The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-05-21
RGIs 6 RTELLIGENCER.
BEL AIR, ND. MAY, 81, 1869.
F,.occeGinOs cfthe Medical Soci-
efy Of ESnrfot.ts County, Md.


ETY. or Hartford County, Md.
The regular quarterly meeting ofthis soei-
ETY. was held III Del Air, on Tuesday, May
10th. DR.. S. b. Silver, the newly elected
President, occupied the chair Quite re-
spectacle number Of members were present
The minutes of the preceding meeting
were read and adopted.
Dr.. Vlrlin was elected Secretary, pro ten.
DR.. Forwood having removed to the city OF
philadelphia and being unavoidably absent
DR.. V. read n letter from him, rendering his
resi- ynalioa Of Secretary, in which he CDR F.)
feeli lgly expressed his sorrow at parting with
the members and severing his connections
with an association he had taken SO much
interest in. The resignation was accepted,
DIR. Virdin then offered the following
resolutions:
Whereas The Medical Society of Hartford
county having received an official notice of
the resignation of DR.. w. S, Forwood, its
first and respected Secretary, it is therefore
deemed eminently just, and no less a pleas
ant duty, that an expression Of the sentiments
entertained towards our distinguished and
honored brother be adopted
ResoSeed, That 1t is with feelings of sincere
sorrow, both professional and personal, that
we learn the determination of our brother
DR.. w. Stump Forwood, to separate himself
from our vicinity, and from active. member
ship with our associated body.
Res0tcSd, That in having to part with DR..
Forwood, We lose the wise counsel and the
kindly presence of him, who. was at once the
suggcster, founder, organizer and most use
full and jealous member of our association,
not only the foster-father of our local brother
hood, but in every respect an honor to our
whole profession; a physician of thorough
scholarship in medicine, and large practical
knowledge of the healing art, and also an
honorable, courteous and high-minded gentle
man, whom eare all and each of US proudto
call our friend. ''''
ResoIUed, That our SORROW at this separation
is cheered by the earnest and reasonable hope
that the new field of labor which our brother
has been called upon to enter, may be, for
many, many years, the scene where he shall
win q wider and still widening circle Of
friends, as warm as those who now sorrow
at his separation from them and theatre
where he may bestow the blessings of his
science and his skill upon greater number
of his suffering fellow creatures, and earn for
himself the just and mcrciful distinction of b
life devoted steadfastly to assuaging, by all
the light and knowledge, the manifold dis.
eases of our mortal human state.
ResQlced, That copy Of the resolutions be
forwarded to DR.. Forwood, published in the
County papers, Medical and Surgical Reporter,
ph' "uo' . Pt'eO VI PAoSVOehhSo bC 6CL uIdIt
to insert them. -
Before vote was taken upon the resolu-
tions, the President arose and said: Gen.
tlemen of the Medical Society, heartily en-
dorse the resolutions just read, deeply Ia
menting the withdrawal of our brother from
among us, both as physician and as the eff
ficient Secretary of our society, and cannot
allow the occasion to pass without a few
words of personal tribute That he leaves
behind him enduring appreciation of his
worth, as physician and a scholar, deep in
research, profound in Judgment, skillfui in
practice, and professional in learning, is but to
feebly express the sentiments of each and all
of us. We highly esteem his efforts towards
the advancement of the medical profession,
both in the society and in our national asso-
citation, and trust his removal will not lessen
his earnest devotion and zeal towards the
medical profession.
Drs. Lee, Finney and others made some
very appropriate and feeling remarks with
regard to our loss in the removal ofthe DR..
from our county. ..
The resolutions were then unanimously
adopted.
The committee on the memoir of DR.. John
Il. Sappington reported progress, and was
continued, with the addition of DR.. Finney
The amendment to the Constitution offer
ed at the previous meeting was, rejected.
The following amendments to the Consti-
tuition were offered by DIR, Silver:
Article VII,-Sec 1. The meetings of the
society shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the second Monday in May and Novem-
Der, at the hour of IL o'clock, A. M. Special
meetings may be held, subject to order of the
the. President.
Art XII-Soc. II. Election of officers
and Delegates at the May meeting.
DR.. w. W. Hopkins read letter from
DIR. E. r. Brownell, of East Hartford, Conn,
giving some interesting facts connected with
his experience on the subjects of discussion
at our last meeting-Binder and Legation Of
of the Funis
DIR. w. W Hopkins, the lecturer for the
day, next delivered an interesting lecture on
the subject of Puerperal Commissions, which
ELECTED remarks from Drs. Evans, Finney
and Lee,
DIR. Virdin moved, and the motion was
carried, that DR.. Hopkins be rendered the
thanks ofthe society for his able and instruc-
tive lecture and further motion was made
by DR.. Lee, and seconded by DIR. Finney,
that DR.. Hopkins lecture bepublished in one
of the medical journals.
The discussion on the subject of the lecture
not being concluded, and in consequence of
the lateness of the hour, DR.. Virdin moved,
and the motion was adopted, that further dis
cussion of the subject be continued to the
next meeting H.3-t5
On motion of DR.. Lee, Sciatica was added
as subject of discussion, also at the next
meeting.
Quite an interesting case of which was in
troduced to the notice of the society by DIR.
Lee, and valuable suggestions oftreatrnent,
based on experience, made by Drs. Evans,
FiDney, Hays, Bouldin and Silver The
letter mentioned remarkable cure, that
came under his observation, from the waters
Of the Healing Springs of Virginia
F An election for Secretary, to fill the unex-
pired term of DR.. Forwood, was then held,
Dr. Virdin. a...
A motion was made to adjourn. The
President arose and said that he would be
pleased to have the next meeting of the
SOciety held at his house. The invitation
was accepted, and the Society then adjourn.
ed. W. w. VIRDIN, M. D.