The evening times., 1897-05-01
SPECIALISTS In SESSION
Many Doctors Meet at the Columbian
University.
Third Annual Convention of Ear
Nose and Throat Society Well At
tended-PaEeTs Read.

The third annual meeting of the Americas
Laryngological, Neurological and octologl-
cal Society is in session today in the large
lecture hall Of Columbian University. The
sessions OF the meeting will continue
until Monday evening.
The society wishes ii announced that,
though an invitation 70 the profession has
been made through the medical papers, no
special invitation has been extended TO
Washington physicians, through inadver-
tence. y cordial requestis made that mem
bers Of the profession be present at the
meetings.
The object Of the society is stated TO be
10 bring together all specialists on the
diseases OF the throat. ear and nose in
America, including Canada and Mexico.
Eligible for membership are gentlemen
Of medical ethics and great work II is
very broad and liberal in its membership
possibilities
Although the society has now only 90
members. there is good prospect OF over
Thousand shortly. Thctwo former meetings
were heltiin New York nunnEt Ethismeeting
arrangements for the next wiz be made
AnJugthoSe present al the session today
are. Drs J. L. Adams, of New York; Ber-
uard BerenS. of Philadelphia; 7 PaSSmore
Rerens, OF New York; Lewis c. Cline, OF
indianapolis; Lewis a Coffin, Of New York;
Il HolhroOk Curtis, OF New York; william
II Daly, Of PittShuTg; Ewing W. Day, OF
Pitt sburE; F. B. Dench, Of New York;
Thomas H. HaIsted, Of Syracuse, y. Y;
Arthur Il Hobbs, OF Atlanta; Franck Hyatt,
president, OF washington, D. c, y. Brlden
KYLE. Of Philadelphia; James Z. Logan, Of
Kansas City; Robert c. Myles, OF New
York; +. Nichols, OF New York; Edward
/. Parker. of Charleston. WendeilC {. lhillirs,
OF New York, w Scott .Renner, OF Buffalo;
Charles " Richardson, OF Washington,
D. c.; John Q. Roe, OF Rochester, y Y;
Arthur O. Root. OF Albany, William Schep-
pegrell, OF New Orleans; 5 MacCuen Smith
Of Philadelphia; Sargent T Snow, Of
Syracuse: Frank B. Sprague, OF Providence;
c. A. Thigpen, of Mont goneTy, Ala; John A.
Thompson. of Cincinnati, and NJ K. ward,
of PittsbuTg.
Dr. FranCk Hyatt. OF Washington, presi-
deut Of the society. read a short resume Of
work during the past year in the branches
Of medicine which the society embraces
The papers Of most general interest at
the session today were those on ''Laryn-
gectomy." the excelsior OF the larynx for
cancer. This is the operation which many
physicians believed might have beer per-
formed with success on Gen. Grant end
Emperor william.
Mr. Charles w Richardson, OF Wash
! ington, read a paper on the details OF a
| case as performed by him. The opera
| ton was performed in the usual manner
in which snch operations are carried out
Unfortunately, the patient died ON the
third day OF oedena Of the lungs. The
operation is an unusual and rare one
The removed larynx was demonstrated
during the reading. DR. Richardson re-
cites that there is no special difficulty
in the operation. 1t is not attended with
great suffering or pain, and should, when
done early enough, be attended with good
results The unfayorable result Of the
oneration under consideration was due to
the lateness at which il was performed,
the patient not being in a favorable condi-
tion.
Dr. NJ E Ward, Of Pittsburg, Pa, read
paper on "PapiIIoma OF the larynx
recurring as an epithelioma." Report
of the case: There is difference of
opininn among laryngologists as TO the
! possibility Of a growth originally benign
undergoing a malignant transformation.
Senwns' statistics on this subject has es-
tahlished the possibility Of such trans
formation, and he has cOllated thiTty-one
such cases, TO which ] beg 10 add another
confirmed by both clinical and micrnscop-
| ical examination of the primary growth v
Other papers discussed at today's session,
which will last all day, are The Cure of