The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-26
THE ECLECTlCS.
Close of the Maine and Beginning of New
England Meetings.

The convention Of the Maine Eclectic
Medical Association closed yesterday noon
at the Preble house.
The morning session was spent In rou-
tine business and clearing up the WORK OF
the association.
-Four new members were added to the
association: Drs. John NJ. Boothby OF
Lowelltown. surgeon of the Canadian
Pacific railway; Herschel n Waite OF
johnson, VT, founder of N. Il. Eclectlc
Medical association; Stephen B. Mum,
ex-president of Northeast Eclectic Medi-
cal association, and Henry J. Potter of
Bennington, VT, chairman of the regis
tration board of Vermont.
The semi-annual and annual meeting
for next year were appointed at Port
land at the Preble house.
1t was voted to postpone the reading Of
papers to the meeting of the New Eng
land association, to be held at the same
place, beginning yesterday afternoon.
The New England Association met at
noon at Room No. 20, Preble house, for
a three days. session. This session will
be devoted to the usual reports, reading
OF papers relating to medical and surgi-
cal cases, ana election of officers. The
convention was called to order by the
president, DR.. Theophilus j. Batchelder
OF Machias. These members responded
to the roll call: Drs. Frederick W. Abb
pott, Taunton, Mass. Theophilus ].
Batchelder, Machias; Algernon Fossett,
Portland VIM. Collins Hatch, New Shar-
on; Stephen B. Mum, Waterbury, Conn. !;
Henry j. Potter. Bennington, VT; Hen
ry Reny, Biddeford; Wilbur f. Temple
ton, Manchester, N. H; Edgar E. Town.
send, Boston; Herschell N. Waite, John
son, VT; Geo. A. Weeks, Richmond.
DR.. T. j. 3atchelder then delivered the
annual ADDRESS. It was entitled "Our
Break with the Past. - The paper dealt
lar gely with the war and the relations of
surgery to it. The address was much
admired by the members and it was vot-
ed to have the paper printed in full in
some newspaper.
DR.. Lester Wright of Durham was elect
ed member and was received as dele
gate
The reports Of the secretary and treasur-
er were not complete. They will be pre-
sented later; possibly this morning. The
reports of several committees were read
and accepted. At 5 p. M, the conven-
tion adjourned until evening when sew
eral essays were read and discussed.
These are the officers of the association:
Presidents-Th eophilus ]. Batchelder,
M. D., Machias.
Presidents-Stephen B. Mum,
pleton, M. D., Montpelier. VT; Holt E.
Hunt, M. D., Hinesburg, Vt.
Recording Secretary Collins
Hatch, NJ. D., New Sharon; Assistant
Recording Secretary S.A. Blodgett, MD.
Newbury, Vt.
Treasurer and Librarian-Herschel N.
Waite, NJ. D., johnson, VT.
ton, Vt; Frederick Wallace Abbott, NJ.
D., Taunton. Mass; Darius L. Power,
n. D., Providence, r. l.; VIM. G. Hatch,
M. D., New Sharon, Me-; Jonathan D.
S. Smith, M. D.. Bridgeport, Conn. ;
WILDER E. Templeton, M. D., Manchester,
Authorized. B. Hatch. NJ. D., New
bury, vt.
Corresponding ecretary-Herschel N.
Waite, M. D., johnson, VT.
The Massachusetts Medical journal
was represented by Assistant Editor
Frederick VIM. Abbott, M. D., and one
of the collabo rates. VIM. Collins Hatch,
M. D.. of New Sharon
Today's business will be TAX en- up with
reading and disoussion of essavs Friday
the committees will be appointed and
officers elected for the ensuing:year.
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