Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-06-13


Draper; Kent County, Drs. Whitele,
aud Pratt; Sussex County, Drs. Ellegoot
and Richards.
DR.. Shaw, the Treasurer, said tina
he was ready to meet the Board o
Censors and submit his report for TIN
past year, and they retired to an ad
Joining room to examine the books.
Dr. Cooper introduced DR.. Lewis, o
Philadelphia, and he was welcomed by
the Society. DR.. Mckay, of this city
read paper on "Clinical Observation.
upon OtenhTa," and cited number O.
interesting cases of diseases OF the ear
many of which were the result of scar
let fever or measles, that have beeL
treated by him.
The Treasurer and Board of CensOrs re-
turned aud reported that during the
year he had received $l2O.70, and paid
1856. Several bills for printing, rent
of room &C., were received, and ordered
to be paid.
DR.. Willard Springer then said that
he had a matter to which he wished tC
call the attention of the Society and pre-.
faced his remarks by saying that it was
the first time charges had ever been
made against member. He then read
the following paper, addressed to the
President Of the Society, saying he had
fully conformed to the rules and regula-
tions governing such cases
"The undersigned,a "a fellow member of
the above Society, hereby brings to your
notice tile case OF DR.. n. G. Snitcher,
whom deem to be guilty of unpro-
fessiOna conduct as laid down in the
code Of ethics adopted by the American
Medical Association and re-atiirmed.by
the Delaware State Medical Society at
i-s last stated meeting at Rehoboth in
June, 1882, rs follows: Charge-Unpro-
fcssional conduct. First,
holding, advertising and having for
sale IL patent medicine called the
Royal Liniment,' the trade mark for
which is on record at the L. S. Patent
Office as No. 1906, registered January
81, 1879, application tiled November 26,
1873 Second, having secret nostrum
which lie uses in his practice and adyer-
tises for sale, namely the Royal Lini-
ment.' Third. trading under the name
Of the Royal Medicine Company.
w lLIIAhb DI hlNHElt
He also read n number Of documents
from the Patent office at Washington,
including the label used on the bottles
of liniment and said the charge made
was plain one and a simple fact. He
wished to know what action the Society
would take. The documents were then
al referred to the Board of CensOrs, to
report, according to the rules of the So
ciety, at the meeting in one year.
1t was decided that all pap:rS read at
the meeting should become the proper
ty of the Society.
The following resolutions, offered by
DR.. Benjamin Lee, were read and
adopted
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Society that the failure of the Congress
of the United States to sustain the Ma
tioual Board of Health in it's important
labors can only be looked upon as Il ma
tional calamit, and, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Secretary cftl,is
Society be instructed to prepare IA mt
mortal, to he signed by the appropriate
officers. to be forwarded to the represen-
tatives of this State in Congress, imne-
diately upon the opening Of its next
session, calling upon that honorable
body t" make such appropriations as
the said Board shall consider necessary
to the full and satisfactory discharge OF
its functions.
On motion a committee of three, con
sisting Of Drs Kane, E. W. Cooper and
Richards, were appointed to name Off"
GERS Tor the ensuing year.
A motion was made that the next
of the Society be held in Dover
that was amended to read Wilmington.
After brief discussion, the amend
ment was adopted, and the motion as
carried bya vote of ~ to II.
On motion of DR.. Hamilton,a committee
OF two from each county was appointed
by The President to represent the Society
a the next meeting Of the Pennsylvania
state Medical Society New Castle
c nntJ-Drs. Hamilton and Mckay
Kent County-Drs Lewis and f. W.
Cooper Sussex County,-Drs. Benton
and Richards.
DR.. West read an article from the
New York Medical journal on blind
nrsa during pregnancy, and the advisa-
bility of producing premature birth |
N ~ o,'ei VIA " a"'e @ ano pa" 1;, 't,la slsit.
~. n'n"y ~, s"'o" '4.s'u'y VI ole or
IVY ;1 'il"' n'''. oD'.io uliaei lis "o1ice'
where the physician would be justified |
IN producing premature birth. A dis
,uSsion ensued, in which several ply
',"i''a h ''. tpo.'.'I tt pue''ins "s ich1eoy,
.u -" ',aa f, apor'iot, ,n shoulu ?nly pe
! teHn' :s;T 'en ~ "l'or al o'her reiiieoies haa
l'I'r'' mn p,,,, . j,
t;n ~, n.iIS"o,' r D,;''., ,e"o paper upon the
'nnlec. Vi nr,sl' olsease "i ,he kid-
'eya - u. .,ie 'o''c,us'o,l ' Vi "nich the loi-
owing o'''cG,s were CHOSEN lor the com
my year ". rrHsiueh', nh, h0nert W. Har-
s".li'ie '!ce-l rrSlIGlit, wizard oprih-
ger Secretary, II. W. Marshall Trea-
,urer' 1omh w. oharp Uehsors, Drs.
l'usli, bullock anu Mckay, OF New
Jastle county Jrs. wilson, Pratt and
f1lroiS, OF heht county Dfs: Il. u. III.
egood, f'chards anu y. IL. Iaylor, OF