, 1874-05-22
THE HEALERS.
The State Medical Society Con-
oludes It's Session.
Tho Subject Of Idiocy..-Electlon Of
Officers.
Papers Read Before the Homeopathic
Society.
Officers and Committees for the Ensu-
ing Year.

~'""'S ~
ing rear.
uonnctt Medical College.
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STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Tho final anBslon or tho I"enty-iourth Annual
Convention Of tho Illinois State Medical "Bocoty
vas }e1d Yesterday morning In the lecturo-room
W s,,a ~ n,,,,st C1,,rcy, m wabash .vonnc,
ol sng J1mhsa.a rss ppn, nanrt % tho nsos,1ant m T
4vss qv~s~a,, tn'n ~ nloan,,n.1,on n t,,n oha,r
Norteu' o' oioom'ngson, , III 'n' onast'
q, Tho frat business IN order was tho reading OF
n abort unpor on uIdiooy " by DR., Wilbur, Of
Tackaonv;1]o ] villa. wbo ontors1 into the subject Of
.s1 a.ss1n liz. -, s.,.,,a;o,,, ~ n,or,o5
lont'' a'hoaeos "'.n ~ 'nH,
showed TINT ldiocy arose from numerous oauuea,
some hereditary mud some acquired, and shas tlte
especially in subjects who Inherited tho nalady.
al region, woro chief cauHo OF this 1amentablo
aaliction, which, in It's general olfoot, waa more
revolving than even absolute ineanity. Kind
ness, regulated dict, and scruputous oleanlinoss,
we're the best agents that could be employed in
eonhating tho owl Tho Doctor mas Of .a opaen
blood wore undoubtedly Injurious to tho mental
condition & Of their offspring Tho papor was Or
Drs. Pierce, White, and Cooke wore. on mo-
6on Of Dr.. Dr. Hol!'ster sppoinso4 committee nm to
peslt.on tao next oonoia. Assembly ior appso-
priatiOnB to Greet institutions In which to lodge
Ind instruct persons afflicted with idiocy.
Id tho following ronort. vhioi, 1sas nnan,,no,,aiv
adopted:
nrE,orna ro,, 1a74-E
Me-. .ProsIent II DR.. poroo. Of 1emont: Eo seeonl na
Tioo. .pros;iont' Dr. Van Horn. - Jo,snvv;iio. :.
Traaauror. Dr' Oufnn. nf Chjcoun. Horrotarv
Or, Fitch. Of Chicago: Asaiatant Beoretarv. 81
Wilbur, OF Jackeonyillo,, -
coMM11rEes,
Tho following comInittoes we're onno,ntod
, A~ran,.,u.ntao ~ r =, 1T..s.,.s G.r',.s.n,. -
A. O. COR, Chesterfield !; Dr. j. i. curtis. oiter
Dreok Dr.: r. J. Mitchell.
Hamin Chicago M g., @: Wheeler ,a Jone7 qany!lS.
ak srrip a. ue.eaeo; T. g. daef, Van-
o5sietr;cs.M. Nansc. etK Kowm,,1aa. n n,o, ~.
mont :; Charles T. Omor, sayIrooE. '
Diseases Of Chi!drtn-J, .. Hamilton. Jergoyyll1e
onaroa ". Earle, Chicago; Waltor Hay. Chicago.
gzaqs re- anu ;aeaicnts-"il4m p; QIno, Chicago;
..asesa tSe =. aath' Ieoria,
J. HAS, J. NJ Mufohinaogg 0f4nsm of Gh,soga ''onnson
: Nfcroloay-A Ingals, Chjca1o: Is. L. Jowctt.
ophthanoeaH.E I: 1iolmos, Chicago; J. P. John
9on n;dte@i reorai william =. Montgomery, 9hieago
0!Gggms: pg1a,a = 9o1les ohiesgo; - stoole Peoria;
biseases b. awiofa a9 ;sS Monmouth. S1r%"ni s.,.
o14aerapsWties~ i Price. JaeEsony,1,c
Medical JHrtsprudeuee-H r. pntterson Hntayia
ber:aatoloeg-ch G. Smith, Chicago.
uasease' qF noman- - Pearman. b., 49,, =:
to bold tho ncxt Annual Convention at Jackson-
vile.
FINANCIAL.
=, Iho Treasurer reported tho receipts and ex-
last yoar, s227; received since last meeting,
f4G9; expended. S54G; balance on hand. $3.50.
TnE vALEDlcronY.
The retirlug President, Dr.. Worrell, then de-
aud eloquent. Ho was proud to say that thee
Convention which waa about to adiourn ,SaB
more largely attended, and had ADVANCED more
progressive thoughts, than any OF its numerous
aacial, beeauyo they enabled ecieptIjc men to
exchange ideas, and if the old adago, doctors
same time. pleasant to raeet that tocrat;o1 ~ ino
was tue order OF tho occasion. and that every
Eob fEnboft ,t received ~ due amount Of attention
Nell, but should, while life remained, bo one
aponslbilities ct high profession, and to p battio
plnuso.1 i III '''' - "0''n n''N "aa n'H' Jap
~ .
me President, elect. Dr.. Ho]liater, returned
tegIed upon him:
, Tho llames Of Drs Donuor and Owen. or this
pity, woro referred to tho Committee On hIem-
bership, With powcr to act.
pE1EnArEs,
Tho following gentlemen woro then elected as
delegates to tic Convention Of the American
Medical Association, which viii meet in june.
1876: Drs. Bennott Of Aeaumption: Meals. n
Peoria; CoWnn, Of Girard Winno Of Sand
rrich Fisher, OF Chicago; Pierce, Of Jackson-
vile; Hurlbut, OF Chicngo; David. OF Bbolby-
Yillo; Whistimore, Of A1ondota; Alyis OF Ha!va; !,
Monroe, of LaSnlte; Gum, of Chicago Chaf{eo,
OF Chicago; Wilbur, Of Jachsonvi1o;. Crawfort
of Monmouth; Powell, Of Chicago Reese and
Iole, of Ell Paso NauBo and Jenkg, OF Plano:
aoodfook, Of Dewitt; ]. Adama Allen, Of Chi
cago; Freer, Of Chicago; N. 8. Davis, Of Chi
Eon and Eff. Ingalls, of chicara, - A'to'nlns-
STATE DELEGATES: g. Il
a number OF delegates were also appointed to