Evening star., 1893-09-06
MEDICAL ELOQUENCE.
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paper read was by DR.. ]. Cecil Philippe of
Jamaica on THE Climate of Jamaica" DIR.
Wolfred Nelson of New York read a paper
on the same subject. DR.. Liceago, presi-
dent of the national board of health of
Mexico, followed with an interesting and
highly instructive address on 1.-The General
Bases Which Should Govern the Continent
or America in Formulating a General and
Efficacious International Maritime Policy"
The meeting was concluded by a paper on
The Climate of Egypt" by DIR. Grant Bey
OF Cairo, Egypt. DR.. Grant Bey is fine
looking, portly Scotchman, was born at
Aberdeen and received his medical educa-
ton partly there and partly in London. For
the past twenty-eight years he has been
engaged in hygienic work along the Nile. in
the employment of the Egyptian govern
ment.
Woman Physician Talks.
The Importance attached to the section
on obstetrics by the medical fraternity was
again demonstrated by the interest taken
in the meeting this morning in parlor F. at
the Ebb1tt House. where about fifty physi-
clans. half Of whom were women, were
present.
DR.. Eliza H. Root of Chicago read a
paper on The Status Of Obstetrics in Gen
eral Practice" She spoke of the RESPONSE
bility in this branch of medicine assumed
by those. apparently, without sufficient
clinical training and experience; of the tcst
of the physicians skill by the carelessncss
Importance to physicians medical repu-
tation which the study and practice Of this
branch naturally involves.
DR.. J. H. Chestnut of Philadelphia fol-
lowed with a paper on 1.-The Induction for
Premature Labor, after which the meeting
adjourned.
Studying MalarfaI Diseases.
Immediately after the regular meeting in
Aibaugh's Opera House this morning the
section OF general medicine net and a dis
cussion Of the paper read yesterday by DR..
Francisco A. Risquez was INDUCED in rela-
tive to the presence Of pigment in the blood
of malartal patients DIR. West, represent
ing the University Of Texas at Galveston,
made short address emphasizing the i'm
portance Of differential diagnosis in rela-
ton to malarial typhoid and yellow fcyers
he was OF the opinion that pigment is due
to the destruction Of blood corpuscles. Dr.
Risquez, through an interpreter, replied
that after careful investigation he had
found O presence of pigment a constant
quantity: G) yellow fever contains cnly
trace of pigment, which ne .er'rs yellow
malaria fever. and CD In corroooration of
his theory diluted sulphuric acid will dis
sipate the substance II 1t is not pigment
Following this discussion a paper on I'm
usual Outbreaks of Typhoid Fever" by DR..
w. c. Dobney. was also made the s.bject
OF general expression Of various opinors
Methods OF Teaching.
The section Of pedagogy. in the building
Of the medical department of the Univers-
ity of Georgetown. II between 9th and 10th
streets was crowded this morning, when at
II o'clock DR.. Gustave Zinke of Cincinnati,
Ohio. gave "A demonstrat ton Of the Caesar
can section and the Porro operations"
DR.. Zinke illustrated his lecture by the aid
OF manikins, and was warmly congratu-
lated upon the very able manner in which
he conducted the demonstration. II being
explained that his object was to instruct
both teachers and students. At 3 this after
noon the following papers will be read: "A
contribution to study of methods of
medical education In the United States" by
Bayard Holmes. NJ. D.. the College of Ply
slcians and Surgeons, Chicago. Illinois.
Methods of teaching clinical medicine"
by F. G. Shattuck. NJ. D., professor OF
clinical medicine In the Harvard Medical
School. Boston. Mass.
Diseases of the Ear.
The section on otology had an interest
ing session today at the Arlington. Prof.
Politzer Of Vienna read an address upon
Rare Affections Of the Intra-Labyrinthi-
a demonstration by means OF specimens
DR.. Max Thorner of Cincinnati read a paper
on Diseases and Disfigura tons Following
Piercing OF the Lobules of the Ear" He
related a number of cases, where unsightly
the auricle followed the placing Of ear
rings. He said that piercing the ears was
a relic of barbarism and ought to be aban-
doned DR.. Felix Cohn of New York read a
paper on Stacke'S Method for Chronic
Suppurative Ottis."