New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-23
DOCTORS IN CONVENTION.
THE STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS
PAN TO SET ON FOOT A POPULAR SANITARY
MovEMENT-TnE PAPERS READ.

The seventh annual meeting OF tho New-fork Soase
Medical Association began yesterday in Mott Memorial
Hail. at No. g. Madisenave. There were ABOUT MY
physicians In attendance at the opening ana rny oo
hundred more registered In the course OF the Gay
officers Of the association are: President john w.
orion. RipchSmton; vice presidents william 49, ~
lom Brooklyn; Douglas Ayres, Fort Pish aS''e '
Burton Troy secretary, f. D. Ferguson Troy uess
urer, John FL Hinton, New'fork; direc'or VI WHO
library, John W. s. Gouley, Ncw'fok.
In his annual address President orion consrstua'co
the society on it's prosperity. and continued
"The ready acQuiescence In the genera uen"~'u y.
the profession for an extension Of the college term ana
cr,-s,uup, and Also for requirement Of proper pre-
liminary educational qualification for entrance upon
the study of medicine evidence OF united desire ana
effort to elevate the standard OF mealcai eoueS'o IN
part fulflmcnt of this desire Is the recent ehac'he".
in this State Of law creating an independent ooaru
rnsdtoal examiners . . am not prepared 10 say
-, ,.,. .hat N. doors OF our medical colleges
shonls be closed TO all persons except those wear
ine ntArary degrees But l trust the time Is near
when their equivalent at least viii Do tne UNI
vcrsal possession OF every hcotcsi s'uue"
I believe the great majority OF American ncoich
colleges are more than ready TO meet every Just 70
.,,,.u.,t q, the profession, and that whatever OF
hI.me there NAV be rests at our own doors, IN the
nnonaused and unsuitable material we are permitting
or encouraging TO engage In the STUDY OF hleooi'o
Let every office in the land be permanently cioeea "
s,udents Of questionable natural ability ana "i'iou'
uoper preliminary education, and we shall cease 20
hear OF the incompetcncy and duplcity OF our nene
colleges
IN the closing part Of bis address DR.. orion SAID
.M@dicsi philanthropy and enlightened craftsmanship
have made success possible for grand sanitary hoo
nens throughout this country By organizer e"oi'
ssapsa preveutable dissase and unnecessary death'
against tie ills which torture humanity sno enioeoio
tJ.. stat. Undoubtedly the first and most
IMMIGRANT step is the education Of the masses III
the essential facts Of sanitary science lhs can u'
be attained through sanitary associations ana puo'@
IONS and especially by calling to our ao '''' nl
portant agency ard Instructor the secular press ~h
has become in this country for the citizen what the
school is for the child
To accomplish this purpose. Dr. Orton recommended
the appointment OF special committee on popular
sanitary science, whose duty It should be to prepare
articles for the secular press. and TO supervise c
publication of tracts on practical sanitation
Papers were read as follows: Prognostcs In Medl-
cine" by DR.. John Cronyn. OF Erie county, Ing
Mmicry Of Animal tuberculosis in Negetable forls'
by DR.. L. +. Brush. of Westchesttr County ana
In the afternoon there was discussion on mira "a,
ersnis LESSONS N which Dr. lanes p4pnsyivanja
Dr. Charles Phelps. of New-York and others partci-
patod ; lac. ,,tch,
was a paper Oh "Hypnotsnl,' read by Dr. H. Ernest
schmidt lie defended and upheld hypnotism as a
remedial agent Of The greatest ory 70 h t1
Schnid, related three from his own pracuce' IN
which he camsS an absolute t o1 Of Po
girl WHO suffered with nervous asen,es c1r Without
HAD been created ny 'Sny Of hgpnSc
effected cuco. In second case neuaga WIZ euar n.y.,
snd IN n a pr Schmidt attempted expans
ton Of hypnotic phenomena ms PAPER eN'''eu s''''
.:". b" the viii be
to-day and tomorrow