Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-17
An Interesting Session Of the
State Society.
Medical Topics Discussed by the
Physicians.
Jurisprudence Affecting the Prefes-
sion at Large.
Election of Officers and Selection OF the
Place for the Next Annual
Session.

ing of the first session of the day, the
hospitality of Los Angeles having evi-
IDENTIFY induced the medical gentlemen to
linger longer in their beds than business
usually permits.
The first paper read was one on Osteot-
omy, by Doctor Henry M. Sherman, OF
San Francisco. Osteotomy, be it under
stood by the unprofessional reader, is the
effecting of an artificial fracture in dis
torted or deformed limb, in order to
restore it to natural shape. Doctor
Sherman, who is an expert in this par
ticular line, described several cases he
had operated upon, circulated photo
graphs and diagrams of the same, and
was listened to attentively by the gath
cred medicos.
DIR. Lasher opened the discussion Of
the paper, indorsing DIR. Sherman opin-
ions, and recommending the use of in
struments made particularly for the
operation, in place of the ordinary saws
and chisels.
DR.. Kurtz and DR.. Kenyon followed
with discussion of saws, chisels and
the number of blows necessary to break
the bone that was positively blood-curd-
ling.
DR.. Wade invited the members of the
society to attend the commencement ex-
ercises of the Los Angeles Medical Col
iege, at the First Congregational church
in the evening, and DR.. Widney followed
with an invitation to the reception at
his house Immediately after the exer-
cises in the church.
DR.. j. III. Wythe, of Oakland, who is
probably the most noted and careful
microscopist in the United States, read
paper on "The Structure of the Blood
Corpuscle and its Relation to Practical
Medicine" He stated that modern
microscopists had much better oppor-
tunities for investigation than those of
even twenty years ago, as the instru
ments of the present day were of double
the power and capable of much more exact
work, and nothing but lack of industry
prevents lack of knowledge of minute
structures at the present day. Study of
the blood reveals the fact that the state
ments of the text books, copied from an
ancient writer into the more modern
publication and copied into that which
follows, are nearly all incorrect as re-
CARDS the corpuscles. For instance, the
white corpuscles are found to be merely
pieces of living matter of general
round form. The red corpuscles, while
they may have an average size, differ
greatly, not only in different persons,
but in the same person. DR.. Wythe
ridiculed the claims of microscopists to
be able to tell whether blood is from a
man or an animal by microscopic ex-
animation, and declared such a claim
absurd. His eminence in his profession
makes his opinion particularly import
ant, especially in the light of the fact
that men have been convicted of terrible
crimes on the testimony of "expert"
microscopists to the effect that blood
found upon different objects was un-
doubtedly human blood. He further
declared that the disease germs, or bac-
terra, were practically harmless to per-
son whose blood was in healthy condi-
ton, the serum of the blood being a
more effective germicide than any other
substance known to the medical fra
ternity.
The doctor circulated a set of photo
gravures, showing the forms assumed by
the corpuscles under certain conditions,
as opposed to the forms given in the
ordinary textbooks.
DIR. Edwards, of San Diego, followed
with few remarks on the same subject,
then read paper relating to certain
forms of heart disease.
1t was now nearly time for the noon
adjournment. New business being in
order, DIR. Kerr, the secretary of the as
sOciation, rose and moved recon-
sideration of the vote whereby DIR. j. e..
Bailey, of Santa Ana, was expelled the
do
seconded DIR. Kerr proceeded to charge
that not even majority of the board of
censors had reported as favoring the ex-
pulsion of DIR. Bailey; that the hasty
proceeding of the day before had laid the
society open to a suit for damages by DR..
Bailey ,and that the action of the Orange
County Medical Society in declaring
their intention to stay out of the State
society unless DIR. Bailey was ex-
PEELED was in extremely bad taste to say
the least.
DIR. Cole said that the Orange county
society was attempting to make the
State society mild edition of the Span
ish Inquisition. "Give the man fair
trial; do by him as you would be done
by"
DR.. MACEDONIAN declared that there
had been no previous complaint against
DIR. Bailey, who was an old member of
the State society, and it was poor
thing for them to expel him at the man
date of the Orange county society.
DR.. Lathrop, of San Pedro, also spoke
highly of Dr. Bailey, and demanded that
he be at least granted chance to defend
himself.
DIR. Wythe said that the action of the
Orange county society was an attempt
to use the State society as fulcrum to
gratify private malice.
Altogether large number OF friends
seemed to have arisen for DR.. Bailey.
The question was then put to vote,
and the society voted unanimously to
reconsider. The matter being again be-
fore the convention, it was referred to
the board of censors for careful investi-
cation. DR.. Bailey, being present, was
allowed to say few words in his own
defense.
The society then adjourned until af-
ternoOn.
During the recess the physicians all
visited the Chamber of Commerce ex-
hibit at Mott hall. They were met at
the door by the ladies of the annex, who
decorated each medico with bouton-
Mere, and invited him to register. All
the visiting doctors were profuse in their
expressions of admiration and apprecia-