Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-24
DOCTORS ADJOURN
Closing Session of the Convention
Held Thursday Afternoon.
BANQUET HELD LAST EVENING
DR.. II. c. Eschbach of Abba Acted as
Observation-Disclosures Forty Guests
Entertained at the Annual Social
Event of the Association.
[From Fridays DaIIy.I

[From Fridays DaiIy.]
The thirty-frst annual meeting OF
the Des Moines Valley Medical asso-
and banquet held last evening at the
depot hotel in this city which was at
tended by about forty guests. Owing
to the fact of the threatening storm
there was large number of the ply
sicians who left the city for their
homes on the evening trains among
whom was DR.. H. A. Leipziger OF Bur-
hngton, who was to have been in
charge of the post-prandial exercises.
DR.. H. G. Eschbach of Abba was call
ed upon in an impromptu manner to
serve as POSTMASTER and filled the po-
sition to the satisfaction and enter
tainment of those present. Among
those called upon to respond to toasts
were Drs. A. o. Williams, j. F. Her
rick, w. G. Newell, Lewis Schooler OF
Des Moines, J. Fred Clark of Fairfield
and F. G. Roberts of FIT. Madison.
The Afternoon Session.
The closing session of the conven-
ton of the association was held yes
terday afternoon at the court house in
this city and aside from the election of
officers there We're several papers
read and discussed by different physi-
clans. The subjects presented by the
different doctors were of a variety
that made the afternoon session one
of great interest and the general dis.
cussion that followed each paper
brought out many points of informa.
10 fhn f,.no tr,,n Mt ut
the different forms OF disease. DR.. j..
w. Hanna of Winfield presented dis
cussion on the subject Imperfect Di
gestion and Some of Its Causes"
Food and Cookery in Relation to
Gastro-Intertinal Disease" was pre-
sented by DR.. ]. Fred Clark of Fair
field and brought forth considerable
comment fro mthe other physicians
and later was the subiess of several
remarks at his expense. One of the
most interesting papers OF the session
was that presented by DR.. G. E. Ruth
of Keokuk, on the subject Gall
Tract Surgery" "Colitis" was the
topic discussed by DR.. Samuel Bailey
of Mt. Ayr and "The Abdominal
Wound" was treated by DR.. William
S. Windle of Oskaloosa. DR.. H. A.
Leipziger of Burlington. presented a
most interesting discussion on the
subject 'Ileus," giving special atten-
ton to it's history and literature. "The
Pathology of Appendicitis" was dis
cussed by DR.. Chas. Hoffman of Des
Moines and was followed by an ar
ticle on "The Treatment of Appendi-
citis" by Dr. j. c. Rockafellow, also
of the capital city. "Tubercular Peri
tonitis" received the attention of the
physicians upon the discussion pre-
sented by DR.. H. G. Eschbach Of Abba,
vice-president of the association for
the past year. The program for the
afternoon closed with the presentation
of the subject "Colostomy, Improved
Sigmoid and Rectum," by DR.. j. w.
Cokenower Of Des Moines.
The Banquet.
AS the hour for the banquet APP
preached the guests began to assem-
BILE at the depot hotel and a short
time was spent by the physicians in
becoming better acquainted. One OF
the objects of the Des Moines Valley