The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-28
MEETING OF MEDICAL MEN
THE OPENING DAYS SESSION or
CONTENTION.

Reports of Committees Amendments to
Medical Practice Act Proposed-E Election
of Oficers-E Entertained by Or. Swayne.
The one hundred and fourth annual
session of the Connecticut Medical So
ciety began yesterday morning in War
ner hall, The meeting was attended by
about seventy-tive physicians and was
presided over by President DR., Seth
Hill of Stepney, Dr. N, Il, Worden of
Bridgeport, the secretary of the society,"
kept the records of the proceedings,
Among those who We're in attendance
upon the opening Of the morning ses-
sion and heard the report of the presi-
dent We're Drs. Walter S. Munger Of
Watertown, e. Q. French of Water
bury, d. r. Rodger of Woodbury., A..
Il. Barber of Bethel, George f. Lewis
of Collinsville Joseph A. Coogan of
Windsor Locks r. A. Mcdonnell Of
New Haven, l.. T. Day of Westport,
Joseph H. Townsend, Il. w. Wright, F.,
e. Beckwith, Max Mailhouse, Herb art
"a.
ven. DR.. j. Francis Calef of Middle
town, DR.. M. c. Hazen of Haddam,
Vice President Rienzi Robinson of Dam
bury, Charles A. Rodman of Water
bury, Lowell Holbrook of Thompson,
and w. s. McLaren of Litchfeld.
Later in the day many of the New
Haven members. including Dr. C. A,
Lindsey, DR.. Fleischner, Health Off
Ger Wright, DR.. Gustaye Eliot, DR..
Beckwith, DR. Townsend, DR.. WEIGH,
and DIR. Swayne, were in the hall and
participated in the deliberations of the
society.
President Hill in his annual address
said that the society was in good con-
dition, both financially and socially,
Speaking of the Importance of meet
ings such as was now in session, the
president said that 1t devolved upon
the members of the society to make
them a success in every way He hoped
that each member present would feel
that he had a duty to perform in max
ing this, the one hundred and fourth
annual session, the best in every par
ticular that the society had ever held.
Passing to the medical practice act,
he said that it had prevented 1880 per-
sons from practicing In this state. Five
of these were midWives. Twelve hum
dred and forty five were rejected before
October, 1893, and 5S3 since.
He said there was one physician in
! Connecticut for every five hundred in
habitants.
The requirement of a $40 examination
| fee was advocated and 1t was suggested
that the examining committee hold but
| two sessions during the year.
President Hill did not see the neces-
sity of the proposed law to revoke certi-
| tificates of physicians upon their con-
viction Of crime.
| The non-residence of practicing ply
sicians was touched upon by the presi-
| dent He said that there were two
hundred such practitioners in the
state, which was prescribed by the con
! stitution of the society.
| Several amendments to the medical
practice act were suggs sted by the pres
! ident and referred to the committee on
| legislation, of which DR.. NJ Storrs OF
Hartford Is chairman, The committee
reported later at the afternoon session
Dr. Max Mailhouse of this city, OF
behalf of the examining committee, re-
ported that nine candidates had beer
examined since the last meeting. Three
were midwives and six general practi
toners. All the former had received
certificates and four of the latter has
received them.
The two rejected were DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning certificates for the practice o
medicine, surgery and obstetrics. The,
were both Italians and one claimed t,
have graduated from the University o
Naples. His papers showed an unpar
donable forgetfulness of the most ia
miliar points in anatomy, physlolog,
and chemistry and lamentable ignor