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Chiitendsn County Medical soeiety.
ANNUAL MEETING.

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CEittendsn County Medical SOCIETY.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Society was
held at the JUNCTION House, Essex Junction,
Oct. 2lst. DR.. 4. D. Tagert Vice President,
in the chair. The morning session was de-
voted to organization, reports OF cheers
the appointment ola committee on nominal
tions to report in the afternoon, and to the
recital of singular cases in practice. \
resolution was introduced to appropriate
fixed sum from the finances of the Society
asa prize to be awarded to the essay, ap-
proved as best by a committee Of three The
resolution was tabled until the next quar-
terly meeting. Drs. Bartlett OF Milton,
Yarnev. Of Charlotte, Cramton, Of NInoos-
Ii. and Howe, Of Jericho, briefly detailed
cases ofpuerperal commissions, in which the
symptoms differed. A vigorous discussion
followed, involving inquiry as to how far
uremia, hysteria, and epilepsy were present
in such c5nvul-ionS.
The Society adjourned 70 dinner, served
BY the veteran proprietor, R. B. Spauldiug,
whose ability to cater TO the curio2s palate
of the medical profession Of Chittenden
county has been amply tested. some one
has said that the best material Of an after
dinner speech Is what one has las; said in
conversation with his coaipagHo' dc aiHer.
So the best bill Of fare comprises the com
mon dishes prepared and furnished by mas
ter-ho-t. Session was resumed al , clock.
DR.. Atwater, Of Burlington, presented
the rare specimen Of knotted finIs, also the
fragment of a specimen of TTaia SohuH,
twenty-five and half feet in length
DR.. Somers, Of Jericho, read a short paper
upon the nomenclature and pathology Of
cholera morbus. which. upon motion, was
accepted and referred to the secretary for
record.
DR. Bartlett, Of Milton, read quite an ex-
haustive paper upon urethral structure OF
the male. The paper embraced descriptions
of the different forms OF the malady, or
ganic and spasmodic. permoahle and imper-
meable, transitory aui permanent, and it,
pathology. illusions were made to treat
ment by the immediate plan. or urethro-
tony, sometimes known as the internal
division, " made by concealed bISt0ury, 70
the use ofrupture and caustics. All were
severe as well a unsatisfactory. Gradual
dilatation is The treatment and was strongly
urged by the paper.
Dr. Peck stated that an impermeable
structure was an impossi5ility 50 long as
nature kept the canal open Al the site OF the
disease lie exhibited hiiiorm, and bulbous-
pointed bougies Of gum-ela>tic, arguing
for the first that their passage was never
wholly impossible. Metallic sounds Of in
creasing size were presented to illustrate
treatment by gradual dilatatiOn. The pa
per was, upon motion, accepted and re-
ferred to the secretary for record.
The following gentlemen were nominated
and unanimously elected officers for the en-
suing year
President-H. II. Atwater, Burlington.
Vice p esd ents-L F Burdick Win0oski;
j. T. Miles, Hinesburgh
Secretary - William B. Lund, Burling
ton.
Treasury - ". Ii. II. Varney, Charlotte.
Executive Committee -A 4. p. Grnnell,
II. 4. Bartlett, Milton \.
B. SomeTs, Jericho.
The retiring president, Dr. Butler of
Essex, congratulated the Society upon its
progress during the past year, by larger
attendance, more concentrated discussions,
a greater number of essays and reported
cases, and a better social element among
the physicians Of the county. He was glad
to confde the Office to one who had held it
before, and who would find the Society in n
better condition to-day than ever.
The remaining hour was, according to |
devoted to a discussion upon the
treatment Of fractures by permanent dress
1gs. DR.. Peck opened the discussion BIZ de-
failing the history and superiority Of immoy
lble splints in all fractures The rationale OF |
this kind of treatment Is, that 1t ensures equd- /
.le LATERAL, muscular compression; 1t prevents
IN abnormal amount OF blood from going /
10 the irritated and inlamed part and it |
1ost overcomes nervous irritabllity IN the
part. Starch, dextrine, glue and mOdeller's
plaster may be used, but the last is by far
he best agent. Method of application was
detailed, and two "plaster-casts were
used on forearm, and one
Ipon leg. Complete union formed in
short time. the patients
Turing convalescence not being confined to
he house. The methods of application and
IDEAS of Prois. Sands, Crosby, and llamil-
on of New York, we're stated, together
With their successes, as furnished by Belle
-ue Hospital reports. Extracts were read
rom the n. Y. Medioal Journal for June,
S72, from Prof Sands paper, in which
cases Of successful issue are
abulated
A lively discussion with reference to
heir safety in fractures of thigh follow
ID, opened by DR.. Somers of Jericho.
DR.. Peck explained Sands upright bar,
With Hamilton's Z" basketball justment, for
.ounter-extension, and for eleyating the
patient during the application Of the spica
o the groin. 1t is in fractures Of the
high that this splint finds its severe>t test,
md in the hands of the best surgeons may
,e worse than useless The Society con-
urred in the excellence Of the dressing
elsewhere.
DIR. Somers exhibited a STRENGTHENING
thermometer for the pocket case, 50 con-
tructed that it rarely can be broken.
DR.. Tagert related case OF hemiplegia
n young child.
The Society adjourned at five clock IN,
o meet on the second Tuesday of January,
1874, at ten a m, at the Junction House,
Essex Junction.
An unusually large number OF physicians
attended this meeting; the card was crowd
ID with voluntary productions, some of
which were necessarily postponed, and
here was high increase in the character
md amount of interest in the various ex-
,rcises. Some of the largest county towns
'ent their full quota Of practitioners.
c. NJ. FERRIN, Secretary,
E-sax Tnpctiop