The Portland daily press., 1890-06-12
COUNTY.
PHYSICIANS IN ESsIoM.
PROCEEDINGS Of the Second Day OF
the Council.

the Council.
The association met yesterday forenoon at
10 o'clock.
The president appointed the following
nominating committee: Drs. E. NJ. Fuller,
Bath; G. E. Williams, Auburn; VIM. E.
Baxter, Bangor; B. f. Dunn, Portland; {.
b. Hunter, Machias: G. A. Phillips. Els
worth.
DIR. A. j. Fuller of Bath presented the re-
port of the visitors to the insane hospital,
commencing the management but insisting
upon the necessity Of enlarged accommoda-
tions for the unfortunate patients, the lack
of which now sadly interferes with the eff
cheney of the hospital
The secretary read paper by DR.. G. A..
Wheeler Of Castine on "The Anthology and
Increased Frequency of Cancer"
Dr. G. E. Williams of Auburn read a paper
on "The Relation of Physicians to the Tenn
perance Question"
Dr. 1. G. Hill of Dover, N. H., ex-president
of the New Hampshire Medical Socity, was
introduced and addressed the association.
DR.. L. W. Pendleton of Portland reported
a case of movable kidney" and gave inter
esting statistics Of three months service at
the Maine General Hospital.
Cases Of "supernumerary kidney" and
''abnormality of the venal artery" were re-
ported by DR.. Chas. D. Smith of Portland.
DR.. L. T., Dana of Portland opened dis
cussion on Different Varieties Of Pnuemo-
nia," participated in by Drs. Hunter of
Machias, and E. NJ. Fuller and \. }. Fuller
of Bath
Afternoon Session.
The association met at o'clock.
The following officers we're elected: Presi-
dent, DIR. S. B. Hunter, Machias; first vice
president, DR.. B. b. Foster, Portland; second
vice president, Dr. f. L. Dixon, Lewiston (;
corresponding secretary, DR.. o. w. Stone.
| Camden; board of censors, Drs. d. A. Rob-
inson of Bangor, 81. Fl. Smith of Machias, j.
| q. Caldwell of Buckfeld, s. p Warren of
Portland, E. T. Andrews of Gray; publica-
| tion committee, Drs. G. d. Smith. f. II. Ger
rish and A. K. P. Meserve of Portland, B. f.
Sturgis of Auburn, E. 7. Neatly of Bangor
w. L. Dana of Portland.
DIR. f. Fl. Gerrish of Portland read paper
on "Listerism."
DIR. E. NJ. Fuller of Bath read paper on
''Dilating and Curetting in Lacerations and
Diseases Of the Uterus"
DR.. S. Laughton of Bangor presented an
Improved form of rectal feeding tube.
DR.. G. E. Webster of Portland reported a
case of alterations appendicitis" with sue.
cessful issue after operation.
DR.. A. K. p Meserve Of Portland read the
ranort of tho naaralnoist apnounoino ha do
cease of these members; Drs. Robert Dixon
s !. 3 GSsh%ag 0t Wscas Whea
OF Portland, Nathaniel Shannon of Charles.
town, Mass, Fl. FL. Hill of Augusta, A. r.
Taney of Bangor, and c. P. Chandler of
| Addison.
The association adjourned at $50 until s
o'clock In the evening
Evening Session.
The association met at s o'clock and the
evening session was devoted to the annual
Grafton by DR.. ID. A. Robinson Of Bangor on
'rhe Duty of Physicians with relation to
Prevention ofDisease, (which was considered
under four heads - Physiological means,
Educational, Legal and Moral methods. 1t
deprecated indiscriminate and useless ath-
letic exercise. and advised careful and sys-
tematic exercise, and the necessity of an ac-
quaintance on the part of the medical pro-
| fessi0n with the best methods of applying
such exercise, and insisted upon 1t as a pub
| lie duty of the medical profession to employ
all legitimate methods of education, legal
and moral suasioD, to secure to the public
the best results in the prevention of disease
| The association adjourned to 9a. m. Thurs