The Portland daily press., 1877-06-15
MAINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Third and Last Day.

Third and Last Day.
The morning session was called to order al
9.15 by President Sawyer.
Papers Of DR.. Albee on diseases of the hil
joint, and of DR.. Stanley on structure of the
uretha were presented and referred to the
committee on publication.
On motion of DR.. Gerrish the expenses oil
printing, incurred by the committee on Board
of Health, were ordered to be paid from thu
treasury.
On motion of DR.. Snow. it was made stand
ing rule that the business committee shonld
prepare programme of the exercises of the
annual meetings for distribution by mail before
the session begins
DR.. Brown of Paris gave synopsis of pa
per on injuries of the SKULL Referred to the
committee on publication.
DR.. Shannon exhibited catheter which he
had found very convenient in practice.
Dr. Gerrish read most valuable paper or
the sanitary condition of Portland, which wa:
referred to the committee on publication.
On motion of Dr. Daha, DR.. Gerrish was re-
quested to have his paper:published in the Port
land newspapers.
The following physicians were elected to
membership:
| James Sawyer of Biddeford.
S. G. Hall of Lisbon Falls.
@. I'll. Foster of Lisbon.
| j. e. Kimball of aWiscaset.
| Dr. Horr of Lewiston, read paper on ne
crology, which was referred to the committee on
publication.
The report of the Board of Censors is as fol
| lows:
Time of the next annual meeting-the second
Tuesday in June.
Place-POrtland.
Orator-Dr. f. H. Gerrsh of Portland.
| Delegates to other medical societies.
New Hampshire-A. M. Peables of Auburn, j.
W. Beede Of Auburn, A. L. Gaubert of eMe.
CHI anic Falls
Vermont--Drs. hanson of Fryeburg, Cobb of
| STAND ish.
Massachusetts-Drs Weeks of Portland.
Wedgewood of Lewiston. Hall of Weston,
Massachusetts.
ster of Portland.
Michigan-Drs. Williams Of Rockland, Albee
Of Union.
| New Jersey-Drs. T. A. Foster of Portland.
Bates of Yarmouth.
Connecticut -Drs. Fessenden and Holt of Port
/ land.
New Ycrk-Drs. Dana, Files and Frost of
Portland, Pendeton of Belfast,
Canada-Drs. Adams of Island Pond, Greene
and Ludwig Of Portland.
Pennsylvania-Drs Gordon and Hunt of Port
land.
American-Drs Thayer and Small of Portland
Sturgs OF Lewiston, Fuller of Bath, Swasey
OF Limerick, Donovan and Small of Lewis
ton, French of Portland.
Medical School of Maine-Dr. Packard of Bath.
flnnA Sal,o &c n
Horr of Lewiston, Pendleton of Bella St.
Maine General Hospital-Dr. Gilman Of Port
land.
Special Subjects:
Causes of Typhoid Fever-Dr. Stone of Deer.
ing.
Opium Habit-Dr. Hall of Weston, Massachu.
setts
sulpho Carbolate of Sodium in scarlatina-Dr.
Hutchinson of Portland.
Salicylc acid as Disinfectant-Dr. Weeks of
Portland.
Nervous Indigestion-Dr Hersom of Port
land.
Epidemic Puerperal Peritonitis-Dr. swasey
of Limerick.
Iritis-Dr. Donovan of lewiston.
fr 9g in ophthalmology-Dr. 5paulding Of
Diseases of the Hip Joint-Dr. Albee of I'm
ion.
Our Children-Dr. Frost of Portland,
New Remedies-Dr. Topliff of Gorham.
Hysterical affections of Jonts-Dr. Tewksbury
of Portland.
Neurology Horn of Lewiston.
Physiology of Habit--Dr Foster of Portland.
Bisulphite of Sodium in Enteric Dissases-Dr
Thayer of Portland.
Otology-Dr. Holt of Portland.
Catarrhal Phthisis-Dr. Dana of Portland.
The Influence on the Fntus, of Medicines ad-
mlnlstered to the mother during Pregnancy
and Labor-Dr. Elizabeth Horr of Lewiston.
Epilepsy-Dr. Sanborn of Augusta.
Antiseptic Surgery-Dr. Files of Portland.
Sterility treated Mechanically Gordon of
Portland.
Diseases of the Throat-Dr. Coleman of Fair
field.
DR.. Spaulding read paper on the use of the
ophthalmoscope in medicine, which was refer
red to the committee on publication.
On motion of DR.. Snow, the thanks of the
association were extended to their officers and
to the city government.
The President, DR.. Sanger, expressed his
thanks for the courtesy extended to him and
for the general interest and attention of all the
members.
Drs Tewsbury and Bray reported the case of
tumor weighing twelve pounds, removed af-
ter the death of girl seven years old. The
specimen was presented for inspection.
The following is list of deceased members
since the last meeting Of the association:
Israel Putnam, Bath.
Amos Nourse, Bath.
=. G. Wiley, Bethel.
William Wescott, Gorham,
B. f. Buxton, Warren.
Nelson 81. Gary, Durham
j. Q. Weston, Bangor
John D. Lincoln, Brunswick.
Adjourned.
Last evening reception was given to the
members of the association by Mrs DIR. Devoll,
at her residence on High street. There was a
large attendance and a very social evening was
enjoyed Among the visitors there were seve-
raj female physicians from Boston, who have
been in attendance upon the meetings of the
Association.