Telegram-herald., 1890-06-21
THEY KILL OR CURE
unatsly u Is More Often the
Latter
CLOSE OF As BTEgESIBC aEEIBC
A Brilliant saa Caastle Address ~ Dr.
Fothia ghaaas ths .fsstlrias Presi-
asnL-Dr Bliss. 81 sasi1as
hts Saccass8r

lLr morning session or the state I
Medical society vas called 70 order yes +
terdaY aG s.l5 clock. The attendance +
Was large.
Or. teo. +. johnson. chairman or 4
tAe executive committee, submitted his (
final report, auI oa behalf Of General /
Pierce, c0mmandant OF the Soldiers
Home. invited the society 70 visit that
Institution at o'clock the after
noon. lL vas .mposs Tie or the society
% attend 10 a body. owing % the press
Of business, so ac0mmlttee Of ten made
the visit. Dr. Vaughn, OF Ann Arbor,
submitted z vote OF thanks 70 General
Pierce for the invitation.
Seventeen add tonal names were re-
ported by the Committee on Admission,
making seventy new names in all
added since the opening OF the con
venuon.
An h0norar.um Of $500 vas voted Dr.
Du.held for h.s services as secretary.
vs. h. Break-y. cna rman og the
Committee oa Finance. stated tina. the
reports submitted by the secretary and
treasurer were corre-t, aad moved that
taey be accep,ed.
A Telegram was received and read
from Dr. BrOd.e, OF Detroit. 10 was rs
follows
The family q D. Bfoii- thank rhc society
BasI. T.. Baooie-
TIE following giablecrtm was received
and read. twas from Dr. Carsteus. OF
Detroit, who is .n attendance at the
Medical Convention now IN session al
EOan, Germany.
~Hoch state Medical society.
"CAasrEvs."
IL was received with the widest en-
tnus.asn.
Dr. Geo. +. rockingham, president
read bis annual address. taking for a
subject, The Need of Extensive Organ
izatlOu and Pursuit u a Fixed Policy
as Means of Promoting Our PrOfcs-
s.Onal Interests" He began bv saving
that tine state Med cal Society was or
ganzed IN lsd5, and It's growth and
progress had been constant and most
encouraging. IL had been estimated
that III 900 lives We're saved annually
by the organization. tie reviewed NJ
length what had seen accomplished by
legislative action, particularly the Is
tabAsnmeut OF tn, state Board of
Health. The sOclc,y have rs duty
tne education oi the people upon sam
tary subjects.
DR. rockingham made 4 vigorous
and caustic attack upon the aomeop-
pathic schools, and predicted It's event
uai overthrow. He urg Il the need Of
higher qualification for those who pro-
posed TO enter tLc profession and con
demned the short term so-calicdl med
zeal colleges. Iie .taJed the case OF q
student wnO entered upon the practice
OF tuc profession properly armed with 3
% diploma, yet leuQd never seen q broken
bone set, or an olst.tr.cll case or q case
a.! acute disease 0t any kind. There s
nment1o.c lack ot scientific cduca-
ton nl ali thc colt eC. more time being
gwen % literature than % science. lie
sat tnat this was tus age Of organiza-
ton 1nd tnat q strong state medical or
CIurat.o1 would oc the means of dong
much good.
Dr. rockingham was frequently IN
tcrrupted WITH spontaneous applause,
hIs review ot the work OF the society
beng comprehensive and complete.
40 the conclusion Of the pres. dents
address, br. Nart1. 0f Ann Arlor. d.
lvered the annual. address -pu ors-et-
rrs. -ne subject hcrg "Ile Rel3t ous
fetvr00 Constitutional Conditions AMI
l'~.ls.s ot tie tor.2IrGon tll Organs
%. opened b ia 1d.r.e bv stating that
tna subject uat uot received the pro-
per amount ot -tliv a, % vts not until
ol e.in u1rtt.v.'y .ltr years that women
wore ." ltrei ot enough Importance