Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-25
CONN. MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The Morning and Afternoon Meet.
ines-The Dinner at the New Ha-
ven House in the Evening.
When the meeting opened yesterday
morning about thirty members were pres.
emit. Dr.. W. E. Wheeler of Bridgeport
made the secretary's report.
/ Delegates from other states were called
/ for. DR.. ]. q. Townsend of Maine made a
few remarks, and DR.. Chacles q. Cook of
Massachusetts said that Massachusetts
owed much to Connecticut, as it had re-.
csived Intermittent fever from this state.
DR.. A. B. Coleburn of Middletown made
a brief report of the nesting of the Inter
| national Medical association at Rome
Other brief reports from delegates to state
ferent gentlemen.
Dr.. 81. Fleischner of this city read the
report Of the committee ON matters of pro-
fessional interest in the state.
A paper by DR.. Csrmalt was also read by
DR.. Fleischner. DR.. Carmslt detailed his
experience with forty once cases of appen-
dicitis.
President Edgerton's address wss on
STANDARD Dietaries Applied in the Nutri-
ton of Acute Diseases" An adjournment
was taken after the reading of this paper
until O'Clock.
The afternoon meeting was devoted to
the reading of scientific papers by the doc
tors present. o. T. Osborne of New Ha-
ven was the first speaker, his subject being
"La Grippe and Its Pathology" DR.. Hills
of Willimantic came next with humorous
paper on ''The Progress of Medicine and
Disease" DR.. Topping was the next
was discussed by DR.. Morris of
New York. The principal thing
recommended was early treatment, Dr..
Ring next spoke on ''The Need of State
Law to Prevent Blindness in Children"
There are laws in other states for this
purpose. DR.. Gustsvus Eliot of New
Haven then spoke on '.The Gravity of Hys-
teris." DR.. D. @. Brown of Danbury then
reported on 1.-THE Progress of Medicine"
He spoke particularly of the disease called
"pancreooites," which, he said, was more
common than could be believed. DR..
Fleischner then spoke On Modern Rene
dies and the Treatment of Skin DIseases.''
DR.. Swazey of New London then gave an
account of q serious gunshot wound Ia the
subclavian artery, followed by ligatien
DR.. Touttiel of New Britain then spoke on
tho effect upon mechanics OF working In
factories. He recommended that thestate
board of health have advisory and legisla-
tive power to remedy the conditions pro-
duced by the confinement and lack of air.
Dr.. A. G.. Cook of Hartfofd spoke on
"FIxation In the Treatment of Disease"
THE DINNER.
At 1870 Landlord Moseley of the New
Haven house served an elegant banquet to
the society and its invited guests In the
dining room of the New Haven house.
The room was prettily decorated, and Rob-
inson's orchestra furnished music. About
ninety guests sat down to the dinner.
After the menu had bsen served Presi-
dent Edgerton of the society. who acted as
toastmaster, spoke on "Our Society"
Professor George p. Fisher Of the Yale
divinity school, followed with an address
on ssScdence and Fact" DIR. W. A. II.
Wainwright then spoke on Progress and
Surgery, after which DR.. Newman Smyth
of Center church spoke on "The Minister
and the Doctor" The other speeches
we're % follows: 'sOur Friend, the Press"
Norris G.. Osborn Law" Morris
f. Tyler, ESQ.,; "Political Economists
and Doctors" Professor Arthur T. Hadley.