The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-05-23
N. E.O. Union rsedica.Assoc,ation.

N. O.Union FEcdicas ASSOCIATION. .
The Union Medical Association Of
| North Eastern Ohio. held IFS 72nd
! quarterly session in this city. Tuesday
of last week. in the ,.0mmndious pub.
! lie hall III the Risi,iie block. Members
| from Cleveland. Akron, Canton,
Youngstown, Ma5siion, Alliance,
| Warren, Canal Fulton, New PhiEadel
phia, and many other towns embraced
in the territory, were present Near
~ every town in Portage county WAS
represented.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, A. w. HitenOur, M. ID ,
| of Mas Sition. Minutes of last session
were read by the Secretary, DR.. l.. +
| sSisler, of Clinton, Ohio and approved
The Corresponding Secretary, DIR. n.
X. Fousner, of Akron, being absent,
Or A. E. Fol'z was elected Q S pro
tenn After the transaction of miscel-
laneous business, the essayiat being
absent, DIR. II. Clarke Miller, Massil'
lon, delivered II lecture upon the '' Pa
! thOlogy and Therapeutics of Puerperal
EntaDpsia." This lecture was dis
cnsseti by Drs. Hitchcock, Lnughead,
Fisher, Everhard, and a number of
others, closed Ivy the lecturer, DIR. Mil
| Ter, HtJOut
| On the opening of the afternoon ses
sion, DIR. \. Il. Fcltz read a poem of
humorous character on "Oid FOgy,"
presenting a picture of the Old time
| practitioner. Then came the written
reports of eases. A case of brain dis
ease, possessing many interesting fea-
lures, was FIRST reported by DR.. e
Hitchcock, Akron, which received
considerable discussion. At this point
the COMMITTEES OE admissions reported
favorably on the following names:
Drs. Hiddleson, Atwater; Smith,
Palmyra; Applegate, Windham Nc
COnnel, Norlhtield; W. w. Leonard,
Akron. DR.. G. =. Leonard, of this
city, then read report of an interest
ing case Of Vaginismus and Dyspar-
eunia" This was followed by a re-
port of three cases of rheumatic an
chylosis of the knee joint, and cure,
by DIR. J. Harmon of Warren. Dis
cussed at length. A clinical commit
tee, composed OF Drs. Scott, Fisher,
and L0ughead, was appointed to ex-
anime case presented by DR.. Smith,
of Palmyra, and through the Secre.
tary, reported it to be one of injury of
the spine of seven years standing;
that complete anchylosis had taken
place between six of the dorsal verte-
bra. The patient bad recovered fair
use of the lower eXtremities, but at
present there exists no disease. Com
mittee recommended that patient
waste no money in treatment or
apparatus, as he was as well as he ever
could be.
Next came a topic for discussion,
" Have we new type of fever among
us?" DR.. Knowlton of Brecksville,
who was appointed to open the dis
cussion, not being present, and it
being learned that be had paper al
ready prepared on the subject, it was
thought best to continue the same top
ic to the next meeting, with DR..
Kuowlton to open it. The special
cGmmi tee appointed at the February
meeting to take into consideration Ger
tain changes in the workings of the
Loughead of this city, the retiring
President at that time, made its report
recommending that hereafter all writ
ten papers. presented before the
Association, should be given to the
publication committee, and such pa
pers as they deem worthy, should be
published in some Medical Journal of
general circulation IN Northern Ohio.
The report of the CONS ittee was
adopted The committee appointed to
select delegates to the state Medical
Society, which meets in Youngstown
next week, and the American Medical
Association, which meets at Newport,
Rtode Island, in June, named among
Others. the following from this county,:
TO American Association, DIR G.. S.
Leonard: State Society. Drs. Smith.
Lousbead. Sherman. and Biddleson.
A call for volunteer papers followed
the disposal of The new fever subject.
and by request of the President and
Associatton. DR. G.. =. Leonard made
the followine verbal renort.
Bepnie Roberts. who was six wears
of age. commenced having headache
about the first of July last. and il con
tinued up to the day of his death.
There was not a day that he did not
complain of it, Remedies would only
mitigate his suffering to some extent.
After being sick few weeks, he began
to lose his vision and gradually at first
his sight grew worse. Much OF The
time he was able to he about the house,
and at first was out of doors consider
ably. His blindness increased. so that
quite a number of days efore his death
in April, he could distinguish no ob
jeet Whatever, and everything appear,
ed black before his eyes Although