Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Minnesota State Medical Society.

The Seventeenth Annual Meeting OF the
Minnesota State Medical Society at st,
Paul was largely attended, The President
Or. J. B. McGanghey OF Winona presided
and delivered an annual address. DR.. Day
OF st. Paul made welcoming address.
Receipts, sS3S.36; disbursements $4o7.36;
balance, $43l. On the report OF the COM
mittee on membership some twenty or
thirty physicians we're elected. -
During the sessions interesting and valn-
able papers were read. DR.. IT. J. Hutton OF
Fergus Falls read q paper upon "Dlph-
theria, as I See and Treat It.
DR.. D. F. Brooks, Minnesota, chairman
OF the committee on practical medicine,
| read papers from various physicians detail
ing cases which came under their practice
and observation.
DR.. Lizzie Il. Wass OF Minneapolis pre-
sented the report on obstetrics.
DR.. Talbot Jones OF ST. Paul, read
paper on "Choer;e: its nature, develop
.llcnt, and especially the liability Of its &C.
curence in St. Paul.
DR.. COnlcy read a paper giving the inquil-
lics made Of each member OF the society, by
circular, in relation to the subject OF dlph-
liberia.
The report Of the committee on nervous
diseases WAS then presented, in the form OF
several papers upon different topics. The
first OF the papers was by DR.. Dcnslow, and
was upon ''Irritation Of the Male Urethra
as u Source Of Certain Neurosrs.'
DR.. Riggs, chairman of the committee,
presented the third paper, his subject being
"Erain Exhaustion.' He discussed ably
various views oi the pathology OF brain ex"
haustion.
Or. Ramsey Of St. Cloud read a. paper de-
failing a case Of la,,arotomy for gun shot
wound, and taking the view that such OPP
erations will b" more common in the future.
Other papers were read, and discussions
| were had upon various topics.
The chairmanship OF the various depart
ments were filed as follows, on report ofthe
nominating coln'nittec:
Practical medicine. A. E. Senkler, ST.
Paul; surgery. Franklin Staples, Winona;
obstetrics, William Davis, St. Paul; epidem.
les, hygiene and cimatology, Charles Ber-
ry, New Tim; diseases of children, W. j.
Massey, Rochester,; diseases of women,
George T. French. Minneapolis; orthopm-
die surgery, j. w. Dunn, Minneapolis; ma
terra, ,nediea \. T. Ritchic, Duluth; oph-
Technology and GEOLOGY, {. Williams, St,
Paul; medical education, G. II. Hewitt, Red
Wing; pathology, Charles H. Hunter,
| Minneapolis.
| The following named gentlemen rccom-
mended 10y the nonina ting committee,
! were appointed to represent this society be-
| fore the legislature at It's next session:
| Craig, GAINESVILLE; Senkler, Hand, St. Paul;
Hunter, Brown, Minneapolis; Perry, New
| Ulm; McComb, Duluth.
Officers for the ensuing year were chosen
as follows:
President-E. J Davis, Manklto.
| Vice Presidcnts-First H. Fl. kimba!l,
Minneapolis; second, T. Wakefield, Hutch
inson; third, w. D. Finn, Redwood Falls.
| Treasurer--S. B. Shear<lown, Winora.
| Recording Secretary-C. 3. Mitherle ~.
Paul.
Corresponding secretary-W. L. Bcebc,
st. Cloud.
Censors for Three Ycars-W. W. Mayo,
Rochester; A. H. Lindley, Minneapolis.
The social amenities consisted OF q BAN
| quet at the metropolitan Hotel at which
| many speeches. mostly OF a numerous char"
| acter, were made, and receptions at the
| residences OF St. Paul physicians.
| The seventeenth meeting Of the Society,
on the whole, was one OF the pleasautest
and most profitable o. the series.