The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-15
MAINE MEDICAL, ASSOCIATION.
Closing Exercises Of the Annual Session.

The closing session was held this morning at
8 O'Clock.
The board OF censors made their annual re-
port as follows.
Recommended that the request Of DR.. W.
III. Simmons of Bangor to be allowed to With
draw from the association be granted, In the
case of DIR. Seavey of Bangor against whom
charges were preferred by Drs. Sanger of Ban,
gor and Mayo of Orono, the censors reported
that the charges were not sustained. 1t is re-
commended that the next annual meeting pc
held in Portland on the second Tuesday OF
June, 1884.
The following appointments were made:
orator--A. s. Hersey, Oxford.
Delegates to other medical societies
New Hampshire II. A. Foster of Portland, d. H.
Lamson, Fryeburg.
Vermont-W q. Mason of Bangor, H. X. Jones of
Bangor.
Massachusetts-E. II. Hin of Lewiston, A. NJ
Peables of Auburn.
Rhode Island--Charles T.Moulton of Cumberland,
j. l.. Horr Of Cumberland Mills
Connecticut 20. st. G. oBrion OF Bristol, A. D.
Visitor to Medical School of Maine, for two years
IS Laughton, Bangor.
Visitors TO Portland School for Medical instruc-
ton Charles A. Packard of Bath, j. A. Richards
Pennington.
Hereafter all candidates for membership az
thirty days notice OF their intention shall DO
required to appear 10 person before the board
and produce their diplomas or satisfactory EVIL
dence that they possess them, on or before the
first day of the annual meeting. The board
will be in session on tho first day OF the an
nual meeting for the purpose OF receiving cam
didates.
Appointments to present papers and reports
are as follows:
ovariotomy--Dr. Hampton Hill, Saco.
Injuries OF the skull and treatment-Dr. II. O.
Thayer, Watervile.
Pneumonia-Dr. D. e. Marston. Monmouth.
Typhoid fever-Df. j. w. Beede, Auburn
On subjects not assgned-F. II. Gerrish, Port
land; Alfred Mitchell Brunswick; j. N Donovan,
Lewiston; j. A. Spaldng, Portland; J.. L. Bennett,
Hiram; George II. Cummings, Portland; A. H. Bur
roughs, Saecarappa; @. W. Bray. Portland; 5.
Lsughton, Bangor.
DR.. S. B. Cushmap OF Wiscasset. was recon-
mended for membership. The report was
sigued by majority OF the committee, Dr.
Nutting of Hallowel, not being present Ac-
cepted and referred to the committee on publ
cation.
The secretary read letter he had just re.
ceived from Dr. Seayey of Bangor. Low on the
retired list, asking that he be allowed to with
draw from the association. This request was
referred to the censors, who subsequently re-
ported that it had been referred to the next
board of eensors.
DR.. Weeks reported an interesting case of a
malignant growth upon the head, and exhib-
tied photographs of the tumor which has now
assumed enormous dimensions, and took strong
grounds in favor OF early operations in all
forms of morbid gro sths. He alluded to other
year.
DIR. Garcelon of Lewiston, referred to cases
reported at tho American Medical Association,
and explained the plan of the new weekly
journal to be published by that association in
place of the annual volume as in former years.
DR.. Shannon of Portland, reported cases OF
h@mmorrhagic tendencies in infants.
The president announced as a committee on
State Board of Health, Drs. Dana If Portland.
Bates of Yarmouth and Weeks of Portland,
and as a committee on registration bill, Drs. O.
III. Horr OF Lewiston, j. o. Webster Of Angus
ia, f. H. Gerrish of Portland, o. st. @,
0'Brion Of Bristol and j. B. Walker of Thorn.
aston.
DR.. Gerrish declined serving and DR.. A. r.
G. Smith of Whitefield was substituted.
The usual votes OF thanks were passed to the
city government of Portland for courtesy in
extending use OF rooms, to the retiring presi'
dent, DR.. Brickett of Augusta, to the secreta-
ry and treasurer, and to DR.. I. e. Kimball of
Portland to whose efficient services the success
of the meeting is largely due.