The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-10-18

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The Highland County Medical Society
held Its regular meeting at City Hall on
last Thursday. The meeting was or
ganized about ten o'clock q. IN. The
President not being present on time DR..
Weaver was called to the chair. The
morning hour was spent in reading the
minutes of the previous meeting, reports
OF committees, etc.
The President. DR.. r. 7. Trimble, hav.
ing arrived, reported case Of convul.
sions which occurred in child one year
OF age. It was placed in hot bath,
which Immediately relieved the spasm,
but respiration ceased, the heart stop.
ped beating and to all appearances the
child was dead. Noticing the facial ex.
preston, the pinched features, etc., re.
minded the DR.. OF q case OF chlorform
poisoning and he promptly lowered
the head, when respiration returned,
the heart began to beat and the child
recovered. The case was discussed by
the Society. DIR. Brown said the spasm
was caused by acute congestion at the
base OF the brain, stimulating the con.
vulsive center. The hot bath rapidly
dilated the blood vessels Of the body and
extremities, which were so quickly filled
with blood from the cerebral vessels,
leaving the brain in condition Of ex-
treme anemia, causing the cessation OF
respiration and heart action. 1t was
fortunate for the child that so judicious
and skillful physician as DR.. Trimble
had charge Of the case. By lowering
the head he restored the blood to the
brain and the child to life. DR.. Patter-
son thought the hot bath had nothing
to do with the condition of collapse, as
did also DIR. Shepherd, who indorsed the
treatment and regarded the case Us
very interesting. The meeting now ad-
journed until one o'clock p. M, at which
time it opened with DR.. Trimble in the
chair. DIR. Charles F. Hutton was rec.
ommended by Committee on Admission
and became a member of the Society.
DR.. Dehass read very carefully prepar-
ed paper OF" Urinary Analysis, "for which
a vote of thanks was rendered. The
paper was discussed by DIR. Weaver and
other members present. DR.. Q. E.Vance
reported very unusual and interesting
case OF kidney disease, which was dis.
cussed at length by DR.. Trimble, who
had seen the case In consultation, and
other members of the society. DR..
Trimble also reported q case OF septic
fever in which the cause was obscure.
Discussed by DR.. Specs and others. DR..
Specs reported the caso of HE gr'"dsor.
who was recently si' -.
regarded til" ease lyr," t''f
but unusual, because the puisc m.s ,vry
slow. DR.. Chaney in discussion said
he had some such cases and thought It
was Of frequent occurrence. DR.. Glenn
reported u case of . child burned by
falling into kettle 81 boiling soap, with
statistics as regards the mortality, com.
plication and treatment OF cases In tho
Philadelphia hospital. Discussion by
Drs. Hutton, Weaver and Patterson.
DR.. Hutton reported q case OF valvular
ulboabo Oi tuc ucbEts Will kuocouS uic'
tension of the stomach. Discussed by
several members. DR.. Brown read o
paper on "Signs in Disease" for which
. vote of thanks was rendered by the
society. DIR. Thomas suggested that Q
copy Of the proceedings be sent to each
of the weekly papers for publication.
On motion the society adjourned to
meet on the second Thursday of Janu.
ary, 1889. The attendance was large
and enthusiastic, and the members felt
as they drove home through the fast
falling rain that 1t was good Tor them to
have been there.