Evening star., 1900-05-02

Dr. Geo 8. Huntington of New York
president. continued its business sessions
this morning in the ladies' parlor of the
Normandie.
The American Pediatric Society, Dr.
Henry kplick of New York. president, had
the following papers before It at the meet
ing this morning in ST Johns Parish hail.
10th and Fl streets:
The treatment of hydrocephalus by
craniectomy." Edward P. Davis, NJ. D..
philade.phia; intestinal obstruction
culum with lgamentous attachment"
specimen. Irving NJ. Snow, M D.. Buffalo;
specimen. Sudden death from perforation
of trachea and bursting of Gaseous gland"
Augustus Caille NJ. D., New York; "A
case of leukemia in child of seven
months" D. ]. Milton Miller. NJ. D.. Phil
adelphia: "A report of a of ante-natal
hemorrhage into the suprarenal capsule
and perirenal tissue, causing death three
days after birth from rupture of the hem
orrhagic into the peritoneal cavity"
Samuel McC. Hamill, M. D., Philadelphia;
"Enterie fever in childhood" A. D. Black
ader. M. D.. Montreal; Exclusive soup
diet and rectal irrigation in typhoid fever"
A. Seibert. M. D.. New York.
The Congress officials.
The president of the congre ss 10 Dr. H nry
P. Bowditch. professor of physiology at
Harvard. The secretary is VIM. H. Car
malt Of New Haven. Conn; treasurer. New
ton NJ. Shaffer of New York; chairman of
the executive committee, Landon Carter
Gray of New York.
The following presidents of the compo-
nent societies vice presidents eX-officio:
Edward D. Fisher, New York American
Neurological Association; George j. En-
gelmann, Boston, American genealogical
Society; Henry w. Stelwagen. Philadelphia,
American Dermatological Association; Sam.
uel Johnston Baltimore, American Laryn
geological Association: Robert F. Weir, New
York, American Surgical Association; Alb
raham jacob. New York, American China
tological Association: Edward G. Janeway,
New York, Association OF American Ply
sicians; James Bell, Montreal. Canada,
American Association of Genito-U Urinary
Surgeons: Harry NJ. Sherman. San Fran
cisco, American Orthopedic Association;
Russell H. Chittenden, New Haven, Conn;
American Physiological Society; George s.
Huntington, New York. Association of
American Anatondsts; Henry Koplik. New
York, American Pediatric Society; Oliver
P. Wadsworth, Boston, American OphthaI-
mological Society; Henry G. Miller, Provi-
dence. r. l.. American biological Society.
Topics Discussed in Papers.
The papers read before the general con-
gress yesterday afternoon were: "Adapta-
ton of Pathogenfc Bacteria to Different
Species Of Animals" by Prof. Theobold
Smith Of Boston: "The Physiological Re
sources of the Body in Its Defense Against
Bacteria and Their Toxic Properties" DR..
Samuel ]. Meltzer of New York; "A Study
of the Mechanism of Agglutination," Prof.
Harold c. Ernst Of Boston: Relation of
Bacteriology to Clinical Medicine" DIR.
Richard c. Cabot of Boston; Bacteria
Therapeutics. with Especial Reference to
tuberculosis" DR.. Edward R. Baldwin of
Saranac, N. Y; THE Aetiology of Malaria
Fevers." Prof. William S. Thayer of Bal
timore; "Bactenology of Dysentery," Prof.
Simon Flexner Of Philadelphia.
The Constituent Societies.
The fourteen constituent societies of the
general congress held individual sessions
yesterday and listened to papers read by
the members as follows:
American biological Soclety-Dr. H.
Knapp, New York; DR.. Edward B. Bench
New York; Dr. Charles H. Burnett. Phila-
delphia: DR.. B. Alex Randall, Philadel-
phia; DR.. Hiram Woods. jr., Baltimore;
Dr. George F. Fiske. Chicago; Dr. Clar-
ence John Blake, Boston, and Dr. Gorharn
Bacon, New York.
American Neurological Assocdation-Dr.