New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26
CARE OF CONSERVATIVES.
PHYSICIANS THINK THE STATE SHOULD
TAKE ACTION.
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE MEDICAL Asso
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AMONG
PHYSICIANS

Three important papers were read yesterday AT
the continued meeting Of the New-York state Med
zeal Association in the Academy OF MEDICINE III
West Forty-thrd-st One asked for the estao-
lishment Of State sanitarium for incipieht con-
eumptives: another described how epilepsy may DE
cured and the third contained the startling state
,nent that it is estimated that 10 per cent OF al
the physicians Of the country are victims OF
morphinsm ~,
The first paper read by DR.. George W.
-o,ar ~ Monroe County and entitled The Neces-
s,tv Of state Aid In the Treatment Of Pulmonary
tuberculosis" He said in part
For period Of years shown by the oiclsl re-
ports OF the NewYork State Boara OF Iiea'm m ms
State has averaged 1900 per year On ms po he
assuming the syerage a~ e U 10 be- found in the
state OF New-York more than nifty thousand cases
n TO the reported deaths from consumption t mere
added the number Of persons VINO 1 as due
consumption. but whose deaths are tePo'tpH nm
to attacks OF acute respiratory dissaSe ' cases Of
consumption would manifesty DE siea'' 49,
creased, -, oons,,r,n,,on the State
has as vet given no aid II has proven 10 be o1tn
preventable and communicate afton OF in
hered tendency profound AT the poy es,t Of
thor'stye estimate is eyIrOiS whhods It's aid
fhourh the reasons for doing DO not seem Cie
sunnression Of other diseases more tragic IN ihel
course than consumption the state spe""s nun
Witch is most dangerous. the maniac the v ePl
ieptic the eonsumptivez Inc ins' tvyenty-two
thousand of which u per cent at best are suTaDe
and per cent die annually Inc epeptioS 1u nar
Der thirteen thousand Of which an unknown PEI
ee snec S saniiaTiums controlled by the State at
comparatively small cost, should De luins"s 20 ne e
incipient cases OF tuoercuosls SN rst,tutions
offer hope for the future in both preVen'Ne' Vu'"
live and educational work in tuberculosis
"sanitariurn Treatment al Home for Patients
Suffering from Pulmonary tuberculosis another
Daper was read bv Dr. s A. Knopf, Of this city
In closing DR.. Knopf said:
New-York the most densely populated and rlcnesss
State in the Union with the gIea' t me pgeven-
consumptves. has neither society io' uT Stafe
sion Of tuberculosis nor sani'stuin' W5,cal As
hospital May the seng H the nineteenth cen
fury aGjour2 without taking some ac"'e ep III
this important matter
After a discussion DR.. Washburn. chairman OF
,bo Committee on Charities and Public Health.
xrered resolution asking the State TO establish
san,tar,um for incipient cases OF consumption II
adopted.
"Reopen,ng the Abdomen for Post Operative Sep
sic Peritonits with Report Of Cases was the tite
of technical paper by Dr. c. c. FREDERICK OF
Next DR. r. d. Crothers OF Hartford, Conn. was
called on TO read his paper on "Morphinism among
Physicians" lie said in part;
7, 800 WAS appointed chairman OF a committee
10 collect and study statistics OF the prevalence %
eTcobnI and opiurn inehrety In this interval OF
nine years a large number Of statistical observations
amS G'a nrelimnary report confined exclusively to
Tc6 sn@ es Tather than exhaustive
studies. .o,, ,,,.s,o,ors living IN
the Eastern Middle and some of the cities OF t
Western states per cent We're e I ceni Of this
number used morphia or opium openly, len
per cent were using opium or other % drugs rug n
Guiding this number used spirits in so-caileo 'nou
In another study of 10 physicians. per cent
used opium or InoIphia ana per oS S of
anne With medical men from to 10 per cent are
ether secret or open drug and morphia users
These figures appear TO be approximately correci
medicai men are opium inebriates This Is un-
doubtedy conservative s'alemen. 5
are secTetiye and conceal their Of drugs, par
tcularly where il implies weakness and reflects on
' There are many reasons for the support Of the
fiiee 81 sutr and die drug treatment Of
themselves They oeein 10 use ,n disnrb
the early drug taking having been a contributing
There IS a pleasing fascination in the rapid, com
rlete change and transition which follows the use
~ the needle. To the psychopath inherited OF ac..
administering morpha can compare WIN H. ms Is
actually develops a needle mania and nearly a u
wJthdrawal Of the morphia is unnoticed as long as
fhe needle is used. In a certain case a physician
use VA for Two years after the withdrawal Of the
M ',,fr The direction OF his partner II is the
ommon Experience TO keep up the of the needle
FOR It's mental efect long after the mQrphia s
abs Ssn @on for Ey ths ' FORM of drug using
Perhaps 5 mop9n ana a neTVg BRAIN in the World
incident to Svzaon S Or Of the
~ nan In any case IL IS one OF the most fas-
],natjng and serious modern diseases which can
con" Close With caution that cannot be stated in
words 700 strongY-neveI use nor ycen, Nv tht
counsel Of trusted medical adviser; Never glVt
al fief n
which can be used II YOU are using moIpha
William p. spratling, superintendent OF the Crait
Colony Sonyea. y y. read a paper on Guaranty
~ Epilepsy and How II May BE Accomplished
lie advocated in some cases the operation o.
,renh,ninr Technical papers were read by DR.
CHARLES Aling Tutue OF New-Haven. Conn; DR.
Julius Pohlman. OF Erie County. and DIT Orlando
Marcy. OF Boston
naner at the afternoon session. 1t was a descrp
lion OF the advance in knowledge OF typhoid fever
He spoke Of the great havoc wrought by this dis
ease among the troops in the late war He sai'
that the returning cOnvalescent soldiers hao car
ried the injection to towns and villages all owe
the country, causing the loss Of hundreds an
a discussion followed Many OF the speakers hell
bv the appointment Of young physicians fresh from
the hospitals and having no clinical experience VII
49, fcver Orhcr papers were:
SBact eriology OF typhoid Fever" by Dr. w. II
Park. OF this city nical Lashoss % Epnpa
Typhoid Fever IN Massachusetts General Hospita
During Last Fifty Years by f5Piesso6 Hs 1bo
Fever as Seen al Bellevue Hospital" by DR.. "A a
smith. Typhoid Fever I'm Children, ~ III
Ahraham Jacob. The Local Non Surgical Treat
ment Of the Intestinal Tract in Typhoid Fever,
r. ur DE I.ancey Rochester, Of Erie county
Treatment Of Perforation Of The Bowel IN Typhoi
Eel ey IN ryphoid Fever BY A r Hubbei
OF D r' G. Jsneway Of this city closed the ses
SION with hrief talk about rare cases OF typhoi
and It's complications which he had met with IN NJ
The delegates entertaned IN the e. evenin
a., reception given for Or. William W. keer
nres,sent % tho American Medical Association
Professor Reginald H. Fitz OF Boston, and Pro