Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-30
MEDICAL MEN MEET
An Entertaining Session of the
Tri-City Society.
DINNER, SOCIAL AND BUSINESS.

Yesterdays Meeting of the lows and Illi-
nois Society Black Hawk Tower-In-
tere>tins Papers Read and Important
Resolutions Adopted-Delecste Selected.
The regular quarterly meeting OF the
lows snd Illinois Central District Medi-
csl association was held ST Blsck Hawk
Inn ST the Watch Tower yesterday sfter-
noon. The business session was pre-
ceded by dinner in the inn dining hsll
a. which the physicians were sccompsn-
led by their wives snd other lsdy friends.
The Business Meeting.
The meeting of the society WAS called
floor OF the Inn by DR.. W. l.. Allen.
resident of the society. There were
present. Drs. Cantwel,, johnson. Kaip.
Robertson. Crawford, Allen, Dawson,
Morgan, Truesdsle. Bernhsrdi, Craig,
Barth, Comegys. Carter, Long. Bowman
and Eyster. Drs. Hollowhush snd
Mathy were in attendance as visitors.
After reading the minutes of the pre-
vious session and dischsrging routine
business. the q smes OF Drs. Henry and
Carl Msthey and J R. Hollowbush were
proposed for membership, and they were
elected.
On motion the secretary was II, truc:ed
to give credentials as delegates TO any
members desiring to attend the meeting
of the Mississippi Valley Medical sssocis-
| ton.
The Papers Read.
DR.. Crawford then read q most in
struciive paper on "Serous and Puruleut
illusions with the Pleursl Cavity" and
exhibited in the same connection sn in>
| terestng clinical case. The paper was
| received and discussed by Drs. Truesdsle
Bernhardi snd Msthy. and on motion a
vote OF thanks was extended to Dr.
Crawford for the psper.
DR.. W. l. Allen resd a psper on. the
subject of ID sesses Caused by Contain
| mated Well Water" with special refer
ence to the occurrence of typhoid fever
| among the Belgians of the community,
| and aso presented the following r-solu-
tious:
Resolved, That we deprecste the use
| of well water Except ar'esisn) within
| the limits of our three cities.
Resolved, That we recommend strict
inspection as to health and condition and
| the registration OF all foreigners who may
| arrive in our midst.
the payer induced a general discussion
of typhoid and its csusation by the use
| of contaminated we'll water.
DR.. J w. Morgan made further re-
| port upon the case of sbdomi n al tumor
which he had presented at the previous
meeting Of the association.
Sanitary Needs.
The following resolution was on mo.
| ton ur an!mously adopted:
Resolved. That 1t is the sense of this
| association that proper understanding
OF sanitary needs by the people viii do
| much towards preventing the prevalence
OF cholera and other infectious diseases;
| that therefore the attendance of physi>
clans and the public at the meetings of
public health associations should be en-
couraged, and to this end the railroads,
who Gre especially interested in the
msiniensDce of the public health during
the Worlds falr year should grant liberal
| rates to all those DESTROYS of attending
| such meetings; that this association spec
tally request that a low rate should be
made by the railroads for the meeting of
the Iowa Health association to be held in
Des Moines lows, Oc,. 9th and 2S;h.
Dr. G. l.. Eyster was elected dele
gate to the meeting Of the Iowa Public
Health association to be held in Des
Moines Oct. 81 %
The association then ad journed.