St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-21
DOCTORS MEET.
Annual Session of the Minnesota
HOmeOpathic Institute.

The Minnesota State Homeopathic in
Stitute held the first days session of it's
sixth annual meeting at the West hotel
yesterday morning. The attendance was
light, but there promises to be a full
meeting for the balance of the days
through which the meeting lasts. Presi-
dent j. E. Sawyer, of st. Paul. called
the meeting to order. The treaSureI's
report was read, also the report Of DR..
Lawrence, chairman OF the committee
on local arrangements and reception.
Considerable preliminary discussion
was INDUCED in about minor matters,
and the institute placed in running
order.
The afternoon session was opened by
the reading of the address by PreSi
dent j. E. Sawyer. of st. Paul. The adj
dress reviewed the work of the profess
sion for the past year and dealt with the
new diseases that had been inflicted
upon humanity, together with the
prompt treatment provided for healing
them. He referred to the want of har-
mony and cooperation among the men,
bers of the school and referred to the
establishment of the homeopathic de-
partment Of the university, which he
said was gotten up and managed in the
interest OF few without the advice of
the physicians of this society and with
out their knowledge. All the steps that
| had been taken were without the knoWl-
| edge of the society.
1.-The result" he said, "has been that
the school has not been supported as it
| ought to have been by the physicians of
the state. nor as it would have been if
| there had been more harmonious
action at the start. Then, again, during
| the last session of the legislature when
an effort was being made by our state
| legislative committee to have passed a
new medical bill providing for the ap-
| pointment of two separate medical eX-
aiming boards, very just bill indeed.
| allowing to each school the privilege of
licensing its own graduates instead of
our physicians and young gradu-
ates having to go before a
board composed Of seven-ninths allo-
paths to get their permit to practice
medicine in the state of Minnesota, at a
| time when everything seemed favorable
for the passage of such bill, which had
been reported favorably by the COM
mittee, in comes self-conStituted COM
mittee claiming to represent majority
| of the physicians of our school of the
| the state who oppose the passage of any
such bill. We had met the opposition
| of the old school, and it had but little
weight with the committee, for they
had seen the justice Of our demands,
| and were willing to grant us our request
| if the school wanted it; but the wrang-
ling and discussions which followed
caused the defeat of the BILL"
He referred to the state board of med
| ical examiners, and showed how it was
| oonctit1IfQh with an IlftpF NicrQrard for
proper representative from the homeo-
pathic school, and stated that it had
| always been the aim of the rival school
to get them under its control. He
wanted the homeopathic school to have
the privilege of examining its own call
didateS, because it was impossible to
have il Justly done by lifelong enemies.
He believed the time had come when,
as true hOmeOpathS, they should stand
united in their demand for separate
board. He believed that the time would
come when local state boards would be
done away with, and in their places
there would be national board, which
should have the supervision of public
and private colleges.
In conclusion the address reco IN
mended that committee be appointed
to confer with the academy toward a
committee do all in its power toward
having bill passed providing for two
boards of medical examiners, and that
some definite action be taken in regard
to the regulation of the present prac,
tice of midwifery, question which has
been troubling the local faculty for
some time. The address was received
with applause, and a committee was
appointed to act upon it.
Chairman e. McV. Tobey, M. D., OF
| Ut. Paul, chairman of the bureau or
clinical medicine, delivered short adj
dress, introducing the papers of the
members of the committee. 0. II. Hall
of Zumbrota, gave short talk and some
excellent advice on the treatment Of
cholera infantum, charging somewhat
upon a preparation of milk for infant
food in such cases. DR.. Fisher, of ST
Paul, followed on the same subject. He
held that while he believed that the
food had much to do with the treat
ment, he had never yet found a suitable
prepared food Different cases required
different food and each case required {
special study. He favored milk anC
lime water, sweetened with sugar O.
milk. Joanna ID. Crawford, M. d.. O.
Minneapolis, read paper on the same
ailment and favored aconite as rem
edy. She believed that the pattern
should be carried daily to the open air
no matter how feeble, and daily warn
water bath was also favored. Chairman
Tobey finished the readings on the sub
ject. He took occasion to speak fotciblA
against cows milk as food for infant: