Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-09

cred with Peritoneum, "by DR.. VIM. A. Byrd
of Quincy, Ill was read in the general SEES ;
len in the forenoon, and was accordingly
passed by the section.
The next two papers-"Fatal Influence oil
An&sthetics In Diseases of the Kidneys" by
DIR. L. Turnbull, Philadelphia, and "Osteotomy
and Exhibition Of Instrument" by DR.. G. 7.
P0ore, of New York-were not read, the first
named gentleman not being present and the
second not being prepared.
DR.. Jos. Ransohoff, professor OF anatomy
and chemical surgery in the Medical college
OF Ohio, at Cincinnati, read q paper on the
subject: contributions to the Purging of
the Liver"
The doctor reported case OF the removal
OF five gall stones that had been diagnosed
and removed by Sims operation. The second
case was that of an abscess of the liver from
which one gallon of pus had been removed
| by new method without the loss of drop
of blood. The patient made an excellent re-
cOvery.
Dr.. Edmund Andrews of! Chicago delivered
the next paper. entitled 1.-THE proper Points
for Incision in the Drainage of suppuratlng
Knee JOINTS" The paper was comparatively
short and was interesting. doubtless, to those
who comprehended the technicalities used,
but to the average listener, including re-
porters, it was decidedly dry. This paper was
referred to the SUBJ committee on publication
for examination.
The section then turned its attention to the
papers read at the general session in the fore
noon by Dr.. Byrd, NExcisions OF the Intestin-
al Canal"
The speakers on the subject were DR.. Rams
ohoff, Cincinnati, who thought the paper
was not practical one, but was interesting
and well read; DR.. Pruett of Missouri, who
had not quite understood, by the title OF the
paper, what it's contents would be, but who
had been edited thereby, and who, in general,
agreed with it; DR.. Byrd, who further eluci-
dated some of the points mentioned
in his essay; DR.. Garcelon, OF Maine, who
made some objections to the 'sartifcial anus"
which was described in the paper, and gave
his ideas on the cure of strangulated hernia; DR..
Ellis, of Michigan, who gave the case Of one of
his patients. who had been apparently "spOn-
taneously cured,' as the surgical slang goes;
DR.. Vaughn, of Missouri, who said three
months was the longest period in his expert.
ence in which the artificial anus referred to
above had remained open; DR.. Norris, of I'LL
nois, who spoke OF one of his peculiar cases;
DIR. Markham, of Iowa, who described case in
which an artificial anus had formed from gun.
shot wound, Described his treatment, and asked
ifiany surgeon present could give better mode
of treatment than the one he had employed;
DR.. Allen, Of Pennsylvania, who said that
although nature occasionally worked cures,
yet be would recommend The use OF surgery
as far more certain; and lastly, DR.. Moore, Of
New York, who entered ga little remon-
strancs," as the venerable gentleman said,
with genial smile, to the recommendations of
the paper, and said he still stuck to the old
school Of surgery and its practice. DR.. Moore
received quite murmur of applause.
The discussion then turned upon DR.. Ramos.
hof's paper "Surgery of the Liver" DR..
Keller, of Arkansas, said in gun shot wounds
of the liver his patients had invariably died,
and asked II any surgeon could detail suc-
cessful diagnosis. Dr.. Pruett, of Missouri,
asked question in regard to the abscess re-
ferred to in DIR. Ransohoff's paper and was
answered by the latter.
DR.. Green, of New York, made an explana-
tion that DR.. Sayre in his statement in regard
to DR.. Stillman's paper, which was laid
on the table yesterday, had acknowl-
edged that he was in error, and had asked DIR.
Green to come to the section, because he Or.
Sayre), would necessarily be absent, and make
the amende honorable.
DR.. Carpenter, of Chicago, moved that all
the criticism and structures upon DR.. Still
mans paper and instrument be stricken from
the minutes of yesterdays meeting. A dis
cussion on the motion followed. The discus
sion and motion were both arbitrarily dropped,
with the idea, that perhaps, the subject might
come up in the general session to-day. The
session then adjourned until next year.