The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-11-16

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MEETING OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY .-rh
Hartford County Medical Society met at the Gran
gers Hotel, Bel Air, on Tuesday. DR.. j. Ware
Scott, President, was in the chair. Dr. W. Stumy
Forwood, Secretary, Dr. r. d. Lee, Treasurer
Drs. w. W. Hopkins, d. Preston Wysong, j. T
| Payne and David Riley were also present.
| DR.. Scott, who was elected President at a pre-
Ii was bright, sparkling and entertaining, ant
was listened to with close attention. On motion
of DR.. Hopkins it was ordered to be published
| DIR. Scott, in his address, referred TO the us,
of stimulants, and this point evoked discussion
in which Drs. Scott, Forwood and Wysong tool
part
DIR. Forwood read articles on the response
bility of employers for physicians fees for medi
cal services rendered to persons in their employ
DR.. Forwood also called attention to the sub
ject of canning houses as sources of disease
He said he had been requested to read paper be
fore the Maryland Sanitary Convention, which
meets at Baltimore on the 21th and 2Sth of this
month. In order to be able TO present facts tc
the convention he had addressed circulars &c
various physicians practicing in the vicinity o
canneries, with view of obtaining the results Of
! their experience and observation of the matter
DIR. Lee thought that the cflluvia arising from
canning houses had aggravated certain diseases
OF zymotic character, such as bilious fever
Intermittent fever, aguc and fever and produced
diphtheiia. So distinct and characteristic have
some of the cases that they have been classed
as typho- malarial diseases.
DR.. Payne said his experience was adverse to
the opinion that canning houses have influence
over the class of diseases named. His practice
Is in healthy country, five or six miles from
any canning house. Last fall peculiar dis.
ease, of a typho-malarial character made Its ap.
pearance. He had So cases of it in his practice,
ten of which were genuine typhoid, while the
others were of malarial type.
Dr. Hopkins was also rather of the opinion that
canning houses did not produce specific poison,
but that the eilluva from them is great nui-
sance. The authorities, he said, would be justi
fled in not allowing canning factories to be
located on public highways or streets.
DR.. Scott thought diphthcretic sore throat
might be caused by inhalng the air blowing
from the direction of a canning house.
Dr. Forwood said the opinion of physicians,
so far as he could learn, was about equally divid-
ed on the subject. lie had letter from Dr. II.
G. Whiteford, inspector of canneries for the
Northern Hartford Packing Association, who
said that he had this season regularly visited
81 canneries, and had not seen case of disease
that was distinctly attributable to The canning
house etlluva
On the other hand, DR.. Chapman, of Perry
mans, who practices in the canning house region,
had given his opinion that the diseases named
had increased in virulence since so many can
ming houses had been started.
DIR. Forwood said all agreed that the offensive
odors should be abated, and this could be easily
accomplished by removing the ofla at once from
the canning house and spreading it over the
fields, where ii would soon dry and no longer
give offence
DR., Wysong reported several cases of pneumo-
mia, which he had treated successfully with
morphia.
The society then adjourned.