The evening times., 1899-09-21
THE DOCTORS FAREWELL
End of the Electro Therapeutic
Associations Session.
Officers Installed and Scientific Top
les Discussed-Received by the
1900 Meeting to BE Held In New
York City-Papers Read Today.

The American Electro Therapeutic Asso-
citation closed its ninth annual meeting at
the Willard Hotel this afternoon and ad-
journed to meet in New York city, Sep
tember 25, 26, and q, 1900. After the ad-
journment the doctors called at the White
House and were accorded private tecep-
tion by President Mckinley. Most of the
members will leave for their homes this
evening
The members were weary after last
nights session and did not meet until aft
er 10 o'clock this morning when the fol-
lowing scientific programme was carried
out: Lightning Spark Discharges in Air,
Cantern slides), by William j. jerks, e.
E., New York; Electro Therapeutics in
Diseases of Throat and Ear" by DR.. w.
Scheppergell. New Orleans, La; paper,
title not given, by DR.. Margaret A. CIeaves,
New York; a paper, title not given, by DR..
Wende, Buffalo, N. Y; 1.-THE Cataphoritic
Treatment Of Cancer by DR.. G. Betton
Massey, Philadelphia; atmospheric Elec-
tricity," by DR.. Forveau de Courmellio,
Paris, France; "Rheumatoid Arthitis and
Treatment by Sparks and Morton Cur
rents" by DR.. w. B. Snow, New York;
"a New Portable Dynamo Electric Ma
chine for Electro Therapeutics" by DR.. E..
w. Smith, Terre Haute, Ind; paper in the
hands of DR.. Schavoir, by DR.. A. Tripier,
Paris, France; "Medico- Electrical Appli-
ances," by B. F. Schavoir, Stamford,
Conn; Prejudice as Applied to Electrici-
ty,'' by DR.. E. B. Silvers, New Jersey;
What Has Electricity Accomplished in
sl Af1l
DR.. r. S. Newton, of New York.
The following officers, elected at last
nights session, were then installed: DIR.
Walter H. White, of Boston, Mass, presi-
dent; DR.. ID. Percy Hickling. of Washing
ton, first vice president; Dr. Charles o..
Files, of Portland, Me-, second vice presi-
dent; DR.. Richard ]. Num-, of Savannah,
Ga, treasurer; DR.. George e. Bill, of Har-
risburg, Pa, secretary; DR.. Charles r.
Dickson, of Toronto, Canada, and DR..
Frederick Schavoir, of Stamford, Conn,
were reelected members of the executive
council and will serve three years; Dr..
Robert Newman, of New York, and DR.. G.
Bolton Massey, Of Philadelphia, Pa, will
serve two years, and DR.. A. ID. Rockwell
and William J. Morton, both OF New York,
will serve one year.
Among the papers read this morning the
the treatment of rheumatism Of the joints
was very interesting and the paper on the
treatment Of disease of the nose, throat,
and ear, by Prof. W. Scheppegrell. of New
Orleans, was also of unusual interest. In
certain catarrhal diseases, Dr. Scheppe-
grell has obtained excellent results from
the application of electricity, for he in
sists that its application should be used
only by those who understand the science
of electricity as well as a full knowledge
of medicine. Even in such desperate con-
ditions as consumption Of the throat, a
method of treatment by electricity, now
extensively used in America and Europe,
has given good results and saved cases that
appeared hopeless.
In diseases of the ear, electricity has
been found useful, not only in treating va
rious forms Of deafness, but also in test
ing delicate cases in which the ordinary
methods are defective. 1t. is of valuable
assistance in many ear diseases.
DR.. Scheppegrell concluded by describ-
ing the results which he had obtained from
the x-rays in diseases of the nose, throat,
and ear, and which he has used in large
number of cases with good results.
DR.. G. Belton Massey's paper, describing
the new method of treatment of cancer, re-
ceived favorable comment. 1t has now been
successful in curing about fifteen cases,
some of which were of nature not readily
reached by the knife. The essential feat
ure OF this method is the diffusion by cleo
tricity of the electrolyptic salts of mercury
through the cancer from gold electrode.
These salts are highly germicidal and kill
the germs or cells of cancer through which
they pass the stream of atoms being ra-
dated in such manner as to pass through
the roots of the cancer, killing the out
lying cancer germs without harm to the
healthy flesh.