Evening star., 1893-09-09

conspicuous among the members of the
Pan-American medical congress is Dr.
David Lobo of Venezuela, who delivered
before the section on general medicine an
address on the clinical study of prolonged
fever; a subject to which he has given life
long study and attention.
The doctor. who is now the charge
d affairs of the Venezuelan legation was
horn in Puerto Cabelo in 1860, and received
classical and medical education at the
University of Caracas, from which institu-
ton he received the degrees of NJ. A. and
NJ ID.
After having practiced his profession for
nve years he was appointed professor OF
physiology at the university from which he
sraduated-a position which he filled with
ability and distinction until he received the
appointment of first secretary of the Ven-
ezuelan legation to the United States.
Dr. Lobo was appointed secretary for
Venezuela by President Pepper, in the Sec
ton OF surgery and obstetrics.
Acknowledging the superior facilities of
the american schools OF medicine from an
analytical standpoint. DR.. Lobo on arriving
In this city selected the Columbian Univer-
sity as the institution from which to receive
post graduate degree.
Some of the Papers.
At the session Of the section on oral and
dental surgery Thursday DIR. John A. Daily
OF this city read an interesting paper on
Hygiene in Prosthetic Dentistry" He
treated the subject of the decomposition of
the secretions of the mouth in the pores of
ordinary rubber dental plates not protected
by having the palative surface covered with
gold.
DR.. Daily claimed that the ordinary rub
Der plate when fitted in the mouth without
this protection was a breeding apparatus
for microbes and germs.
Before the section on general medicine
yesterday DIR. T. Drummond Bu-ch of
Aurora, Texas, gave an interesting talk on
Asiauc cholera He asserted that the mud
OF the Ganges, sacred to the pilgrims of
India for 1.50o miles of its course was re-
sponsible for the scou-ge. He showed how
the present epidemic began its march In
Afghanistan in December 1891. until 1t reach
ed Hamburg IN the summer of 1882. He
maintained that filth does not generate
cholera, nor cleanliness exempt from It, He
also raised question about the coma baciI-
II recently discovered in the intestines of
fiies and maintained that the disease could
be dangerously disseminated by these in
sects.
DIR. G. Saussure of Charleston. s. c.. dis
cussed the disease known as Filaris HON.
inis Sanguinis, which it is said killed King
Herod. According to the description, little
white snakes get into the blood and cause
death. Several of these were exhibited.
The snakes, which are long, white sub
stances retire to the secluded organs of the
body in the day when the subject is moving
about the doctor said, but come into
the veins and arteries at night when he is
occurrence.
\ Paper on Bone Filling.
DR.. Oscar ]. Mayer Of San Francisco
presented a paper on bone filling to The sur
gical section of the Pan-Amerfcan medical
congress at the Emergency Hospital. This
is new departure in bone surgery, aiming
! to obliterate cavities resulting from osteo-
myeiitis and bone tuberculosis, where form
erly amputation was necessary. The ma
terials used for filling are chiefly copper
amalgam and cements. The former was
shown by meteorological experiments to be
possessed Of strong antiseptic properties,
and able to destroy the germs OF tubercu-
losis and osteomyeltis. Experiments were
made on dogs, specimens of which were
demonstrated and shown that foreign bod
les can become healed into bones. This
method has been practiced on patients suf-
fering from the above diseases, but it is too
early to judge the final results.
On account of the antiseptic effects Of
copper amalgam instruments were de-
signed by which this metal could find APP
plication in the treatment OF chronic gon-
orrhoea, diphtheria and other infectious
diseases.
After presentation of the paper and de-
monstration DR.. Mayer, by general request
demonstrated the technique of operation On
living dogs to the members assembled