The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-14
MEDICAL
SOCIETY.
Papers of Wide Interest
Discussed at YeSter-
days Meeting.

1hs one hundred and fourteenth annual
meeting Of the Medical Society Of Della.
ware was held here yesterday. Dr. O. D.
Robinson Of Georgetown was elected
president
Other officers were elected as follows;
Hanoker; second, Dr.. John w. Clifton;
secretary, Dr.. John Palmer Jr.; assistant
seor etary, Dr.. William P. Orr; treasurer,
DR.. William Z. Pierce; councillors, New
Castle county, Drs. H. G. NJ. Kollock;
Kent, T. S.Dwight; Sussex. Edward Fow-
ler; delegates to State Medical Societies,
Psnnsylvania. john w. De Witt, NJ. f.
Corkran; New York, Charles Green, +.
NJ. Gum; New Jersey, r. B. Hopkins, w.
T. Skinner; Maryland, Benjamin Whitley.
Il. c. McCabe.
Delegates to Pharmaceutical Association
Drs. H. q. Buckmaster and George w.
Marshall.
Delegates to American Medical Associa-
tlon, New Castle county, Drs. Willard
Springer James A. Draper, P. W. Tom
linson. Frank BelvilIe, I. s. Valsndig-
e, W. Cooper, John w. Clifton. William
Marshall Sussex, Edward Fowler. P. G.
Ellegood, H. II. Burton, Joseph K, Frame,
d, D. Palmer.
Dr.. william G. Picrcs read paper on
"Seram Therapy," which was discussed
by Drd. Judson Deland and Augustus
Eshuer Of Philadelphia. Professor Fred
sriok d. Chester Of Newark made an ad-
dress on "Bacteriology as an Aid to the
Physician. I'm which he spoke Of the estab.
ltshment OF the ARCHAEOLOGICAL Station at
Delaware College, and solicited the Coop
Grafton Of the physicians Of the state in the
work done there After Profe sor Ches-
ter's address, at @ 30 p. m, the meeting was
adjourned until o clock, the society going
to the Wilmington Hotel for dinner.
At O'clock the session opened with the
reading of paper on Diabetes of the
Aged, Its Prognosis and Treatment" by
Albert Robin, NJ. D.. with paper, "The
laboratory IS an AID In the Diagnosis Of
the Stomach
On the suggestion Of Dr.. Pierce, Edward
Conner, u patient at the Delaware Hospital
suffering with cancer of the stomach, was
brought to the meeting room to illustrate
Dr. Robins paper. Other papers read
were, ''Foreian Bodies in the Ear. Nose
and Throat" by DR.. w. G. Winner
MEMS" DIR. W. H. Hancker; "The Signifl-
cameo Of Uterine Hemorrhage Occur rring ut
or Near tho Menopause," Dr. w. H.
Woods; and "Faeoal Inspection" DR..
Swithin Chandler. On account of the
lateness Of the hour DIR n. r. Tybout,
who had a paper on "Opthalmia Neonato-
rum" withdrew his paper.
The retiring councillors prese nted the fol
lowing resolution, Which was adopted by
the society!
Whereas, At late hour IL has been
brought to the attention OF the Medical
Council, that unprofeisional conduct,
of improper advertising
In tho newspapers OF alleged cures and
treatment by members of this society Is
being praoticed Therefore
Resolved, That the attention Of the In
coming Medical Council should be given
at once to the investigation and Suppress
sion of the said unprofessional conduct"
Sixty days notice will be given the Of
fender and If the practice a. charged Ia
stopped be will not be summoned for trial
This is the object Ct the resolution. II the
practice Is continued the offender will be
brought up for trial as provided by the
of the society.
The next annual meeting will be at Re-
hoboth.
Drs. H. r. Burton, David L. Mustard,
Joseph B. NAPLES and William P. Orr were
appointed o committee Of arrangements on
the naYt an uy1 al yVaattnn