The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-25
THE NIGHT SESSION,
Annual Address OF the President, u
L. T. Rceycy of Wl,ecijD..

Annual Address OF the President, DIR,
j. L. Rceyca, Of Wheeling.
The night session OF the Medical Associa.
ton was opened with the Presidents an.
nual address. p
DR.. Reeves expressed his sense OF the honor
conferred upon him, and welcomed his
fellow members to the city. His allusion to
tho death Of DR.. II. W. Brock, Of Morgan.
town, ex-prcsident OF the society, was feel.
ing and eloquent. Prom it, and the high
eulogy which followed, he passed to Tn an-
noun cement of al annual prize to DO offered
for the hes. original paper bya member OF
the society, 10 be known as the "Dr. H. W.
Brock prize" and established as II memorial
OF his life and services and q reminder OF
his industry and faithfulness to his duty.
He dweit upon the vaiue-of organization
and organized effort, in all the walks of life,
and the conspicuous results to the medical
profession Of concert OF action; the progress
of knowledge concerning the human or
ganiSm, the diseases 10 which II is subject,
and the proper modes and causes Of treat
ment. Ills remarks upon the use OF the
microscope showed n high appreciation Of
Its services 10 the profession. Without the
knowledge gained by It's use, hc said, he
would positively decline to treat certain
diseases. The investigations now going on
with some promise OF success. with Il view 10
discovering 4 euro for tint discase long con-
was one OF the specially notable applications
OF microscopic Investigation. -,
But in other departments equally striking
advancement had been made BY the medical
profession. 4 knowledge Of tho correct
principles OF hygiene had become more
general than ever before, md its dissemin>
ation among the people ut large had already
increased the average length Of human lila
some seven years. The modification in re.
cent years Of the treatment OF puerpcral
cases, was instanced rs another proof OF the
advance OF the profession, and the circula.
ton OF general knowledge rs to the removal
OF hlth'and other disease breeding agencies
the proper construction Of houses; the selec.
ton OF sites for homes, and the care Of shin
holds, barracks, and other places heretofore
neglected. PIX 10y ,a b z 4, 3
Tho establishment OF the West Virginia
State Board OF Health, and the former I'm.
successful efforts to secure It, were reviewed.
and the light against 1t when proposed In tho
Legislature was rather amusingiy portrayed.
Inc SERVICES o. Dr. a. X Barbee, in securing
the passage through tho Senate OF the dc.
sired legislation, and those Of Drs. Bee,
GIrumrine, Sseerc. Wait and Irons, : in the
edged. The education OF public Sentiment.
as shown in the progress In the legislation Of
1852 over that Of lss1, was mentioned as n
subject Of congratulation, and the points
ofimprovcmentin the later laws were pointed
out, aud the good already accomplished by
the lay detailed. The doctor thought there
was much to encourage hope for TIC future
In this direction. There is vast room for
inside from The prevention 81 tho |
occasional rayagcs OF small pox aud typhoid
fever. The errors in construction of houses In
rural neighborhoods were considered at some
length The common pollution Of wells and