The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-27
DOCTORS DINE AND TALK
ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE STATE
 MEDICAL SOCIETY
Attended by Sixty Members of the Pro- fession-Closing Session of the One Hundred and Sixth Annual Meeting.

fession-Closing Session of the One Hundred and Sixth Annual Meeting.
 The 106th annual meeting of the Con- necticut Medical society closed with the annual banquet at the New Haven house last evening. The meeting was pronounced very successful by the doc tors. The one next year will be held in Hartford the last Wednesday and Thursday of May. The society voted the print numerous copies of the Code of Ethics" for distribution among the members of the profession. It was al- so voted to print 100 copies of the pro- ceedings of the meeting.
 Quite large collection of medical supplies and appliances were exhibited at Warner hall yesterday by several well known firms.
 Speakers at the afternoon session were Dr. Donaldson of Fairfield, "Phy- sician Heal Yourself;" Dr. F. M. Tiff fany of Stamford, Progress of Medi- cine;" Dr. F. H. Wiggin of New York city, Medical Charity; Its Use and Abuse;" Dr. F. w. Wright of New Ha- ven, "Intubation of the Larynx," re- port of fifty cases: Dr. H. P. Stearns of Hartford, "A Case of Double Homi- cide;" Dr. s. G. Hubbard of New Ha- ven, "The Use of Medical Journals as Means of Self Education;" Dr. G. c Segar of Hartford, Some Remedials Cases of Sterility."
 At the morning session papers were read by Dr. w. w. Knight of Hart ford on the Progress of Medicine"
 Dr. c. J. Foote of New Haven read a paper on matters of professional in- terest. Dr. Stearns, the president-elect, made few remarks, and Dr. Goodwin, the retiring president, read a paper on Some Benefits We Have Received from Bacteriology."
 Delegates from other societies were received as follows: Maine State Med- ical association, c. o. Ring and T. E. Kimbell, Portland; New Hampshire Medical society, M. s. Woodman, West Lebanon, and H. s. Bakatel Derby; Vermont State Medical association, A. c. Bailey, West Randolph, and W. D. Warren, Cabot; Massachusetts Medical society, J. c. Hubbard, Holyoke, and Abner Post, Boston; Rhode Island Medical society, G. W. Jenckes, Woon- socket, and Harold Metcalf, Wickford; New York Medical association, J. w. S Gonley and F. H. Wiggin, New York city, and New Jersey Medical associa- tion, James A. Extor, Arlington.
 The annual dinner of the Connection Medical society was held at the New Haven house last evening. About six ty were present, doctors the majoriti of them, with minister, a lawyer ant professor by way of seasoning. Jus tice was done by the profession to tht elaborate menu, following which came the cigars and the after-dinner speech making.
 Dr. Max Mailhouse was toastmastei and he served up his courses in elegan style, though he caught one or two tar tars.
 The retiring president. R. S. Goodwin of Hartford, responded to the toas 'The Rank and File.' He said tha while he would not detract in the leas from the honor justly bestowed o1 those prominent in the profession, ye he felt that far more credit should b, given to the rank and file in the pro fession.
 Rev. Dr. Edwin s. Lines responded to the toast "The Clergyman and thu Doctor.' After several witty hits a some of the other speakers the popula clergyman proceeded to give the doc tors a sermonette. He said that thu greatest contribution made this sprin, by the medical profession was Admira Dewey, the son of a Vermont countr. doctor, whose daring entrance into Ma nila Bay and the destruction of th' Spanish fleet there was probably unpre cedented. He hoped that Sampson an, | Schley might apply the Dewey pre- scription in the Caribbean Sea- H spoke of the country doctor and sai, that he wondered sometimes if the, were not changing from those of by gone times He thought that perhap 1 the tendency everywhere was to be come more professional, sometimes t the destruction of sincerity and kind heartedness. He said that his relation with members of the profession of med icine had always been the most friend ly, his duties as a pastor calling him t l the dying bedside of nearly one thou sand persons during his pastorate c eighteen or nineteen years at St. Paul church, where he had met members c l the medical profession.
 "The Professor at the Dinner Table | was the subject of the toast responde to by Professor Lafayette B. Mende He said that it had always been tru that the physicians of a country ha represented the highest intelligence ( that country.
 Col. Norris G. Osborn was down t respond to the toast Yellow Journal ism and Yellow Medicine" but was nc
 able to be present.
 "The Lawyer and the Expert" wa
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