The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
AETERNOON SESSION.

tiOn took a recess until 2p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee on Credentials re-
ported the following gentlemen as en-
titled to seats m tine convention:
JRBIack, Memphis, d Roberts, N ashville, /
II X Hitler. Nashville, A MOrrit on Nashville,
D d saunders, Mems, ! L Minor, Memphis,
Deutsch, Memphis, HLWtllifOrd, Mem his
Hi Bickl ord .Memp's, WHStllwell, Humb'dt
SJMeGrew, Shelby'le, Crook, Henderson,
JTPaWcett, IdAyille, SIP Wilmington, Kerv'e
Il Laekey, Ripley, NV R0Rpe, COvington
TR Meux, Staunten, W II Tucker,
JCCWalker lyersb'g, K X Williams, Gates,
sWCaldwell, Treuton "A Water field, U'nCi'y
TMD1ke, Wa. trace, J BWithinston, AtokA
III Crawford N ashy'e,J I Benton, Atoka,
d ANunn ,Ches 'tBl'fs, 7 Hoppel, Gibson Co.
IF Eve, Nashville GBThorntOn. Memphis
" Rogers IMemphi'N haines White u
HWPurneli, MemphisW A II Coop, Friend'p
TSEdwards, MemphisS Thompson, Kerryille
A JSinclair, Memphisy Bate, Buptyh
TJCraw ord, MemphisE N Willet Jr,Msmp,,s
r N Pate, Memphis j RHnris, Memphis
w d Hazard Memp'sk Cheatham, Memphis
d A Walker Erie d PIT Powell, Dancyyl
Extraordinarily W Taylor, Memphis
w Il Brlgghi NhshN LED w rem, humDolul
r Maury, MemphisR W Mitchell, Menus
NJ bostwiok, SaulsbJ B NOWlin, Nashville
The report Of DR.. d. j. Roberto,
treasurer, WAS read end referred to the
Auditing Clmmi tee, composed Of
Drs. J. w. B. Nowlin, 7. X. Powell
and A. ]. Rains, who subsequently re-
ported that the treasurer's statement
was correct.
DIR. j. L. Minors paper on "The
Eye" was filed and referred TO the
Committee on Publication.
DR.. WaeIfield read a paper on
alcohol" and offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
adopted:
WHEREAS, The use OF alcoholic
liquors as beverage, and the too FREE
quent indiscriminate prescription Of
Them by the medical profession, leads
to very great harm to the physical con-
stitutioD, the mental and moral worth
OF the Commonwealth and to unspeak-
able injury to the happiness of our
common community, therefore be il
Resolved by the Tennessee State Medical
Society, That we adopt the following
extract Of a paper fion the trans &C.
tions of the Intern ationsl Medical
Congress at Philadelphia, read by
Ez'a M. Hunt, A. NJ. NJ. D., viz;
"That if to-day no physician would
advise any patient to the use of alco'
holic drink, but would restrict it
within the close limits of his particu-
lar prescription, the limitation would
be in harmony with the pre- ant de-
mands OF therapeutic knowledge. 1t
is not merely that the morals Of society
would get a glorious health lift, but
the act would knock away the false
prop which now upholds so many in
the use OF alcohol and relieve us OF
being accessory to the perverted habits
OF multitudes. II men and women
will cal it good because they like 1t,
they must cease TO quote the me
profession as authority until there is
proof that it has some ascertained
value as such. III they wish to use 1t
under the plea of medicine and make
self prescription for their own gralifi'
cation they must not do it by our
sanction. The facts as to food dismiss it
as such. The facts as TO medicine con-
fine it within boundaries 80 narrow
that we must, in fealty to real science
and right practice, hold it clos ely with
in its limits. Wandering beyond
these it must in no wise identify us
with its vagaries. Because it finds a
place in our therapeutics it behooves
the medical profession to locate and
define it; therefore, be 1t
Res0lued, That alcohol as not shown
to have definite food value by any
Of the usual methods OF chemical
analysis or physical investigation ;
that its use asa medicine Is chiefly
that OF a cordial stimulant, and often
admits OF substitution that as a med
icue it is not we'll fitted for self-pre-
scription by the laity, and the medical
profession is not accountable for such
administration or for thu enormous
evils arising thers'rjm; that the puri
ty of alcoholic liquors is in general
not as well assured as that Of articles
OF me 1icine should be. The various
mixtures when used as medicine
should have definite aud known com
posi- ion, and should not be inter.
changed prom scuously.
DR.. Waterfa ld's paper was discussed
by Drs. Saunders, Roane, Powell,
noppel, Sims and Heber Jones.
DR.. Roberts read an Invitation
signed by j. w. Hill, president, and
j. p. Park, secretary, inviting the
society to hold its next meeting al
Knoxville.
Dr.. Savage read an eddr SO upon the
practicability OF the rapid administra.
ton of ether, and exhibited an sp'
paratus to facilitate the same. Dur
ing the Discussion on this subject DR.. W
T. Briggs incidentally sa.d that he haC
administered ether through this rec
tum with fatal results.
DR.. Donohue OF Memphis read 6
paper maintaining that Consultation
with practitioners OF different schools
was Injurious to the profession" dis
eussed by Doctors Num-, Williams
and Wilmington.
DR.. Hoppel offered for adoption the
following resolution, passed recently
by the Gibson County Medical Society
Resolred, That the Medical Society
OF the State OF Tennessee renew it
efforts to secure the adoption by thu
next Legislature OF measures to regu
late the practice Of medicine and sur
gerry in the State OF Tennessee, and Il
this end. be it further
Resolved, That a committee OF five
he appointed by this Society to mem
orializs the Legislature to that effect
and TO use their influence where it viii
do most gc cd 10 secure the e1aetmen
OF some good law to accomplish the de
sired end.
Ate. some discussion the resolution
was adopted and recess taken till
o'clock in the evening.