National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-01
SURGEONS IN COUNCIL.
Proceedings or the Opening Session OF
the American Surgical Association.

the American Surgical Aasociatons
The annual session of the American surgi-
cal association convened at IL o'clock yester-
day morning in the lecture room of the
national museum. The officers are; Presi-
dent, Edward NJ. Moore, M. ID. LII, d.; first
vice president, William w. Dawson, NJ. D.;
second vice president. Claudius II. Mastin,
NJ. d., LII d.; secretary, J. r. Weist, A. NJ,
M. D.; treasurer John II. Packard, NJ.
d., and recorder, j. Ewing Mcars A,
NJ, NJ. ID. Upon tho calling of the toll
the following members answered to their
names: Edward n. Moore, Rochester, N y.
p. l.. Connor, Cincinnati; Henry j. Campbell,
Augusta, Ca; George w. Gray, Boston; Is. A.
Watson, Jersey City; David w. Cheever,
Boston; w. T. Briggs, Nashville, Tenn Il. IL.
Gregory, st. Louis; Joseph W. Thompson,
Paducah, KY; w. w. Dawson, Cincinnati; N.
Sem, Milwaukee,; b. Is. Bontecon, Troy,
N. Y; G. T. Parker, Chicago Charles ID.
Nancrede, Philadelpha Moses Gum, Chicago;
w. +. Peck, Davenport, Iowa; @. II. Mastin,
MOBILIZE s. N. Benham Pittsburg; James
Mccain, pittsburg; J. f. Moars, Philadelphia;
l.. McLane Tiffany, Baltimore; It. f. Prewitt,
st. Louis; William A. Byrd, Quincy, Ill, and
Donald MacLean, Detroit. Among the district
surgeons present were Drs. Alexander, " L.
Garnett, aud Basil Norris.
President Moore read his annual Address,
which was an able treatise on surgery.
Papers road by tho members were as fol-
| lows: IAN Experimental Study OF Anes-
thetics," by b. A. Watson, A. NJ, M. d.,
Jersey City; "Somo of the Dangers and Dis
advantages of Anesthctics," by David w.
Chcever; wounds of the Intestines," by
Samuel ID. Gross, NJ. D., LII. d., ID. {. L., OF
Philadelphia Tread by DR.. Richardson of New
| Orleans); Legation Of Common Femoral
Artery" by l.. McLane Tiffany; Skull Frac-
lures" by p. s. Conner; Surgical Interior
ence in Cerberal Abcess," by Charles Is. Nam
| crede.
The paper by DIR. Gross, of Philadelphia,
and read by DIR. Richardson, upon " Wounds
| of the Intestines" was a most able one. DR..
Gross Is i'll, and President Moore addressed
a telegram to him stating that the reading OF
his paper was listened to with much inter
est by the association, who wished for him a
mously Endorsed the action of President
| Moore.
The paper read by DR.. L. McLane Tiffany,
of Baltimore, upon arteral legation, proved
TO be one in which several interesting exam
pies were shown, and at the close OF the
reading remarks upon 1t were made by DE-
Campbell of Georgia. and Dr. Garnett, Of
Washington.
The reading OF the papers having lasted
from IL a. m. to A p. M, the hour OF adjourn
ment it was suggested that the sessions oper
at 10 a. m. and close at p. M, with half ar
hours recess at p. m. for luncheon. Severa
of the doctors thought that five hours was toe
long a time between meals, and one gentle
man who had taken his breakfast at z clocl
in the morning acknowledged slight feeling
of weakness.
DR.. Garnett thought that the sessions should
be opened at l2 o'clock, the same as those OF
congress, but u substitute finally prevailed
that the sessions open at IL a. IN. and close a
5 p. M, with half hours recess for luncheon
| The association adjourned to meet at l.
O'clock this morning. The association Il
composed of men eminent in the fields o
literary culture and science. The maximum
, number of members is about 100, all of whom
however, are not represented in the conven
tion, but some of the absent ones have trans
mitted papers to be read.
The papers to be read to-day are as follows
"Gastrotomy, Usophagotomy, and lnterna
Gsophagotomy, in tho Treatment Of Stric
lures of the qsophagus," by Samuel w. Gross
A. NJ, NJ. d., Philadelphia, Pa.
Surgery of the Hand, Especially as Applied
to Railroad Injuries" by Joseph w. Thomp
son, NJ d., Paducah, Ky.
"Clnical Observations on the Treatment
of some Railroad Injuries of the Extremities,
by James McCann, NJ, d., Pittsburg, Pa.
"Intra- uterine Compound Fractures" b.
: John II. Brinton. NJ d., Philadelphia, Pa.
Experimental Researches on Cicatrizatiol
in Blood Vessels after Ligature," by n
Sem, NJ. d., Milwaukee, Wis.
"The Healing of Arteries after Ligature
by ]. Collins Warner. NJ. D., Boston, Mass.
"The Philosophy of Manipulation in th
. by Moses Gum, A. NJ, 81. d., LII. D., Chi
cage, Ill.
, Sessions will be held on Friday and satur
day.
The annual dinner of the association vii
be eaten at Wormley's on Friday evening.