, 1874-12-29
LIFE PHYSICIANS.

Pleasant HEnHlnE FOR Inc NcFfOhAs
Minded.
Tho regularly fortniGhtty meeting OF tho Chi
cago Society Of Physicians aud Surgeons Was
hold last evonlng in tho Grand racinc Hotel,
tho President, DR.. Bartlett, III tho ehair.
Ia tho absence Of Or. Danfortt, whoso draw
inCa woro not fully prepared, voluntary pnpors
wero In order.
Dr.. Ethotidgo read brief nccount Of fo1na'o
Irregularities which wore successfully treNtod by
electricity,
nr. Dayia inquired II any of tho members had
difficulty III determining tho diagnosis Of
nELArH1Na rEyEn.
Uo narrated cnHo in which pAtiont had re-
covered from foycr. which in every Bymptom
excepting Increased gastric arrangement, pro-
aettcd recovery but the patient relapaed, and
WIS now slowly conralcscont. lfo had abnntnnt
treatmeus Of guintnc. Tho caHo was somewhat
unusual in this country. It was a question II no
bud tho samo c1ass OF disease III this country as
Dr.. Bartlett lrow attonton to case
in which a patient llnl rolapscd overy
Thursday for ten, weokH. notwithstanding
tho largo administration Of 1ntnine Whom 1ut..
uille nil blue mass wero giyon c improved, but
unless in double quantity the OBJECT was not az
anticipated. Tho pationt was finally removed
from the promiaes in which ho resided. 1T WAS
subsequently fonnd that at high water there was
M overiow of the al seMer nef ", sho hoae.
DR.. Bartlett had no doubt relapsing fovor o.
cured IN this country.
Or. Davis explained the position Of tho dom!-
clio Of tho patient In the case In question. which
showed tta lie lived upstairs, and. furthor. that
his wife was threatened with tho salno dlsoEao.
| County Physician, DR., 1Ienrotin, detailed m
account OF tho removal. n consultation with Dr.
Hooper, by latoral incision OF tunlor from tho
| uterus, in which ho waH successful. 1,otvjth-
standing aon,o abnormal condition Of the parts.
! Dr. johnson, after briefly alludlng to tho
changes which occur during Ecatatio'l.. read nc
countH Of certain clinical caseB in which anpllca-
| tion Of -....
aB tho active agent had boon found Blcccssfu IN
! rotroycrsun and sub-involution Of tile womb.
| Tho Object Of tho application whs by stmuat"
ing tho organs, to induce contraction. The nd
III answer to question, tho Doctor Thought
| that tho solution Of ergot, which he stated had
heon given ia tho treatment, would have n gencr-
| ally beneficial efroct
foxibio catle.er iustoad Of m Emu1ct applca-
tion In applying funing nitric acid.
| MEDICAL DLUSDEN.
DR.. J. n. Hyde submitted d case OF contagious
impotigo. which had been mistaken for small
pox. The patient, undor tnis error. had boen
tcnt to tho smallpox hospital. where this disease
had been contracted, mud the sutforcr died. Ihe
spcahcr wished to draw attention to tho fact that
| recent medical observation tehucQ 10 snoH tuat
nlI pua was contagious.
Dir. Jackson mentioned case In his practtce
OF aignoid-shapcd enlargement Of q muscle ir
the nocis Of q Child which WAS accompanied
with no pain. 1t had beon troated with weaken!
ed Iodine without creating any tenderness.
The following preamble and resolutions, pro
posed BY Dr.. III. ". Wood, wore adopted:
WuEngAs. Dr.. John Bartlett did, on the 10Th Of No
rcmber, 1878, read to hs Society paper giving de
scripiou uf nnrah- plant from tho Mississippi Hire
aHue bottoms, with consideration Of It's Eenttic rela
| tions to malarial diseases, ald
WHEREAS. T4ts paper lias since been published d
ono of tile productions Of this Society, anl '
WHEnKAs, Tho theories advanced IN this PAPER hay
not ance received, far known to us, either conr
iuation or refntat1on, md
WHEREAS 1t Is desirable IN tho inercsse Of 1ncdca
sciruco that matter Of such Importance 10 given
careful investigation therefore, 10 It
Reaotrtd, TlAt committee Of at least nFe member
Of tlis Society bo coaen-of whom two, nt leaht, SIN
10 tnicroscol,sta- Instructions to wait upon D.
bartlett, and carefully investigate such evidence as u
may halo to offer bearing upon the theories ntYauce
by lin, anil to report In writing at their earliest col
, | yen;eueo the result vi this Investigation.
Tho following Committee Was appointed
accordance with tho foregoing prs. Leste
!, Curtis. Johnson, Walter Hayes, j. W. Freer, al
: Etheridgc.
| Tho meeting then adjourned.