The morning call., 1894-06-08

ing. These related 10 changes in the con-
tltutiOn. among which was the one aimed
at throwing down the anopathic fence.
The majority report fayoriHg it. the minor
ity report was substituted by the cougre IS.
adopted. aud then, By some process of the
medical parliamentary CODE il was laid
on the table.
i was merely making certain of the
death Of the homeopathic cGlOred gentle
man IN the a!lOpathic wondpile- They
killed him twice.
There was any amount of interesting
discuSsiou-in fact it was ganeral-before
this desired end was attained.
Iher-WOndertul thing to the laYman,
bUt quite in line with the immense strides
in surgeTy-they Tesurrectrd the twice
dead corpse long enough to use him in
changing the constitution so as 10 bring
the journal within the rules Lid down by
the Postmaster General for transmission
through the mai $ Of secnnd-ciaSS matter.
They then buried the three-times dead
one IN the mid-t Of lot If documents on
the ia bic and adjourned till this morning
at 10 o'clock, when new officers viii! be
elected and the place OF holding the next
meeting will be determined.
The nominating committee had a busy
days work in parlor a, Palace Hotel.
The principal work was the completion of
a report con tanning the names gt officers
congress this morning. When the 6itting
was finally concluded the name of DR..
Donald MacLean of Detroit, Mich, one of
The most widely known surgeons in the
l nited States. was agreed upon for presi-
dent. Ills strongest rival was DR.. II. d.
Didama Of Syracuse, y. 7.
1t was also agreed TO report favorably
upon the claims of Baltimore, Nd, as the
place Of holding the next congress- AS
bury Park. n. j.. and Hot Springs. Ark.
10 viz off RI III
but they failed to get the Endorsement
A good deal of feeling which has been
manifested concerning the conduct of the
journal" the association paper, made
itself felt before the nominating com nit
tee during the afternoon session. II has
been the desire of many of the members Of
the American Medical Editors Associa-
ton TO have a t least one of their number
on the board Of trustees of the journal
10 act Omew hat in the capacity of an adj
visory assistant to DR.. j. 3. Hamilton, tile
editor. DR.. Hamilton and his friends
didn't. and DON'T, want any advice, and
thew brought the matter to focus and set
tied it for the next year al least by intro
ducing q resOlu ion TO the effect that no
member of the editorial association Sh ould
be placed IN nomination as a trustee.
There was a storm, of course, but the
Hamil' on faction carried the day and the
resolution was adopted. This may cause
same lively times when the report reaches
the main body this morning
A resolution was also adopted that ali
medical colleges shall require students to
take a four years course of at least eight
months a year before graduating.
In all the various halls of the building
the different sections Of the congress went
Immediately to work after the adjourn
ment of the general session; and the most
. interesting of these was the one devoted
20 neurology and medical Jurisprudence n
Darlor A.
Il have examined 10000 skulls and por-
traits OF members of kingy families"
. said Dr. Eugene Talbot of Chicago, land
have compared 10000 them, and fnd In all
marked evidences OF stigmata in the
structure of the teeth and laws"
TalbOts paper was "Drgeneracv. From
an.Oral and Dental Standpoint, in Regi-
clCes and the AristOcracy," and his prue
some study had been made u p-oye that
intermarriage Of relatives in kingly and
prncelY families had caused insanity.
which was strongly marked in the skulls
by the peculiar defOrmity technically
kaown as stigmata. The regeides were
also so marked. This is the same line Of
work followed by the celebrated Italian
scientist. Lombrosi, and resulted in his
finding Of the fossa, called after him,
Lombrosi, as distinctive mark of muir
derOus criminals. Dr. TalbOts paper was
listened to with much interest.
"Anti-infection in the production of dis
ease and nervous ptoms" was the sub
lect OF a paper by DR.. ID. r. Brown of
Chicago. The effusion was very interest
Ing, and the doctor advanced the idea that