St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-18
MAN AND HIS DESTROYER.
Minnesota Doctors in Convention
DIR. La PauI's Ethics.

Minnesota Doctors in Convention
DIR. La Paul's Ethics.
Nervous people should keep away
from Century music hall for the next
two days, at least. They will be startled
if they go up there, and they won't have
to go inside the hall either. Saws, Ian
Gets, tweeZers, all sorts of surgical in
struments are arranged about the en-
trance in careless abandon, and over
these grim reminders of bodily ills and
Affections some grinning skeletons keep
watch and ward. Go inside and you
will hear some one talking about things
you never imagined were anywhere
near you, much less tangled up with
your physical system. All this is be-
cause the annual convention of the state
medical association is being held there.
There were not above 100 doctors pres
ent yesterday. The convention will
last three days, and few practitioners
care to leave their patients for that
length Of time. These were slow in
getting together. Finally some one
made joke abo ut ''killlng time" being
bad precedent. In spirit of revenge
DR.. W. l.. Beebe, of st. Cloud, raped
for order. DR.. Amos Abbott, chairman
of the executive board, announced few
changes in the programme. Treasurer
Hill reported the receipts of the year
as S720.99 and the expenses S371. q,
leaving a balance of S349.75. President
Beebe presented his annual address.
he pleaded for active membership in
the association. He referred to the ex-
tension of the medical curriculum in
most colleges through persistent work
by the profession. The medical pro-
fession was ranked as among the high
est of the sciences, none of them, save
perhaps civil engineering, being more
exact. DR.. Beebe paid a high compli-
ment to Dr. Koch as a bacteriologist,
leaving lymph out of the question. A
short discussion on the need of drafting
a constitution that would not need year
~ revision followed, and the NJ. D. IS
went to lunch.
In the afternoon came the reading OF
papers on medical topics. DR.. Conley
started it by reading paper on Place
bos," men who administer a remedy
with the idea of relieving the mind or
the patient. Quacks came in for some
hard knocks. DR.. c. E. Bean treated of
''Tuberculine (Koch's lymph in ReIa-
ton 10 tuberculosis of the Lungs and
Throat" He didn't think the lymph
treatment amounted to much. Other
doctors agreed that it is merely expert
mental as yet. DIR. A. NJ. Davis dis
cussed 'Abcetes PtOmaine Poisoning"
Or. Ignatius Donnelly, son Uf the Sage
spoke on singers Throat Troubles"
That closed the afternoon session.
What may turn out to be a big-SiZed
subject for the convention to handle
cropped up at the morning session. The
Hennepin County Medical society pre-
sented communication requesting that
Or. Geo. I. La Paul, of Minneapolis, be
not allowed to read his paper before the
convention. DR.. La Paul was down for
a paper on "Hypnotism as Medical
Agent, Illustrated With Subjects Before
the Society,"" DR.. La Paul uses cleo
tricity in his business and advertiseS it.
Other practitioners say he is not ''eth-
ical" because he so advertises, and
should be barred from the society. DR..
La Paul insists that several other doc
tors prominent in Minneapolis do it too.
Anyhow, the race is every man for
himself, and he purposes to run his
business as he pleases. The conven-
tion referred the kick from the Henne-
pin County society to the censOrS. DR..
La Paul will not read his paper until
they pass judgment upon his ethics.
Last evening the session of the medi-
cal convention was confined to the dis
cussion of purely professional subjects.
The following subjects were handled:
"Phlegmonous Erysipelas"-D. n. Jones.
N. D., Gaylord.
Surgery of Suppurative Processes Involv-
ing the Frontal and Maxillary Sinuses''-
Mayo, NJ. D., Rochester.
Successful Removal of Large Sarcoma of
Mesentery from Male, with Specimen"-F.
a. Dunsmoor, NJ. d.
Treatment of Rupture of the Uretha''-J.
Ohage NJ D., ST. Paul.
Report of Two Cases of Tracheotomy''-
o. s. Fliesburg, NJ. D.. ST. Paul.
IAN Operation for the Radical Cure Of
Haemorrhoids r. NJ. Peironnet, NJ. D.
What Shall We Amputate? e?''-J. E. Moore,
NJ. D.
Relief of Certain Old Deformities by
Operation'-J. Z. Moore, NJ. D.