Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-08
THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

ITOCtculHSS dI " eV6IanQ-
Election of Officers and appointment of
Committees.
CLEVELAND. o., June THE American
Medical association adopted resolution
petiticning state legislatures to enact more
stringent laws regarding thr sale of deadly
poisons. A resolution was adopted advo-
eating the establishment of schools to train
nurses for the sick. \ resolution offered
by DR.. Hollock of st. Louis, to revise the
code of ethics. created a sensation, and was
hurriedly tabled.
resolution was adopted fully recogniz-
ing the importance OF the subject, recon-
mending the establishment at every coun-
try town in the states and territories
schools or societies for the efficient train
ing of nurses, male or female, by lectures
and practical instruction, to be given bv
competent medical men, members, if pos
sible, of the county societies, either graf
uitioUsly or at such reasonable rates as
shall not debar the poor from availing
themselves of this benefit.
The officers elected were: President.
Austin Flint, ST., of New York; (this was
received with deafening applause) vice
presidents, R. A. !Kinlock, of Charleston.
S. c., I. B. Lester, Kansas City, A. l..
Gihon, United States Navy, S. G. Gordon.
Portland, Ne; Treasurer, R. J. Duugle-
son, Philadelphia; Librarian, G. H. A.
Klemschmid, Washington.
The place of meeting in 1884 is Wash
ington, D. c., on the first Tuesday of Nay.
The chairman of the committe on arrange
ments, DR.. A. R. Y. P. Garrett. Washing
ton; assistant secretary, DR.. D. ". Prem
tiss; judicial council. Drs. F. D. Cunning
ham, of Virginia, H. o. Marcy, of Massa-
chusetts, W. o. Baldwin, of Alabama, J. j.
S. Billings, Z. S. A., Freeman W. Miller.
United States marine hospital service,
Eugene Grisson, North Carolina, R. n.
Todd, Indiana, E. W. Clark, Iowa. The
delegates to the foreign conference are:
Drs. q. j. Engleman, Of st. Louis, VIM
Finley, Of Altoona. Pa, Walter L. Seigler
San Francisco, James II. Warner, OF Bos-
ton, c. H. Van Klein. OF Hamilton. O., W.
Lawler, of San Francisco, Henry Martin.
of Boston, J. Il. Hutchinson, of Brooklyn,
4. NJ. Hall, of Detroit, Edward Borick of
ST. Louis, L. F. Prewitt, of st. Louis, E. P.
Allen, of Pennsylvania Il. Mccall, of
Michigan, j. Quimby, of New Jersey.
The chairman ana secretaries OF sec
tons are as followt:
Practice of medicine-Ch Chairman, J. Y.
Shoemaker, Pennsylvania; secretary, W.
G. Vile, Connecticut.
Obstetrics and diseases of women-T
4. Reamy, Cincinnati; J. 7. Fulks, Arkan-
sas.
Surgery and anatomy Chairman, c. d.
Parkes, Illinois; secretary, H. 0. Walker,
Michigan.
Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngo-
logy-J. j. Chisholm, Maryland; Thomp-
son ;'Indiana.
Diseases of children---Wm. Lee, Mary
land--W. R. Upton, New Mexico.
Dental and oral surgery----T. W. Bro
phey, Illinois; Jno. S. Marshall, Illinois.
State mediclne-Chairman D. ]. Rob
erts, Tennessee; Franzoni, Washington,
D. C.
Committee on state NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Jerome Cochran; Arkansas J. J. Meal
mont; California, W. F. McDermott:
Colorado, Chas. Dennlson; Connecticut.
G. W. Chamberlin; Dakota Territory, J..
B. Vannelson; Georgia, J. P. Logan; IlIi-
nois, O. G. Dewolf; Indiana. George
Suffers; Iowa. W. S. Rob
ertson; Kansas, D. W. Stormout:
Kentucky, J. P. Thompson; Louisiana, S.
=. charlie; Maine, s. h. Weeks; Mary
land, John Morris; Massachusetts,, Il. j.
Bowditch; Michigan, F. K. Owen; Mime
sofa, c. n. Hewitt; New Mexico, NJ. M.
Milligan; District of Columbia, S. Towns
lend; Delaware, L. P. Bush; Oregon, H.
Carpenter; Mississippi, H. H. Gault;
Missouri. Lester Hall; Nebraska, Larst;
New York, E. N. Moore; New Jersey.
Ezra N. Hunt: North Carolina, James
Mckee; Ohio, 7. L. Neal; Pennsylvania,
R. j. Dunglison; Rhode Island, T. H.
Fisher; Tennessee, q. C. File; Texas, Thos.
D. Mooler; Vermont, S. W. Thayer; Vir-
ginia, j. L. Cobbell; West Virginia, Dr..
Motif; Wisconsin, J. T. Reeve; q. S. A,
j. P. Smith; Z. S. navy. J. NJ. Brown; U.
S. Marine Hospital service, P. H. Baze-
hache; South Carolina, Manning Sim
mons