The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-17
PLEASURE FOLLOWS WORK
STATE MEDICAL MEN BANQUET
AT THE MERCHANTS
Another Day of Interesting Papers
on Technical Subjects - GOV.
CIough and Mayor Kiefer Deliver
Brief Addresses of WelcOme--In
the Evening the Physicians En-
ioy n Feast at the Merchants.

iox n Feast at the Merchants.
The second days session of the State
Medical society was held at the capitol
yesterday, nearly the entire day being
taken up with technical papers, of In
terest to a large audience of practit1on-
ers who assembled at the afternoon
session.
Gov. D. NJ. CIough delivered the ad-
dress of welcome at the opening or the
morning session. This part of the eX-
ercises having been postponed from
Wednesday on account or the slim at
tendance The governor congratulated
the visiting physicians upon their pres
ence. and complimented them on the
thirtieth year of their association.
Mayor Keifer followed Gov. Clough
with an address of welcome, in which
he extended the delegates the courte-
sizes of the city, and welcomed them
on behalf of the citizens. A short time
was spent transacting routine business,
after which adjournment was taken
until the afternoon.
At the afternoon session the section
of surgery was continued, with DR..
&. E. Spalding, of Luverne, In the
chair.
DIR. ]. It. Rogers read a paper on
Commissions of the Abdomen and Their
Surgical Treatment" DR.. Howard
Morton argued in a paper which ne
read that simple enucleation was not
surgical procedure. Another paper was
read on optical surgery by DR.. F. c.
Todd on 1.-The Implantation of an Ar
tificiaI Vitreous as a Substitute for
Enucleation of the Eye Ball." Ten
don Injuries in the Hand and Fore
arm" were discussed by DR.. William
de la Barre. DR.. w. j. Mayo spoke on
Assesses of the Lung"
"Asepsis as Practiced in This Coun-
try was told of in a paper read by
DIR. A. P. Walling. DR.. J. E. Moore
and DR.. P NJ. Hall discussed in two
papers THE Passing of Iodoform." DR..
Edward J. Brown read a paper entitled
"Sauint" DR.. G. G. Eitel read paper
on "Prolapsus Recti," followed by DR..
A. E. Benjamin, who discussed In
festival Adhesions." DR.. A. Blitz told
of a peculiar case of ectropion, and
DR. ]. B. Murphy closed the afternoon
session with quite an elaborate paper
on the Surgery of the Lungs"
At this mornings session the annual
election of officers will take place, and
the session will adjourn sine die this
afternoon.
BANQUET AT THE MERCHANTS
The doctors in attendance at the con-
venticn OF the State Medical society
laid aside their convention work last
night and were the guests of the Ram
sey County Medical society at most
enjoyable banquet at the Merchants
hotel.
The scene in the banquet~hall was
one that will live long in the memory
of those that attended. The room was
handsomely decorated, and the tables,
which presented a pretty sight, laden
as they were, with cut flowers and
good things to eat Of every descrip-
ton, were arranged in rows through
the length of the room and adjoining
a cross-section at which were seated
the toastmaster and the speakers of the
evening.
The doctors assembled in the ordi-
nary of the hotel a few minutes after
S o'clock, and until 9 devoted the time
to social CONVEX alton. AT the latter
hour they were called to order, AID
filed into the dining room, two abreast,
and took their places at the tables.
Among those present were:
]. H. Quinn, A. J. Stone, H. r. Tilton, M.
D. Mum, J. F. Suffer, Rev. D. w. Rhodes,
Park Richie, Charles L. Grieve, William j.
ester; Cornelius Williams, F. A. Dunsmoor,
F. NJ. Rest, of Faribault; S. L. Wood
Charles Hill. J. o'Hage, A. Henderson. E.
F. P. Canoe, E. Freeman Walsh, C. B. Nc
Call, o. w. Schmidt, A. F. Groves, o. Martel.
William Richardson, w. A. Hunt, of North
field; H. NJ. Workman, H. B. SweetseT, E. J.
Davis, R. Graham, D. Graham, Roscoe N.
Jackson, A. F. Gosslee, Archibald McUaren,
Jacob Welcome, a; G.; Long, J. R. Peterson
Wheaton, James w. Robertson, w. c. Port
mann, Thomas McDavitt, R. L. Bole, E. c.
Esteelby, Z. A. Robinson, j. H. Stewart, e.
z. Bigelow, A. J. Cox, Allen S. Whitestone,
Hartland c. Johnson, Charles NJ. Kistler, l..
c. Bacon, e. S. strout, E. W. McCord, w. L.
Arthur j.; Gillette, B. NJ. Randall H. j.
O'Brien, G. Stamn. Rev. DR.. G. H Bridg-
man. Rev. Charles D. Andrews, Rev. Dudley
Rhodes and DR.. John R. Fulton.
For an hour and half the doctors
devoted themselves to the good things
TO eat that were set before them. and
then turned their attention to the pro-
gramme of toasts.
Charles Lyman Greene presided as
POSTMASTER, and caused many a hearty
laugh to go round the table with his
witty introductions in calling on the
various speakers.
The toasts were all short, but ex-
ceedingly entertaining. Among those
that appeared on the programme and
their subjects were the following: DIR.
John r. Fulton, Remember the
Maine" DR.. w. J. Mayo, ''The Man
Who Does;' Rev Dudley Rhodes, Tine
Doctors of Divinity" DR.. Park Richie,
'',The Fallacious Doctrine Of Malthus;''
Rev. Charles D. Andrews, What of
the Night" Dr. A. J. Stone, what
Shall We Do With Them" DR.. F. A.
Dunsmoor, 1.-THE Red Cross" Rev. DR..