The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-24
MEDICAL MEN IN SESSION
THE STATE SOCIETY CONVENES IN
THIS CITY.

| with IA Meeting of Fellows of the So
| clety-Onicers Elected and Com matt tteei
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Last Night
| The Programme for To-day.
| A large number of doctors from al
over the state attended the one hun
| dred and eighth annual meeting of the
! Connecticut Medical society, which held
| it's first session Of a two days conven-
tion yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the parlors of the Young Mems Re-
publican club. Nearly every town and
city of the state were represented at
yesterdays meeting, which was one Of
the largest held by the society in a
number of years
The opening session was called to or
der by President Charles s. Rodman
at 1880 and was a meeting of the fell
lows of the society. AT the conclusion
of the meeting of the fellows, at which
much important business was transact
ed, the annual convention was opened
about 430 o'clock
AT the meeting of the fellows the first
business transacted was the report Of
the committee on credentials, showing
about forty in attendance. The annual
address of the president was then given,
in which he made several recommends
tions which were later voted on by the
society.
A few Of the more important sections
in President Rodmans address were as
follows:
On February II of the present year
visited the New Haven free public IL
brary and ascertained the following
facts: Two or three hundred books
We're received some time after making
arrangements as fully detailed in the
proceedings of 1892, perhaps as many
more were sent last summer, being
chiefly exchanges, the transactions of
other state societies. They are in a
storeroom or closet inaccessible to the
public. Up to the date OF my visit no
one had ever called for them. The IL
brary is crowded and will probably not
give them shelf room, catalogue or ar
range them, so long, at least as they
remain the property of our society. The
books are of little value except to the
y
prove Invaluable.
| recommend that they be given to
the Hartford Medical association on
condition that they be catalogued and
preserved in the Hunt Memorial build
ing available for reference.
| recommend that fifty copies Of our
proceedings be given yearly to the AS
sociation of Medical Librarians. and
that if our books and archives are in
trusted to the Hartford Medical society
its librarian be authorized to make ex-
changes of duplicate volumes.
As regards the government of this
society. | suggest that our bylaws be
in such a manner that the
committee be directed to
present the names of two candidates
for each of the several offices to be
filed. An amendment of similar in
tent, but more radical, was defeated a
year ago. 1t was presented and acted
upon in conjunction with another
requiring the nominating
to meet and mage nomina-
tions two weeks before the annual meet
ing of the society. To this the difficulty
of securing such meeting, which is no
way prevented by our constitution, was
not the only objection offered. These
two amendments, considered not sapa- /
rately, but as one, We're in my opinion
wisely defeated.
At our last meeting we as a society
committed ourselves to the advocacy of
4 state hospital for consumptives. Rea
sons for the establishment of such an
hospital We're cogently presented in the
report of a committee on matters of
interest Phthisis is more
common than any other disease; it Is |
tnown that it is infectious and that it
S curable in a certain proportion. Ex |
,lusion of the disease from the wards |
If our hospitals is becoming general, |
and this with the approval of the non
medical managers and Of the public
/ recommend that the legislative COM
nittee be instructed to present the !
natter to the next general assembly |
md urge that Connecticut take it's place
n line with Massachusetts and New I
York in establishing a state hospital for |
Modification of medical practice law |
houd also be advocated at the next |
md every successive meeting of the
general assembly until reform is secur-
d. The necessity for reciprocity in
medical licensing is everywhere accept
d.
At our last meeting the official en-
orsement of the society was given to
medical directory to be published in
Jew York The assistant secretary |
vas appointed a committee TO cooper
tie in the compilation. The result DEM
nstrated that no officer of this society
an render a cooperation in such work
satisfactory to himself and to our mem
ers. II recommend that the endorse
lent Of this society be withdrawn from
THAT appears to be and apparently
hould be purely a commercial enter
rise.
The committee appointed to consider
Communications in the presidents ad-
ress reported on the different recon-
lendations Vt was voted that the
ooks to be given to the Hartford Med
al association be given "in custody
lstead of given outright
On a motion by DR.. Mailhouse it was
oted to adopt the recommendation of |
le committee accepting the section of |
le presidents address which referred |
} the establishing of hospital for |