The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-09
COMBINE.
The Two Medical Societies
to Meet Jointly.

10 Meet y OiULIN.
The Worcester District Medical So
ciety held meeting last evening. a
the State Mutual restaurant. Z large
number OF members being in attend
ance. Previous to the business meet
ing, which was held soon after o'clock
there was q banquet provided By
Caterer Brigham.
For some time there has b=en . con-
ference between the members o. the
two local medical societies. the Wor-
cesIer District society taking in all the
physicians OF the old school within ths
county and the Worcester Medical As
sociation IS confined TO the physicians
OF the city alone. Il mas bsen the Gus
tom in the past for these TWO societies
to hold joint meetings in the morning.
but many Of the city physicians have
felt mat these sessions took too much
Of the time which should BE- devoted to
their profession. 1t has been psces
sary IN most instances TO devote an en-
tire day to the meetings On Tne other
hand, the meetings OF the city physi-
. Clans have been held in the evening
and have not taken valuable time and
have been much enjoyed Owing to the
distance and the inadequate means NJ
transportation. the county members
nave Deem unable 10 attend these meet
ings.
with the advent Of the electric car
+, ana the improvement in this direction
u is thought that evening meetings will
Dc leasl0ie and il has been decided TO
ny the experiment. At the business
meeting last evening while no formal
vote was taken in the matter. tbose
present were in favor OF the change
ana i was voted to hold another meet
ing on the evening OF Marcn s. and It
IS piooaO-s that at that time a vote viii
be taken 10 hold joint monthly meet
ings.
Some months ago committees were
appointed by both societies 10 confer
IN regard 10 the change. the district So
1lely committee consisting Of DR.. PerIev
r Comey, Dr.. Wesley Davis Dr
george y. Ward, Dr.. W P Gilman and
". a & Getcheil, while the local So
cIel! Vas represented by Dr. ". r.
CIark- Dr. - ". Marsh Dr. + n
Bonyton, DR.. L. F. Woodward. DR. p p
watkins and L. c. Miller. AS result
o. the conferences OF these two com
nlttees. they have decided To reco11-
mend 10 their societies that nine T1eaf-
lngs De held each year instead of 5,s
as al present, and that they be held in
me evening II this plan is adopted
tne- meetings Of the local sOciatv viii
be discontinued for a time but 81 doas
band wiz us
The original purpose of these socie-
ties was the dissemination Of profes-
sionaI information, but with the ad
Fent OF the medical papers and folr-
mas, It is claimed by many physicians
that these meetings have lost much AZ
their valuable features ana are NOT az
interesting as formerly.
The Worcester District Medical So
/ clety was founded in 1894 as a branch
organization of the Massachusetts Mad
ical Society. Membership in the latter
is required OF all applicants for sdmis-
sion TO the former. In 1734. an orgapjza-
lion OF doctors in Worcester county was
perfected, but in 1904 the society was
established as the Worcester District
medical Society and aboutlg years ago
the district was divided, this section az
the county retaining the old name and
the other with Fitchburg as centre
taxing the name Of the Worcester
North District Medical Society. The
worcester District Medical Society has
'o+Ne%DsC ApEdfs III the Public Lii
Drary building. which was begun in
11sS by DR.. Elijah Mix and since in
creased by gifts by Daniel Waldo. &.
W: Wilder, Harrison Bliss and others
The Worcester Medical Association
was organized in 1856 to supplement The
work Of the district society II has
held meetings every two weeks
The topic under discussion at the
meeting last evening was Alcohol and
us AFFECT on progeny" The paper an
the subject was read By Professor c,Jif-
ton z. Hodge Of Clark University and
was most instructive. He traced In a
scholariy manner the effect or the
child of the habitual use Of stlnulants
By the parent. The paper was followed
by discussion Of The subject. which
was participated In by many OF the
members present. There were large
number OF county physicians presa1t
and they were enabled to return horne
after the meeting by the various cleo
trio lines running out Of the city.