The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-12
DOCTORS IN SESSION.
Meeting of the Ellis County Medical
Society

Society.
WAxAHACHIE, Aug. 10.-[Corres-
pondence.l - The regular monthly
meeting of the Ellis County Medical
society was held in Waxahschi9 Aug
ust 8, with DIR. X. z. Sweat, presi-
dent, in tho chair, and DR.. e. J. Ward
secretary.
Members present w6Ie Drs. w. d.
Jones, ID. q. Thompson, |. g. West, r.
w. Florer, Frestoe, Robuck, WorloY,
Cole, Sweat and Ward.
The minutes OF the last meotiDp
were read and approved.
Drs. Wilson, OF Garden Valley, and
Burton, OF Midlothian, visited tho 40
ciety and we're invited 20 tsko pat in
its deliberations.
The president, in few feeling re-
marks, announced tho death of DR.. w.
@. Worthan, one Of tho sOcety's Oldest
and most honorod member., and an.
pointed Drs. West, Eiorer and Cole u
committee 20 draft appropriate regClu.
tons and report ut the afternoon ses
sion.
DR.. Ward introduced 70 the society
gentleman 7S yeGrB ola suffering with
two tumors-One situatud in tho ab-
domiual wall, just above tho umbilicus;
the other on tho right breast. The ab-
domiaal tumor mad0 its appearance
several years ago, as a hard, irregular
growth which HAD gradually incroasod
until II had attained its present size
about two by four inches. The growth
on tho chest was first observed little
over year ago. IL was hard and
quite immoYablo near its 8Lcrnal at
taohm9 ont, but wax movable near its
lateral border. The tumUr covered tho
whole oftbe poot0ralis major. IL was
not painful, but from It's $40 md stu.
atiOu quite seriously interierrCd with
the respiratory movements Of the
cbOBt.
DR.. Ward regarded both a. saro jnoa-
tous, and but icr tbs pati0nps advanc-
cd age, BIO would advise Immediate |
oXtirpatlon. II was probable that any
considerable increase In tho giz3 OF the |
tumOr would 70 seriously affect the /
patients respiration ~ 10 render such |
an operation imperative.
The patient was carefully examined |
by the members present, and DR.. |
Sweat said that whi,d Inc tumor could |
be eXcised without any great danger |
to the patient, bV would recommend |
non-lnterferenco except rs q last 10. |
sort.
DR.. West would under no Circum- |
stances remove tho tumor.
DIR. ID. G.. Thompson saw no good |
reason why this aged patient should |
not DO relieved Of this burden. There |
was oothing in tho character OF the |
growth or In the patients physical !
cond zion to forbid extirpation.
DIR, Cole agroed with DR.. Thompson, |
and argued that fatal termination |
would be tho result if lett alone.
Or. Florer would not advise
exclriOn under existing circum- |
stanceg. The nature OF tho growth was |
q matter OF some doubt in hi8 mind, |
and this uncertainty or diagnosis, to
gether with the advanced ago and gen
oral condition OF tho patient, would
mako him hesitate TO remove tho tu-
NOR unless The SYMPTOMS became moro
urgent than at present.
There being such division in oBin-
ions, 1t was left entirely with the pa
tient as TO whether or not no would
have tho tumor removed.
DR.. West reed an elaborate ossny
upon tho subject of beer. Beer drink
ing, no said, could be traced back to
the better days Of Greece, and proba-
bly, as far back a. the ancient Egyp-
tians. He favored beer-drinkiug, In
as much as the people require 81 slco.
holIc beverage, and thai less drunk.
from any other intoxicating beverage.
DR.. WOsps paper was thoughtful,
ablo and dispRssiOnate presentation OF
tho subject Of which IL treated, and
was listened TO with marked alton
ton.
DR., Ward unhosita.lnely placed
hlnisplt Hquarely upon the uthor aide,
He enied that the people required an
alcohol beverage and insisted upon
this demand being mot with o stern
refusal.
Or. Worley and DR.. Cole argued that
beer, as medicine, was useful aud
thaI lhoy did not want TO sec 10 pisCod
beyond tho reach Of physiclBns' pre-
Scorpions. AS beverage, they re-
garded 1t az unnecessary and pernl-
ciOus.
DR.. FlOror agreed with Dr.. West.
DR.. RObuck condemned the use oft
altogether. He said that when phy-
stefan prescribed it he was either
triflng with real disease or treating
an imaginary one, and as u beverage
no was opposed TO tho uso OF II In toto,
In the absence OF DIR. White, DR.. Florer
was appointed TO open tho discussion
on dyaentery. The doctor spoke nj CON
siderable longth and detailed manyin-
teresting cases coming under his OBJ
1oINhi'ous
DIR. Ward had no confidence In ca
thGrticsir the treatment OF dysentory.
DIR. Jones gave an interesting 40.
count OF an epidemic OF dysontory, of
great severity, IN which, after all othor
remedies had proved valuelogs, ven
iseotton was resortod TO with almost
uniform success.
DIR. Robuok reported two eases Of in
iantile convulsiOn, both OF which pre-
scented aomo novel and interesting
features.
On motion Or. Florer waa appointed
20 prepare biographical sketch OF DR..
Wortham, to bo read at the next meot-
ing.
DR.. Fristoe was appointed essavisL
Tor the next meeting, and Drs. White
ana Florer We're appointed 10 open the
discussion on typhoid fever, after
which the society adjourned to meet
In Waxahachie ON Wednesday, Son
temher9 9.