Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-13
THE DOCTORS.


IN THE CONVENTION.
Thursday Afternoon.
The nominating committee not being
ready to report at o'clock, the order Of
business was somewhat changed and Dr.
VIM. Goodcll, of Philadelphia, read a paper
(" On the extirpation Of the ovaries for In
sanity" He described the treatment
followed by him in several cases, and in
the course of his remarks advanced the
rather startling suggestion that it might
ere long be found necessary to "stamp
out - insanity in men as we'll as women by
operations for the removal of the procrea-
tive principle and thus prevent the trans
mission of the faint of insanity to genera
tions yet unborn.
Drs. Curwen, Atlee and others re-
counted their experience in the treatment
of insane women. and concurred generally
with the views advanced by DR.. GoOdell.
DR.. BENJAMIN Lee. of Philadelphia, de-
livered an "Address in Hygiene the
medicine of the future-as he termed it.
He vividly portrayed the horrors of filthy
streets, teeming as they are with all man.
ner of animal and vegetable deposits,
which ferment and decOmpose, and are
ground to impalpable powder, fillingthe
air with clouds of dust at every breath of
wind-the millions of poisonous or disgust
ing atoms being b:eathed into the lungs
and bio wn into Office and dwelling through
every crevice, tainting the air inside as
we'll as outside our habitations. To clean
the filth from the street, the city author
tiles employ an army of men, who, with
- - sn1n
that the wind left undisturbed and thus as
sist in scattering them broadcast; and
then the carriers some days afterwards COM
dust with their shOvels. In
DR.. Lee advised that the army of scaven
through all parts of the city, each armed
stead of waiting until the horse manure
and other filth has been ground to powder,
to remove them at once and thus prevent
the poisoning of the air We breathe. In
doors great cause of diseases, especially
of typhoid character, is sewer gas, ad-
mittcd into our dwellings through "that
greatest luxury and greatest nuisance of
the age" the modern water closet. DR..
Lee pointed out the imperfections Of the
ordinary traps to prevent the ascent of the
poisonous gases from the sewers, and the
| dangers that menace tho people from this
cause. DR.. Lee exhibited diagrams and
models of an improved mercury trap that
| would absolutely prevent the ascent of
gases from the sewer. He also exhibited
| a contrivance for the artificial production
of Ozone-nature's disinfectant. By
means of this apparatus the air of the
sick chamber could be kept pure and
wholesome.
DR.. Lehman, of Philadelphia, in spir-
tied speech, disputed the safety and util-
ity of the appliances recommended by DIR.
Lee. Though mercury evapOrizes very
slowly it nevertheless vapOrizes, and being
a poison Of virulent nature in its vaporized
state, might cause much mischief and dc
more harm than the gases it is intended to
exclude. As to the apparatus for prOduc.
ing ozone, he doubted whether a sufficient
quantity OF it could be produced, by the
means proposed, to be Of much service in
the sick room. Besides, the phosphorus
used in it's manufacture, also virulent
poison, might in ignorant or inexperienced
hands become a source of danger. On tht
whole, considering how little is known by
house keepers in general of machinery anG
chemistry, he thought the fewer they ha(
Of them about their premises the better
The New Officers,
Dr.. J. A. Eh!cr, in behalf Of the com
mittee on nominations, presented the fol
lowing names to the convention
President-Jacob L Ziegler, Lancaster
county.
1st Vice President-Joseph A. Reed.
Allegheny county; 2d-W. l.. Roland
York 3d--J. w. Houston, Chester 4th-
W. Murray Wcidman, Berks.
Permanent Secretary-Wm. 3. Atkin
son, Philadelphia.
| Recording Secretary G. Thickston
Erie
Corresponding Secretary-O. II. Allis
Philadelphia.
Treasurcr-Benj. Lee, Philadelphia.
Committee on Publication-Wm. b
Atkinson. Philadelphia Benz. Lee, Phila
Goodell, Philadelphia J. G. Stettler
Isaac Kerlin, Delaware.
Delegates to American Medical assOcia
tion w. Varian, Crawford Amo
A. F. Balmer, jefferson J. L. Crawford
Indiana Joseph Swartz, Perry II. St
Clair Ashc, Philadelphia A. $. Boon
steel, Eric T. |. Gallaher, Allcghen,
county !. w. Fulton, Chester; VIM
Compton, Lancaster I. B. De Kuhn
Berks j. w. Curwen, Dauphin NJ. H.
Aller, Armstrong; ]. Pensell, Montour
A. Nj. Pollock, Allegheny II. Jennings
Tioga; Boyd Emery, sr., Washington
w. b Ulrich, Delaware !; II. NJ. Nipple
Snyder.
Judicial COuncil-For 1 year, J. l.
Stewart, Erie John II. Packard, Phil
adelphia Wrl. Anderson, Armstrong
For 2 years, VIM. Varian, Crawford
Thos. Lyon, Lycoming r. +. Mowry
Allegheny. For years, Taill Green
Northampton H. L. Orth. Dauphin
John T. Carpenter, Schuylkill.
Delegates to New Jersey State Medica
Society-Geo. D. Mutt, Lycoming Chas
S. Turnbull, Philadelphia J. II. B
Amich, Schuylkill S. s. Schultz, Mont
gomery L. Lenher, Columbia.
Delegates to New York State Medical
Society,". l.. Stewart, Erie J. c. Elliott
Mexican B. +. Herr. Lancaster county
A. II. Smith. Philadelphia.
Delegates to Ohio State Medical society
ii. NJ. Batten. Allegheny, ]. T. Clark,
Perry E. E. Montgomery, Philadelphia
w. II. Stewart, Armstrong.
Delegates to Delaware State Medica
society-James B. Eby, Perry; W: r
Finley, Blair; Geo. w. Vogeler, Phila
delphia c. A. Woodward, Chester.
Delegates to West Virginia State Medi'
cal society,". A. Patterson, Washington
D. w. McConnough, Westmoreland H.
Howard Hill, Bedford.
Delegates to MARYLAND State Medical