Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
LITTLE DOSES.

Matters of Interest to the Profession.
The seventeenth annual meeting of this
Institute assembled in the senate cham
Der at the state house in this city yester-
day afternoon, some fifty members of the
profession being present from all parts of
the state, the assemblage being an excep-
tional one in intelligence and culture and
of more than ordinary personnel.
The meeting was called to order by
President S. H. Halves, of Hastings, the
secretary and treasurer, Arthur A. Camp,
of Minneapolis, being present, and the
two vice presidents notably absent. The
censors, 1. A. Steele, of Minneapolis, G. S
Higbee, of st. Paul, and w. H. Game,
Saltwater.
The executive committee, o. NJ. Rumph-
rey, Of Minneapolis, and G. S. Higbee, of
ST. Paul, and w. E. Leonard, of the pub
fishing committee were also in attendance.
Among the profession we also noticed
faom Minneapolis, w. D. Laurence, p. M.
Hall, Mary L. Swain, II. NJ. Brace; st.
Paul, G. w. Dorion, Chas. Griswold, j. E.
Voak, Vim. L. Craddock, A. NJ. Eastman,
J. W. Routh, Jennie Fuller, Mary E EN-
cry, w. S. Briggs; and D. H. Roberts of
Owatonna.
The following applied for membership
IN the institute and were received: Vim. L.
Craddock, st. Paul, graduate of Hahn uni
versity, Philadelphia, 1879; Jennie Fuller
and Mary E. Emery, st. Paul, Boston uni
versity, 1882; S. II. Arbuckle, Breckenridge,
Hahn university. Chicago, 1881; H. R.
Drisner, Waconia, Hahn, Chicago, 1888; A.
G. Dorchester, Granite Falls, Hahn, Chiea-
go, 1881; A. L. Sherman, Anoka, New York
Homeopathic college, 1S75,and P. NJ. Hall,
Minneapolis, Hahn, Chicago, 1882.
The first reading of thesis was upon the
subject of surjery, which was partici-
pated in by W. G. Caine, G. G. Higbes
and j. A. Steele, which were followed by
discussions upon matters of thought, ex-
perience and research by the institute in
their order. Though of deep interest to
the profession, but one of these ESSAYS
would have much interest to the general
public, with the exception of that OF DIR.
Steele on the subject of canal Fissures,"
who, contrary to all published modes of
practice, advocated the insertion of a sill
yer or rubber tube in the windpipe in all
cases of diphtheria.
The remainder of the afternoon session
was appropriated to the reading of papers,
one on Infant Feeding by DR.. A. A.
Camp, of Minneapolis; another on 'Maras-
mus'.,by DR.. W Crary of Lake City, third
on The use OF Obstretric Foreeps," by DR..
@. G. Higbee, of st. Paul; on practical
Midwifery" by DR.. D. II. Roberts, of Owa-
tonna; on 'PuerperaI Commissions" by DIR.
W. d. Lawrence, of Minneapolis; and on
'The ISanitationI of sthe .Lying-in Room"
by DIR. Charles Griswold, of st. Paul.
At the conclusion of this order of exer-
else the meeting adjourned until ..7:3O
P. N.
EVENING SESSION.
AT the evening session the chair was &C.
cupied by D. Fl. Roberts, NJ. D., of Owa-
tonna. Discussions on archaeological
and biological subjects were continued
until this mornings session. A paper on
the confirmation of kmental symptoms was
submitted by DR.. E. w. Leonard in which
cases of brain troubles were cited that had
been. successfully treated by homeopathy.
He insisted that great care should be ex-
ercised by physicians in their observation
of mental conditions, if it was desired to
remedy their complaints. He was fol-
lowed by DR.. Craddock, of st. Paul, who
presented number of cases where mental
disorders had been treated by him with
favorable results.
At the conclusion of the last speakers
remarks A. M. Eastman, NJ. D., also of St.
Paul, and chairman of the committee on
genito-urinary organs, read a paper on
Bright's disease of the kidneys, prepared
by DR.. Foster, of Minneapolis. He sup
plemented this by the presentation of an
article upon ''The Relations of Urinalysis
IN no
DR.. Leonar1 also spoke to the same ques-
ton.
At this point the report of
the Hahnemann Medical society
of Hennepin county, Minnesota.
for the year 1928 was submitted by con-
sent through DR.. W. E. Leonard. The re-
port sets forth that in consequence of the
energies of the members hay
ing been diverted in the
establishment of homeopathic
hospital at Minneapolis, the report sub
mitted was not as full as desired or could
otherwise have been made. The member
ship remained the same as last year, that
Is twenty-three. DR.. S. P. Starritt had de-
ceased January 3, 1888, and H. B. FhIsr
had been elected member at the April
meeting. The bureau OF vital statistics
SAAN"S q SNAAA l'1I dIAhO SIdL6ul6uG OF Q6aLhS
under Homeopathic and Allopathlc treat
ment of cases of typhoid fever, pneumo-
MIA, and diphtheria with results claimed to
be favorable to the former. The deaths
under allopathic treatment were stated at
ninety-seven, while but eighteen deaths
occurred under homeopathic physicians.
The comparative losses from pneumonia
IN Minneapolis for twelve years end
ing December 1881 from the first
city health records were as follows: Total
deaths $50; treated by allopathic physi-
clans, AL; homeopathic physicians, 81;
died without medical attendance, 46.
These figures, states the report, show
that nearly fYe-sixths of all the fatal
cases were patients of the all opathic fra
ternlty. Moreover their loss each year has
been to the homeopathic as forty to.fve,or
eight to one, while in numbers and prac-
tlce the proportion had been very differ
ent,
The report was accepted and ordered
printed.
S. W. II. Caine, of Saltwater, reported |
on the condition of the homeopathic hospit- |
al at that place. 1t had been discontinued |
since November 2, ultimo, for lack of sup
port.
After the transaction of some further