Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-18
THE DOCTORS.
The Third Day of the State
Society Meeting.
A Number of Interesting
Papers Discussed.
DR.. Bailey Again Expelled from the
Association.
Charges Preferred Against DR.. W. F.
McAllister, of San Francisco, by
DR.. Lawlor.

The attendance yesterday at the State
Medical Association was undiminished,
but the proceedings were of interest
only to the physicians, as the language
used was not ineligible to the outside
public. The name OF the first paper
read will probably be enough for the
average reader: ''Thoracic Aneurism
of the Aorta." The aorta is the princi-
pal artery of the body, proceeding
directly from the heart, and an aneurism
is a soft, pulsating tumor, caused by the
weakening of the walls of this artery,
until they become SO thin as to be liable
to sudden rupture from over-exertion or
shock, causing death. DR.. Rosenstern,
who read the paper, exhibited a patient
whom he had successfully treated for
this dangerous ailment, and who gave
every evidence OF being in very healthy
and vigorous condition at the present
time.
DIR. McNutt then read a paper on
"Hysterectomy for Malignant Diseases,
and Ovariotomy with other Laparoto-
tomies." He exhibited a number of
photographs illustrative of the subject.
His paper was reviewed by DIR. Beverley
McMonagle.
DR.. w. S. Whitwell read an able paper
on "Mental and Nervous Diseases" He
noted briefly the provisions that had
been made for the treatment of the in
sane in this State and declared them en-
tirely inadequate. The asylums are
always crowded and new buildings are
erected only fast enough to keep the
numbers from becoming absolutely too
great for accommodation. Napa has
1907 inmates, in a building originally
intended to accommodate 600; Stockton
has 1886 and is receiving new patients
at the rate of about forty per month.
The last Legislature appropriated
$750,000 for new buildings, but
as yet nothing has been done
except to select the sites; the buildings
will not be erected inside of three years.
The care of the insane is an important
subject. In the present state of our
asylums there is little hope of cure for
any cases committed, and this should be
the object of asylums. They should be
hospitals, not merely places of detention
for persons dangerous to the community.
At the present time it is necessary to go
before acourt and swear that person is
too dangerous to remain at large before
you can obtain his commitment to an
insane asylum, and then the patient has
to travel 800 miles in the charge of an
officer, like an ordinary criminal, before
he can be cared for. Then the State
will have the burden of his main
tenance, in all probability, for the rest
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large enough and numerous enough to
provide treatment for persons in the
early stages of insanity many cures
would be possible and useful citizens
would be made for the State of those
now destined to be burdens. There
should also be separate home for the
feeble-minded, who will nearly always
improve under care and kind teaching,
but can only become more helpless and
unhappy by being confined with the in
sane.
DIR. Brainerd discussed the various
statements of the paper, declaring that
the insane were becoming more numer-
Gus, and were increasing in an alarming
ratio with the increase of the foreign
population, fifty per cent. of all cases
committed being foreign born.
DIR. Henry Gibbons, Jr., read paper
on obstetrics and Puerperal Diseases, "
Drs. Kenyon and Cole taking part in
the subsequent discussion thereon.
President Lindley appointed Drs.
Rogers, Hart and Taggart committee
on the examination of the books of the
secretary and treasurer
Afternoon Session.
According to a motion made previous
to the morning adjournment, DIR. Lind
ley raped for order promptly at l 80.
The doctors in the hall were few and far
between, but they continued to come in
rapidly for the next half hour.
The resolutions offered by DR.. Ellinwood
as committee on medical Jurisprudence
the day previous were brought up and
passed unanimously.
DIR. Fitzgerald read paper on the ex-
traction of certain forms of tumors from
the human anatomy, exhibiting speci-
mems of the tumors in alcohol and also
the instruments he used for the pur-
pose.
The committee on the presidents adj
dress reported through DIR. Regensberger
in favor: First, OF the appointment Of a
special committee of five members to
consider the advisability of placing an
exhibit illustrative OF the climate OF Cal
ifornia in the Worlds Fair in 1898
Second The appointment of standing
committees on laryngology and rhinol-
ogy. Third, That an invitation be ex-
tended to the American Medical Society
to hold its meeting in 1891 on the Pa
cific Coast. Fourth, That the commit
tee on legislation urge the pass
age in the Legislature OF
bill including actions against
medical men for malpractice in the
scope of the act regulating actions for
libel and slander.
A minority report was presented urg-
ing the adoption of law making a new
penalty for rape and incest, but the doc
tors sat down upon this with an almost
unanimous vote. The four recon-
mendations of the committee were
adopted by unanimous vote.
Drs. Huntington, Ainsworth, Var
Slyke, Regensberger and RemondinC
were appointed a committee on the
Worlds Fair proposition.
DIR. Morse's report on ''Clinical Sur
gerry" was read. by brother physician
he being detained y illness. DR.. Kurt;
read paper on ''Echinococus of the
Liver" Discussion of the two papers
was conducted by DR.. Nutting, DR.. Bitk
nell and DIR. Howard