The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-13
DISCIPLES OF ESCULAPIUS
Physicians aud Pharmacists of Indiana
Holding Their Conventions.
Pharmacy Law Favored BY Both Bodies-7No-
table Addresses BY Distinguished SCENT
isis-Asthma and Diphtheria.
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

Addresses Made.
AT 10 O'Clock yesterday morning in Ply.
| mouth Church. the forty-thiId animal
meeting of the Indiana State Medical Soci.
ETY. began. being opened with prayer by
Rev, II. A. Cleveland, ID. d. Dr. Edwin
Walker. of Evansville. president then took
up tho order of business. The attendance
Is rather larger than is usual ut the opening
| of the session, and with this encourage
ment the forecast is made that the present
meeting will be larger. and of more inter-
est to the profession. than any that has
been held for several years. There was an
unusually large number of ladies present.
who listened to the reading OF papers
with marked attention. DR.. Wyeth of
New York. was not present. A number
OF pIy slciaDs present had letters from him
etpialning his conspicuous absence. A
ietter received from him by DR.. Frank T..
ierguson. OF this city. conveys the hope
that the indianapolis Journal will correct
the statement that he. DIR. Wyeth. had
asked TO read a paper before the society.
The Doctor evidently desires il to be un-
derstood that he was not a volunteer. but
that the request came from this end of the
line: The guilty doctors hero say that
While the invitation did como from menu
Oers OF the Indiana State Medical Society,
II was not special invitation 10 DIR.
Wyeth, but extended TO him III general
with other eminent medical men.
number of manufacturers of pharma-
ceutical preparations. surgical IDstru-
ments and appliances have exhibits in tho
ante-rOonls. anu these EXHIBITS are thronged
by the visiting doctors. In the displays OF
Instruments are number of inventions by
Indiana practitioners. among which arc
DR.. o. G.. Pfaff's surgical needle holder;
DIR. w. V. MorRan's tractery for locating a
bullet In the brain; DR.. Joseph w. Marsee's
automatic bone-drill; DR.. Franklin Hays's
comedone extractor; Dr. George j. Cooks
spectrum; Dr. Lewis G. Cline's nasal specu-
LUMP; DR.. John NJ. Dunlap's uvula speculum;
DIR. Joseph Eastmnn's hysterectomy
forceps and forcep staff. mammoth yulce1-
lum forceps and ovnriotomy clamp. These
inventors are all Of this city. DR.. John X.
Weist. of Richmond. 10 represented by an
aseptic chloroform and ether inhaler.
After calling the roll of members by DR..
l.. 5. Elder, secretary. that gentl eman sug-
gested that there we're thirty-fve papers
before tho society and that all could not
be read. The matter was referred to q CON-
mittee. DIT. james +. Hibberd, of Rich
mond. chairman OF the committee on ne
crolOgy. read q report of the death of TWEEN
ty members who have passed away since
the meeting in 1891. DIR. A. NJ. Owen, of
the committee on entertainment. read q
humorous report of the collapse of the pro-
of which would be atoned for by spread
at the pharmaceutical establishments of Eli
Lilly IL Co.. as guests of the pharmacists
DIR. NORMAN on ASTHMA.
The first paper of the day was presented
by DIR. Seaton Norman. of Evansville and
was on Asthma or Vaso-motor Bron-
chitis." After prescribing various reme-
dies for differing ty pes of the disease the
paper concludes; The intelligent patient
will need but little advice on the subject
Of afa xviI al
articles of food known to derange his indi.
vidual digestion and never retire for sew
eral hours after q hearty meal. This ten
dency OF the asthn,atic to gastric disorder
is undoubtedly due to the hyperisthetic
condition OF the terminal fllaments of the
yagainerve. The hygienic treatment should
be insisted upon: exercise In the open air;
| the wearing of wooden Undertaking dur
ing the entire year and the sy stematic use
tution will endure it should be directed 70
| take daily cold shower bath, and those to
whom the shock of the cold shower would
be too severe should he directed 10
| sponge the trunk to the waist, to be
| repeated every morning during the whole
year. Some patients protest that they
| cannot take q cold bath. These should be
| instructed to take n bath as hot as can he
borne. and follow this by sponee-bath of
| cool water There Is DothiDg that will ex-
| ert SO salutary and tonic effect upon the
&c neral nervous system, and maintain the
| cutaneous Transportation in o state of func-
tional activity. as the systematic habit of
daily abiutiOns.
eff, after having conscientiously followed
the lines of treatment indicated. restored
the nasal passages TO q state of normal
| potency and functional activity, having
tested and proved impctent and nbortive
| tho therapeutic agents recommended: If,
| then, the disease continue intractable. we
have but one recourse-change of climate.
/ In one instance q residence In the pure air
| of the country would afford Immediate ana
| complete relief, while in another the damp
| and fORgy atmosphere in d smoky and
| crowded city would furnish n like result.
| Generally speaking. tho hay fever asth-
matte will experience the greatest relief IN
residence OF the seashore, while the
purely nervous asthmatic will discover O
home in the mountain district. where HIS
| dyspnG will subside and vanish. Colorado.
more than any other State, possesses a eli
mate suitable for the residence of the con-
/ trmed asthmatIc. The patient will remain
free from dy spn9 only so long as he Il we lis in
the exempt regions, and should be warned
| that O return to his former homo will be
| attended with the unfortunate reappoar-
| auce of all the original phenomena"
| Following this came an interesting paper
| by DIR. II. q. Panther. of Indianapolis, on
| "Malarial Intoxlcation," which concluded
| the business of the morning
PRESIDENT WALKERS ADDRESS.
The evening session opened with the ad-
dress OF the president. DIR. Edwin Walker
| of Evansville. The president. in the course
/ of his remarks. called attention to the fact
that the society. though forty-three years
old. has accumulated no property of value
beside its transactions. yet this is the
| Official. medical organization of q wealthy
State. with more than two millions of in
habitants. and with q membership larger
than that of most medical societies. This
society" said the speaker. 'is one in which
the general practitioner and specialist meet
| on common ground. and they are of great
| advantage to each other. The prosperity
/ of this State organization and the char
acter of it's work depends on that of the
county societies. Most comfy societies DO
| not meet often enough. Once or twice q
| month should be the longest interval, and
once o week would be still better. 1t is an
| excellent plan to prepare q programme six
| months or year ahead. That Is a con-
| slant reminder TO tho members, and
| they are more npt TO prepare them
| excellent plan TO have three or four
| social meetings each year. These gather
| Ings do mnch To soften the animosities
| which may arise and bring the members to
| q better understanding with each other.
| We have tried this plan in our society lat
| Evansvillel, and find it 10 work admirably.
| THE proceedings of orr State Medical
| Society depend on the work of the auxiliary
| societies and the loyal support of the MEM
| bers. Let us return 10 the question of per-
| manency Of the organization. The first
| thing which should engage our attention is
| the establishment of q library. Through
| this organization the whole profession of