The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-12

versity Of Perm Vivian 4 bo.,n. Al:
The Relation ri n U.s. Tra,,li, 10
Hospitals, Mss 1! l. Dock J hn
Hopkins hosp al, b.ltl.nole; The
Relations of the Medical Staff to
the Governing Babies in Hospitals,
DR.. Edward Cowles, Mclean hos.
pltal, Somerville, Mass. Hospital
Administration, DR.. j. II Merke,
director krankenhaus Moabit, Der.
lin; The Relation of Hospitals to
Me Ideal Education, DR.. II. M.
Hurd, John Hopkins hospital, Balti.
more Section l., which was de-
voted to the consideration of the
Commit ment, Detention, Means aud
Treatment Of tine Insane, was called
to order by DR.. & Adler Blumer,
superint endent of the state hospital
at Utica, New York. After the
chairman's address of welcome and
the preliminary work of organiza-
the following programme was pro-
ceeded with; The Treatment of
Certain Monumental Maladies in the
Insane, and the Effect of Such
Treatment upon Mental Dis. ase,"
DR.. Geo. H. Rhoe, superintendent
Maryland Hospital for the Insane.
Catonsville; Diseases of The Heart
and Cerebral Arteries as Causes Of
insanity" d.. w. b. Fletcher,
Indianapolis; what Improvements
have been Wrought in the Care Of
the Insane by Means of Nurses
Training Schools" Dr.. G. B. Burr,
Pontiac, Mich
Charlton T. Lewis, president Of
the New York State Prison Associa.
ton, called section 5 to order, which
was the branch devoted to the con-
sideration of the prevention and re.
preston of crime and the punish.
ment and reformation of criminals
The proceedings we're of an inform
al nature, and after the opening
address by the president general
discussion was inaugurated on The
Nature and Causes of Crime, and
the statistics of the increase or de-
crease of crime
The organization and utilization of
charities in countries, states, cities,
towns and villages, and preventive
work among the poor was o0nsid-
cred at length by section 6, which
was presided over by Daniel c.
Gilman, president of the Charity
Organization Society. Baltimore.
The subject of the day was The
Demarcation of the Field of Volun-
tary Charitable Work, and nearly a
score of addresses we're made on
the different branches of voluntary
charitable work by individuale,
churches and societies.
Section I, to which was allotted
the consideration of the question of
the introduction of sociology az a
special topic of investigation and
instruction in institutions of learn
ing, was called to order by E,
Benz amin Andrews, president of
Brown University, Providence, r.
l. A long programme has been
prepared for this branch of the con-
gress, and the gathering will re-
main in session as long as may be
necessary to dispose of it. The
first topic, and the one considered
today, was the Study of Criminol-
ogy in Italy, and an exhaustive
paper ON this subject was presented
by the Baronne Raffaele Garofalo
Of Rome, Italy.
Hall 10 was we'll filled with ply
sicians and philanthropis's lpte.est-
ed ia the care aud training Of fee bic
minded children. DR.. William b.
Fish, of Lincoln, Ill.,, called the
gathering to order, and the proceed
ings of Section 8 we're inaugurated
with paper on the Etiology and
Classification of the Feeble Minded
by DR.. w. w. Ireland, OF Preston.
pans, Scotland. Animated di.cus-
sion followed, and was participated
in by DR.. George E. Shuttleworth,
of Condor, and DR.. l. n. Kerlin,
of Edwin, Pa. Papers on the pre-
vention of idiocy we're presented by
DR.. NJ. Durloo, of Copenhagen,
Mrs. DR.. Geo. NJ. Brown, of Barre,
MASS. The exercises of all eight
branches will continue throughout
the week.