The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
MEN OF MEDICINE
IN YEARLY SESSION
State Society Meets at
Del Monte.
TIMELY TOPICS DISCUSSED
IMPROVED METHODS OF COM
BATTING DISEASE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DEL MONTE, April 1S.-The twenty
ninth annual meeting of the Medical So
ciety of the State of California was called
to order in the ballroom of the Hotel Del
Monte at 10 o'clock this morning. The
address of welcome was delivered by DR..
Harry M. Sherman of San Francisco, and
was followed by the address of the presi-
dent, DR.. William Watt Kerr of San
Francisco. The society then adjourned
until 2:9O p. m.
At the afternoon session DR.. II. e. San
derson read a paper entitled 1.-The Toxic
Basis of Insanity" He was quite of the
opinion that many If not most cases Of
insanity are due to poisons generated in
the body and affecting the structure Of
the brain as well as other organs. He
thought many advances would be made
in the treatment of insanity in the next
few years.
DR.. Leo Newmark read a paper entitled
"Obsessions,' which dealt with g form Of
peculiar mental affection occasionally met
with.
DR.. George L. Cole presented a paper on
the subject Of the Diagnosis and Modern
Treatment of Pulmonary tuberculosis. j"
He said that consumption swas such q
very prevalent disease that IT'S discussion
should always be in order, though moth
ing new were said. He had tried tubercu-
lin serum in number of cases with some
excellent results. He had also used the
serum treatment in some cases of erysip-
elias and pneumonia, and thought the
treatment valuable.
DR.. Herbert Moff1tt discussed the paper
of Dr. Cole, as did Drs. j. Henry BarbOt
and Philip Mills Jones. DIR. Jones and
DR.. Barbot said that they had found that
consumption could be easily diagnoZed by
means of the Y rays. DR.. Jones had used
them also as a method of treatment in
three cases all of which improved. One
case of tuberculosis of the skin or lupus,
was cured by the X rays DR.. Barbut said
he had watched these cases Of consump-
ton and thought they were cured.
Other papers read during the day We're
as follows; Typhoid fever, With Death
in One Week." by Dr. William Fitch
Cheney; Stomach Versus Heart" by DR..
in Diseases Affecting Nutrition, by A j.
Sanderson of st. Helena.
DR.. George Chsmore of San Francisco
exhibited an improvement on his instru-
ment for crushing stone in the bladder.
DR.. Chismore has attracted attention
from all parts of the world to this instru-
ment, and its Improvement now an
nounced will doubtless attract still fur
Their attention to DR.. Chismore and San
Francisco.
DR.. MacGowan of Los Angeles reported
ten operations for 'tumors of the blad-
AS has been the case for the past few
years politics" is one of the principal
features of the present meeting. The
candidates for president are Drs. George
Chismore of San Francisco and Thomas
Ross Of Sacramento, and rumor has 1t
that the contest VIII De very close ana
heated. Whether or not Monterey will
see rs interesting a contest as was the
"One-round go" between Drs MacMon-
agile and Potter, in which DR.. Potter drew
first blood, last year at Fresno is yet to
be found out, for the election has not
yet arrived
Professor LIE Conte, who is an honorary
member OF the society, is attending the
sessions and takes much interest in the
papers and discussions. Among those at
tending are II. Bert Ellis. Granville Mac
Gowan, William B. Billiard, w. Lemoyne
w. ]. G.. Dawson and a. j. Sanderson Of
St Helena; Chester Rowell of Fresno; II:
E. Sanderson and A. w: Hoisholt Of
Stockton: H. A Ryfkogel. e. j. Overend
George c. Pardee and d. d. Crowley of
Oakland; William w. Kerr, Harry NJ.
Sherman, Thomas w. Huntington, j.
Henry Barbot, +. b. Carpenter Charles
G. Levison c. c. Wadsworth, George
Chsmore, William Fitch Cheney and
many others from San Francisco.