St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-18
Vermont Homeopathic Medical So
Ciety.

ne twenty -IllIn annual meeting pl
this ~ncirtN was held at the state House
in Montpelier. on "Wednesday. Jane
2nd. The meeting WAS called to order
10y the President. Dr. G. ii. ChamhrIliu.
OF Barre. aud the records of tho semi
annual meeting held in Burlington. were
read and approved.
The committee on Il State Board ot
Health reported that it had seemed i'll
eNprdieut 1" bring the subject Of the
establishment of such 4 Board before
the last Legislature: but they should
III O. further action at the proper Time.
The committee also showed the ncrc>-
>itN tor securing equal all"pathic and
homeopathic recognition and rrprescu-
tati"n i'll the appointment of all public
medical "tfccI>. particularly III the OF
ganizalion of all State and Local Health
Boards.
The Board of tcusnrs reported favor
ably upon the following ply STREAMS and
they were duly elected /" membership:
Miss Jane \. Rich. VI. d.. of RichNillr :.
&. A. .Jackman. VI. h.. of M"ni>Nillc.
The Burcau of Surgery WAS then
opened and several Interesting eases
reported 10y Drs. II. &. Brigham. Jamc>
Hay lett. Van DcfI>cu and others. IN
interesting discussion followed upon the
surgical and medical treatment ut can
Ger. The report Of this Bureau showed
that while the mrIuhcI> of the society
considered MANY of the Sn-calltd SUI
gical diseases To hr amrnahlc to medical
treatment SOM of their number were
not wanting m the manual skill of the
surgeon.
The regular order of business WIS
then suspended 1" allow some remarks
from Dr c. y. brigham. who said {:
The American Institute of llnmu.-
npathy will meet in Philadelphia in
$50. rs the Worlds Homeopathic Con
vrmtiun. and ii is greatly To Ice dc>Iird
that this society shall do It's full duty
in seeing that Vermont is property rep
resented upon that occasion. 1t is
especially necessary that Il history of
homeopathy in Vermont should he
furnished. shown" its introduction and
progress. with biographical sketches of
its early pioneers.
The following ply were elect
ed To do the work for THEN respective
sections: VI. &. Iloughtun, of st. Johns
bury, for y. +. Vermont; :. II. Spar
hawk. of Gay Svillc, for Windham and
Windsor counties +. X. Waugh. of -.
Adams. for Franklin and Grand Isle
counties; :. Worcester. of Burlington.
and \. f.. Horton. of East Puultnev. tor
Chittcmdcm. Addison. Rutland and Ben
mmgton counties: y. II. Thomas. of
stowe. and j. NJ. Sauh"in. of Ilardwick.
for Orleans and I.amoillr counties; j.
II. Jones, of Bradford. for Orange cuun-
ty, aud &. n. Brigham. of Montpelier.
for Washington county.
The Bureau of Provings was next in
order and after the report it WAS reSolv-
ell that during the present wear the
society would prove such drug as may
he chosen for that purpose bv the
American Institute. and the chairman
of the Bureau was requested to procure
and distribute such drug for proving.
The society then adjourned to dinner
and ut halt-past one was again called to
order.
The Board of CcnSors, through Dr.
Brigham. made Il supplementary report.
saving that they had considered an ap-
plication for membership, but recon-
mendcd that the society take no action
upon it ut present. The report was ac-
repted.
The Bureau of obstetrics WAS then
called up, and DIR. Waugh. of ST. Al
bans, reported an interesting ease of
Labor.
DIR. }. VI. Sanborn cxtollcd the method
of delivering the plarcnta advised 10y
DIR. Thomas, of New York, and said
that he had been very fortunate in es-
Gaping hemorrhage and other after trou-
blrs. a discussion followed as to the
best methods of delivering the placenta.
DIR. +. b. Whitaker. of Hinesburgh.
reported Il case of Labor fatal TO both
mother and child; the woman had pre-
viously had eleven children. and was
forty years old. The child weighed
sixteen pounds.
DIR. Jackman reported the following
case coming to his knowledge: A wo-
man gave birth to IL child weighing i've
pounds and in seventeen days to an
other weighing eight pounds.
The Bureau of Clinical Medicine was
then opened, and Il case of interest was
presented by DIR. Chamberlin of Barre.
The patient showed entire loss of mo-
ton and feeling in the right arm the
trouble following a severe injury of the