Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-12-02
An Inter esting Address.


asst week, DR.. E. E. Stonestreet, president
of the society, delivered the following ad'
dress, which was ordered to be published:
Gentlemen of the Medical Society of Mont
gomery county
congratulate you on your presence al this
annual meeting. Custom, AS well as law, pre-
scribes as one of the duties of the presiding
officer that he present digest of the advance
of the society during the past year.
| | regret that our numbers have not increased
rs we could have desired, and that so many
of our physicians have denied themselves the
advantages which attach to th is association.
| thank the younger members of the profess
sion tor the interest they have manifested in
joining us. The medical profession, in all
ages and countries has been recognized as
philosophical, devoted to the general good,
| the prevention as we'll as cure of disease, and
we believe every member OF it who possibly
can is under obligation to attend and give ac-
tive support to the interests Of his profession
at home.
The main objects which this society seeks
to attain, through the collective investigation
OF disease, are to widen the basis Of medical
science to gather and store the mass of infor-
nation that at present goes TO waste, to YER
lily or correct existing opinions, to discover
laws where a present only inequality is per-
ceved 10 amplify our knowledge of rare at
fectsons aud their modification in different To-
calites, which think will tend to the better
training OF the members in habits OF scen-
tihc, practical observation and in systematic
methods of recording the facts they observe.
The age in which we live has seen enorm-
Gus advances in the sciences on which the
fabric of medicine rests. Hitherto the ad-
| vance of medical science has been brought
about mainly by individual effort, but there
is so much that deies Interpretation from in-
dvidual experience, and problems so far
reaching, in an overwhelming field, with ele-
meuts so manifold that no single man, how
ever gifted and long-lived, can hope to bring
the whole within his range.
The need, therefore, in medicine Of that
combination and concentration of individ-
ual work which is adopted in many other
branches of science and of commerce, and TO
which increasing facilities of intercommuni-
cation have given so much impulse and
strength cannot be questioned Indeed, it
may be said that, resting on individual re-
search alone, medical knowledge eau be ad-
vanced but slowly and with difficulty Fur
Their progress, 10 any great extent, must be
the work not of units acting disconnectedly,
but of the collected force OF many acting as
one. That organization our society proposes
TO supply,
The TACT that the dread cholera so proml-
nenlv commands public attention every
where renders its discussion nj the present
time peculiarly appropriate. The probability.
according 10 precedent 'hat II may Aga'h IRA,
verse tnls CONTINENT lnFes,s II Win speo'ai
interest anu ny every motive 'nat niay up
peai 10 US we are calieu upon US mennoers Vi
'ne meulcai ProIessioh 10 couusel 'uo must
ehcieht means Tor preventing the progress
ana con'roli'hg us severity. u Is 10 DC nopea
since rely that our citizens W ill he stirred
up 10 Il reailIatloh OF the Importance OF pro-
per SANITARY measures, us II All centres III que
"otu-cCedhStteSS'
large portion OF the people neeus 10 DC
taught tna' personal cleanliness OF tne mousse
holu anu premises ARE among tue nIBhes' re-
suits OF sanitary science, mat OF themselves
lhey constitute the pest safeguards against
contagious ana preVentaole diseases ana
without whlch ooarus OF heaI'h anu neath
ohcers are 10 BIca' eAteu' luauequ",e W
cope with some OF the most serious evils -
10 oe unprepared ior lne disease, SO 'ar ~
human agencies can avail Is 10 oe crihi'nn''
cnolera IS 10 come, iet us coming 0e WIN,
out invitation WIN riglu surveillance OF
our towns anu thorougn'ares tue courage VI
,ne people WIN ne inaih'a'heu, "hu u TUG PoS-
u'euee sna'i naAe us appearance ~ 'n' oouu
Try II VIII Doubtless De shorn OF us 'err0rS,
II wise anu ehlc'eht counSe.s snail prevail
hno'ner i'npo't "ut uuty 10 " PtoPvi'J ~.
quaint lhe masses OF tue people WIN 'no re,-
auVe Value anu ehlclehcy Vi uls,niec.'nts'
the germ theory oe true, uouotiess s'guai
ia'iure "ouiu cohe from 700 i'nP''c't rus 'u
catoolc acid, the odor o. wnich so sa'snes
US as 10 the iact OF us Vefitaoie presence anu
YET SO Sgnaliy 'a''s 10 meet Tue requirement 10
OF germlciue'
II tue ACIDS sulphur ana c"ior'ne are po-
tentla, nseu,o ~ tnsy ~ uu' ,,n ne nI
should be acquainted with the details OF oo-
tanning preparing ana using them ior Tue
purpose OF successful ulSiniection' put "nen
preventive measures nave isileu, anu "evome
TO meet tne disease iace 10 'ace AT the oeus,u
VI the pau'eu'' "na' ye' reuia,us io' us W "1'
An VI our hho"ieuee anu sh'i snouii S'au-
~ oe Iaiu upon .he autar 'or tne soou OF
commou humanity Inc Inspirations vi noPe
ana confluence are prime necessities iney
liIt Tue 'ihh ~ me "n'ie Iear 10 s"''' u or'us
destruction:
The beginning OF thls disease must oe
quickly uhder our control u we "oulu nope
10 save our patent me commencement. OF
Intestinal disturbance should lie matter OF
immediate concern before choIernlc discharges
are developer. u II De Posolole 10 properly
diagnose the case our remedies VIII Meh pe OF
most avail.
not pain Tor hiteen minutes, tue quick
development OF the entire body IN not, dry
, flannel immediately after the bath, and sum
= ulation OF cutaneous surface with dry mus
= tard, artificial heat to secure persplralon,
divert the circulation and save from lntesli-
g drinks should be bland and mucila rinous,
-. smonnt, The crisis viii be passed in a few