The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-10
MEDICAL CONVENTIONS.
The Disciples of Three Schools in An
nual Meeting.
Officers Elected by the Ailopaths and Home
opaths- Papers Read and Discussed
Programme for To-day.
THE ALLOPATHs.


Annual Election of Oficers-A Disagree
ment Over the Code of Ethics.
At the opening of the second days session Of
the Indiana State Medical Society, yesterday
morning, the first business was the appointment
of a committee on nominations, which reported
the following officers for the ensuing year, who
were duly elected: President, s. E. Munford,
Princeton; .vice-president, william H. Shulse,
lebanon secretary, E. S. Elder, Indianapolis;
assistant secretary. G. W Burton, Mitchell; treas
urer. G. W. H. Kemper, Muncie.
Papers were read by DR.. j. A. Sutcliffe and by
Dr. John Chambers, Indianapolis; by DR.. Charl-
ton, Seymour, on "Puerperal septicemia."
The afternoon session began with. the reading
of paper on Typhoid Fever" by DR.. J. NJ.
Green of Stilesville, the reading of which took
up more than an hours time. This was fol
lowed by discussion of the paper (Which con
sumed as much more time) in which Dr. r. N.
Todd, DR.. r. e. Haughton, DIR. Lomax, DR..
Tucker, DIR. John Noffett, Dr. N. Field, and
Others engaged. Dr. Boyd, of Dublin, rose to
say that the infliction of lengthy papers and
long discussions on the society in violation OF a
rule adopted two years ago, that papers should
not be SO long as to require more than twenty
minutes for their reading was working the 80
ciety great injury. 1t was an infection that
bnOulu D6 QealO Win ana SuOulQ Dc
stopped. The Doctors speech made decided
sensation. 1t appears that the society carries a
large number of old practitioners who consume
time THAT might be more advantageOusly SPENT
In rehearsine the practice of their youth and in
giving what sounds very much like primer les.
sons In physiology, pathology and hygiene. II
the speeches were co bo taken as evidence, the
old assertion that "typboid fever must run its
course Is certainly true
The remainder OF the afternoon was taken M
with the reading OF an interesting paper by DR..
oF Tua1fa ali, "a Il
cussien. The title of the paper was 1.-THE LAGER
alton of the Cervix Uteri."
EVENING SESSION.
At the beginning Of the evening session DR..
Rowland, of CovingtOn, offered the following:
Resolved. That the Indiana State Medical
Society disapproves the action of the Medical
Society q the State of New York, at its meeting
in February laet, in reaffirming it's approval of
the new CODE which is in direct conflict with
the code of ethics Of the American Medical AS
soeiatioa.
Resolved, That the Medical Society of the
State of New York, simply declares to the world
that the Homeopathic, Eclectic, Physio Medic,
Hygeo Therapeutic, or old Thomsonian doctor,
no matter whether he be educated or not, may
legally qualified, and is entitled to the conf
dence of the peopls aud the Endorsement OF the
medical learning of the Empire State
Resolved, That the Indiana State Medical So
eiety affirms its loyalty, and remains with I'M
qualified adherence and fidelity to the code OF
ethics OF the American Medical Association, and
condemns the action of the Medical Society OF
the State of New Y ork as being unwise, uuau-
tborized, unnecessary and unprOfessional."
1t was moved that the resolutions be taken up
at o'clock this morning.
DR.. F. s. Newcomer of opinion that tho
society had mere important work than this trig-
1al matter of ethics. and moved the resolutions
he laid on the table DR.. Newcomers motion
being lost. DIR. j. NJ. Kitchen moved to amend by
postponing the con sideration of the resolutions
one year from o'clock this morning. This mo-
tion was also lost, and the code of ethics will
have an airing at sharp this morning
tFnitn linz la 49, n
H. Bell, of Iogansport, on 'Some OF the Hin
drancPs TO the Advancement of Medical Knowl-
edge and Some of the Methods for Fostering Its
Interests." This, as it's title would indicate,
WAS Il lengthy and exhaustive address, IL was
listened to with marked interest and attention,
and Will doubtless be published in the official
proceedings of the society.