Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
DISCUSS ILLS OF THE FLESH
Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the
Homeopath Medical Society.
SOME DELAYs,1A. GETTING TO WORK
After the Address of welcome and
Response n Little Routine Busi-
ness Was Ira nnSnctcd-Rcport
on Financial Condition.

| association convened at the Commercial clul
rooms yesterday morning The attendanc,
at the opening session was small, but late
in the day increased materially, The even
! ing trains brought in still others and a
n ght the attendance more nearly met tht
expectations of the officers. Hard times ant
the disagreeable weather have tended t
keep many at home AS a consequence Of
the small attendance very little business
was attempted at the forenoon session.
The society was called to order by Its
| president, DR.. A. H. Doris of Lincoln, after
which prayer was offered by Rev. w. p
Helllngs pastor Of the First baptist church
of this city. DR.. o. S. Wood then extended
a welcome to the visitors in a brief speech
which received an. apt response from Dr.
| It. b. Richter of Lincoln.
President Doris called attention to q
change in the bylaws which he proposed
| to offer at the next meeting. Under The
present rule the chairman Of bureaus were
| appointed by the acting president immedi-
! atey after each bureau completed its dis
cussion. The effect of this rule was that
! the outgoing president appointed the chair
men of bureaus which were to act under
| the incoming president In his opinion this
should be changed to give the new president
the power to appoint his own assistants.
The suggestion was favorably received and
Dr. Doris stated that he would consult the
wishes of the new president in making his
appointments.
There was an extended discussion in re-
gard to the non-payment of dues by MEM
bers. There are many members of the So
ciety who are in arrears on their dues for
periods ranging from one to ten years. At
the last session a resolution was adopted by
which any member might be reinstated by
the payment of SO. The result Of the dia-
cussion was the adoption of a resolution by
which the same rule was continued in force.
The report of the treasurer, DR.. Wood,
showed that the treasury eXulted in a balance
of $i6.30. Against this balance stood the
sum OF 800 that had been pledged as a
contribution toward the erection of the
Hahnemann monument in Washington.
The president appointed these committees:
Auditing. DR.. F. B. Richter of Lincoln and
DR.. d. A. Foote Of Omaha resolutions, Drn.
II. p. Holmes, o. S. Wood and j. Il. Mann of
Omaha. .-.l1 l1.-...,
As it was nearly noon when the routine
business was completed, an adjournment was
taken until 80 O'Clock.
ATTENDANCE INCREASES.
There was a. decidedly larger attendance
at the afternoon sessicn. VIII ch was very
profitable from a physicians point of view.
The parers read We're almost without eX-
cepton indicative & a close study of the
subject, and the discussions which followed
ones in new forms, The papers were gen
orally of technical character, and without
interest to those outside of the medical pro-
fession. DR.. J., b. Hawk of Grand Island
read a very Interesting paper on, "Paedol-
ogy," and under the same head DR.. s. j.
Quinby of this city spoke on Capillary Bron-
chitis," and DR. w. H. Hanchett talked
about "The Baby; His First Two Years"
The bureau of sanitary science presented
some papers, which were of more practical
interest to n-prpfessionals. Dr., Julia c.
starr OF Beatrice fead a paper on "Preven-
ton of Diseases of Respiratory Tract, or An
t!septic Measures During Epidemics." She
stated that the germs of many acute con-
tagious diseases were received into the sys-
TEN through the lungs. They are drawn in
with the air, pass through the, delicate mem
branes into the blood, and there develop
their poisonous properties. WhOoping cough,
measles, scarlet fever, diphther a, and even
tuberculosis, were carried in this manner.
Dr. Starr contended that dsinfectants were
not all that were needed to avoid this result
II it was possible to keep in antiseptic
condition the tissues of the lungs, not only
CT the patient, but of those who had been
exposed to the disease, it would be Won
derful assistance in preventing the spread
and development of the disease. To accom-
p!ish this the agent must be thrown into
vanor as light as air, which could be drawn
in with the air. A vapOrzing instrument
was exhibited in this connection which, the
speaker asserted, could accomplish the de-
sired result
This paper brought on an extended discus
sion as to the advantage CT the local treat
ment suggested by DR.. Starr, as compared
with the internal remedies. The argument
was generally adverse to the treatment sug-
gested in the paper, as it was asserted that
this was not true homeopathy, but being
woman Dr. Starr refused to be convinced
and had the last word by declaring that she
had expected that her suggestions would pro-
woke discussion, but she must cont nue. to
believe in the merits Of the local treatment.
Dr. George II. Parsell of Omaha read
paper on Some Practical Hints in Sanitary
Chemistry" and DIR. E. N. Leake of Ere
mont discussed practical Obstetrics" DR..
Leake referred to the dangers which menaced
the lives and health of women on account of
their ignorance of the laws of their nature.
He confidently predicted that with the pres
ent movement in the direction of dress re-
form and physical culture, two more genera
tions would witness a decided change in the
present experience of women.
CURE FOR AN ACHING VOID.
About twenty-five Of the doctors sat
around the banquet board at the Commercial
club last evening and discussed at some
length menu of splendid proportions. After
the last course had been served President
Doris raped for order and opened the post
prandial exercises. All the toasts were full
of interest TO the members present and the
cordial manner in which they were received
testified to the appreciation of them by the
medical banqueters. The following IS the
toast-list: Silent Toast-"To the
Memory OF Samuel Hahnemann:" THE Next
Meeting OF The Missouri Valley Homeo-
pathc Medical Association" w. A. Eumph-
rey; "The Detroit Meeting of The American
Institute" W. III. Hanchett; "The Lone
q. N. Leake; Emergencies"
j. b. Hawk; Lincoln Wind" b. F. Bailey;
"The Gentlemanly Physician" Julia C.
Stone; THE Woman Physician" C. A.
Sprague; "Romeopaths In our State Institu-
tions and the HekdoR our Society Bears to
Them" C. V. d. Basten: Nebraska as
Field for Homeopaths," ID. A. Foote.
At the sessiop~of the association which
followed the bahduet C. Van Dyke Basten
of Kearney conducted a clinic on paralysis
A little girl years of age who was afflicted
with the disease was the subject. A general
discussion followed the clinic. j. II. Mackay
of the Norfolk Insane asylum conducted
bureau on meptat and nervous diseases.
Prof. Clifford Mtfheli Of the Chicago Home
opathic Medical college then read a yalua-
BILE paper on Apparently Successful Treat
mont of six Cases Or Diabetes Mellitus"
The annual address of President A. H.
Doris, AN, MD, of Lincoln, was deiv,
cred and commanded close attention Many
said II tswas the best address ever
before the association. At the
conclusion of the address Drs. Foote Bailey
and Hanchett were aDDOintad committaa