The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-12
A Medical Meeting.
ProceedingsLof the Illinois Central
Association.

Jne A4uuo1s NeAb1aA J
Association.
The Iowa and Illinois Central District
Medical Association met in regular quar-
teTly session at the Board of Education
rooms, yesterday, with DR.. q. Truesdale in
the chair.
MORNING SESSION.
Of members there were present Drs.
Bell, A. W. Cantwell, j. w. I'll. Baker
and +. II. Hazen of Davenport; DR. W.
Fitzgerald of Dewitt, Iowa; and Drs. G.
Truesdale, s. G. Plummer, @. G. Garter.
G. 6. Craig, j. Mckee and q. L. Eyster
of Rock Island; DR.. j. B. Dawson of
Moline; DR.. NJ Arthur of Hampton. and
DIR. L. r. Smith of Edgington. The Wis
itors were DR.. Hull of Massachusetts; DR.,
G. E. Barth of Rock Island, and Drs.
Preston and Churchill of Davenport.
DR.. Truesdale in accepting the Office of
president expressed his appreciation of the
duties. He spoke of the good effects of
the society in various ways.
DIR. Eyster proposed for membership
DR.. g. T. Barth, graduate Of the Ken
lucky School of Medicine at Louisville.
| Dr. Barth was elected to membership.
The treasurer made the following report:
Receipts. $73.0l
Expenditures. -. .............. 40. So
| Balance. .........-.... S5S. As
On motion it was agreed that the Secre-
tary, in sending notices of the next meet
ing, should notify all members who are in
arrears that unless their dues are paid at
their next meeting, their names will be
dropped.
On motion Of DR.. Dawson, Drs Eyster,
/ Cantwell, and Carter were appointed a
committee to examine into the cost Of pub
fishing the proceedings Of the society in
pamphlet form.
DIR. Plummer reported an Interesting
case of straDgulated femoral hernia that
had occurred in the case of himself and
DIR. Eyster which was generally discussed
AFTERNOON SESSION.
DIR. Carter opened the discussion of the
treatment of the fractures of long bones b.
plaster of Paris bandages. He spoke o.
the irritability of muscles in preventing
proper corporation of the fractured ex
tremities. He also spoke Of extensions BY
force and weights exciting at first the re
sistance of the muscles. Afterwar6 i
gives way and the ends of the bone al
separated, and there is non union H,
next spoke of the plaster of Paris bandag
, and its advantages in extension and its co
aption to the form of the limb and es
pecially Of the Bavarian method, urginl
the advantages of this appliance in com
E pound fractures.
e DR.. Plummer thought there were som
exceptions in which plaster of Paris spliut
, could not be successfully used on tn
i double inclined plane fracture bed as i
r fractures of the upper third of the thigh
e DIR. Bell introduced the case of a gentle
i man with an abdominal tumor, which wa
examined by the members of the profes
sion present.
DR.. Trusdale in speaking of the plaste
l. of Paris appliances did not hesitate to sa
that he thought 10 many cases they coul
be most successfully used, especially fl
= the arm and leg,
DR.. Baker thought that in the latte
0 stages of recovery from fractures the plas
0 ter of Paris bapdages we're very useful.
The discussion was further participate
0 in by Drs. Dawson, Eyster and Klingbur
% DR.. Craig opened the subject of infusor
being the cause Of diseases OF a tebri
f character. He thought it was general
recognized that iniusoria were the eau
70 of febrile diseases. It was discovered
70 the microscope that intusoria were prese
in the air. He thought that although FL
and change Of weather were often CO
70 comitaut in the production OF fekrile d
% eases yet each one to BE- produced mu
W have It's own germ.
~ Drs. Dawson, McGee aud others CO
tiDup1 tho Discussion aFt TOR " hIcb ~ n, OF
f ing adjourned.