Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-17

money qualification only Ia required Of
them. He remarked: "Pfescriptions
are made and medicines ordered, the
most common m Of which are so
misspelled as to sosm most studiously
made 60, The wisdom of our legisla.
ture seemed to have been exhausted in
the enactment of a pharmacy law
which, though necessary and good
enough In itself, requires that compe.
tent hands shall compound the prepa.
ratlons OF all without tho slightest re-.
gard TO their fitness, education or
ability to prescribe. Such a Law with.
out another deiaing who and uuder
what circumstances they may pre-
scribe, will stand out in bold relief as
a monument of neutrality-suspicious.
and folly"
The speaker also Urged the neces-
sity of additional facilities for caring
for the Insane. He also scored the
frequency with which the doctors were
called Into court as witnesses, ard to
contradict each other. He believed
hat the law ehould not permit any
one to be called as an expert unless he
could Justly lay claim to some psrtic-
ular qualification to such q title, and
when thus summoned 1t should be by
the especial order of the csurt and
Jury, and neither for plaintiff nor de-.
PENDANT.
In closing his address he spoke
brie fly of the New Yorke CODE" the
speaker supporting the national asso-
citation as against the New York so.
oiety,
Ga motion Of DR.. Caldwell the I'D.
dress was referred to a committee of
three, consisting of DrS. Watson, Hill
and Adsir.
DR.. Hill moved that a section be
established on idiocy and nervous dis
eases, but after some discussion the
motion was withdrawn.
DR.. Thrall, of 0ttumwa, gave o
paper on "The Mineral Waters Of
Iowa"
DR.. Davis, of Mspletor, gave one
on "Diphtheria."
Theae papers were discussed by Drs.
Mcclure, of Mt. Pleasant; Ross, of
Page county; Clapp, of Iowa City;
Robertson, of Muscatine; Jenkins, of
Keokuk; Watson, of Dubuque; j. G..
Robinson, OF Washington county, and
Slmonton, of Dss Moines, and then
referred to the committee on publioa.
tion.
DIR. Robertson, of Muscatine, pre-
sented a paper In faver of the con.
structlon of a fire proof building for
the Army and Medical museum and
library at Washington, and presented
resolutions asking the influence of
senators and congressman In aid of
tho enterprise; also that a committee
be appointed to draft o memorial to
congress.
DIR. Robertson, CT Muscatine, DR..
Grouse, of Waterloo, and DR.. Ran.
som, CT Burlington, were appointed
as such committee
DR.. Peck, of d NEWPORT, of the
section.of surgery, reported concern
Ing recent improvements In operative
surgery, instruments, etc., and mar
rated several cases of surgical oper'
atoms on the abdominal cavity.
DR.. Macra. narrated a case of NAL
formation of the hands and feet In {
child.
At the medical convention last even,
ing the following committee was chosen
on nominations: Drs. Watson, Du-
buque; j. d. Miles, independence; S
E Robinson, West Union; o. T. Gil
lett, Iowa City; Lewis, Ottumwa; W
h. Ward, Des Moines; Euslgn, De
Moines; R,wson, Corning; Emmert
Atlantic; Alleman, Boone; Wright
o. Car, oil.
:. DR.. Emmert described a case of In
ternal obstruction. Dr.. G. II. Hill
superintendent of the insane asylum
, at independence, read a paper o.
"What we ought to do with the Incur
able insane In Iowa" After discus
, sion the paper war referred.
DIR. Mcclure, of Mount Pleasant
g moved that a committee be appointe'
. to memorislize the legislature on tn
, cure of insane. Adjourned until
6 O'Clock this morning.