Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-20
THE DOCTORS, LAST DAY.
Final Sessions 81 tho DiRferens Medical
S0cleties.

Final sessions Of tho Different Medical
Soc1eties.
PAPERS READ AND ovy1cKRs csosN-rHs PROGRAM
| YoR TEE CLOSING xsHrrNa AND RECEPTION To-
NIGHr.
To-day win witness the close Of the great Med.
| zeal Congress- majority of the members Will
remain In the city to attend the last meeting to
be held this evening, and the reception which will
follow It. Some Of the doctors have already hur.
ried away TO their homes The members Of the
executive committee and also OF the committee Of
| arrangements have received numerous compli-
menus on the excellent arrangements which have
been made for the entertainment OF the members
and the accommodation Of the various societies
| A great deal OF work has been ACCOMPLISHED and
that mas been the main feature OF the session OF
the congress-
The next session OF the congress win be held In
tnis city three years from this time At the next
sacS ch meeting Of the various societies they VIII
1GAscuuve committee, and that committee will Be-
| iecI the next preeident Of the congress-
ally invited TO visit the Johns Hopkins University
Aospta1 In Baltimore, tomorrow. This Is q new
Usst an1 u Is proposed to make II one Of the
| There are several gentlemen connected with Johns
nopklnS VINO are members OF the congress, and
| be served.
THE CLOSING SESSION AND TIE RBCEPrIoN.
| The nnal meeting OF the congress will be held
this evening, In the hall Of the National Museum.
Dr. Billings the president Of the congress- will de-
Tive an address on Medical
held in the United States Army Medical Museum
o.iding. Admission 70 both buildings win be
building, Including the library and museum halls,
win be brilliantly lighted and decorated. The dec
| orations are elaborate Flags OF all nations have
| DrOfuStOn- nd
WIN receive the guests IN the great library hall.
Mrs j. s. BlnSs, Mrs / C. susey, MS. J. Ford
Thompson, Mrs. J. 3. Morgan, MRS. J. \. Browne,
phia, ana Mrs r r. Rdes One lady In the family
| OF every member OF the committee OF arrange
ments was requested TO receive, but some were
occupy reserved seats at the Presidesnts address
tonight and leave for the hall before the audience
Is dismissed. They will enter the northwest door
| OF the National Museum building.
ANOTHER SOCIETY ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP.
The executive committee Of the congress have
admitted to membership the American Gyneco-
logical Society, which Is In session in this CITY, At
the last annual meeting OF this society the propo
sition to unite with the other societies In the
formation OF the congress was considered, but not
nnally acted upon. They completed at the present
meeting the consideration OF the matter and
decided to come In, and the society has been
admitted There are two other societies in session
here not members OF the congress- They are the
/
cologists and the American Pediatric Society.
These societies were not admitted to membership
In the congress in consequences OF the adoption OF
| rule by the executive committee fixing as con-
dition Of membership that the society applying
| for admission must have been in existence for
more Than two years, and must submit two
| merits.
CEREBRAL LoCALIzATION."
The session OF the congress held last evening
was the most brilliant of the seriea The large
hall in the Grand Army building was crowded with
| distinguished audience. The subject discussed
| was one OF the most interesting TO the medical
procession, and those taking part were the lead
Ing specialists Of the world, and their associates
| In the profession were anxious to hear them Dr.
Charles K: Mills, Of Philadelphia, the professor OF
diseases OF the mind and nervous system in the
In Medicine, opened the discussion, the topic be-
Hons H {, was ioOxsd ~ ps kosSsi Psrf,
witch were discussed By DR.. David Ferrier s and
Keen, OF Philadelphia, and DR.. Robert r. Weir Of
New York city. Diagrams were displayed on the
wall and by their aid the various speakers pointed
out the brain centers. DR.. Terrier, one OF the
original discoveries OF brain centers claimed that
they were distinct areas, while Mr. Horsley was
paper was an exhaustive one describing the re-
suits OF the latest modern discoveries DR.. PARK
covered about the same ground. ana his paper was
regarded as mastery exposition OF the subject.
NEW ARRIVALS.
The following members have registered in addi-
ton to those previously mentioned In TH. Star:
II. F. Hansell, Philadelphia; ]. E. Michael Balti-
more; Arthur Van Harlingen and j. M. Da Costa,
Ph PM s C. Chew Baltimore; 7; N, Drys-
O. Shakespeare, Philadelphia; E L shurly, be-
troit, Mich; VIM. A. Hammond. New York city;
Augustine. Fla; 6. Il. Fox, New YORK city, y;
samuel B: Ward. Albany, n. T.; wharton sinEier,,
Rasi aoe R0S,s RoSt w. LSyett Boston VI M
A. Oliver, Philadelphia: C. L Hetzmann and 7. A.
Morrow, New York City; J. Ford Thompson, WASH
Bsitimore; A GaTnett. Hot springs, Ark; S. B.
st. John, Hartford; Chas Denison, Denver, Col;
solomon Solis-Cohen and b. c: Wood, Philadel-
Briggs, Nashville.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Chronological Association gave dinner
last evening at wormley's which was largely at
tended.
Yesterday Dr.: 3. G. Yarrow entertained at his
residence S14 nth street northw est the following
at luncheon: Drs Beache Emmett and Fessenden
Otis, New York; VIM. Pepper and I: Hayes Ag-
and Col Kellogg, Of this city.
A breakfast was given yesterday morning by DR..
8. Q. kichey at the Metropolitan Club. The guests
and Pomeroy, OF New York, and Yarrow, OF this
lard's, the names OF 300 members OF the congress
are recorded and those OF lbs visitors and &c
guests. Inc attendance quite equals the eXpecta-
tons OF the committee OF Arrangements. There
are only about 500 members OF the societies con-
stttuting the congress and the proportion attend
ing the present session Is very large.
The American Physicians.
The Association Of American Physicians at their
session this morning, elected ofncers for the en-
suing year as follows: Dr. Francis Minot OF Bos-
ton, president; DR.. r. Palmer Howard, of Montreal
Canana, and Dr.. s. c. Busey Of this city, vice-pres-
idents; DR.. l. Minis Hays, recorder; DR.. Henry
Hun, Of Albany, n. Y, secretary; DR.. W. ", John
stop, OF this city, treasurer. DR.. Geo. l. Peabody
was elected member OF the council The assOci-
alton meets annually in this city, and their next
meeting will be held in June. The regular pro-
gram for the day was then begun. A discussion
with the American Physiological Society on the
relation between trophic LESSONS and diseases of
the nervous system was held, Dr.. 3. c. Seguin
representing the association and DR.. H. C. Wood
the society. paper entitled "The pathology OF
the thymus gland' was read by DR.. A. jacob Of
New York.
The LaryngOlOgical Association.
The American LaryngOlogical Association con-