The San Francisco call., 1897-04-22
DOCTORS TALK
ABOUT DISEASES
A Wide Range of Topics
at Their Session
Yesterday.
DR.. Gardner on Insanity and DR..
Hirschfelder On Consump.
tion
President. Jordan and Professor LIE
Conte Take Part in the TAX
About Bacteria

The sessions of the medical society OF
California yesterday were very interest
ing, particularly in the afternoon and
evening. The morning session was de-
voted almost entirely to the discussion of
problems wholly technical, chiefly in the
field Of gynecology.
The following was the programme for
the afternoon and evening, embracing,
also. the committees in charge of the mat
tiers discussed:
Committee on Clinical Medicine-John Fife,
Red Bluff (chairman), J. II. Utley, Los Angeles;
K. +. Rooney, Auburn; J. S. Eastman, East
Diagnosis and Treatment of Typhoid Fever"
by John Fife, Red Bluff. Discussion opened
by W.. S. Thorne, San Francisco. "syphilitic
Disease of the Liver. with Report of Cases."
by George L. Cole, Los Angeles.
Committee on State Medicine and Hygiene
and Aduiteration of Foods and Drugs-Thomas
D. Wood, Palo Alto, Chairman; Frank H.
Payne Berkeley; ]. II. Davisson, Los Angeles; ;
NJ NJ. Chapman. san Diego; W. E. Ward, Sac
ramento., Popular Education ana Sanitary
Progress" by Thomas ID. Wood, Palo Alto;
discussion opened by II. s OrMe, Los Angeles;
1.-THE Importance Of Immunizati II with Anti
diphtherilic Serum by ]. II. Davisson, Los
Angeles; "1he Adu,teration OF Food Prod
ucts," by Frank Howard Payne, Berkeley;
Suggestions OF Hygiene" by NJ. Nj. Chapman,
San Diego.
Committee on Medical Education and Medi-
cal Legslation-William Elery Briggs, Sacra-
mento, chairman; r. II. Piummer. San Fran
cisco; c. n. Ellinwood, San Francisco; G. L.
simmons sacramento; George f. Shields, San
Francisco; W. +. Southard, San Francisco.
Report oil the committee by William Ellery
Briggs, Sacramento.
Committee on Medical Jurisprudence-A NJ
Gardner. Napa, chairman; Ii. G. BraiIierd. Los
Angeles; ]. r. Curnow. San Jose; W. Fl. Mays.
San Francisco; C. B. Nichols, Sacramento IA
Review OF Article III OF the New Lunacy Law"
by A. NJ Gardner, Napa. Discussion opened
by George Franklin Shields of San Francisco.
A practical demonstration of the Vidal l-Pfeif-
Ter typhoid serum test, by John C. Spencer,
San Francisco. The cure of tuberculosis with
oxytubercuiine, with demonstrations on cul-
lures, animals and patients, by Joseph o.
Hirschfelder, San Francisco. meteorological
discussion opened by Professor David Starr
Jordan. Stanford University. Professor Jose ph
LeConte aud Professor William E. Ritter, Uni
versity OF California, participated in this
discussion. Clinical discussion opened by
William Wait Kerr, San Francisco. Discussion
was closed by L. c. Lane, San Francisco
DR.. Gardner's discussion was very in
teresting. He approved the new law
throwing safeguards about people accused
OF insanity, and deprecated the fact that
many cases are sent to State institutions
without proper narration of evidence in
the reports.
DR.. Woolsey of Oakland opened the dis
cussion with the state ement that INSANITY
decades the insane will be so numerous
that the ssne will have to build asylums
OF refuge for safety. He advocated sur
gical treatment of the insane to prevent
their increase.
paper on the adulteration of food
products was read by Frank Howard
Payne, MD. 1t mainly referred to the
subject SO far as this State is concerned
lie dwelt at length upon the analyses
made by Professor Hilgard and his assist
ants at the University of California and
by Chemist Wentzell and Assistant
Chemist Gould for the Board of Health
of San Francisco His earnest desire was
to have all medical man become interest
ed IN and assist the authorities SO far as
they were able to do so.
1t was shown by the report of the COM
mittee on statistics that about 100 new
doctors have been graduated and located
in California during the past year, while
forty-nine have left the State.
By unanimous voIe Fresno was se-
lected as the place of the next meeting,
and the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Z. l.. Bard
OF Ventura; first vice-president, William
Watt Kerr; second vice. president, Z.
H. Wooisey; secretary, William Fitch
Cheney; assistants, G. G. Wadsworth and
II. b. Ellis; treasurer. Thomas Ross;
board of examiners-Drs Wadsworth, Car.
W nv a. Doi oat, Dcuec, ASii1, w OOuWdTQ,
Hopkins, Williamson, Hodghead and
Hall.
Tne night session was given up almost
entirely to DR.. Joseph o. Hirschfelder, who
read paper on the treatment of tubercu-
iosis with his oxytu be- culine. The paper
was exceedingly technical and was illus
trated with many examples of cultures,
animals anu patients.
The paper was briefly discussed bv Presi-
dent Jordan OF Stanford and by Professor
Joseph lie Conte of Berkeley.
Doctor Ritter and others pursued the
question further, after which the session
adjourned nntiI to-day