Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-21
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE DOCTORS ADJOURN
President DiIlings' Address O. u.a,c.,
MuseQu~.

Rressasms Biilings' Address On Medical
TEE FIsAI SESSION OF rns CONGRESS LAST x,aur--
Ihs sArHskiSs AT THE NATIONAL nusEUn-pR
BILLINGS GIVES soNR INTERFERING rAcrs Asour
TIE ARMY MEDICAL nrsRux.
rhe closing session OF the Congress OF American
pu' scaahs ana surgeons was held last evening In
the naii OF the National Museum. uva be,c for
the purpose or hearing the address ~ the nrasi-
dent, Dr. John s. Billings The subject selected was
"encA MuseunS" with special reference to the
A'ny medical Museum In this CITY, which ia under
.He enArse OF Dr. BilhnyA The Importance OF the
suoJect and the practical and special knowledge
-Su VI. bihngs commands In this direction gave
oceaAon an Interest and importance which
Drought together a distinguished Ind interested
audience. In lis Introductory remarks DR. Billings
rapidly sSstched the history OF the origin Of the
coueetons specially connected with anatomy or
Meoicine rom the sixteenth century down 10 the
aa soi1ectlons OF modern times. such as may be
''~AO " hoHdon, Edinburgh, DuOin and Paris
THk AKMV MEDICAL MusEUn.
Continuing. he said; $50 far as mere number OF
SPECIMENS Is concerned our own national medical
coieetion Is one OF the eight largest In the world
anu Anu Is Increasing more rapidly than any other.
scum, owes its inception to DR. Win A. Hammond,
v vne % wnose nrst acts after becoming surgeon
SsneiA ID ls62, was TO Issue circular stating
suat as ~ Is proposed 10 establish In ashingt n
an Army Medicas Museum, medical officers are d.
rected diligently 10 collect and forward 70 the
oid anatomy, surgical or m deal, which may be
~ -rded as valuable, together with projectiles
tiers a. may prove u interest In the STUDY Of mil
me year over a thousand Specimens '' had ID
aeo1 showed that it contained 7,7I6 specimens
10 the administrative ability and personal lnfiu-
ence OF surg<On-GeneraI Joseph X. Barnes We are
ln3cOlcu 1Or the successful establishment N tIlS
museum on permanent basis, and 10 the labors
SeurSe sShH ., ~ H. r. ! e S afe
value and impo. tancr. IL Is not my purpose In
TINS address 10 trace the history OF IT'S develop
Ment; that must be done elsewhere. IL has re-
Gently been placed. with the library, In a conve-
niently-arranged nre-proof building, and on the
nrst OF July last contained over 1900 specimens,
BESIDES those contained In It's micryseopical de-
pArtmenI Besides these there are 3s5 specimens
pertaining to normal human anatomy, and ZIG 10
Pathological anatomy, which In what Is called
the provisional series.
The SCOPE OF THE MUSEUM.
AT nrst the Army Medical n lseum." he said,
was limited to MILITARY medical subjects but OF
late years Its scope has been greatly broadened,
and Is now nearly the same as that OF the Royal
CoiIege OF Surgeons. IL Includes human anatomy,
physlolOgy, pathology, sOnaIOlo{lcal antnIopOi-
OBy nstruinents anu apparatus, ami ILLUSTRATIONS
OF methods OF teaching connected with special
partInents or practical medicine. IL es not at
preseht Include hygiene o. Inateria IGedca, except
IN their immediate relations TO the military medl-
Cal service. IL Is NOT an anatomical museum, out
medical museum. The broad 1eld Of general
Diology, laciudng natural history and COMPARE
tive anatomy, viii ultimately be covered b. the
NItlCnaI Museum, Ia our meliedI collection IL
fully"
After giving some account OF the field covered
oy The coilec Ions In the Museum, Dr. Billing sal IL
-Aeolcal MUSEUMS are not RUE, freely open
10 the pubic, nor are tney collected or Arranged
with reference 10 Interesting or lnStrucLIns non
PROFESSIONAL persons The Medical Museum at
Washington Is the chef exception tnis rule and
II Is 50 because II VS. placed IN Ford's rneater, the
Since the Connection has been moved mo
the new bull Iing near that devoted To
the National Museum, OF which Ii may al
nVst De SID 10 form a part, the nuiIoer OF
visitors Has rather Increased than al nnIslird and
IL has been IOund desirable ~ CONSIDER with care
some problems which tins state OF Things has
forced on the attention OF Tue curator. That edu-
Gated men and wonel should have some curiosity
as TO the structure OF their own bodies the tune
Tons Of certain o gans, the arrangement OF parts
40 certain localities where they have Ie,t pain and
discomfort, or the changes which have caused
death In relatives or friends, Is perfectly natural
and proper and there Is no objection TO gratifying
this curiosity 70 very considerable extent"
The WANTS OF TIE INSTITUTION.
Il have time. b added, "lor only very con-
densed statement OF the wants OF our National
Medical Museum. In the first place 1t needs the
Intelligent interest and friendship OF the medical
profession OF this country. / Will name as special
wants. human emoryos, especially those OF very
early age, mVnstruSiIl-s and authorizations OF ali
kinds IN man or In the lower animals; results OF
Old Injuries, sucn as fractures or sloca,iOns; or
&c; injuries and diseases OF the eye, ear, aud
nose; new growtnS OF AL kinds; diseases OF tn.
ofai1 ana spinal cord; and specimens Illustrating
the condition OF bon >, JOINTS brain, larynx, and
other organs IN extreme Old age. la TIE second
place II needs regular supply oil FUNDS from the
general 00'ernnient. Tue annual appropriation
for the museum at present Is 5000 Ihs Ia sulfi-
cent, except that the printing VI the cat alogue
must De al extra charge.
"Tne third need Vi IAe museum is OF a series OF
the rislJ kind OF descriptions or Its specimens
gwen on laoeis and In a Catalogue. Unaided by
has = An
ne can see IN IL, and no more. We also need a
SERIES or printed Catalogues one of these should
pa.Lcu.ar sections VI the collection and iute'da
partly Tor the use OF vlsitors while In he museum
and partly as a ready means OF letIlng G.,IanL
uends KNOW what material IL most Leeds in dlf-
terenJ departments
''Tne medical museum" concluded DIR. Billings.
hunts at matters which lie outside the scope oi
known PHYSICAL ami chemical laws. Physicians
have 1Ot, as a rule, been very yiruent IAeuio-
Slans; their studies and their daily work teaI TO
give them compensation Oh bias IN tins PARTICULAR
and, therefore, this age transition Ia beliefs
II Is not so true Of tnem as OF o nrrs Iuat a.,
Old hopes have grown weak, the O.l iears ulm Inc
Old Ial~hs LCno.' In our medical muse jill youd r
may DC iOuad abundant Illustrations VI the re-
suAt5 OF phy slcal and cAemlCal actions and reac-
tons upon what Was once living matter ana WAS
connected Witl cenlers OK Consciousness, OF H.
tei.ect, OF emotions wnlch Imply something more
tnan oruinaTy prOtOplIsIn or mere lac Ia DOL. s.r
ApOn the SOncluSlOn or tue address remarks
were made by cir wl..iaIn MeCormaD, OF England:
d. feppcr, Oh Pin adeipuia; Dr. klnlOcu, OF South
Carolina, and Dr. Busey. oI this cIy IN reg ARD 70
the success OF tie congress. The Congress was
then declared adjourned.
The Proposed Monument to Sheridan.
GENERAL KosEcRASs ELECTED PRESIDENT OF rHE
ARMY OF TINS CUMBERLAND.
The society OF the Army OF the Cumberland re-
spmed Its ssions In Chicago yesterday afternoon
and wcs called 10 order 0y General Rosecrans
who announced the committee on a monument To
General Sheridan. He said that the members OF
the committee would nottll be from the Society
OF the Army Of the Cumberland, but they could at
least oe chosen from no society that General Sner-
loan was not q member OF The name, OF the
committee were General j. B. Fullerton, Co onvl
Henry stone, Generals Russell A. AlSer, James
Barnett. z. h. Manderson, henry Z. CorDln, A e.
DacaI W. II. Lambert, j. u. MUrgan- II was de-
eided 10 mold the next annual meeting at ChatLa-
nooga Tenn. September Is, lss9. Resolutions
were adopted paying tribute To the
memory OF SHERIDAN The following Officers were
elected ior The ensuing year: Pres.dent, Gen. W.
>. hOsecrans; corresponding secretary, Gen. Henry
N. Cist; recording secretary, col. J0hn W. steele:
treasurer, Cen j. ). Fullerton; vice presidents
Co. :. W. Burke, Capt 5. A Virginia Gen. ThOs
l. CrlILenden, Major r. W. Wise, Col c. G. Az
mems, capt. AanOn 4. Anderson. committee
vas appointed to consider the advlsaDillty OF re-
commencing 10 Congress the purchasing OF the
Old Battlefield or CnickaInausa and erecting "A
monument there similar 10 the one at GetIyspurx
CARDINAL GIBBONS ON TIE PUBLIC scHooIs-An