The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-08
AMERICAN PHYSICIANS.
Election of Officers and Committees for the
Ensuing Year.

CLEVELAND, June THE American Medi.
cal Association to-day adopted resolution
to petition the State Legislatures to enact
more stringent laws regarding the sale of
deadly poisons.
A resolution offered by Dr. s. Pollock of
St. Louis, to revise the code of ethics, created
a sensation, and was hurriedly tabled for a
year.
A resolution was adopted advocating the
establishment of schools to train nurses for
the sick.
The resolution fully recognizes the import
ance of the subject, and recommends the
establishment in every country town in the
States and Territories of schools or societies
for the efficient training of nurses, male and
female, by lectures and that practical in
struction be given by competent county So
cieties, either gratuitously or at such reason
able rates as shall not debar the poor from
ayailing themselves of this benefit.
officers were elected as follows: President,
Austin Flint, sr., of New York. This was
received with deafening applause. Vice-pres-
idents-R. A. Kinlock. of Charleston, S. c.;
7. B. Lester, of Kansas City; A. L. Gihon,
land, Me. Treasurer, r. ]. Dungleson, of
Philadelphia; librarian, c. H. A. Klein
schmidt of Washington. Place of
meeting in 1884, Washington. D. c.,
on the first Tuesday of May
Chairman of the committee of arrangements,
DR.. A. Y. P. Garnett, of Washington. As
Eistant secretary, DR.. d. w. Prentiss
Judicial council-Drs. F. d. Cunningham,
of Virginia; H. O. Marcy, of Massachusetts,
W. Q, Baldwin, of Alabama; ]. S. Billings
of the United States Army; Freeman w
Miller, of the United States Marine Hospital
service; Eugene Gressom of North Carolina;
R. N. Tood, of indianapolis; E. w. Clark, of
Iowa.
. The delegates to foreign societies are: Drs
G. j. Engleman, of st. Louis; w. NJ. Finley
of Altoona, Pa; Walter L. Zeigler, Of
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; NJ. H.
Alter, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania;
R. b. Cole, of San Francisco; Jas. H. Warren,
of Boston; c. H. Vonklein, of Hamilton O.;
VIM. Lawler, of San Francisco Henry
Martin, of Boston; ]. c. Hutchinson, of
Brooklyn; A. M. Hawes, of Detroit; Edward
Borch of st. Louis; T. F. Prewett. of St.
Louis; E. H. Allen, of Pennsylvania; H. Nc
Call of Michigan ]. n. Quinby, ofNew Jersey,
and s. G. Gordon of Maine.
The chairmen and secretaries of sections
are as follows:
Practice of medicine Chairman, ]. ".
Shoemaker. of Pennsylvania; secretary, W.
c. Vile. of Connecticut.
Obstetrics and diseases of women-Chair-
man, t. A. Reamy, of Cincinnati, o.. secre-
tary, ]. I. Julks, Arkansas
Surgery and anatomy-Chairman, C. D.
Parks of Illinois; secretary, H. o. Walker,
of Michigan.
Ophthalmology. otology and laryngology
Chairman, ]. ]. Chisholm, of Maryland;
secretary, DIR. Thompson, of Indiana.
Diseases of children-Chairman, William
Lee. of Maryland; secretary, W. R. Upton,
of New Mexico.
Dental and oral surgery-Chairman, T. w.
Brophy, of Illinois; secretary, John S. Mar
shall, of Illinois.
State of medicine-Chairman, D. J..
Roberts, of Tennessee; secretary, - Fran
zoni, of Washington, ID. c.
Committee on State of Medicine.-Ala-
bana, Jerome Cochran; Arkansas, J. J. Nc
Almont; California, w. f. McDermott; Colo
RADIO, Charles Dennison; Connecticut. c. W.
Chamberlain; Dakota Territory, ]. " Van
Nelson; Georgia, ]. p. Logan; Illinois, O. c.
DeWolf; Indiana, George Sutton; Iowa, W.
S. Robertson; Kansas, D. w. Stormount;
Kentucky, J. P. Thompson; Louisiana, s. c.
Chaille; Maine, S. H. Weeks; Maryland. John
Morris; Massachusetts,, H. j. Bowditch;
Michigan. f. X. Owen; Minnesota; c. N.
Hewitt; New Mexico. w. NJ Milligan; Dis
trict of Columbia s. Townsend;
Delaware, L. P. Dnsh; Oregon, H. Carpen-
ter; Mississippi, H. Fl. Gault; Missouri, Les
ter Hall; Nebraska, l.. B. Larsh; New York
e. M. Moore; New Jersey, Ezra NJ Hunt;
North Carolina, James McGee Ohio, T. L.
Neal; Pennsylvania, R. ]. Dunglson; Rhode
Island, O. H. Fisher Tennessee, c. G. Fite;
Texas, Thomas d. Wooten; Vermont, S. w.
Thayer; Virginia, ]. l.. Cabbel; West Vir-
ginia, DR.. Mofit; Wisconsin, ]. T. Reeves;
United States Army, ]. P. Smith; United
States Navy, ]. M. Brown; United States
Marine Hospital service, P. H. Bailhoche;
South Carolina, Manning Simmons.