Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-07-02

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There vas a liberal attendance OF the
members Of the Nevada State Medical 30
cie,y at Virginia City yesterday. and We
congratulate the people Of the State Of
large on its firm establishmsnt. The So
ciety numbers ~ members. OF these
members but eight hail from Virginia
City. Gold Hill, Carson. Reno. Winnie
mueca. Carlin. Elko. Tuscarora. Eureka.
Austin. Hamilton. and. In fact. all tho
principal places Of the State have repre-
sentatives in the Society.
The discussions Of the members are Of .
very interesting nature, and give promise
Of resulting in much good to the cause Of
medical science. For instance. yesterday
the subject Of mountain fever was before
the Society. This IL . subject OF much
interest to the people Of Nevada. where IL
il said to abound. and TO the outside world.
where IL IL unknown. Various symptoms
are within our basin classed a. mountain
fever, aud II Is important that all should DO
collected, classified. and the disease dag
uosed so that its proper treatment may DO
| prescribed. BY tho time the January
| meeting Of the Society IL held the mem-
bers will be prepared to report dehnitsly
| ON this disease and the world will know
something more about II.
Last evening the public were invited TO
meet the members OF the Society In
Pythian Hall, Odd Fellows building. vir-
gina, and listen TO the address Of DR..
| Dawson OF Reno. The hall WA we'll filed
at the appointed time by . very intsl.
| ligent audience. The address should b
| given TO the public. but 10 too lengthy for
| our columns. To attempt TO give any idea
Of IL would do the speaker injustice. The
doctor occupies . position well In the van
Of his profession and his address paid Q
glowing tribute TO true members OF the
| medical fraternity aud the advance of
medical science at the present time. while
the dissection he made Of empiricism and
the charlAtAns showed both up In their
true lights aud exposed their harmful
natures and utter worthlsssness.
DIR. Dawson show VI TO the people most
conelusively the ne, salty Of their stand
ing with learning az ] science In the con-
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ties Of quacks and pretenders. He advo-
Gated the necessity o. Just such an organ
ization Is had been formed by the frater-
nifty, that they ss . whole might Withstand
intrusions against which they were indi-
vidually incapable OF successful opposition.
Besides. such an organization would holp
TO educate the people. and this was After
all the very best remedy.
L. tutrnluetnu tha apaatar nr Van
Zandt, President Of the Society. referred
briefly TO its organization. some Two and
q half months since q suggestion from one
Of the prominent physicians Of the State,
that an association. similar In its nature
to that Of the National American Medical
Association, should DO formed In Nevada,
was acted upon. . call Was made 10 practi-
TONERS Of the old school. and twenty-four
assembled at Carson and organized the
Nevada Medical Society. II was not In
conflict with or opposed To any system.
but its object was the cultivation and ad-
vancement OF true medical science. Its
members were those who, after . sufficient
course Of study. had received diplomas
from acknowledged Institutions, and who
were entitled 10 the confidence Of society.
After the address By Or. Dawson. Colonel
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