The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-13
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
President WOedburn Names His Commit
tees and the Convention AdjOurns.

The Indiana State Medical Society met yester-
day morning, greatly reduced in attendance, in
its third and last days session. The paper of
Dr. H. l. Raymond, U. S. A, on the "Antiseptic
Treatment of Gunshot Wounds" was referred,
without reading, to the committee on publica-
ton, as was also the paper of Dr. B. Wallace, of
Franklin, on 1.-TWO cases of Foreign Bodies in
the Trachea"
DR.. 7. ]. Dills, of Fort Wayne, read paper
on 'Intra-ocular Tumors," and DR.. j. S..
Arwine, of Columbus, a paper on Race Poi
son, each of which elected much discussion.
DR.. Lomax. of Marion, one of the most ven,
cradle and honored members of the society,
called attention to a pamphlet spread among the
members, which cast some reflection on him,
and offered to make a defense but the chair
considered the matter unimportant, and ruled it
out of order
adopted, providing for the restoration of mem
bers expelled by auxiliary societies for non-pay-
ment of dues, who shall pay such obligation be-
fore the societies make their annual report, and
for their restoration at any time thereafter by a
majority vote and the payment of the obliga-
ton.
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was instructed to provide in the bill to be pre-
sented to the next Legislature that no physician
shall be appointed upon the board of medical
examiners who is not Endorsed by the Indiana
State Medical Society.
The following was unanimously adopted: ''The
trustees of Purdue University, having es-
tablished a school of pharmacy in connection
with the university, and recognizing the great
need of educated and skilled pharmacists in or
der to enable the educated physician to success
fully encounter disease, we hereby express our
pleasure and approval of the action of the
trustees and pledge them our sympathy and sup
port"
President Smart, of Purdue University. made
short address based upon the resolution just
passed, pledging Purdue to give to Indiana a
good school of pharmacy or none at ALL
Dr. J. FL. Woodburn. of this city, the presi-
dent-elect who is one of the fathers in all efforts
toward medical legislstion and rails
ing the standard of medicine in In
diana then introduced, and named
the following committee for the ensuing year:
Ethics-Drs S. H. Charlton chairman: Morris
Baker j. q. Powell, N. P. Howard, and S. W.
Edwins.
Arrangements Oliver, chairman; F. G.,
Furgason, G. V. Wolen, j. A. Sutclffe and t.
N Bryan.
Publication-Allison Maxwell, chairman; E.
S. Elder, G. w. H. Kemper, John A. Chambers
and A. W. Brayton.
Neurology. F. Hibberd
The retiring officers were complimented by
meet in this city, on the second Tuesday i'll May,
1885,
NOTES.
1t was remarked that while the attendance
was hardly as great as upon previous years, the
body was greatly improved in personele.
Doctors are good takers, but it occurred 70
the lookers-on that they knew little and cared
less about parliamentary usages.
Among the medical veterans was Dr. Moses
Baker of Stockwell the only physician in the
State who has performed the Cesarian opera
ton successfully. Dr. Baker is man of fine
personal appearance and was heartily greeted
by the society when presented by the president.
He was introduced by DR.. 7. B. Harvey as the
bearer of the surgical palm of the society and
State, and was compelled to take the front
when he discussed Dr. Hibberd's paper on post
partem hemorrlage. The complete report of
DR.. Bakers operation was recently given by
him in the Indiana Medical journal.