Evening star., 1897-05-07
MEDICAL MEN DISPERSE
Close of the Triennial Congress Of Physicians
and Surgeons.
Election of Omcers Yesterday by Sew.
era1 SOcieties-EnJoyable Smoker
At the Cosmos Club.

gress of American physicians and surgeons.
which began in this city Tuesday last,
closed last evening with general meetings
under the auspicees of two of the affiliated
societies of the organization-the Orthope-
die and Surgical Associations.
After the close Of the report In The Star
of last evening DR.. E. H. Bradford Of Bos-
ton, member of the Orthopedic Associa-
ton, announced that he had no doubt 1t
would be a satisfaction to the profession
at large to learn that deformities of the
hil Joint, an affiiction which for centuries
had defied all surgical efforts, might at
last be regarded as overcome and curable
under The effects Of scientific surgery.
He regretted, he said, that the otiology
of the affection is as yet unknown. Its
diagnosis, he said was not difficult in
adult cases or in those Of large children.
but with small children other affections
arc frequently COMPOUNDED with 1t.
a number of members took part in the
discussion which followed, and among the
matters referred to were reduction after
fncision, redact ton by forceful manipula-
ton, and gradual reduction by mechanical
applications. 1t was the consensus of opin-
ion that subcutaneous incision was useless.
The last hour and half were given to a
meeting directed by the American Surgical
ASSOCIATION. Inc tneme was acute Gen.
eral Peritonitis,' and the discussion bore
on its classification and the prognosis and
treatment of the different varieties Of the
malady.
Addresses were made by DR.. Able of New
York, DR.. Andrew F. ]. McCosh Of New
York and DIR. George r. G. Fowler of
Brooklyn, each of whom gave numerous
citations from cases which had been treated
by him. The use of anti-toxine was also
thoroughly reviewed.
Cu-
Officers of component societies. other than
those mentioned in yesterdays Star, were
elected follows:
necological-President, DIR. James R.
Chadwick of Boston: vice presidents, Dr.
R. S. Sutton of Pfltsburg and DR.. Henry ].
Garrignes of New York city; secretary, Dr.
]. Riddle Goffe of New York; treasurer, Dr.
]. Montgomery Baldy of Philadelphia;
members of the council. DR.. Joseph Taber
johnson of this city, DR.. Arthur W. John
stone of Cincinnati, DIR. Charles Jewett of
Brooklyn, N. Y. DIR. William E. Moseley of
Baltimore; delegate to the executive COM
mittee of the congress, DR.. Howard A.
Kelly of Baltimore; alternate, DR.. A. w.
Johnstone of Cincinnati
Association of American Physicians
President, DR.. F. c. Shattuck of Boston,
vice president. DR.. G. Baumgarten of st.
Louis; recorder. DR.. 1. Minis Hays of Phila-
delphia; secretary. DIR. Henry Hun Of Al
bany; treasurer. DR.. w. w. Johnston of
this city; councillors. DR.. A. Brayton Ball
of New York, DR.. John A. Musser of Phila-
delphia, DR.. ]. E. Graham of Toronto, DR..
George B. Shattuck of Boston. DR.. 1. E.
Atkinson Of Baltimore; delegate to the
executive committee of the congress, DIR.
William Osler of Baltimore; alternate, DR..
NJ Allen Starr of New York.
Orthopedic-President, DR.. Samuel Ketch
of New York; vice presidents. Drs. Harry
NJ Sherman of San Francisco and w. r.
Townsend Of New York; secretary, DR..
John Ridlon of Chicago; treasurer, DR.. E.
G. Bracket of Boston; council. DR.. A. ].
New York, DIR. L. A Weigel of Rochester,
DIR. A. j. Gillette, of st. Paul. DR.. w. j.
Taylor of Philadelphia; delegate to the
executive committee of the congress, DIR.
A. NJ. Phelps of New York city; alternate,
DIR. E. H. Bradford of Boston.
ysiologicalPresident. Prof. Russell H.
Chittenden of New Haven; secretary and
treasurer, DIR. Frederic S. Lee Of New York;
Prof. R. H. Chittenden of New Haven, DR..
w. H. Howell of Baltimore, DIR. F. S. Lee
ot New York, DIR. w. P. Lombard Of Ann
Arbor; delegate to the executive committee
of the congress, Prof r. H. Chittenden;
alternate, DR.. F. S. Lee of New York.
American Anatomsts - President, DR..
Frank Baker of this city; vice presidents,
Dr. B. G. Wilder Of Ithaca, N. Y, DR.. F. ].
Shepherd of Montreal; secretary and treas
urer. DIR. d. S. Lamb OF this city; delegate
to the executive committee Of the congress-
DIR. Theodore N. Gill of this city, Dr. Geo
S. Huntington of New York, DR.. Arthur d.
Reran of Chicago: delegate to the executive
committee of the congress, DIR. Addinell
Henson of Philadelphia.
Pediatric-President, DIR. L. Emmett Holt
of New York; vice presidents, DIR. Henry
koplk of New York and c. G. Jennings of
Detroit; secretary. DR.. 8. S. Adams of this
city: treasurer, DR.. F. A. Packard of Phila-
delphia; recorder and editor, DIR. Floyd NJ
Crandall of New York; council Drs W. p
Northrup of New York, W. D. Booker of
Baltimore, T. NJ. Rotch of Boston, J. P.
CrozerGrffith OF Philadelphia, B. K Raeh-
ford of Cincinnati. A. D. Blackader of Mon
treal, William Osler Of Baltimore; delegate
to the executive committee of the congress,
DR.. A. jacob of New York; alternate, DR..
T. NJ. Rotch of Boston.
There was no election of officers of the
congress. as that duty will devolve upon
the executive committee. at meeting to
be held at some place yet to be selected
curing May, 1893.
Soon after the adjournment of the con-
gress many of the memebers left for then
homes on outgoing trains, but enough re-
mained to make the Smoker" given in
their honor at the Cosmos Club, a great
success.