Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-11

MAINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Thirty.SecOnd Annual Session at Port.
land.

PORTLAND. June III.
The SD annual meeting of the Maine
Medical Association opened in Portland, at
1870 Tuesday morning, President o. A.
Horr of Lewiston in the chair. Prayer was
offered by Mr.. Barrows of the Park street
Unitarian church. The report of the treas
urer shows the financial standing of the as
sociation to be unusually prosperous.
DIR. Laughton of Bangor presented the re-
port of the visitors appointed to the Medical
School of Maine. detailed review of the
work done in each department was given.
/ The school, as usual, was highly commended
Additional chairs of Pathology and Opth-
almology, increased clinical facilities and an
extension of the term of study were recon-
mended. Favorable comment was made upon
the new departure of having formal gradua-
ting exercises. The report was accepted.
DIR. ). p. Warren of Portland presented
an interesting paper based upon an exper-
ience with two unusual cases of labor.
Dr. Wedgewood of Lewiston reported
case of Ordema of the lungs with death in II
hours similar to that mentioned by DR.. War
rem, characterized by some peculiar symp-
toms.
Similar cases of this rare complication
were also reported by Drs. Meserve, Hill of
Saco and J. A. Foster.
The board of censors made a partial re-
port recommending for membership Drs. NJ.
Y. Adams of Brunswick, C. A. Baker of
| nd | nit 7 nd
C. ID. Hill of Bethel. II. II. Hill of Augusta,
Alfred Hitchcock of Portland, A. F. Murch
Cumberland Mills, Edwin Preble of Port
land, A. ID. Sawyer of Lisbon Falls, +. W.
Smith of West Baxton, c. II. Tobie of Me-
chanic Falls, ii. f. Twitchell of Portland, G.
w. Way of Portland. They were severally
elected.
The committee on the banquet reported
through DIR. Bates of Yarmouth, that it had
been deemed advisable to take no action this
year and ask to be discharged. The report
was accepted. The committee was dis
charged.
The auditing committee reported that they
have examined the accounts of the treasurer
and found them properly vouched for At
l2. 80 adjourned to , Z. NJ.
The afternoon proceedings were resumed
at 3 o'clock. An unusually large number
were in attendance from remote sections of
the State. Drs. +. A. Howe of Newbury-
port and J. F. Nichols of Cambridge, dele
gates from Massachusetts, were introduced
and invited to participate in the discussion OF
the meeting. DIR. Howe pleasantly respond
ed, extending the greeting of the Massachu-
setts Medical Society now in session in Bos-
ton. presented the retrospect of the origin
and work accomplished by the association,
and its struggles in accomplishing legisla-
ton of its own and the public good. The
removal of the medical school of Maine to
Portland was urged until the efforts of the
association requested and a committee OF
conference to meet similar committees from
the faculty and alumni of the association and
recommended to report at the next meeting
in 1885. The need of further labor to secure
a State board of health was declared to be
still necessary, and words of regret were ex-
pressed at Names backward position with
reference to a matter of vital public interest
Addresses were read with marked favor
and applause. A comittee consisting of Drs-
Hill of Saco. s. w. Johnson of Belfast and
Burbank of Yarmouth, was appointed to con-
slider the recommendations of the president
and directed to report at an early hour
DIR. F. H. Gerrish of Portland read tive
papers, one bearing on a valuable method OF
recording cases, and the second was entitled
.sSome Notes on Etherization.'
| The board of censors recommended Tor
membership d. F. C. Dolley of Falmouth
| Geo. L. Higgins of Strong. G. A Libby OF
Brooks and C. f. Williams of Auburn.
/ DR.. II. f. Hill of Saco read valuable
paper reporting the particulars of and cases
of ovaritomy.
| In the discussion DR. Weeks presented IN
teresting facts bearing on modern methods IN
ovsritomy.
The reports of delegates to other medical
societies were referred.
The delegates from Massachusetts were
presented and fraternally greeted.
At the afternoon session DIR. Horr pre-
sided and delivered the annual address,
Papers were read and discussed.