Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-29
A PROFlTABLE DAY,
GUESTS OF DIR. Joseph II. Chandler Have
an Enjoyable Time.

an Enjoyable Time.
The guests of DIR. Joseph II.
Chandler, at his sixth annual lawn
dinner today week on the
beautiful lawn Of the Chandler Home.
stead at Centreville, enjoyed not only
the good things provided for the body,
but also the good things provided for
the mind. For, following the dinner,
md after the party Of about 80, mostly
physicians. had been arranged in a
group on the lawn and photographed
on an is by % plate by Harry Butcher
OF this city, the programme of addresses
on medical subjects was opened. "A
paper on surgery was read by w. X.
Rodman, professor of surgery in the
Medico- Chirurgical College, Philadel-
phia.
Then DIR. james II. Morgan read his
verses on Young Doctor Joe," and
which were warmly applauded. Ibid
you dream that?" asked DIR. Chandler,
whom tho reader concluded.
a most welcome piece of information
was given by Hobart A. Hare, professor
OF therapeutics in the Jefferson Medi-
cal College, Philadelphia, when he
showed that typhoid fever has been
decreasing, as to mortality in three
large cities of England and in New
York and Philadelphia. Even in 1898,
when there was an epidemic of typhoid
in Philadelphia, causing a large in
crease. in the number of cases, the
death rate continued to decrease. DR..
Hare also made the assertion that u
large humber of children have typhoid
fever, often treated as gastric or
catarrhal fever. In typhoid, he favored
II liberal dict to keep up strength.
New remedies we're discussed by
james Andors, professor of practice OF
medicine in the Medico- Chirurgical
College, Philadelphia. He referred TO
the brilliant results Of antitcxih in the
treatment of diphtheria and tetanus.
The professor recommended the use OF
pure water in many cases.
DIR. Chandler thon called on num-
Der of other physicians for fve-minute
speeches. Dr. e. W. Cooper of Camden
dwelt upon the progress in medicine,
SO that it is becoming perhaps one of
the most exact sciences of the age.
DIR. j. It. Forwood of Chester favored
DIR, Hare's suggestion of more liberal
feeding In typhoid.
DIR. g. r. Layton of Georgetown re-
marked that he had not been prac-
ticing much for the last three years,
yet from his experience Of % years he
| could speak of remarkable changes in
certain diseases. The old fashioned
case Of 1.-The bilious" scarcely exists
! in Sussex county as it used to, and the
| cld-fashioned fever is not there. There
is very little typhoid III that county.
| The doctor had not seen case OF
typhoid in Georgetown for 10 years.
He traced these changes in disease to
changed conditions and ventured that
the treatment of certain disease 70
years hence COULD not be predicted now.
DR.. John G. Fahey, the next mayor
OF Wilmington, said he was glad Ia
capable medical friends.
Prof W. Joseph Hearn Of the
Medico Chirurgical College, spoke Of
| the progress of medicine towards being
an exact science. Surgical literature
| antiseptic surgery, is not worth any
backward for inspiration and fol
models, but medicine looks forward
to new discoveries.
DR.. Charles P. Noble and DR.. I. E.
Ashton of Philadelphia discussed some
of the points before the meeting. The
closing speech was made by Prof.
Laplace, who spoke of the genera
necessity of an operation in appendi
otis. He referred eloquently to the
happy occasion Of the lawn dinner. II,
paid tribute to Mrs, Joseph II.
Chandler, who has ably seconded DR.
Chandler's efforts to make these din
pers a success, and moved that she b,
elected an honorary member of thu
Chandler Medical Club. This wa
done by an unanimous vote.
| The party came to close about
O'Clock.