The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-11
THEY ROASTED
THE LEGISLATORS.
Medical Association DenOunce
Foraker and Metzgar.
ALLEGED THEY DEFEATED BILLS
Important transactions at the Session OF
The Northeastern Ohio Medical Asso.
citation -Largsst Attendance
Ever Had.

There were about rs physicians in at
tendance at the quarterly session Of the
Northeastern Ohio Medical association
which was held in this city Tuesday.
After listening to the reading of i'm
portant papers and discussions of the
points of interest contained in them,
the members retired to their respective
homes shortly after o'clock.
The lecture by DR.. r. B. Millikan, of
ternoon, in which he dilated on expert
ments which he has made at the Lake
side hospital at Cleveland on injuries
to the eye ball. He spoke Of the various
successful methods in which such injur-
les were treated and the manner Of ad-,
ministering treatment. The TX Rays"
as well as the magnet came in for their
share of attention, the doctor stating
that he has employed both these aids in
a highly successful manner. He extern
porized on other methods which were
employed. His paper was the fruit of
much favorable discussion and was of
the utmost Importance to the doctors
who heard it.
Anaesthetics and anaesthetizers came
in for some discussion through an in
structive paper read by DR.. r. j. Pun
phrey,. of Massillon. The doctor de-
scribed the various methods of admin
istering anaesthetics and stated that
the party making the administration
should be thoroughly competent to do
so. He illustrated with various Incl
dents the subject matter Of his paper.
DR.. H. S. Straight, Of Cleveland. said
that he believed that in early cases of
mastoiditis, the patient can be saved If
immediate attention through an oper-
alton Is resorted to.
Alleged mal-Practice' created some
strong expressions from among the doc
tors in attendance. 1t was the concen-
sus of opinion that the only method of
doing away with such practice was
through legislative means. This paper
was topic for intense discussion and
many of the physicians roasted quite
royalty Senator ]. b. Foraker who op-
posed the Loud bill in congress, which
finally was defeated, in which mall
practice was mentioned. The doctors
stated that they believed that Foraker
was the direct means Of the bill failing
of passage and that physicians all over
the state would remember him when
he again aspired to public office. Clarke
Metzgar, the Republican representative
from Navarro to the state legislature,
also came in for a share of the discus
sion. His action in assisting in the de-
feat of recent bill for the protection
of the medical profession, was de-
denounced, and the doctors said they
woull remember him In the future.
Other officials shared the general de-
nunciat!on for alleged work against the
interests of the medical profession upon
various occasions.
DR.. A. b. Campbell, Of Canal Fulton,
believed that physical diagnosis was an
important branch of the physician's
work. and he spoke of various methods
of diagnosing. The paper was an inter-
esting one.
No reports Of cases were beard during
the session Tuesday. as the lecture and
papers consumed the time In an inter-
esting manner, and the parties who
were to report were requested to hold
over their papers until the next meeting.
1t is said that the meeting was one of
the largest ever held by the doctors.
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