Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-15
DOCTORS COUNCIL.
THE TWENTY-NINTH SEMI-ANNUAL
MEETING OF
Southern Kansas Medical Society De
cided Success-Newton the Next
Meeting Place.

The largest and most interesting meet
ing of the South Kansas Medical society
was the one held in the city yesterday
The society numbers among its members
most of the leading regular physicians Of
southern Kansas and an interesting pro
gramme having been arranged they all ap-
parently took a day off to give the sick an
opportunity to recover and came to the
semi-annual meeting. The meeting was
called to order at 10 o'clock by the vice
president, DR.. McAdams in the absence OF
DR.. Robinson the president. After the
calling of the roll the president introduced
Mayor Clements who delivered the address
of welcome. He spoke as follows: Mr..
President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the
South Kansas Medical society, you all IN
| derstand that am here not to deliver an
address or to give instruction. / am here
| simply TO say that it is pleasure to Us
that your attention has been called to our
! city as place of meeting. 1t is always a
| pleasure TO meet ladies and gentlemen of
culture Your mission is great one; not
| only TO improve your own condition but
| that of mankind. You labor not only for
yourself but for humanity. There are two
classes of profession that are always near
| to the heart of all people, the clergy and
the physician. To the former we entrust
our spiritual welfare. Toyou. gentlemen,
we entrust our lives and the lives of those
who are dear to us. 1t IS always pleas
ure to take by the hand the
physician who has saved the life of one we
love. Thus, gentlemen, we hold your pro-
fession in the highest esteem and is so
held by all. There has been wonderful
advancement made in the medical science
of recent years. Your profession has been
aided by the discoveries in chemistry and
philosophy. am disposed to take issue
with those who maintain that we should
go to Europe to finish medical education,
for l am inclined to believe that the pro-
fession has made here as great an advance
ment as any where. Here in Kansas, where
less than twenty years ago you could see
nothing but the antelope and the wig
wan of the Indian, today is
city with a medical college
believe that this body represents the sci
ence and profession of medicine as we'll as
any one body in the world. Such is the
body I am welcoming to this city. l hope
your stay will be pleasant and that you
will all be benefited by coming together.
The board of Ceiser for the ensuing year
was Drs Van Mugs, Hoffman and Hins-
dale.
Shortly afterward DR.. Robinson arrived
and setting aside the order Of business the
paper of DR.. H. D. Hill, Augusta, on ''Ex-
temptation of the Uterus" was called for
and read.
After quite thorough discussion of this
paper the meeting adjourned until l
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The following gentlemen were recon-
mended by the board of census rs
new members of the society: DR.. w. w.
Williams, Wichita; DR.. A. c. Flack and j.
r. Willerts, Fredonia; Dr. j. c. McClin-
took, Topeka; Drs. Mary Gose Day and
Drs E. Runyon, Wichita; DR.. w, c.
Nolder, Newton; DR.. G. c. Purdue, Wich-
tia; DR.. NJ. ". Cave. Oatville; DR.. Save;
Dr. Rupp, and DR.. McIllheney. DR..
honorary member.
DR.. w. F. Terry, Lyons, read an excel
lent paper upon the Path
ology of Drinking" followed by
DIR. Geo. Halley's Qkansas City. Mo-
interesting paper upon cystic Degenera-
ton of the Ovaries." Constipation,
Cause and Treatment" was we'll handled
by DR.. w. A. Mckinney, Hutchinson. In
the absence of DR.. F. H. Van Eaton, Clear
water, who was down for paper upon
"Dosiometic Medication" DR.. B. j.
Wetherly, Arlington, treated upon some
disorders of the stomach considered ner-
vous. Following came a paper on
''Femoral Hernia" by DR.. ID. +. Janeway,
Argonia, "Fissure of the Rectum," DR..
w. C. Wolder, Newton, and ''Perithilitis."
Dr. A. II. Cordiser, Mcpherson, at which
time it became necessary to adjourn the
afternoon session. There had been con-
siderable time taken up in the discussion
of each of the papers in which all the at
PENDANTS joined most heartily making the
meeting of unusual interest.
EVENING SESSION.
Removal of Epiphyseal Exostosis of
Humerusn by DR.. J. B. Hungate, Conway
Springs. was the first paper read after the
converting OF the session at o'clock. 1t
was thoroughly discussed.
DR.. j. F. Potter, Mt. Hope, being alb
sent his paper on 'Diptheria'' was necess-
arily omitted
Some practical points about the Nasal
Cavities" was the title OF a good paper read
by DR.. Hamilton, of Wichita.
Simplicity in the treatment Of Fevers"
by DR.. j. a. Mitchell, of Arkansas City,
The Use and Abuse of Ergot," by J. J.
Doathart, Pratt, and Report of Case of
Nutmeg Poisoning" by DR.. I. P. Polk,
Augusta, finished the meeting.
There yet remained unread and undis-
cussed several good papers, but the hour
for the social arriving they Were COM
PEELED to adjourn after selecting Newton
as the place of the next semi-annual meet
ing in November.
THE SOCIAL
was the next thing on the program. Pa
pers and medical subjects were all put
aside and the doctors, their guests, wives |
and lady friends turned their attention to |
having o good time. The opera house or |
chestra furnished music and those who de- |
sired spent the time in dancing, others in |
and making and renewing ac- |
4uaintances. a collation. was spread ii |
the room beneath the ball room
The twenty-ninth semi-annual meeting |
viii long be remembered as one Of the |
most pleasant and enjoyable ever held.
FATHER CASEY IN OLATHE
CAREY GRAND, May i. 1880