Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-27


 The second day of the meeting of the Con- necticut Medical society opened yesterday morning at Dwight hall with the report of the secretary, N. E. Worden. In the report he said: Our present membership is 525, net gain of 1s over the number given in last years proceedings. Of these Hartford has: ::.......... 11s-net gain of... Il New London has. ........ 43-net gain Off,. Fairfield has ............ 97-net gain of Windham has ........... 35-net loss of.... ] Litehfield has. s........... ss-net loss of.... M1ddtesex has. ........... 35-net loSs of.... l Iouand mas. .............. 17-net gam or....
 Total. 525-net gain off,. IS The deaths have been-In Hartford county 3, R. H. Tiffany, H. McNamara, s. ". Hart; New Smith; New London 1, F. P. Barber; Fairfield 3, Charles W. Sheffrey, Samuel Sands, N. H. Wake, 3, William Denning, John B. Derrickson, Harmon " Shove; Middlesex 2. Joseph w. Alsop, Rufus
 We have on our roll to-day twelve members who can boast of contin4ous seryice of fifty Ellsworth, Jeremiah Burwell, Hull Allen, Henry Bronson. R. W. Matthewson, Elishur Phinney, S1hn RGs l. W. Wesh aea Porter, Hart and Simmons. Names venerable and renowned among us May they long con tinue to give unto us of their wisdom and we to emulate their virtues.
 Herbert F. Twitchell, Freeport, Me-; N. B. sizer, Brooklyn, N. Y.; William H. Bailey, Albany, and William T. Smith, Hanover, N. H., delegates to neighbor- ing state conventions. were introduced to the convention and each made brief re- marks.
 At il o'clock Dr. Francis Bacon of this city delivered an interesting and carefully prepared address entitled "The History of the Connecticut Medical Society,"" The first part of the paper was an excellent study of the life and times of Connecticut people at the close of the eighteenth cen tury when the society was founded. The year of 17s3 found the physicians of New Haven engaged in systematic, business-like and pe1severiDg purpose to procure charter for medical society. The movement thus fairly set on foot ] did not immediately attain it's declared ob- | ject. Some eight years of persistent labor, ! of reiterated petitioning, of letter writing l and of personal solicitations, of argument | and remonstrance, of instruction of the the public mind by means of newspaper | articles were spent before, in May, 1792, | the charter of the Connecticut Medical | socloVy was Analiy oAacVeu. LII Iue meantime the New Haven County so. l promoter of the legislative movement,
 had, as a merely voluntary association. maintained a creditable and productive
 degree of activity which one would think
 might at length have satisfied it's members
 that the sanction of the state was of less
 importance than. they had at first supposed
 The meetings were frequent and seem te
 have been we'll attended and interesting
 it's members soon numbered seventy-one
 probably including all the practitioners ir l the county who were considered worthy O.
 fellowship, and in the fifth year of it's ex
 stence it published collection of "Cure
 and Observations, by the Medical Society of New Haven County, in the State o Connecticut"
 The publication was valuable and sue
 cessful one It brought credit to the soci
 ety at home and abroad, it impressed tn
 public mind with a sense of the usefulnes
 of such body, and it undoubtedly helpe'
 to determine the hesitating legislatur
 sistent efforts of the profession through
 out the state and incorporate the Connect
 cut Medical society.
 "The beginning and growth of sanitar
 legislation in Connecticut" was the sub
 ject of an interesting paper by Dr. c. A
 Lindsley of this city.
 The microscopisal exhibit in the medica
 school was also visited by all the out o
 town people, including large number o ladies, who were especially interested il
 the exhibit. The display also attracted number of our leading New Haven citi , zens. It was most creditable to the schoo The wonders revealed by the various micro scopes were regarded with wrapt attention
 though some of the younger ladies scene | little more interested in the handsom q l young physicians who assisted most pt
 Iitely in conducting them about the varior rooms. A very fine display of microscope 8 was made by the Rochester firm of Bausc
 & Lamb, through one of their represent, |, | tives.
 A DELIGHTFUL DRIVE.
 ;, At 5 o'clock large number of the med
 cal men attending the convention took ca
 riages provided for them by the New H'
 ven association and in waiting on the Ell
 street side of the campus and escorted t
 New Haven members rode about our bea7 + tiful East Rock park-now in such fir J. verdure and foliage. The visiting phys
 clans were charmed with the beautiful an ! grand views obtainable from the high ell
 vations of East Rock. The weather WI ], admirable, equal to the best that June a @ ! lords, and the excursion will be remen n bered by the party as & delightful on
 Another very pleasant episode of the ds
 was the lunch at noon at Dr. Carmalt' !" which was attended by nearly all the rnen If bers of the convention, the doctors plea l. ant home being thronged with the army V, guests enjoying the Inequalities, amol " whom were the visitors from other state
 THE BANQUET.
 Tbo al T. WY , ner hall last evening at which all the pro1 inent physicians who have attended u convention were present. Dr. Francis Bac' ' acted as the anniversary chairman.
 blessing was asked by Rev. Dr. Newm u Smyth of the Center church, after whit u the array of delicacies was brought i s' The guests were seated at twenty thr A tables, which were prettily decorated wi " hydrangas and cut flowers. During t A dinner the Concordia orchestra render rs some very pleasing selections Y. Mol 10 house of the Warner hall cafe was the ( i- terer. The menu was in Latin.
 Among those present at the banqu were: Dr. A. H. Johnson, president 6, Massachusetts Medical society; Senator ,n H. Platt, Professor o. H. Welch of Johl & | dopk1ns university ana pres1denG or t : Maryland Medical society, Dr. M. w. Rr '' sell, president of the New Hampshire lie ID ical society; Dr. w. T. Smith, secretary re the New Hampshire society; Dr. Whit
 secretary of the Rhode Island Medic
 society; Dr. Bailey of Albany, N. Y., [ Palmer, president of the Rhode Isla, i'll Medical society; Dr. Stackpole of Dove sy Dr. Marcey, president of the Americ " Medical association; General s. E. Merwi President Dwight of Yale, Dr. Chadwick
 Boston, Dr. Cook of New Hampshire, D
 rwitchell, representing the Maine Medic I. society; Drs. G. A. Shelton of Shelton; le w. Pinney, Derby; w. A. Randall, Bi IT. mingham; c. H. Pinney, Derby; w. of Hubert, Winsted; F. D. Felt, Boston;
 H. Wiggin, Litchfeld; J. B. Kent, Pr
 man, Connecticut; Colonel E. Munge
 Waterbury, Connecticut; A. H. Swayr d. New York city; H. G. Howe, Hartfor o- P. A. Merrill, Putnam; 0. 0. Godfre Bridgeport; F. s. Young, Bridgeport; or F. Quinn, Boston, Mass; A. E. Barbt ga Bethel, Connecticut; G. s. Porter, Bride
 port; William H. Palmer, Providence. Senator Platt responded to the tos -a "Our Commonwealth" He said: T ,u commonwealth is bond of sympathy | le tween myself and the medical professio 1e I do not know what else could ha