The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-20
GheQntelliqetrcer.
The We.t Va. Medical society.

p.nphlet 0t ~ pages uuOdecltnO, COIL
t,iping it, proceedings at Point Pleasant,
in June last, and also several Of the
n,p.r. read before the Society on that
occasion.
The West Virginia Medical Society
ru initiated at Fairmont in 1867, with
Dr.. John Frissell Of this city as its PFesi'
dent Since then the following Physi-
,i,n, have acted As President, each serv'
ing one year, viz; DR.. II. W. Brock, Of
Morp,n,own, DR.. j. W. Ramsey,Of Clarks-
burr, Or. W. j, Bland, Of Weston, DR..
I'M Lauell, Of FairmOnt, DR.. r. II.
COmmins, Of Wheeling, DR.. NJ. s. Hale,
Of Harrisyille, DR., Matthew Campbell,
Of P.rkerburg, and DR.. Andrew r.
R,rbee Of Point Pleasant.
n We mistake not, Dr., John G. Hupp,
Of this city, has acted rs Treasurer since
Lo formation Of the Society, and still
an, that responsible position.
Tho following physicians in Wheeling
am members Of the Society, viz; Drs.
Allan Bavuley, Baird, Bates, Senior and
hpior, Binvell, Blum, Cummins, Ford,
F,i,,ell Harvey, Hazlett, EIiIdreth, HUI.
linen, Hump Jepson and Pipes.
The society altogether has enrolled
,bout llD members since its organization,
and includes practitioners OF the Regular
School in many OF the counties
Of the State, There are, however,
VA ob,sryc, a considerable number
oi counties unrepresented. II Is
not ia be s,lpposed, Of course, that there
ua county in West Virginia that has no
phvsicians, Whatever else a community
NAV lack, ii Is not apt to want for doctors
and LAWYERS,
Among the papers read before the so.
cietv at Point Pleasant were the follow.
ing: A paper recounting number Of sur.
gicll cases, by DR., Fri'sCII' One oil
these cases was that Of the late
Gen, James $, Wheat OF this city, who
died Of cancer Of the rectnm, and whose
illne" was long and painful DR.. FRS.
sell attributes the commencement Of Gen.
Wheatt illness to the we'll known acci-
dent that happened him in 1856, at the
time be was overturned in II sleigh on
Wheeling IIiIl, and thrown, along with
tic horse and sleigh, down the east side Of
the hill a distance Of two or three hundred
feet, whereby hesustained terrible injuries,
among them compound and complicut.
ell fracture othis right leg. DR.. Warren
Stone, Of New Orleans, who saw General
Wheat nine months after the accident,
considered his case under the circum.
stances rs one Of the most remarkable sue.
ces,es in surgery he had ever met with.
Conc0roiry Gsoerol wheot,s lOsl m.
nO,, lover a voorl Dr. Eris,cll makes
,ho tollovinu romork., ale emploved
Nj. tina lnrvolv hoth dov and nivht, with
nj. hooks. extending nj. reading into
nearly eycry deuartmen, ot English IL.
erature. notwithstanding hi, weakened
condition, he was through his whole
sickness The indeta.iRable scholar and
student, showing in these RESPECTS n
power of endurance seldom II ever
OouSledn
In addition TO the papers read BY DR..
FriSell, Drs. lIupp, iIazlelt, Jepson and
lEullihen, Of this city, also read experi.
Snces coming within their practice, OF
these papers special mention was made
by our Point Pleasant correspondent last
summer CDr, ITupp) Of the one read BY
Dr.. IIullihen, The case was what Is
known as a "plastic OPERATION" and
vas an account by Dr.. IIullihen Of an
operation performed by himself and the
late Dr. Wicscl on William Stiles, OF
Belmont county, Ohio, a soldier in the
late war. Stiles had been wounded in
battle by aa minnie ball that struck the
leitside Of the lower jaw, passing through
and breaking the jaw into three or more
fragments: also complc,elv tearing nwav
his lower lip and large section Of the
IaW.bone containing the teeth In front.
Al the time OF the operation the lower
lip was entirely wanting. IAN unSightly
Otifce one inch and a half In width by
one inch 0uI ,h,os.ouo.,O.. ia Iorr,L
vin I...I..-..I l., ' w.. .,.',, "
'"a e"Se' scerreu anu C'ca'rlheu' anu
entirely devoid OF prOlabium or the least
vestgo Of mucous membrane, alone re-.
n,inet. This oriGce Tho nntisp, ban,
......J III . ~ ' p"'e"' N'p'
sV'e,eu '. WIN q piece Oh lea'her as SUD
ssltute Tor lip, which in mCAStire pre-
vented the C,cupc Of saliva and assisted
,omswh,, I, a.;o,i.,;,. At...,.;..
,..N..,I. ~ ~ "'"o"'I''V'' Me"S.F'"s
"''ICa''!, ABOUT ohe'halt oil the lower
tna1Illary bone from the second bicuspid
tooth on the leit aida In ,hs frat mniar
ioo,h -, II. .,-t, ~. ,.",,..''.,i -,
Wv" VII the rlEnt blue, tOgetnCf Win hll