The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

questions, they learn the difficulty and
they cut open the stomach, set right the
trouble and sew you up again Now
imagine / see in the future the human
race adapting itself to this condition,
and that instead OF the surgeon being
forced to use his knife, we will be pro-
vided with buttons and buttonholes over
the stomach, so that when We need go
to the doctor, he will only have to I'M
button the flap, make the investigation
and prescribe the remedy needed and
button up the opening again, and send
the patient on his way rejoicing
This condition is what we might term
a wonderful development, declared
DR.. Eastman
picture of the doctors office in the fu-
ture. 1T Will appear a great deal ike
the central Office of a telephone ex-
changes" DIR. Eastman said, and the
doctor will not be required TO drive
about the city to make his calls He
may lounge in his Office in ease, for he
will be connected with his patients by
wire, and by that time you will not only
be able to hear over the wire but you
will be able to see When patient
comes to the phone to consult you, it
will only be necessary to turn on the
current for the X-rays and look him
through and through. You will ask him
the symptoms and can see for yourself
over the wire where any dtsarrange-
n1ent may be and you will send the pre-
scription over the wires or will give the
patient treatment by switching on the
electric current allowing your patient
many blocks away. to manipulate the
appliances at the other end
DR.. R. E McVey opened the responses
to the toasts at the banquet last night
in Medicine" Dr. Mcvey handled the
subject in a masterful way and un-
doubtedly succeeded in bringing cut all
the points he wished in his few minutes
discussion OF that almost inexhaustive
subject 1t is probably safe to say that
only a crowd of doctors could have lis
tened to the descriptions Of the way
medicines were made from the charred
ashes of the flesh and bones of polecats.
toads. and hugs, so soon after eating,
and retain their usual peace OF mind
and body.
DR.. L NJ Powell responded to the
toast, The Present in Medicine" Spec
ialisrn'' he said, sis the result Of mod
ern study and methods in medicine. and
the laity Of today know more Of the
diseases, their causes and remedies than
the masters of the past
In his response to the toast, The Doc
tors Debts and Credits" Dr. J. E Min
ney asserted that the doctor owed no
man anything, and that everything was
due him and that he should get every
thing $50 long as he got IT honestly
Dr. BIinney described the usual expert
ences of the doctors from his early boy
hood life when he worked hard to earn
! his educa ton and >of the way ne was
buffeted about the world when first be-
I ginning his practice
DR.. D. E ESterly was chosen to re-
spond to the toast, The Doctors Loves
I and Lovers" In his introductory he de-
plored the fact that he had been singled
out to make this response He declared
/ he believed it to be conspiracy to have
| fun at his expense simply because he
/ had SO recently become a benedict
| Dr. Esterly declared love to be dis
ease and said that one might ransack
/ the archives of medicine without finding
| the origin of the malady. The descrip-
/ ton of the disease, its symptoms and re-
suits were pictured by the doctor in a
! humorous style
IN his response to the toast 1.-THE Shaw
I nee County Medical Society,"" DR. w. E.
| AIcVey spoke in glowing terms of the or
/ SANITATION of the Shawnee Medical society
/ year would see the society enjoying a club
/ house home of it's own where there would
| be a magnificent library and laboratory
| with scientific appliances and apparatus
I for making experiments
/ President L 7 Grubbs was master OF
/ ceremonies
| The menu of the banquet follows:
MENU
/ Bisdue Of Lobster.
Salt Waters
/ Radfshes. Olives
FTIIets of Red Snapper. Sauce Ravigote
| Saratoga Potatoes
| Rzrded Beef TenderIoins-
/ Mashed Potatoes.
Calls Sweetbreads Case.
/ Sifted Peas
| Chicken Salad
Fruit GIaces en- Croustado-