The Portland daily press., 1874-11-26
Cumberland County Medical society.

The annual meeting of the Cumberland Coun-
ty Medical Society was held at the medical
rooms yesterday morning, DR.. William Osgood,
in the chair. The records of the last meeting
were read and approved and the report of the
Treasurer read and accepted. ffN* @
DR.. Weeks suggested that portion Of the
surplus funds be donated towards purchasing
instruments for the Maine General Hospital.
On motion of DR.. 7. A. Foster it was voted
that $50 be so appropriated. The Treasurer
was instructed to pay that amount to DR.. Cor
don, of the surgical staff, and take his receipt
fo- the same,
A committee Of three was appointed to NOM
mate officers for the ensuing year, who report
ed as follows:
President-Dr. S. H. Weeks
Vice President-Dr. Fl. Shannon.
Secretary-Dr. c. 0. Files.
Treasurer-Dr. B. B. Foster. E2f slf i
Business Committee-Drs. Q. o. Files, S. c.
Gordon. H. P. Merrill, E. w. Brooks, G. A.
Ring. ..sa1H.,fr !, 81, 80
Annual Address-Dr. John Buzzell.
1t was voted that the matter of delinquents
be reported to the business committee,
DR.. l. T. Dana then delivered the annual ad
dress, which was able and interesting The
verdict Of the whole association was that it'was
the most able address that had ever been Geliv-
cred before the association. The following is a
brief abstract:
His subject was Integral Man, imam in his
totality," comprising all his parts nm
The lecturer insisted upon the essential diff
terence between mind and matter, rejecting the
view OF MIR. Mill, which makes the external
world to consist in possibilities of sensation"
The division of the mind into intellect, sensi-
bility and will, is the natural and essential one
The intellect, with its faculty of experience,
its creative and thinking faculties is wonder
full, just, comprehensive and almost infinite in
Its outgoings, but yet is not the highest divis-
ion of the mind. Some striking illustrations
were given of the power of the intellect in the
investigation of patural science.
The sensibility, or aesthetic reason, the facul-
ty by which alone man suffers and enjoys, was
considered, with its vast possibilities.
The will or moral reason, the faculty by which
mans becomes capable of free choice, was ac-
corded the highest place in the mind. The
spectacle of man. with trained intellect and
developed sensibility, knowing his moral obi
cation to choose the highest good, subject to all
the natural motives to action, and conscious of
entire freedom of choice, with eyes open to re-
suits. calmly choosing what manner Of man he
Will be. is sublime in its dignity. If true to
himself, the various parts of his nature work.
ing tremendously together, he chooses the BEST
he is filled with hope, joy. peace, and reaches
the highest attitude of human experience that
of worship of God. ,
The legitimate fields of activity for man thus
constituted were then cuIiously surveyed and
their vastness considered. Each faculty and
power is alike entitled to exercise and develop.
ment. To repress any, is to deform. To cut
any is to mutilate. ,I = q ~
The impulse given in our day to the study of
the natural sciences and the fashion impaired
to them, were spoken Of. The value of such
not ho tod fsavf
sstent observation of the order of the 'sorder of
sequences in the natural phenomena is most
admirable. The facts thus brought to light are
additions to the most valuable ofiall stocks of
knowledge. Illustrations were given of grand
results thus secured. The tendency of some
leading scientists to materalism was noticed,
and also the tendency to magnify unduly the
Importance of the study of nature as compared
with the study of man, which is reasonable to
conclude must be of at least equal value. The
much light on the latter. Facts are always to
be received. Theories about facts, by which
they are wrought into systems, are among the
most mutable of things. Let uIsnot confound
them. There are wants in the mind which
neither the intellect nor science alone can sat
isfy. The feeling and choosing parts Of man 5
nature must also be satisfied. There is ''an i'm
movable basis of religious sentiment in the
mind which may be derided, but cannot be ex-
trpated. Well may Mr. Tyndall say, ITO yield
tHiS seutiueuL TedSJHdD SdClSIaCGlOn Is the
problem of problems at the present hour" The
lecturer found it difficult to conceive how such
satisfaction could be found in any system of re-
ligiOn that could be based upon such notions as
that mature can do all things spontaneously
of herself without the intermeddling of the
gods" or that s'matter is the universal mother
who brings forth all things as the fruit of her
aOwn womb, or that matter contains in itself
"the promise and the potency of every form
and quality of life.''
Science has doubtless built zone great wing
of the many mansioned home which man in his
totality demands" and additions must agree
with parts "already irrevocably built' in order
to completeness, but these other wings have
been or will be built by other studies and
forces too numerous specify here, and religion
must construct the great centre with which all
the wings are connected and from it must go
out into them all that acdrmM without which
imam in his totality" could not live.in them.
A vote of thanks was extended to DR.. Dana
for his valuable address. --'1-..,- o.. So ~,
The business committee reported that at the
next meeting cases would be reported as fol-
lows: Poisoning by Copper, by DIR. French,
while DR.. T. A, Fosters subject would be an
nOunced hereafter Adjourned --