The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-24
IN COUNCIL!
THE TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
HOLDS AN IMPORTANT CON
VENTION AT BBLT0N.
And Wedding Bells, in Merry
Chimes Speak Holy Love
in Dallas !!
Mayor Fulton Has His Veto
Thrice Voted Down at the
Deep Water City!
While County Attorney Clint
"Rises to the Occasion"
in Sterrettsville!
FROM BELTON,

Important Proceedihgs of the State Med
icaI Association.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
BELToN, April 22.-The Texas Stat
Medical Association was called to or
der this morning at ten o'clock b,
the president, DR.. A. 2. Brown, O.
Jefferson. The roll having beer
called by the secretary, and a quorum
being present, prayer was offered by
the Rev. NJ. Smith, of Bolton.
An appropriate address OF welcome
was delivered by the mayor of the
city, Hon. ID. A. Chamberlin. followed
by Judge X. B. Saunders In an able and
interesting speech, welcoming the
members of the association to the
hearts and homes of the people, to
which the president replied in most
fitting terms.
The president then suggested the
following special subjects for the con-
sideration of the association: A law
IN regard to the practice OF medicine
and surgery in the state, as
well as one governing drug
gists; the accumulation of mus
cum and library, which could
be done in connection with the State
Medical University also laws in ref
erence to quarantine, and public hy-
gene. He suggested that the State
Medical University should be in some
measure under the control OF this as
sociation, and recommended that the
Office of coroner be made elective, and
that none but physicians he eligible
He thought that all vendors of patent
or proprietary medicines should be re-
quired to have copies of prescription on
each bottle or package. The frightful
increase of criminal abortion was no
ticed, and the attention of the associa-
tion was called to the necessity for
more trained nurses. The publication
of Pharmcop9ia by national au-
thority was recommended, and he
strongly condemned the railroad sys-
tenn of treating their sick and wound
ed. The question as to the propriety
Of prescriptions was also referred
to. and he recommended that drug
gists be required to keep register Of
all sales of poison. The proposition
to create an asylum for inebriates
was recommended and approved.
Houses Of correction were recon-
mended for the young who had COM
mitted minor crimes, etc. All these
recommendations were referred to
committees.
AT the afternoon session several sec
tions were called, but all were
except that on practice of
materia medica and pathol-
ogy. Under this head DR.. r. Z. Tai
ley, of Bolton, read paper on the
use Of muriate of quininia and urea
by hyperdermic injection, quininia
carbonicata.
DR.. >. B. Stout, of Cisco, read an
able paper on continued fever5, which
provoked a learned and interesting
by several members.
A report on neurology showed the
following members of the association
had died during the past year: Drs.
Marcus, L. Campbell, E. II. Watts, j.
L. Norris, j. w. Stalnacker, l.. E.
Locke and r. w. Barton.
The judicial council reported that it
had acted favorably on forty-six ap-
plications for membership. The re-
port was adopted and applicants
elected.
LILO lCSO1QG1Ol11 GU ny
DR.. Burroughs, was adopted by the
association standing with uncovered
heads:
To the President OF the Texas We teran Asso
citation, Paris, Texas.
The State Medical association, in
convocation assembled, sends its greet
ing and respects to the Texas veterans
assembled at Paris, Texas. May your
days he long in the land you freed,
and may the blessings of millions yet
to come cling round the memories of
your noble band!
This WAS wired the veterans.
DR.. r. w. Park, of Waco, delivered
an essay at the Baptist church to-
night on evolution, and Judge x. B.
Saunders an address on medical juris-
prudence.
DIs. Gault and Kelly, of Louisville,
KY, are attending the association. So
many doctors are here from all parts
of the state, there being some two
hundred or more, that I cannot under
take to mention their names.
Parker, Davis & Co., OF Detroit
Mich, are represented by Mr.. M. l.
Odena, and have the finest display ot
pllarmacuetics and clude drugs ever
befor exhibited in this state.