The Portland daily press., 1868-10-29

Cumberland County Medical Society.
The meeting of the Cumberland County
Medical Socity, holden at Mechanics Hall
yesterday afternoon and evening, was very
well attended.
DR.. j. M. Bates, of Yarmouth, Vice Pres-
dent, presided.
After the reading of the records of the pre-
ceding meeting, the subjects for essays were
announced, but as none of the persons who
were appointed to write upon them were pres
ent, it was decided to open discussion ON ty-
phoid fever.
DR.. Foster, by whose request it was taken
up, spoke at some length, calling particular
attention to certain symptoms of peculiar
nervous character met with only in very few
cases, and which he thought dependent upon
congestion of the large nerve centres These
symptoms, he said, were of wild, delirious
character, entirely different from the low NUT
tering delirium so often attending the last
stages of this disease. He did not believe in
the use of stimu!ants in these cases. He had
had much better success in the use of RENE
dies calculated to soothe the nervous irritable
ty and work off the morbid matter through
the liver and bowels.
DR.. Gordon gave a brief history Of two or
three cases of this form of fever where stimu-
liant did not agree with the patient, in which
morpha used by simultaneous injection
seemed to be of the greatest benefit. He
thought these symptoms were always alarm
ing.
DR.. Weeks said he had seen but little of this
form of the typhoid fever, but he thought that
the peculiar symptoms spoken of might be
brought on in some cases through the inlu-
ence of prevailing epidemics. They were
symptoms common to the congestive type of
fever which has been so prevalent about here
for few years past.
DR.. Hall, of Saccarappa, had seen some cases
presenting this form, and had given brandy
with favorable results.
Various questions in regard to the charac-
ter, cause and modes of treatment of usual
cases of typhoid fever were asked and an
swered by the members present
EVENING SESSION.
In the absence of the President and Vice
Presidents DR.. Gordon was chosen President
pro tenn.
DR.. Dana presented his essay on Cholera In
fantum. After speaking of the class of dis
eases to which it belonged, why it was so
called, and it's leading symptoms and ps.hato
gical characteristics, he spoke of The causes,
the principal of which were the tender age of
infancy. the hot weather of summer, improper
food, city residence, poisonous exhalations
from drains and other filthy places and cpl
demic atmospheric influence. By way OF
treatment he considered proper attention to
the child's food of the first Importance All
filth about the place of the child's CONTINENT
should be at once removed. With these pre-
cautions he thought but very little medicine
would be required.
Dr. Green made some very interesting re-
marks in regard to the proper milk for those
little ones that are obliged to be brought up on
the bottle. He spoke of the conclusions
reached by DR.. Cummings in regard to the
cow from which the milk for children should
come He had had the following card printed
on purpose to hand to mothers and nurses:
The milk used should be from young, a to
10 years. healthy, new milch COW, that is fed
on hay or grass, salt and water, and well
housed. The milk should not be more than
five months old.
four or five hours in cool place, and mix with
cooksoft water. Sweeten with white sugar
yerv little sWeeter than COW 81 milk.
Keep the milk thus prepared in cool place,
and feed with it from bottle regularly every
three or four hours; not oftener. Give it blood
and clean, and in warm weather prepare the
food twice a day.
The proportions of top of the milk aud water
are given in the following table: