
seal of the ship of State and
will prove no less enduring.
She has been borne to this
very hospitable point by pleas
ant breezes, where she has completed
her first semi-annual voyage and cast
anchor for q few days in order to obtain
renewal of supplies. During her sue
cessful voyage she touched at Cincin-
natl and was there recognized and well
coined by the master builders of the
profession in America, and some of
her crew were not only hand
somely and Hospitality entertained,
but through them West Virginia
was honOrably and permanently
niched in the American Medical temple.
Soon she will set sail for an annual port,
freighted with many anxious wishes for
3 successful voyage, and / know, gen.
tlemcn, you will continue to aid your
humble Secretary, keeping her sails set
fairly, squarely, and prosperously to the
breeze. h r-s. .,'- aI@t %.
DR.. Bingell exhibited an abnomality
in the way of foetus with two heads.
On motion the Society adjourned to
meet at 6 o'clock this evening,
.,. EVENING SESSION.
The Society met pursuant to adjourn
ment, DR.. Frissel, the President, in the
chair.
The committee on Climatsry and
Epidemic Diseases was filled by the
President thus: DR.. A. Z. Hildreth,
Chairman, and Drs. -.
The committee on Medical Neurology
was filled by the appointment of DR.. r.
II. Cummins as Chairman, with Drs.
Ney, Dougherty, Stafford and Young.
DR.. Reeves exhibited n cystic tumor of
the mammary gland, and presented mi
croscopic report of Messrs. Allen and
Bocking-concerning the nature of the
tumor-which was Of the colloid de-
generation. DIR. Reeves reported the
case verbally.
On motion, the consideration of the
question fixed for discussion at the last
meeting was postponed until the next
meeting. '
On motion of DR.. Reeves, the follow
ing was adopted:
WHEREAS, the study of Microscopy
has become absolutely essential to a
correct understanding of Pathology, and
the nroper appreciation of disease: and