The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-11-13

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MEETING OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL SoCIEEY.
The Hartford County Medical Society met at the
Changers HOTEL Bel Air, on Tuesday. DIR. JAS
F. II. Gorsuch, President, was in the chair, DR..
w. Stump Forwood being The Secretary. Drs.
R. D. Lee, David Riley, Pearson Chapman and
VIM. s. Archer were also present.
DIR. N. B. Bryan was proposed for member
ship
DIR. Forwood suggested that the medical his
tory of Hartford county, and particularly the
history of the county medical society, be written
and presented to the Hartford County Historical
Society, for preservation among its archives.
DR.. Forwood was requested to undertake the
work. DIR. Forwood stated that the present
medical society," which was organized Novem-
Der 18th, 1866, is the third society of the kind in
Hartford county. The first was organized about
the year 1876 or 1907, at Medical Hall, the resi-
dence of Dr. John Archer. 1t met weekly aud
paper was prepared and read at each meeting,
by the members, in rotation.
The second society was organized in 1887 or
1888. The late DR.. John Sappington aided in
its organization. 1t is believed that only one
meeting was held.
The fact was stated by DR.. Lee that the first
diploma ever granted by medical college in
this country was by the University of Pennsyl-
vania to Dr. John Archer, the grandfather of
the present Hon. Stevenson Archer, Hon. Henry
W. Archer and DR.. Geo. W. Archer, of Hartford
county.
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tretnes of youth or age during which patients
have typhoid fever. He said he is now treating
| we'll marked case of typhoid fever, the patient
being 65 years old. This is only the third case he
had had in which the patient was over 50 years old.
There is no authentic record of man of s. years
having typhoid fever case was recently re-
ported in Cecil county where man of 70 had died
with typhoid fever, but his attending physician
was not absolutely certain that the disease was
typhoid. The earliest age at which he had known
| typhoid fever TO occur was is months.
DIR. Riley said the most of the cases in his ex-
| perence were among persons Of middle age.
DIR. Archer had seen no case younger than 5
| years nor over so but saw reason why persons
| could not have the disease later in life.
DIR. Lees experience was that typhoid Is more
common between the time of puberty and 30 and
more fatal AT the age of puberty in females than
| at other ages or in the other sex.
DIR. Chapman's experience correspondent with
| that of DIR. Lee.
| DR. Lee asked the experience of the members
| with the new antesthetic, cocaine,
| DR.. Archer said he had used 2 per cent. solu-
tlon OF II IN the case OF man whose eye had been
| Injured Dy u corn StalK. a drop or Two allayed
| the pain, in few minutes.
Dr. Gorsuch mentioned instances of its success
| full use in delicate and painful operations.
DIR. Gorsuch also related the case of a patient
| of his with fractured spine Guford Klausmer
young man, near Reckords Mills, was drilling
wheat, when the horses ran away. He fell to the
ground and was found doubled up. Half an hour
afterwards DIR. Gorsuch arrived and found that
the eighth dorsal vertebrte was driven in so as to
make complete opening of about two inches in
the spine. The man was completely paralyZed
| below that point, the line of paralysis being as
| perfectly defined as though belt were drawn
| around the man. body. DIR. Altvater was called
| to attend the case with him, and they concluded
that the spinal cord was broken. Their opinion
was corroborated by DR.. Tiffany, who examined
| the patient last Saturday and decided that an
| operation was impracticable, a portion of the
| spine having been driven inward and downward
| The patient is comfortable but paralysis contin-
| ues. No inflammatory action has set in.
Dr. Lee reported case in his practice In which
young man, Howard Amos. had his right arm
| shattered between the elbow and shoulder Joint
| by the accidental discharge of gun, amputation
| of the arm near the shoulder having been neces-
| sary.
Some discussion then took place in regard to
| the use of chloroform. Many physicians, it was
stated, are opposed to it, DIR. Archer said that in
| hospital in Paris he had seen used nitrous oxide
| followed by ether, which was regarded as safer
and better in all respects than chloroform
After adjournng the members and others we re
entertained at dinner by DIR. X. d. Lee.