New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-25
DEFENDS USE OF ALCOHOL.
DIR. HILLS ADDRESSES THE STATE
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

BOARD AND IN THE sICKRoOM-IN-
VALUABLE IN CERTAIN DIS
EAsEs-A DISCUSSION ON
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
The sixteenth annual meeting OF the New-York
state Medical Associatio1 which is being held IN
The main hall Of the Academy OF Medicine IN West
Forty third-st., called TO order at 10 O'CLOCK
Yesterday morning by the president Or. Joseph D.
Bryant.
DR.. Bryant selected as the subject Of his address
the Influence Of the Medical Practitioner on Med
zeal Progress"
Dr. Wickes Washburn OF the Committee on
Charities ana Public Health. in his report tod OF
the efforts to secure legislation now known as the
Dispensary License law, which protects true iro''
false charities He also stated that mendicancy IS
a disease that can only be cured by education he
further favored the home colony" plan for the
treatment OF consumrtves.
DIT s Eliot Harris. chairman OF the Committee
on Legislation briefly discussed the annual report
which he filed with the secretary. Dr' VI. -
O'Brlen He said that IN the last session the COM
mitiee opposed i'm all 1870 bills and followed them
up until they were vetoed. These blils were op-
posed because they against the best interests
Of the medical profession ,,,-
These subjects disposed o. DIT Thomas J. hlIis
OF this city read q scientific paper entitled "Alco
hoi as General stimuant and Heart Tonic us
Use 10 the Animal Economy in Health and us
ease" In part he said;
II bob veal which IS the meat Of Young
calf Is exposed for sale such exposure constitute
crime and the offender IS punlsh,o; ny ,yaai is
accounted crime? Because the NounS va baluid
apply 10 the exposure for sale OF young WnisASy
Like veal it will bee III fos consumption by s'la s ps
when if grows older-4gc - the factor IN both caSc
il may here be stated without the ilkeIhooa OF
contradiction that whiskey was s9d ID rs fb9pof
oa Sisa nnee- rom the Indictment 50 bulky and
orrih1 fnrf - e.
Of society i IS the quality Of the alcohol product
not It's quantity that should be nsdered
We know through the experiments conduct by
Professor Atwator recently on a strictly sclentlnc
basis that alcohol Is e. food and that II yields up 10
heat and force the same as pound Of bread or
bowl Of soup and is best at time under clrcu N.
stances that maxi il imposoe , i9r SnSi AIco e
hol however diners from all substances IN one
sential particular. that Il presents a!ouopc Leto,vs
with VARYING body conditions acting as "a Stllnuldht
t9nic fooS Or an iTr,aq p T ,Sc heer garden
and at the domestic hearth makes nHnore s5d for
every one it destroys The man ~ ju nad "a
Who feeling Insecure puts up d s nannnt b9nde
alcohol in rational manner equally Jnstine In M
taking pledge and attaching ninsel' 10
perance society There he VIII have an opportunity
with others 10 put himself on exhibition as Wea NJ
ling. and as person without n'9 3,,,re Alcohol
because OF his weakness any more tnan ne sh9 So
"a lamppost he was unfortunate en'"E" 90 i-' i01'
OF when under its effects.
Dr. Hills cited cases where the use OF rye
whiskey had saved the lives Of persons anllcleu
with pneumonia. and said that In disease IKE
rhthiss the alcohol compounds Ike porter. a.e
and beer are Of great value # properly ana en-
GENTLY administered In closing Or. Huns sslu'
Alcohol should never be taken in hot weather for
The nnrpose OF cooling Of Never drink whlsKey
before delivering tempeIa21oe 5aan bit cannot
lormuia1e mn b.r 4, vii impair the reasoning
SIeSse 9y6 Weaken me INDICTMENT whskey Is
necessity 70 some people aiter gre Ts Exhausted
&ever drink alcohol after eating. II cannot dlu
digestion ard what cannot ala must i re'so he
It's weight and bulk; further 1t preclptsDeiSn 5a
digestive ferments coaguls'es me process
and often completely arrests 1'g Us 90 often do
Alcohol the mailed LIQUORS may M nnD NV stinu1
as an aud digestion 10 seen aPoul fnrn,eS any
half hours after dinner II rats have iOo.bios in
lbe domain of mind but it can pursue and seize Si1
train OF thought far beyond me E.ISp II Is the
blooenog" 80 makes its circuit Of the conyou-
Waok'e,rs somo manner not given to mortal man
~ Enow eriokcn. and facilitates thought. ,st ns
ar5nnt Of slcoho 20 be consumed by an Individual
S-,n5s m inc demand made on the vital forces
and the resisting power OF tne M - ,i,ne eight
time IT may be one dram at Sn916er and 9 supply
and must no he eon;onnaea o MIN the SsiGeboard and
e. must have a place in the sickroom'
In tho discussion which followed those opposed TO
alcohol had chance to record their opposition
20 Dr. Hinis's paper. Or. Wickes Nashou'" noA'
smoke on The necessity for exact evidence in treat
ing SclentlVc SunJtNtN'
THE Correction Of Irregularities OF Nasal sep
.urn and the Exhibition Of New Instruments was
the title OF paper read by DR.. Henry W. wand
less this ci.. ,.
animal Products Used Medicines, Ancient
md Modern" was read by DR.. Thomas j. Jackson
81 Westchee,er County. The subject Of inc pa ~
rtad Inv Dr Frank ONertOn. Of SUFFOLK county was
Tn Physician us Factor In Eduoaton ,,
A. the afternoon ssOn Or. y. Palmer puuey'
Of th,s city told Of the recent lnierratoal C1n-
II cross at Antwerp Technical papers On oDstttI4cs
were read by Drs. Florence O. Dcrohne, OF ChOu-
daes County Doug Ayers. OF Montgomery Couh-
~ and Charles II. Glidden, OF leIklmeI 1uitS {,
Other papers we're read by Drs, freQcI.Ch =;
Cowies OF Westbrook, Conn., and Max hnAorh OF
this CITY and " 3. Reid. Of Oneidd county -
%ext there was an exhibition OF lantern slides by
Dr John A. Fordyce, % this city, illustrating r-e
skin diseases. r..n...e ,,-,ua-a po-+,e.+
80 n pap.r on Medical Expert Evidence; the
Gbstacles 10 Radical Change In the Present IS
t1DS The Justice first spoke at length OF the
sbilsee and defects 70 be corrected, ana gave
,n1msroue illustrations from practical cases
Ex-Justice Joseph T. DAILY OF the supreme Cour, {.
u.1s then introduced. After talking on tle olsi i
ard abuses If expert testimony, he sal9 thal ID
ninetv-nine cases ont 81 one hundred mere was
roon for a fair difference OF opinion among eXs
norris and there was NO more eqnable manner or
letting down 10 the tJth OF a matter tiah D.!
5s,,inc exuerts contend agar . each Other. ,
several other speeches also touched G. inc SUD
5ect
Won cy1DpTNC PT-NAIVA ~ TEAM.