St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-19
The Minnesota Association Discusses Dis
eases and Remedies with Long.
Hard Names.
St. PauPs Health Officer Reads Paper
on This 0ity's Danger from
Cholera.
A Banquet in the Evening--A Day Oh
Grace at Red Rock Camp
Grounds.
Closing Exercises of Baldwin scheoi
IAN Accidental Shot--Interest-
ing City Notes.
MINNESOTA MEDICOs.
Those of the AIlOpathic persuasion
Hold Their Annual Meeting

State Medical association was Opeilou yes
terday morning at the capitol for two
days session. The attendance Is SAID TO DE
fully up to the average of meetings held IN
st. Paul and much larger than has ever
been convened in any other place. There
are something over one hundred physicians
from all sections of the state present, IN
Guiding many of the most eminent III the
profession. There are few visiting phy-
sicians from other states, among the num-
Der being Prof. Louis Bauer OF ST. Louis,
surgeon of wide reputation, who was edu-
Gated and practiced for many years III Ger
MANY. The exercises the first day consisted
of considerable routine work, and the
discussion of one or two interesting papers,
with banquet in the evening. The session
will be closed this afternoon.
THE OPENING SESSION.
The exercises opened promptly at 10
o'clock, and after prayer by the Rev. Dr.
McLaren, an address of welcome was ex-
tended by Dr.. Day of this city. DR.. Day
said no pleasanter duty could have been as
signed to him than to welcome so many
members of the medical fraternity to ST.
Paul, where there was good fellowship and
cordial welcome. In speaking OF the
physicians of the city he must speak OF the
city herself. In olden times it took CEN
turies to build cities and growth in all di-
rectiOns was slow. Now, cities are built in
lifetime. and st. Paul with all its growth
in so many directions, has grown UP within
the memory of the men that built it. He
would inquire if the medical profession had
kept abreast of this progress. He be-
lieved it had. The world stands
in awe before the man who in
iects the deadly cholera mierobe into
his flesh, in the hope that he may add an
other to the benefits that the profession has
given to humanity, by his own sacrifice if
necessary. Ere long the last secrets OF ma
ture will be explained, so searching are the
investigations. Dr.. Day then expressed a
cordial welcome to the city for the visitors,
saving that, though he had left the active
duties of the profession himself some TWEEN
ty years ago, he was still in sympathy with
the profession, from whom he had always
received the greatest consideration.
Drs. E. j. Abbott, r. 4. Moore and
PhilO E. Jones were made committee to
report names of applicants for membership,
and after some routine work, the treas
urer's report was submitted. 1t showed the
total receipts for the year to have been
$685. So; total expenses, S4O7.36, leaving a
balance on hand of S431.
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
The annual address of President Me
Gaughey followed. He said he could give
the association no facts that were abso-
lutely new, or the results of any investiga-
tons that were hitherto unheard Of 1t
might be proper to chronicle some of the
successes of medicine and perhaps some of
its failures. Medical science is still unable
to meet the demands of the ago. With the
cf &c 10 IN
keep off the sO-called preventive diseases, or
circumscribe the limits of their ravages. To
claim to be able to treat specifically typhoid
and other preventive diseases is assump-
ton, which always tends to obstruction.
Sanitary science or preventive medicine is
in its infancy. In the advancement of
knowledge of therapeutics, etc., it is no more
than right to ask means for investigation
from the national and state governments.
There should be an official connected with
the state government to look to this one
field. both in the laboratory and field, and
the best thought and study should be given
to determining the properties of the plants
and drugs with which the profession has
or NAV have to deal There should be one
or more men who should have ample salary
to allow them to devote their entire time to
the investigation of such questions for the
good of the state as whole. Infant NOR
tality is worthy of attention. 1t is settled
that much of this is due to diseases of
parents whereby they are incapable of repro
ducing healthy children. Nothing is yet
done to prevent such persons from marry
ing, but something will be done in the
future. Ventilation of school houses and a
little fleyibility in the system of grading and
laying out the systems of study will be adj
afnrrn IL n
expect horses of a given size or age
will be able to draw the same weight as to
expect that children of a given age are to
have the same capacity for study
The Asiatic cholera, from its deadly ma
ture and its possible introduction, is of es-
pecial interest The best measures for pre-
vention should be adopted. The Ferran
method of incubation is being tried The
adoption of the new code is also in the
spirit OF advance. The present state OF the
profession augurs well for the future.
MEMBERS ELECTED.
Following this address came the report of
the committee to submit names for mem-
bership, and the following were unapi-
mOusly elected to membership in the associ-
alton:
w. B. Pineo. James G. Landsley. Min
neapOlis; Fred II. Morton. Redwood Falls:
Peter j. Dwyer Park Richie, St. Paul:
Harrison S. Walrath, Alcaida Anten, Au-
gusta l.. Roselfthal, Edward D. Keyes. Ed
son r. Nodes Rudolph G. Teschan. Wi
mona; W. Ii. Carothers, P. S. Haskell, st.
Paul; William Wakefield, Lake Burton:
B. F. Randall, New Ulm; J. f. Mulhol-
land, Jordan; j. f. Baker, W. B. Robb,
W. E. HallOWell, st. Paul; W. T. Duncan,
Fergus Falls.
THE FIRST PAPER.
This completed the regular order for the
morning session. but as DR.. Hutton, of
Fergus Falls, would be unable to attend
other sessions, and had paper on diphthe-
ria, he submitted it at this time. He be-
lieved diphtheria to be a specific, septic sore
throat and that the germs which developed
into the disease existed in every healthy
PERSONS mouth. Various causes NAV be
brought to bear to develope these and being
Dr an attack of the disease. He believed
the chief one to be overcrowding and the
impurities that arose from bad air. and in
haling OF this until to greater or less eX-
tent it impregnates the system. He further
believed that this disease was durable. and
in evidence said that by his method of treat
ment, in 100 cases not one had failed. if
followed up. He cited numerous instances
10 show that the origin was in accordance
with his theory. He believed the
means of curing OF preventing
HE effects of this ''crowd poison'' were
pure air, the use of antiseptic remedies. fire.
quently and unremittingly applied. In his
own practice he used nitrate of silver in
small quantities and chlorate of potassium.
Gargling with these. antiseptics he recon-
mends. as often as once in five minutes. for
period of eighteen hours if necessary.
Alcoholic mixtures were also most useful
in this disease.
The paper was the result of his own in
vestigations almost wholly and was listened
to very attentively. AS there were to be
nthars on the Same ganaraI tonia tl,o IL.