The Portland daily press., 1900-12-11
Some Interesting Pa
pers Were Read
And Following This Came a
Fine Banquet.

The forty second stated meeting Of the
Maine Academy of Medicine and Sciencs
was held at the Maine Eye and Ear In
Urinary last evening. The usual banquet
was served at seven O'Clock at which
remarks were made by Judge Foster and
ex-Gov. DIR. Garcelon OF Lewiston
This being the regular annual election
of officers the following gentlemen were
elected:
Presidents. j. Bassford, NJ. d Bid
deford.
Recording Secretary-Daniel Driscoll,
CORRESPONDING Secretarg'-A, s.Thayer
NJ, ID.
Treasurer-H. +. Twitchejl, NJ, ID.
prustee-hon. L b. winslow.
Presidents and Vice Presidents OF Sec
tions-Seotion l, DIR. W. h. Oakes; sac
tion 2, President, DR.. A. *. +, Meserve
section 3, President, DR.. y. M. ruler, .
section 4, President, DIR. Z. u. Norton !;
section 8, President, DIR. N. nj. Mar
shall; section 4, President. Clarence Hale,
Egu; section z, President, DIR. b. b.
Foster; section s, President, L. 5.
Everett; section 9, President, DIR. ID. W.
Fellows; section Il, President, DIR. Jane
L. Hersom.
W. IL. Kimball, NJ. d, Portland, was
appointed assistant secretary. 1t was
voted to adopt the following changes In
the by laws:
Resolved, That section two, article four
of the Constitution be so amended that
tie word three In the second line of
said section be stricken out ami the word
zone be substituted for the same. Also
that the words ''for such term of years as
the section over which be plesides as
president may determine, be stricken
out and the words, 1.-TWO years. be sub
stituted for the same, and that the action
upon the proposed anne ndment be taken
previous TO the election of oflicers at the
meeting december A. d., 1900.
The annual reports were made by the
recording secretary, corresnondinR secre-
tary, treasurer, trustees and librarian.
The president appointed A. ;. Ihayer
and L. 5. Everett as auditing COMMITTEES
mn treasurer report, who reported the &C
counts to be correct. The report of the
treasurer showed that there was a bal
anoe OF 1914 90 on hand
The librarian, DIR. Searle, reported that
there were 1923 volumes and 100 weekly
and monthly medical and scientific jour
nails in the library.
through the council the following resolu-
lion, which was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the members of the
Maine Academy OF Medicine and Science
recognizing the necessity or public
laboratory In this state, whereby con-
tagious and Infectious diseases can be
studied and the public protected, do
recommend and advise the establishment
of such AN institution and that legisla-
ton be enacted to that effect.
Resolved, That this resolution be for
warded 60 the secretary OF the state board
of health, after being signed by our presi-
dent and secretary.
The following were elected as fellows:
j. f. Rowland, ID. ID. ) 4, OF Portland:
r. Rowland, ID. ID. = L, of Portland, A.
A. Millett, NJ. D., of Sacrament, Z. W.
Stevens OF Portland.
The papers were presented under section
five. anatomy, physiology, chemistry and
Patio logy.
DIR. Charles o. Caswen read paper on
Anatomy and Physiology OF the Kid
news" DIR. A. II. Little OF Portland read
a paper on "Urinalysis. These pa pers
were discussed bV DIR. w. b. Small of
Lewiston, DR.. John II, Neal OF Rochester,
n. H., DIR. j. Is. +. Rogers OF Knight
Vile and DIR. q. W. Foster of Woodfords.
The following was presented by DR.. A.
S. Thayer in his report as statistical sec
rotary: "The members of the Maine
Academy of Medicine and Science in
recognition of the devoted service of
William 81. Marks as trustee and as mem
Der of the council, from the establish
ment of the academy until his sudden
death desire to record their testimony to
the value Of his service and OF his fellow
ship; and they desire also to give express
sion to their sympathy with the wife,
whose presence at meetings OF this aca-
demv has been but a single example of
her partioi pation with him in the varied
interests OF his useful life.''