New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-11
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DOCTORS.
VIEWS OF THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.

VIEWS OF THE ACADEMY OF hEDlClNE'
OPINIONS OF MEMBERS AT vARIANCE-THE MILK
SUPPLY OF CrnEs-oFFICERs ELECTED.
Attbe concluding session of the American Acad-
emv of Medicine. which was held yesterday, an
animated discussion was occasoned by the papers
read on the previous day. The object OF the
Academy is the encouragement of classical, matho-
NAUTICAL and scientific study among those VINO nope
70 become doctors of medicine. DR.. Lewis IL.
steiner of MARYLAND remarked in some excite
mept while the debate was III progress. IhaJ Lno
Academy was not medical society," DIT an aSspoI I
ton Of medical gentlemen III Dahall ol iIDola az
odrcotion DR. Steiner was one OF the founders OF
fine Academy The immediate origin oil the con-
troyrrsy was paper by pT. H. :. Flcher' Oh oIoVA-
lyn formerly a surgeon ~ the Navy on inc IelaII
tions of medical Journalism to higher medlcal
education in the United Safes .-
Bpfore reading, Or. Pitcher made an extempore
ADDRESS in which he opposed the strict lnterpreI"-
ZION of the principles upOa which the society was
founded He thought the conclusions OF tuc PHPoIIS
read the previous day nasty, aun no. Wei a.,
v1sed There was no doubt that those pDyslcHnS
vino lacked the advantages OF general culture III
youih regretted the fact. But II was not III tno
power of the Academy, ne SAID 10 uetIuo 'uS. ST
avenues of advancement In tue profession Snouiu
be closed TO all who mad not attained cei,dH
arbitrary standard Of learning. Some men OF ColeEc
training made incapable phy5cians, ana some iIeh
rose from the plough and the anvil 70 places OF us
tinctlon as medical practitioners. 10 nave name
the humanlties an indispensable requisite 10 ue
gree III medicine, he declared, WuuIu nav oAVlu"ou
such men rs John hunter ana DIT ASHltN .Co"Pcl
from the profession m which they won theiI lahe'
To he scientist was not 10 he @ood pIaclJ ohri,
Harvey's med cal practice was the Laughing sloCh
of London while Sydenham, inferior As a scholar
and s3yaut was nCalcuablY superior In the pIaC-
tical WORK of curing disease. ..
Dr. Steiner said that there was no llme lor lno
Kind of criticism embodied in DR.. Pitchers paper;
The academy was organized 10 promote hpora,
learning ana to irOwn upon iH!teracV, anu II Cou,u
not stop to con Its alphabet WIN eGhIehcn "uo
seemed not To KNOW WhaJ O"JoSV 'H0J nav ~ w
coming fellows. -, -. ,,,
Accepting an invitation to gentlemen not mem
bers of the organization TO participate ~ Its US
cns4Ions Dr. Hunt of Boston. denounced the WhOIe
system of academcal education as medIbNaI' IN
consc0ucntial and worthless. As an outsider no
would saw that the academy was wasting its tlme
in endeayor,nr TO arrest progress that was newt
able College life was simply four years OF play
which left Young less fitted for professional
study than he was before his freshman year
The Olsen sSiOn was continued by Drs. Glhoh anu
Sjbbet and closed by DIR Pitcher.
Dr. j. CbestOn Morris OF Phliadeiphla, IN
paper on the milk supply OF large cliles' mslhlansu
that Devon cows best for dalrles ana thut the
proper way to prevent the dlluion and adutera-
tion OF milk was TO O0lge milkmen 10 sell MIX IN
sealed lars, with their names aud addresses: he
pursued this method he said, on MS own farms,
near Philadelphia. BY the use OF small sealed lats
fresh milk could be conveyed 100 or zoo
miles in good condition, thus enlaTBlbR
the territory from which the supply Tor large
city could be obtained. Inc milk supply
of Philadelphia was probably better man nan
Grst thing 10 do IN tho way oil Improvement every
where was 10 convince the people that the cheapest
milk was not the best. The farmers could not iur-
ui.h milk al a less cost than from to D cents a
0uart If they sold milk for less they were Obliged
10 make mp their losses by skimmug OF the cream.
In that cas- they held the milk for some hours ana
what reached the consumers was far from fresh.
l}y means OF the sealed laTS-Iu invention oI MS
own-he SAID. he had sent milk from NestchcSier
County, Penn, 10 Aacn, y. g., winch aiicf "A
tbrcr-day,' Journey proved fresh and sweet In
fbc summer hr sent mix daily 10 Atlantic l.lN,
I.'guge of ninety no les. The name and address
on the lar placed the responsibility Tor bad mix
where il belonged. DE- Mons added that Doe had
underworld 10 Obtain the statistics OF the milk
supply of New York from the Board Of Health, but
ms request mad been ignored.
Papers were read 10y DR.. Rockwell on the value of
cl.ctroysls; by Dr. Il. = sutton, Of Ilt.1uiE, on
tho necessity OF cleanliness lu surgical operations;
and by Dr. L. =. Bush, OF WILMINGTON, De-, on
vaccination.
Dr,. DuuglIsou and Marcy presented report on
tine progress made by che states uI the Union IN
medical legislation. Tuc registration laws ot New
York and Pennsylvania were described as ONLY
uIT,laIIy successful. the states whose Isl3iTrs
had pa sed more or les, efficient laws >hc. tue last
annual meeting # the academy were DELAWARE,
Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri.
The following Ollie Is were Gle ted for the ensuing
wear: President benjamin Lee, Pennsylvania; vice.
presidents A. J.. Glhun, L, ). NJ Nathan Allen,
Birmingham, Newly OTni secretary aud treasurer,
H. J.. DungI,ou. Peuus. lyauIai assistant secretary
Charles Mcintyre, IT,, Pennsylvania.
President Ice appointed as members OF the Cuun-
cil Charles Carroll Lee Now-lork William Elmer
IT,. Trenton, " j.; j. Chr3ton Morris, PennsylyuIa.
The next meeting OF the academy will DO held at
Baltimore.