The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-18
HoMEopArHIsTs, STATE MEETINGS.
The Annual Session Brings Out a
Number of Physicians.

The Annual Session Brings Out a
Number of Physicians.
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
State homeopathic Medical Society of In
diana convened in the parlors of the Grand
Hotel yesterday forenoon. President Nj. II.
Waters, of Terre Haute, was in the chair,
and the attendance from all parts of the
State was good. Several noted men from
other States were present, among them
DIR. j. d. Buck, president of Pulte Medical
College. CINCINNATI. and DR.. c. E. Walton,
professor Of surgery in that college; DR.. l.
L. Dryden. of ST. Louis; DR.. H. B. Fellows,
professor of mental and nervous diseases
in Hahnemann Medical College. Chicago
These gentlemen, by invitation, addressed
the institute.
]. S. Martin, of Muncie, showing the
finances to be in a healthy state, and the
report of the secretary, DR.. w. b. Clarke,
of this city, the presidents address was
delivered by DIR. Waters. This showed the
| progress in medicine since the last meet
ing and dealt somewhat with the germ
theory. He spoke of the homeopathic
school as the only one TO study drugs b.
their action on the healthy body for the
| purpose of guiding the physician to their
use as remedies in cases of sickness. He
thought the horneopathists were lax in
claiming their rights to some of the public
appointments.
In the afternoon papers were read. the
| first bureau being that of Clinical Medi-
cine" and the first paper being by DIR. d.
NJ. Bonham, of Edna Mills. on cases cured
by baccilium uhe Koch consumption treat
ment.) The treatment Of Smallpox" a
paper sent by DR.. G.. w. Winterburn. Of
New York. proved of interest. DR.. F. III.
Huron, of Danville, read a paper descrip-
tive OF several cases of carbolic acid poi
soning successfully treated by him. DR.. 4.
L. Davis, of Evansville. detailed several
| interesting cases treated by him, one of
| one of whooping cough and
one of tonsilitis. DR.. c. II. Vtehe, of Ev-
ansville, contributed a paper detailing the
terest,ne Saner was by DR. F. W. Baker.
of Kokomo, on the difficulty OF obtaining
absolute truth in medicine. the physician
often not knowing when he had done his
best work.
The bureau of mental and nervous dis
| eases was then begun, DR.. G. w. Bowen. OF
Fort Wayne, reading a paper on the lndl-
ana hospitals for the insane. showing their
crowded condition and the necessity for a
new one, which he thought should be placed
under homeopathic treatment. that having
proved its superiority over all others as
shown at the great institutes at Middle
town. y. Y, and Westboro. Mass This
was followed by a discussion, and IL was
resolved To ask the next Legislature for
the control OF the next insane hospital ere
ated. DIR. Bowen then read a paper on
Insanity" This was interestingly dis
cussed by the specialists. DR.. ii. b.. Fell
lows. of Chicago. and DIR. j. ID. Buck. of
| Cincinnati. Drs. Huron, Boyd, Huston and
Edmonds also spoke. "Neurasthenia' was
the title OF the paper of DIR. j. b. West
colt, OF Goodland. and the interesting pa
per OF DIR. ;. III. Taicott. superintendent OF
the great insane asylum at Middletown, y.
Y, under homeopathic control for twenty
years. being comparative statistics showing