Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-09
AMERICAS DOCTORS.
IMPORTANT WORK DONE AT THEIR
MEETING IN WASHINGTON.
zach. Lymph - Patent edicInes - The
Coroner system-A Paper by DIR.
PARKER. OF Richmond.
by telegraph to the Dispatch,

,-pual meeting at this mornings session.
The President announced the appoint
wont Il the committee Of twenty-five ply
.,.sns 70 investigate the relation of con-
tact railroad surgeon In the United States
=, tho code Of ethics Of tho medical pro-
s.s.ion and what action should DO taken
De the association in reference 10 corpora
tons employing surgeons only under such
.,,l.s as were laid down among them.
trone the members are j. Cochrane, Alabama
r. Gibson, Arkansas; y. Ford Thompson
,r,finriOn d. c.; il ID, Fernandez, Florida:
a. e Powell. Georgia. T. r. Wood, North Caro-
Ira. WI Porcher, South Carolina; I. J. Hap
80 Tsnnoasce.
IIso the committee o. twonty-three members
t. memoriaze Congress for the establishment
rrCsn'net officer 20 be called tho medical Soc
-.-s-v ~ public health. Among the members
ur- Richardson. louisiana; W. T. BriRgs
r..rs.arc !, L. logan, Georgia; Writ Johnson
V lppi; 7. f. Wood, North Carolina.
Steps were taken 20 the end that the Associs-
en- may become a body legally Incorporated by
r. Irltcd states instead Of by any one State
.. rsi the trustees can thereby be authorized
n-ti bnsiness-iike way, which has hitherto
t.-r impossible.
rctcss will be requested 70 enact some law,
a- -srccstei In tho address OF Commissioner
1-.-. tv which the condolences between patient
ar. physician may be as secure from investiRa-
t.-r Is aro nov those between lawyer ana client
INF -funafcly ~ present the physician can de-
..rHI only on individual judicial decisions 90 up-
900 him IN bis refusal TO betray these conf
U.'h the announcement 81 the new officers Of
o.. es-'-lation the association al l2 o'clock was
f.srcd adjourned until next year.
WORK oF THE sESsION-KocHs CURE.
mis- closes the meetings Of the general body,
rs- much important work was done In each
s-e ql session, the results OF which may DO taken
C1lly as reflected work Of the medical pro-
f-.rn in the country In the section on tho
r-Hs'ire " medicine the most important set Of
,e.rrs With the discussion 20 which they gave
rso related 90 tuberculin, DIR. Koch's method
'- 20" control andcure Of cOnsumptiOn-phthiss
fl'e-culoss. Five papers were prepared by Or.
s. Is. jackson, az Norfolk, Va; Dr. n. D.
6ellugs, Of the Marine Hospital Service DR..
h,r Won Ruck, Of Ashevile, y. C., and DR.. A. S.
Tl''e, Of Boston, Mass. Cases in illustration
t0rc given, taken from oil classes, hut treated
o. mr. "a possible under the best hygienic and
ta'1ry conditions. and in all cases tuber-
r.'n was the only medicine used. Making
s... gance Tor individual differences in treatment
.Hi in judgment the decided opinion Of the nu-
H - and 81 those who discussed the subject wns
rat tuberculln had an undoubted value, which
fa medical profession az yet hardly approci-
-rl; that tho enthusiasm OF six months ago
Dos given place 70 skeptlcsin Just rs extreme,
f1. mat no other remedy yet known could sup
-alt kochs lymph. IL was dangerous In doses
'aai produced a foyer, hence one should begin
M very minnie dose. Patients with bowel
.,nplicatons, infants, and women encfsnr we~c
harmed. HDmoptysis was % be avoided. but the
rauriy need only be discontinued for time,
rH' s-opped altogether. IA n means Of dagnO-
s.it was almost always available. and there was
rafaufey ~ producing the disease by It.
n- won Rucks experience i perhaps Of ex-
csnfiYnql interest. I'm his sanatarium et Ashe-
,.'e ms results before the use OF lymph WAS
-,.I: patients gained IN weight, night-sweats
r.ra rIGtrolled, and she lungs were improved
sv-ris under the most favorable hygiene and
discipline. Bat since he began to use tubercu-
.r -re gain in all directions had been quicker,
and 81. mo patients were discharged cured.
Tts opinion il, then, that the lymph IL n yalu-
etle remedy, needing cautions investigation and
e'ryaLYe judgment, but that tuberculosis
ne ..-t some Of its terror since tho time Of
Robert Koch.
CONSUMPTION INFECTIOUS.
Ara9er on the same subiect-read in the section
m St.tN Medicine by DR.. l. z. Flick. of Philadel-
trq-.Tho duty Of tho Governments in the pre-
t..'.n n tuberculosis" urged the recognition
-'tte fact that the disease ought 20 be cassed
-~1- tho infectious diseases, and TINT II 20
r.a'ed the present fearful mortality could be
..rtUIlnd. let the Government encourage or
ay.u demand the erection Of special hospitals
srtft. isolation % patients.
en- article in this same section, by Dr.. II. O.
}arv. ~ Boston, the newly-elected president,
or"Tre coroner system ia the United States
criticised severely the condition Of our present
Ir.. and showed how much wiser II would be to
,as 'hc position out Of the control OF tho pOlti-
--,s rrd make IL an of1ice Of dignity and scien-
ttc Importance.
TIE CORSET SIN.
pr.J. H. Kellogg. of Battle Creek, Mich. had
c9t-an interesting article on the modern dress
Gromen under n technical namo. He ascribed
usry 81 woman's troubles TO the dictates Of
fashion. lie claimed that the figure Of man and
eu1n was the same 20 begin with aud ought %
ol'Iua 20, but unfortunate woman, with all
hruafIral Ills, must I've the slave Of improper
dress and habit, and half her troubles (abdomi-
rs, of coursel came therefrom- COrsets were an
arl1l in. The doctors did not all agree 20 this
fF lIy means.
som, good advice was given 70 physicians in
he -o'tion 81 materia medica and pharmacy OF
interest 70 the general public in the article by
Nr Haze. OF Philadelphia, on the relation Of the
pr'--s0n Of drugs bearing n trademark. This
referred 90 such drugs "a antipyrin, phenacetin,
arl Ul'1Dsl-lately brought from Germany and
patented In the United States-aud other prepa-
ua.ls "a this country, good in themselves, but
fo great q source Of revenue 10 their owners.
sri they be prescribed? The arguments
s.ra i1tlo-s, however. The world must have
t- drug and the doctor must prescribe II. Tho
slv possible way for him 20 avoid violating the
o'e .f ethics and his conscience was to have the
Government refuse to issue patents or 10 allow
trr manufacture In this country under scien-
ttruame.
Do .ectlons we're always crowded and the pa
It-. were carefully discussed but most Of them
r..s quite technical and related moro TO the de-
ul.oI tho matter than 10 the general influence
Lf.l The world.
A Paper by DIR. Parker.
Following Is an abstract Of a paper read during
o. session Of the association by DIR. w. w. Par
i-- ai Richmond, President OF the State Medical
SlrI'.y Of Virginia:
H-g,I 'GUSCg N ANIMALS AND MAN AND An ExAMt-
NiI11y up ntBwIN's DICTU3 or THE MISSING
lNE AND OF LISNRUs's DOGMA, "NATURA NON
fArFr sALTUs.'
j. The definition Of "instinct" by Rlbot, OAR
30, ana others is defective and unsatisfactory.
That 10 may be possible by any set phrases,
viewer vel chosen 10 differentiate clearly be-
tween animal and human intelligence, bat that
% animals II Is always limited, but suhclent:
'.r ,eli-prcseryatOn; (b) for the preservation
" ha.r species, ana (c) 20 make them useful 10
-s.
That 20 be useful 20 man animals must have
D. sle1ce. (Q) OF localities superior 20 man tbl
H.i'A-y must have knowledge OF persons, ana
-le knowledge o. property that without
tN limited knowledge they would be useless
A. ssI they more they would be dangerous
Illustrations from my own observation es-
f-huT 1n those points. ,
d. Animals have no knowledge Oh IDENTITY.
. Animals cannot become insane.
'lri me value Of az" or comprehend the
tHfle-t axiom IN mathematics.
p Iaat animals have no moral ideas or sense
TUE HUMAN MIND.
propose new analysis Of the human
mo. .l The moral perceptions, or knowiedge
Truth Justice, faith, love, &c, and that this ~
Nt t..'.st and far most important department
' kr.w.elge, (b) the immoral perceptions or
'-.-a--st. Paul brings seventeen charges OF
i.tF and. alas, numberless mislemeanofs
sst'-' humanity, aud (c) the cosmetic percep-
o- ne study Of the " Cosmos OF Humboldt,
liag an natural science. This third branch
-t. al.iPc, while naturally most attractive 10
mankind, las received more help from nature IN
..lau0n than that Of morals and is really
90 distract in rs character. That the Greek
t.l Knox myself" showed superior wis
ID There r. no basis OF comparison between
'...ireuce Of man and animals, but striking
'..'.-i- or anfithess. Twelve points OF these
.'- are given.
Do Iae reason Of our surprise at the knowl-
.+ animals aud infants Is that We ala not
% lriiug any intelligence In either,
%. q chain must have "iinks" OF the same
..r'al-that Is, yon cannot weld wood ana
~ b. 'OuuiOus conjunction Of atoms or the
-af arrangement Of cells cannot produce
.i-eure, and that while n Is not proposed IN
-- Taper 90 discuss tho origin Of moral intelli-
.'-.e. YET would respectfully call attention 20
.rEI md In