The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-25
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3 DOCTOR nAlND's WELCOME.
To tho Members OF the N edtcnl Hocie
fny OF the state OF West virginia., III

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l1t DOciON nAlRD's WELCOME N :,
To tho Members OF the Medical Hociet,
S Of the state OF West }virginia. 4, n
GExrLEMES-A second time the mem
beis OF your society, residing In this city
have the pleasure Of extending to their fl
low.members from various parts OF ou
State 4 cordial welcome to Wheeling, ou
city having been selected by you as til,
place in which to hold your yearly session
Tor two years In succession. This Is ar
honor which hns never before been con
ierrcd OH any. other city In our Suite: and
the members from abroad are assured that i
Is fully appreciated by their brethren here
The committee oil arrangements have en-,
deavored to 80 arrange the order OF business
and the entertainments to be given 10 the
society rs TO make this one OF the most
profitable and pleasant meetings in your
history. Quite number OF papers, pre-
parc1 by different members OF our society,
VINO have more than m average standing
III our profession, are announced rs ready
Tor presentation ut the meeting, aud there
can DO no doubt OF the benefit tho mem.
bers will derive from their reading and
The discussion OF tho subjects treated Of In
them. ", e. si n ~
Papers ofthis character, written by profess.
ional mcn,on erspertainingt to their pro.
iession, never fail 10 benefit both the writer's
and the persons to whom they are read.
Especially is this the casc, when the writers
cohtinc themselves to strictly scientific sub.
jccls and avoid belittling their papers BY
inserting in them ill.naturcd remarksubolt
others,who may differ with them, or make
use OF the opportunity given them Of read.
ing papers before societies OF which they
are members, to make u pretended paper
on q scientific subject the cover OF coarse
and cowardly attacks on their fellow men,
bcrs. Nothingof this kind Is npprehended
ut this meeting, as the authors OF the sev-
erai papers to BIZ present, arc known 10 be
gentlemen who would scorn 10 be guilty Of
taking 80 base an advantage OF the priv
ilesc given them Of having their papers
read before society OF gentlemen. Such
things have occurred, and the assurance
ttat they will not occur ut this meeting
will no doubt have tendency to make 1t
more profitable and pleasant 10 NIL OF us.
The net to regulate the practice Of nIedi.
cine, &C., in this State. which was passed
by the Legislature 81 ortly beft re your last
meeting, has proven 10 be even more bene.
fetal than its friends claimed that 1t would
be. At the adjourned session OF the Leg.
lslature 1T Was amended in certain
particulars, which experience had shown
to BIO not us perfect Ms they should be, and
it is now thought by Its friends to be the
model law OF its kind in the United States.
Our experience here has proven its practi.
cal benefits, and no doubt you all have
seen more or less good results from the en-
torcement OF its provisions in the several
localities in which you reside. al-f
I. Two ignorant prctenders have been or
Ilgcd to 90 elsewhere TO prey OH IN unsus.
pecting public; several travelling quacks
have given this city wide berth after once
feeling the effects 81 the law in being com.
PEELED 10 pay the license prescribed in it;
and for the past year We have not been
visited by lecturers OF the O'Leary Stamp.
All persons qualified TO practice medicine,
rs prescribed by the act, have been regis.
tered, ind it is safe to assert that the whole
number Of practitioners here-mcn Of all
schools OF lnedicine-are better qualified
to practice their several systems than was
ever before the c,lse. The credit OF bring.
lug about this happy result ia, OF course,
due TO the State Board Of Health, which,
by the firm and impartial manner in which
it enforced the several provisions OF the
act, has made it the splendid success we all
feel that it now undoubtedly is.
Since our last meeting society OF an
other State has adopted an amendment to
the Code OF Ethics, in relation to consulta-
tionb with other than regular practitioners
Of medicine, basing its action on the plea
that science is progressive and to longer re-
fuse to consult with all eduGaled practition-
e@s OF medicine, no matter to what school
they may belong, marks the regular pro.
fesson as bigoted and old fogyish. This
subject will, in all probability, be present
ed to the American Medical Association,
at its next meeting and it is hoped that
our society will give its delegates some in
struct!on rs TO the course they shall take if
called upon to vote on il. Let us not be
placed III any uncertain attitude in this
matter. Ii we wish to throw aside all We
have been taught, il we wish to give the
lie to our whole professional lives, il We
wish to say TO the public TINT these men
WHOM our own experience and the ex-
perience OF medical men for ages, as re-
corded in their writings, declare to be in
error, are Ou' equals and are worthy TO be
taken by the hand OF FELLOWSHIP PIT We wish
to do tliese things, let us say 50. q
But il we wish TO be true to the teach
ings Of our fathers in medicine and do not
wish to stultify all Of our past declarations
anG acts, then let our delegates be instruct
ed to give no uncertain sound when called
on 10 vote on this matter. l's
4. part Of the daily papers and the dis
ciples Of Hahneman have been especially
jubilant oyer this aetiqp Of the New York
Society, and the taunt has been freely
hurled at It's, that at last we have been conf
PEELED TO acknowledge we were wrong,
apd have had to call on monographs
for assistance in our difficult cases.
Can any ono Of tbese parties have
given a moments thought to tho pit
terabsurdityand dishonesty Of the practical
working OF consultations Of this kind l?
Physicians are employed to do MI in their
power in assisting nature to restore
their patients to health. In critical
and lingering cases, friends, for vari.
OTIS regsons, desire Il consultation be-
tween the attending physician and some
other practitIo ner, and home,opalh is call
cd in. He probably is MS well educated ip the
science OF medicine rs the regular he IL
called to consult with. The two agree per-
frctiy as 10 the nature Of the disease and SO
iar act in harmony. But when they come
to the treptment ofthe case, the part which
is really OF the most vital interest to the