Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-29
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ear bureaus were received. Among the sur
gical papcrs noted was one by Or. William
Tod Hclmuth Of New York on the relations
Of anatomy to science. being q plea for a
more thorough instruction in the medical
colleges.
The section in gynaecology occupied the
amphitheater after the business session, DR..
Sheldon Lcavitt Of Chicago presiding. Pa
pcrs were read by Drs. w. Il. Green Of Lit
| tie Rock. Ark. q. 5. Runnels Of lndianapo-
lis ana others.
A number of the visiting homopaths wit
messed a very interesting surgical operation
at st. Joscph's hospital by DR., Dellizon A.,
Footc of this city 1t was the removal OF
a malignant tumor. The sisters at the in
stltution put up a nice lunch for the doctors
Apuoiut standing Committees.
During the proceedings yesterday a list of
Standing committees was announced for the
year 70 follows:
Organization-Drs. T. Franklin Smith of
New York, Sarah j. Allen of Charlotte,
Mich, II. c. Aldrich of Minneapolis, w. I.
Talbot of Boston and j. w. Anderson Of
Denver.
Medical Literature-Drs w. C. Goodno OF
Philadelphia. S. C. Delap of Kansas City, II.
r. Arndt of San Diego. A. Wanstall of Balti-
more and j. p. Rand of Worcester, Mass.
Medical Education-Drs. II. T. Biggar Of
Cleveland, II. c. Price Of Baltimore, E. H.
L.innell of Norwich, Conn, st. Clair Smith
Of New York and j. A. Rockwell Of Norwich,
Conn.
Life Insurance Examiners-Drs George B.
Peck of Providence, r. l., John =. Seward OF
New York. Frank Elliott of Kansas City,
John w. sheldon OF Syracuse, N. Y, and r.
NJ Richards of Detroit.
Publlcation-Drs. 7. Y. Kenne of Patter-
son, n. j.. II. NJ. Dearborn and Francis B..
Doughty of New York.
international Bureau-Drs. J. B. G. Curtis
! of Washington. d. c., Stephen II. Knight of
, Detroit, Coruelia S. Stetler of Chicago,
Bushrod w. James of Philadelphia and G. f.
I Laidlaw of New York.
Memorial Services-Drs. S. p. Hedges of
, Chicago. H. C. French and J. A. Albertson OF
San Francisco, G.. II. Fulford and Sophia
= Penfeld Of Danbury, Conn.
Interstate-Dr w. H. Hanchett of Omaha,
chairman.
Press-Drs. w. r. King of Washington,
J. I. Cook of Buffalo, Lizzie G. Gutherz OF
st. Louis, d. A. Foote of Omaha and w
A w. Stafford of Chicago.
. Transportation-Drs. J. b. Garrison OF
New York. d.. A. Strickler of Denver. o
). Wood of Omaha, f. X. Fiske of Brook
lyn and p. Il. Triem of Manchester, Pa.
Resolutions-Drs. J. S. Mitchell of Chi
- cago, w. d. Foster of Kansas City. Mar!
Braason of Philadelphia, A. p. Williamson
. of Minneapolis and j. T. Greenleaf of Os
wego, N. Y.
Also a committee to change the arrange
ment of the program in accordance with
general desire so as to hold the ATTENDANCE
- better from beginning to end of the an
nual conventions. This committee con
" sists of Drs. Daniel A. MacLachlan of De
= troit, C. +. Walton of Cincinnati, 7. Frank
; lin Smith of New York, Charles E.. Gatchel
and ]. S. Mitchell of Chicago and Georg
w b. Peck of Providence, r. l.
: The section in paedology during the aft
" ernoon had a more than ordinarily larg
-, attendance, a great many women being /
> the audience. Most of the time was de
= voted to the discussion of nutrition and tn
y, dietetics of children. The section was pre-
nc sided over by DR.. Joseph Pettee Cobb
- Chicago.
- Infants Mortality Appalling.
THE appalling figures of infant morta
ity," DIR. j. w. lie Seuer of Batavia, N. Y
70 confessed, speaks volumes of what we
10 practitioners do not know The world, /
40 declared, expected something from home
M opathy, as it was generally the case TIL
.aa whilst allopaths were usually called to a
tend the older members of the family, IL
o., homeopathic phSSitIuh 10 oOubhl W 81
~ the infant relief from its many troubles
DR.. Cobb had a paper on the question
" children's diet, which he analysed CAREFUL
49, having especial regard for the physiologic
,as process Of food assimilation. One of Il
A most universal dietetic failings, said L
!, Cobb, is a neglect to take enough water in
IN the system for a proper maintenance Of t
,ra physiological functions, but an excessive u
lds Of water. a condition which often obtains
NJ children fed upon diluted milks and vario
md proprietary loous' increases the piood pre-
Of sure, forces the eliminating organs to do
We excessive amount of work which may in t
kidneys result in an alteration of their stru
ian ture and weakens the digestive organs
dye over-distentlon. The erect on the stoma
st. was described in detail.
ler- On the item of proteids DR.. Cobb sal
and THE tendency in this country is toward
disproportionately large amount of prot
lird food, which taxes the liver and kidneys a
of is recognized as one Of the common eau
rof. OF all forms of lithiasis, There are on
Dig market many food compounds recommend
as milk substitutes which are composed
ium part of proteid meat extracts and deriv
nth tiyes. They differ in their structure and
havior from milk proteids and seriously
ing. an infants digestive and eliminating orga
IL, During the first year of life the proteid c
mell OF lOOu snOulu come exclusively IT
trst milk, during the second year the proteid c
'ap- ment of cereal food can be well digest
ana but the proteids of meat should not be u
Uses before the child Is 3 years old"
sys- a scholarly paper on "Anaemia and Mar
mus came from the president-elec of
institute, DR.. Benz. Il. Bailey of Line,
Neb. Its opening sentence was: I'VE h
col been thankful that the term 'scrofula,
cloak which for so many years coycre
IAN multitude of sins, has become practic
obsolete" The main idea of this paper
lhe that so many of the disagreeable and
~, slightly diseases in the past classified
IRIS scrofulous are due to NAL nutrition, lacl
proper assimilation,
On the subject of "mal-nutrition" Il
:" was another paper by DIR. z. j. Montgon
of Council Bluffs.
ro- In a paper on Acute hamilton DIR, A
meet. Linn of Des Moines said plainly, 'Inani
,hich means starvation and acute inapI
is to means quick starvation" Yet appetit
lacking. He described the cases most {