The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-02
MEDICAL MEN MEET.
QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE II.
4. MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Annual Election of Officers and Read
ing OF Papers by Drs. Charles O'Leary
and Frank l.. Day.

The quarterly meeting Of the Rhode
Island Medical Society was held at Til
linghast's assembly rooms at IL o'clock
today. Second Vice. President Elisha p.
Clark presided over the meeting.
The report Of the recording secretary
was read showing an active membership
of 229. The treasurer's report showed
expenses, si07 81; total receipts, S19l. is;
balance, $780, printin fund, S2.75L02;
building fund, sl,sS7.4s; total on hand,
$5.022 l6.
Tne report of the board of censors
was postponed till later I'm the meeting
The report of the committees on pubIica-
tion and on library showed large acces.
sions amounting To 604 up to Jan. i, and
otal OF 10.024 volumes IN the library
These volumes were obtained from many
sources.
The report OF the committee on muse
ums gave notice Of the acquisition OF four
new specimens. 1t was then moved and
carried that all appropriation OF $40 be
made for the benefit OF the committee on
museums
The censors report, then presented,
81 owed that DR. Walter L. Coyle Of Prov
idence, Dr. JamesF. Duffy of Providence,
Dr. Nelson X. Hall OF Warren, DIR. Nor
man ID. Harvey, George j. Howe OF Cen
tral Falls, Alexander Marshal Of Ashton
and Dr. Erastus l. Wilson OF Howard
were elected TO membership.
The election OF officers for the year fol-
lowing the next annual meeting resulted
AZ follows:
President, DIR. Robert y. Noyes; first
vice-president, DIR. T. y. Clark; second
vice-president, DIR. William A. Gordon;
recording secretary. DR.. William K
White; corresponding secretary, DIR.
George ID. Hersey; treasurer, DIR. George
L. Collins.
Other elections were these:
Cen,ors - j. w. &. Ely. Benjamin
Greece. Eugene Kingma /. j. II. Morgan,
q. w. Jenckes, IL. q. Miller, w. X.
White, 4. IL. Rankin.
Standing .Committees-Of arrange
w. Keefe; on publications, G. ID. Her
sey, e. NJ. Godding G. 4. Swarts; on the
library, ii. G. Miller. G. ID. Hersey, &. w.
Porter. G.. l.. Collins. II. j. Pomroy; on
the museum, w. j. McCaw, g. 4. Swarts,
+. B. Fuller, G. NJ. Godding, 5. A. WEIGH:
on neurology, T.. kingman. a. Il. Blais-
dell, &. III. Leonard; auditor, Il. Ii. Peek
ham, Jr.
The censors roappointed Drs. Fifeld,
Godding, Swar,s, Bouker aud Hogue a
committee TO cooperate with the presi-
dent i'm securing n literary program for
the regular meeting. DIR. William w.
Keene of Philadelphia and DIR. Samuel
ADDOtt oil boston were eleCUeu 10 nOuOr-
ary mem bership.
This resolution was presented by DR..
Gleason:
ResolUcd, That the members OF the
Rhode IslaLd Medical Society offer to DIR.
John NJ. Peters in his great bereavement
their sine rest sympathy.
A vote of thanks was rendered TO Mrs.
Gust ave Radeke for gifts.
DR.. Charles OLeary then read n paper
upon Coles Frac ture." Said he:
My experience convinces me that
there is no. fracture more common than
Coles Fracture Ii brings complete
disability of the hand. The subject is
most important Que.
1.-The accident usually results from a
fall forward in wnich one seeks to break
the force of the impact by putting for
ward the hand. The subject has bt en-
exhaustively investigated by physicians
and many methods for its cure have been
advanced by eminent authorities"
DIR. OI.eary then showed by means of
n skeleton arm aud hand how the Coles
Fracture is obtained. He Likewise
showed the different methods Of effecting
"a cure.
A paper entitled "a Case Of Okrome-
gala" was next read by DR.. Frank L.
Day.