The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-29

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| Certain Uterine Diseases" by Kate G.
Mead OF Middletown; Notes on Goiter
and Thyroid Feeding" by Frank X.
Hallock of Cromwell
THE BANQUET.
A BANQUET was held in the dining
room of the New Haven house at 1880
last evening. which was attended by
about eighty of the members of the
society. Proprietor Moseley furnished
an excellent menu.
The toastmaster of the occasion was
DR.. c. Purdy Lindsey, who was ably
assisted in the arrangements by DR..
Frank Wheeler and r.William G. Dag
gett
The menu was discussed by the
members Of the society until 10 o'clock
amid much sociability, interspersed by
conversation on professional topics.
At 10 o'clock the toastmaster introduce
ed the president, Dr. Rienzi Robinson of
Danielson, who regretted the absence
of the retiring president, DR.. Seth Hill.
The speaker said that physicians were
not takers, their audiences were small
and special, and when they were con-
'fronted by an audience such as the
present one they were embarrassed.
What physicians lacked in talking they
made up in practice.
Toastmaster Lindsey introduced the
Rev. Charles e. Woodcock of Christ
church, Ansonia, who responded to the
toast, "The Clergy The speaker is a
good story teller and for several min
utes he kept the audience in an uproar-
Gus laughter. Speaking seriously, Mr.
| Woodstock said: II want to say to you
thatI owe good deal to the physicians.
They have sent many messages to me
of children not well, and my work has
been greatly aided by these messages
l do not come to you as clergyman,
You have had enough of the talking Of
transient clergyman. am not that,
neither.
/ come to you as a man. You must
feel the tremendous responsibility of
the gifts you are possessed of.
Every personal gift carries with it
personal obligation. I do not know
anything about your practice. But the
idea many people possess of physician
is that he wants to get all that he can
out of his patients. do not know any
conscientious man. be he clergy or
physician, that does not put in as much
in his work as he gets out of 1T, and
more; often much more.
do not know a physician who, if you
sum up all things that come to him,
that is in it for all he can get out of
it, I hope that he is in 1t for more
than the dollars, and hope that he
will get all the dollars that he can. I
think we can dispense with almost
every calling better than the physi-
clan. Let me speak of the usefulness
of the physician. You have been told
that the physician is not man Of
words What does it matter to me
when my child is sick and send for a
physician that the man l call to see 1t
cannot speak, If he can act.
sThe Post Surgeon was the subject
of the next toast by Captain James
Petit, U. S. A. Captain Petit's re-
marks were illustrated by witty stories
from the frontier life and army anec-
dotes. Sickness devastates armies
more than bullets and grape shot. The
Geneva inventor had done much to al
leviate this. and when the next war
comes the doctors will have a much
more agreeable time than in former
years. The post surgeon is a good fell
low, said the speaker, but one that /
do not want around around too steadily.
"Our Patients was responded to by
Prof. Jenkins of the experiment station
in the place of Hon. George M. Gum,
who could not be present. DR.. Jenkins
told his doctor hearers that they should
have different language to express
themselves in. When he thought of the
nomenclature Of medicine it was with
. | G that oy1rnccpI hu
the man who said that philosophy was
expressing something that one does not
know anything about in language; that
one never understands.
DR.. Jenkins concluded his remarks
by a tribute to "William McClure's,' .
Ian McLaren's typical county doctor.
DIR. Fox of New York followed Prof.
Jenkins in short speech in which he
extended the good fellowship Of the
physicians of New York to the physi-
clans OF Connecticut.
Colonel N. G. Osborn of the New Ha-
ven Register finished the speech MAX
ing for the evening.
Among the out of town physicians at
the banquet were: President Robinson
of Danielson; Vice President Goodwin
of Thomaston; Secretary Worden, Drs
Wright, Wilson and r. Lauder OF
Bridgeport; L. M. Loomis is Derby, O.
: K Isham of Hartford, T. M. Fox of
/ New York city, I. ]. Pouty of Keene
N. H; DR.. Aldrich of Marlberry, N. H.
DR. Silver of Railway.
The New Haven physicians in at.
| tendance were: Drs. Winchell, Gilbert
,Pitman, Lambert. Barnett of West Ha-
ven, Fleischner, Verdi, Sperry, Mail
house, Carmalt. B. A. Cheney, Alling
! Foulton, Moody, Klenke, Osborne, Jud-
son, Thompson, Townsend, Health Of
!: ficer Wright, F. o. White, Foster. Beck
, with, Dean Smith of Yale university
, and DR.. c. A. Lindsey.
ON THE BALE FIELD,