Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-10

fearful disease, not to the neglect, how
ever, of osher means.
The President being called upon,
sard that he had met with cases which
be denominatsd d,p.herial, end thst
many physicians in treating this latter
disease vainly believed that they hid
>ucc 4eded in curing the true dipthe-
ria. Diptheria is generally fatal and
diptherial never. under any treatment
Dr. DeRosset thought that we should
carefully distinguish if there indeed
be two diseases to be denominated
diptheria and diptherial. We ought
TO be able to s atisfy the friends of pa
tients whether it be the one or the 9TH
er. He thought there was close cons
nection between scarlitens and dipthe-
ria. DR.. DeRosset continued Eat some
lei 9Th to give his views upon the
pathology of the paralysis which so
often occurs as signal of dipille.ia,
AID apolosent for consuming so much
of the time Of the Association.
Dr. s3atchwell eaid that DR.. DeRos-
set need make no apology That he,
DR.. s. had bsel, b III entertained aud
instructed thereby. He had no d0ub-
that there were m my claim ng to be
physicians who were endeayning to
make capital by boastine of their sue
cess IN the treatment OF diptheria,
when in fact they had been testing
different disease. DR.. SatciIwell
moved shat Drs. DeRosset, Thomas,
and Wood be rCqueste to embody
heir views upon this dis, ase. i'll pa
pers to BE- Ii cd with The secretary. Mo-
ton ed"pted, and br DeRossett sig
nftied his wlllingn' rs to CT mp'y. The
- her gentlem"n were Lot present.
The president read report of a card
OF pms rp, raj commissions of personal
aud spont lneous version
DIR. w. G. Murphy read a paper
upon feveIs geleraily, and their mod
ifcation by various causes, Also II
case of poisoning with laudanum. Re
moval OF a tihro plasti, tumor.
The. Exec uiive Com mittee made a
partia! report as follows
Hie3e as, The Eastern Medical As
sociatiCu, auxiliary 20 and co-opeat1Vo
with the State NJ, dical Society, has
c,urageUus entered he lists of OPP
pJsitiaI To the medical dtmagoSues
aud wiiifui Violations OF the established
cole Of med lcai ethics; as Wei as OF
true ueVOt.t.s ~ :; .poe great measures
OF sciance ANA i'Hmsuliy which enter
into le Won sa,. duty OF the medical
profession. Ia mete that this mis-
sion Of t.ie : t,-aiatiOn should always
be borne iii L. III to tho end that xe
should duly apprt clate our obligations
and responsibilities, to organize within
our bounds the proit ssion most eitc eut
manner anu to illustrate to each other
that IL is not for our OWE individual
advancement we are to labor, but Tor
the advancement of the honor, dignity
nd Influence of the profession OF med
icine. While our high mission IS to
promote professio al brotherhood and
to encourage Il high standard Of pro-
tessi onal ethics, IL is incumbent upon
us TO be active IN the protection Oh the
people against medical quackery and
medical hunbugge,y. Nor is this all.
There IS an inviting fielG before us III
| the demand for more encouragement
to the study of the medical DO any,
mtuicIl ciedsatoIogy and medical topo-
prapby Of the STATE, as we'll as to Sc
cure reliable accounts of the endemic
ADD epidemic diseases OF North Caro-
| lima. Tie promotion of these objects
| rs not NJ, rely the advancement of med
| zeal science, but the promotion OF the
| health, the protection and prolongatlon
| Of the ives and best good of the peO-
| pie of the State And while the medI-
cal prof, sslon should inhexibjy adhere
to the Iule to ask for the enactne It
| from the G. neral Assembly of no law
for the--t xclusive benefit of physiclans
to ask Tor nothing fl ON the Leglsla-
| ture which is not quite as much for
| the advantage of the general public
It is still our duty 30 consider and rec
ommend 20 the law making power,
plans for the promotion of the afore
said obj cts and measures for the ad-
vancemcnt of sanitary science, school
| hygiene and other means for he pro
/. c.ion of the health and lives of the
people. TO these ends it. would be ad
| VIsabie TO have "a State b )ard of Health
III Nor Ii Cn,o ina.
Therefore resolved, That the Presi-
dent appoint & COMMITTEE to memoir
aliZe the next General Assembly i'll ia
vor of the establishment OF State
| Board Of Health and 10 offer wittI SAID
| memorial suitable bill for its estab-
| lishment.
ReporS received and adopted.
The President reserved the appoint
ment of the committee under the reso-
luton append d to the rel ort.
On motion of DIR Faison one of the
! Executive Committee of those to no
| tlly Certain gentlemen that they dis
claim any connection with recon-
mending Every Body's Pills" and to
Gave their names stricken off from
the published recomme dation.
Drs. Robertson Flowers, and W. G.
Murphy were appointed a committee.
DR.. Satchwell called up Dr. Charles
Dutey's paper on Quinine which was
laid on the table and finally referred
S usual.
On motion of DIR. Cobb the Asso-
citation adjourned until 10 o'clock TO-
lay.