Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-03
THE MEDICAL MEN
Proceedings of Main Association and
Constituent Societies.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT THIS EVENING
The Exercises to Conclude With
Banquet at Arlington.
TIL E SPECIAL ATU RES

TIL E PECIAL ATURES
Its business successfully accomplished and
heAvarious papers presented, discussed and
thoroughly digested, the fifth triennial ses-
sion of the congress of American physicians
and surgeons is ready for the final adjourn
ment, which will take place with the close
of the elaborate banquet to be served at the
Arlington this evening The session has been
eminently successful. The attendance has
been exceptionally large and the papers
read before the general body of unusual in
terest.
The meeting of so many representative
men of the medical profession gathered
for the closing congress, it is believed, can
but result In far-reaching good. All that
has been accomplished during the past three
years in the continual search after higher
knowledge of man and the remedies neces-
sary to the correction of his ills and all
ments has been succinctly reported and
discussed, either in the general conference
or in the constituent societies of physicians
interested in special branches of the medi-
cal profession. The benefits of such an Or
ganiZation to the nation at large and to it's
members can hardly be overestimated. The
physicians and surgeons associated in the
congress are representative of the active
force of the profession, those who are ever
striving for the advancement of medical
skill, and are interchangeable in their efforts
for the physical betterment of mankind.
The Individual Sessions.
Most of the fourteen component societies
of the congress We're in individual session
this morning. number will hold after
| noon sessions for the conclusion of business
connected with their annual sessions. the
election and installation of officers. The
American genealogical Society is holding
anniversary exercises this afternoon at
Marshall Hall, the members having made
the trip down by steamer. Among the
speakers will be Dr. T. Adds Emmett of
New York, DR.. Alexander j. c. Skene of
Brooklyn, DIR. James r. Chadwick of Bos-
ton, DIR. E. Van de Warker of Syracuse. N
Y, and DIR. Thaddeus A. Reamy of Cincin-
natl. The American China tological Associ-
alton visited Mount Vernon this afternoon.
leaving by special train at $50. provided
for them through the courtesy of DR. c. E.
Abbott of the Washington Mount Vernon
and Alexandria Railroad Company, who is
member of the associate
OphthnimoioEical Society.
At the meeting this morning of the Amer
lean Ophthalmological Society in ladies par
Tor No of the Arlington the reading of
papers was continued among those pre-
sented being:
observations on the influence of some
eyes-Do they produce a pseudo-sympa-
thetic inflammation DR.. S. C. Ayres
Two unusual cases of choroidal disease"
DR.. W. H. Wilder; "Ophthalmic curiosi-
ties" DIR. George Strawbridge: "Gumma of
the ciiary body with microscopical exam
nation DR.. Geo. E. de Schweinitz: PA
piiioma of the plica semilunaris," DIR. Geo.
E. de Schweinitz; AN unusual case of
transient convergent strabismus," Dr. 8.
Theobald; THE effects of flashes of electric
light upon the eyes" Dr. Dunbar Roy;
ne al
found in posterior spinal sclerosis.' DR.. c.
A Oliver; "A case of acute retrobulbar
neuritis.' DIR. Howard F. Hansell; "Ho-
monymous sector defect in the visual
fields" DR.. S. NJ. Burnett: Some changes
in the color fields in hysteria," Dr. A G.
Thomson; 'Monocular diplopia," DR.. J. A
SPaiding; An improved perimeter,' DIR. F.
D. Skeel; THE material composition of
printed matter" DIR. c. NJ Culver; Dem
onstratiOn of the color sense tester" Prof
Scripture of the psychological laboratory
dent Wadsworth); "A lantern for the de-
lection of color blindness" DIR. w. Thom-
son; Case of alexia, mind blindness, etc.
with autopsy" DR.. E. E. Jack; Notes
upon the surgical treatment of a case of
high myopia," DR.. C. w. Kolloch.
Officers Installed
The American Neurological Association
met again this morning at the Normandie
and inaugurated its newly elected officers
as follows President, DR.. G. l.. Walton
Of Boston; vice president, DIR. Charles W.
Burr of Philadelphia: secretary and treas
urer, DR.. Graeme NJ. Hammond of New
York On account of the large number of
papers presented most were read simply
by title for future publication. The papers
on the program for the day were as fol-
lows: "Erythromelagia and allied disor-
ders,' DR.. B. Sachs and Dr. A. Wiener of
New York: "A case of multiple sclerosis.
with autopsy DIR. Charles w Burr of
Philadelphia; "A clinical study of the re-
hexes, DR.; Joseph Collins and DR.. Joseph
Fraenkel of New York; Clinical and ana
tomical analysis of cases of diffuse myeli-
It's, Dr. James ]. Putnam and DR.. E. W.
Taylor Of Boston; a paper by Dr. Morton
reconstruction Of parts Of the nervous sys-
tenn Dr. Adolph Meyer Of Worcester:
Two cases OF tumor of the spinal cord"
DR., John jerks Thomas of Boston: "Sy-
ringomylia, with exhibition of microscopic
specimens, DR.. Graeme NJ. Hammond of
New York; Report of the committee on
neuronymy," by DR.. Burt G. Wilder of
Ithaca; Comments upon current figures of
the mesal aspect of the BRAIN" by Dr. Burt
G. Wilder of Ithaca: Studies in astereog-
nosis'" by DIR. F. x. Dercum of Philadel-
autopsy" by DR.. Charles w Burr Of Phil
adelphia Report of case of progressive
muscular atrophy, which clinically present.
ed the symptoms of amyotrophic scierosis."
by DR.. Joseph Collins of New York; Anne
Iteration of paralysis agitans by means of
systematiZed exercises" by DR.. ]. Madi-
son Taylor Of Philadelphia: Epilepsy and
INSTRUMENTATION by DIR. Smith Baker of
Utica; Regeneration of the cerebral nerv-
Gus system by DR.. Joseph Sailer of Phil
adeiphia; Cases Of neurasthenia," by DR..
Philip Zenner of Cincinnati: ''Communica-
ton on comparative study of the spinal
ganglia in various diseases and ages by
DR.. Adolph Meyer of Worcester: "Obstet-
rical paralysis by DR.. H. M Thomas of
baltimore; therapeutic value of sunlight
In neurasthenic invalidism," by Dr. Frank
Hailock of Cromwell; Report of a case Of
brain injury with peculiar whistIing spells
following operation" by DIR. William c.
krauss of Buffalo; THE prognosis of hys-
terra, by DIR: Joseph Fraenkel of New
York; The relative merits of metencepha-
Ion and myelencephalon as designations of
the last tobongataD segment of the brain"
by DIR. Burt 6. Wilder of Ithaca; The de-
rivatives and applications of the word neu-
ron, by DR.. Burt G. Wilder of Ithaca:
Exhibition of DR.. Stroud's head rest for
the removal of the in Nv, Dr.. q