St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-23
THE INSTITUTE DIsPERsEs.
The Homeopathists Close Their
Annual Meeting.

Ine noncompliance ClOS6 Inelr
Annual Meeting.
The attendance was light at the morn
ing session of the State Homeopathic
institute yesterday, when DR.. Charles
Griswold, of st. Paul, introduced talk
upon acknowledgements. He said:
"In electricity we have not found a
cure-all for all diseases. A patient
takes a cheap machine and informs you
that he is going to cure himself by cleo
tricity. After trial he finds that he is
disappointed, his hopes are not realized
and he drops in and tells you that cleo
tricity is a humbug."
lie also spoke of the expense of the
treatment. The ineXperience of the
common practitioner is ofttlmes de-
leteriouS. The galvanic battery, if
properly applied, will in most cases,
especially of fibroid tumor, be of great
value. There is some opposition among
physicians to the use Of electricity.
which can only be accounted for by
the fact that it has long been the resort
of humbugS and quacks. That theory
has long since been exploded, and cleo
tricity is bound to take prominent
and useful part in the cures of the
world.
Considerable discussion followed by
DR.. E. a. Highly and DR.. w. III. Leon
bureau of physiological medicine he
dispensed with, and in the place of it
the philosophy of homeopathy be sub
stituted. The motion was lost. DR..
Griswold, chairman of the bureau of OBJ
Stetrics, called upon DR.. D. H. Hall,
who spoke of two causes of "Albumin
uria." DR.. II. G. Leonard read lengthy
paper Oh "Eclampsia."
There was lively little passage at
arms between DR.. Steele and Dir. Mar
tina g. Ripley just before the close of
the morning session. 1t all arose over
talk of the use of ergot in obstetrics.
DR.. Steele said: II believe in homeo-
pathy. of course, but whenever l deem
it necessary | use stronger medicine"
This statement was vigorously COM
batted by Dr.. Ripley, who declared that
there was remedy for everything in
homeopathy if it was searched for. Dr..
Steele reported that he was for making
any port in storm. The object of
medicine was to cure, and he would use
any means to attain that end. There
were some things for which homeO-
pathy did not provide. For instance,
if he found patient suffering greatly
with pain, he should not hesitate to in
ject morphine ypodermically. even if
it wasn't homeopathic. DR.. Ripley re-
piled that homeopathy provided for all
cases, and should prevail.
Charles F. Griswold was in the chair
at the afternoon session of the HOmeO-
pathic institute. A paper prepared by
DR.. c. q. Highly of st. Paul, now in
Europe, on surgery was read by DR.. w.
S. Briggs, chairman of the bureau of
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the committee of five, appointed the
previous day, to act upon the matter of
state examining boards, moved that the
matter be left to the executive COM
mittee, which motion was passed. This
action practically postpones the matter
and is i'll effect victory for those who
do not desire change in the present
board.
DR.. J. E. Steele described an opera
ton that he had performed on club
foot which had been successful and
which was interesting to the surgeons
present. Dr.. r. ID. Matcham read an
exhaustive and Interesting paper upon
unercal ulcers, giving various forms of
treatment used in modern medicine.
DR.. G. E. Higbee spoke upon surgical
emergencies, the address being upon
an operation which proved of special
interest to the institute.
DR.. E. B. Perkins, of Excelsior, spoke
highly in favor of hypericum for use in
child birth. and begged that the physi-
clans would try it, as he bad found that
it does away with vast amount of the
pain connected with the cases.
DR.. W. E. Leonard, of Minneapolis,
opened the bureau of materia medica
with paper upon sanguinacia. DR.. d.
NJ. Roberts, of Owatonna, read paper
On the Revision of Materia Medical"
which was applauded for its depth and
clearness. DR.. L. P. Foster read a
paper on "The Three Hepars." The