The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-02
DOCTORS IN COUNCIL.
Second Days Session Of the Lou
isiana State Medical Society.
Address of DIR. Hugh Miller Thomp-
son,
NOON SESSION.

The election oil members being then in order
the following gentlemen. under suspension
OF the rules were elected by reclamation: Peter
Randolph OF Pointe Ooupee. N. M. Herbert Of
PIaouemines. r. 8. Ably OF 0uachita, u. r. Mil.
ner 81 Orleans. VIM. Kelly OF Madison. j. b
Henderson and N. L. Segur of st. Mary.
DR.. Watkins. chairman of the committee OF
arrangements. reported the programme OF pro.
ceedinge for the day.
The report Of the treasurer was read and re.
ceived.
The chairman OF the several committees
made their several reports. which were re-
ceived.
Dr. Chaile then offered the following resolu-
zion:
] Rssolred, That the Louisiana State Medical
Society heartily. concurs with the Attakapas
Medical Society In respect to the petition to the
regnlafips the praetice Of medicine: It urges
greater consideration py and greater union OF
the profession e e tie tenor Of ab such aw
The resolution was adopted.
Or. Tox, OF Plaauemines. read an able paper
on tue medical history ofithe parrish Of Plaque
mines,
Dr.. n. q. Richardson read a highly interest
Ing paper on hydrophobia In Louisiana.
On motion the order OF business was sus-
pended for tho purpose of the election OF Off.
GERS. DIR, g. M. Smith was elected president by
reclamation. and In the same manner the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected vice presidents:
First Congressional Dstrict-Dr ID. r. Fox.
Second Congressional District-nr. J. p. d.
wilson.
Third Congressional District-Dr. P. q. Pos.
tell.
Fourth Congressional Dlstrict-Br A. A.
Lyon.
Fifth Congressional Dlstrict-Dr. G.. M.
Brumby.
Sixth Congressional District-Dr. O. P. Lang
worth.
DR.. L. u. Solomon was lre-elected recording
secretary.
DR.. q. X. Pratt was elected treasurer.
The meeting then adjourned to meet at 1880
o'clock D. IN.
MIGHT SESSION.
The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock
., M. DR.. J. w, Dupree in the chair.
Rev. DR.. Hugh Miller Thompson then ad.
dresse the meeting rs follows:
Gentlemen Of the Louisiana State Medical As.
ISOLATION:
You have paid me the high compliment of
accepting the duty. 30 laid upon me / cannot
concea, from myself q certain embarrassment.
n and WEE time nj
OF scientific research wherein I make no pre-
tensions. II such case t1 select subject IL It
worthy "a the attention Of q body so learned
and distinguished In lite own Geld. Is still
Yst, III lbs faoi that youhave selected clergy
man On THE occasion, have thought that per.
haps found a solution OF the f1rst difficulty.
whether the second can DO solved at all ts quite
,For between the doctor and the clergyman
there IL, at least. this common ground. that
come Into contact with The mystery Ses Of pain.
Both are sytns tS mitigate dsa pain Or turn
auentiy with It when It faces the awful mystery
Somewhere on this broad. common ground
there 10 room, then. for the clergyman to speak
to the physician. and 1t has occurred to m that
The Curative Value OF High Character In the
physieiAn.p
On this. ut least. . clergyman of some expe.
rience can sneak, he meets the physician at
the siok-bed; he meets him when the resources
Of the materia mediea are. exhausted and the
coming death. He sees the trusted family phy y.
stefan. eummoned hastily In some emergency
where perhaps the head Of the house-the
smitten. OF when the mother of helpless child
rem has. folded the busy. beautiful hands of
household mtnietry In helpless Weakness and
she wheels OF home order are oil Jared Into
confusion. he meets him when the bright face
OF the household darling is, flushed VIII b fever
OF palid 10 collapse, and the moans Of pain
mothers tears rain pisifuly. And he has seen
how. In such crises. the trusted and tried pny.
sieian stands like rock OF refuge In the weep- |
Ing household: how. his very presence Is
not one Of medicines or prescriptions merely.
panic struck and anxious souls.
AID no clergyman, who has observed In such |!
cases can hnye failed e set glimpse Of
I'LL In skill, but in another power behind them |
both - wsisht q character, If you choose.
that in such emergencies has been the source
| am aware. gentlemen, that ! am here on the
border LAND OF science, But We have not read |
be the surveyed and settled land OF tomorrow |
There arc stranRs facts IN this mystc realm
because those facts cannot vel &c classified aud
s s should osGn IL ne
error OF either DENYING the facts or asserting |
that there can be no science of them organized
On the other hand your studies have taught
you the sanntity OF real fact from anywhere,
2 your scientific culture has SHOWN you that
thing does not exist, merely because, so far,
SCIENCE has not reached t. or II It has. has not
That the soul affects he body, that the body
and the body diseases the mind, that the con.
visible is so close that 1t is hard In many case
TO tell whether body or mind is the cause Of a
present Ill are facts OF your universal expe-
Renee.
The power which strong win exercises over
physical disease Is Illustrated By many fact In
your professional experience. The power OF a
strong confidence what we call faith--is exem-
pliiied as often. They have. not once or twice.
lifted the body up from the very grip Of death.
A man eimpiy determined he would not die.
and he did not, A man believed utterly In his
physician, or In the remedy. that they would
cure. and they did cure That is about all you
long since learned that the greater the
He the greater the truth. That is. every lie
is but The truth oarcatured, the truth distorted
the truth. like witch's prayer, said backward.
10 grasp ana unfold and drag out TO light the
widely I'm posed lie is the noblest service to be
done for men. Ii
Quacks have their lie. You need not be told
bow It imposes on the ignorant. You need not l
be told how they make fortunes out OF human
suffering and human credulity. The honorable {
and learned physician makes his bare living. /
The Quaek by the law of the cass makes a for- c
tune. The law of the case L say as illustrated {