The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-10
NEGLECT NO GOOD THING
ADVICE GIVEN TO HOMEOPATHIC So
CIETY BY PRESIDENT DEAN.
Plea Made for Broad Tolerance BE-
tween SchOOls-Addresses at First
Session--Banquet mt Night.

The State Homeopathic Medical Society
convened al the Denison Hotel at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning for a two days met
ing with the largest attendance present at
any opening session. The invocation was
by the Rev. ]. Cumming Smith, after which
preliminary business, reports of officers,
committees and visiting delegates occupied
a considerable part of the forenoon. The
presidents address was one of the best to
which the society has listened in years,
and at its close was greeted with enthusi-
astic applause.
The president, DR.. d. II. Dean, of Rush
vile, took for his principal topic, Present
Day Medicine-Preventive and Curative"
and gave resume of the advance of med
ical science during the past year. He took
the ground that no good thing in medicine
is or should be neglected by the modern
homeopathic physician, but that every
curative measure known to science should
be used for the alienation of suffering
He defined homeopathic physician as
lone who adds to his general knowledge of
medicine special knowledge of homeo-
pathic therapeutics; all that pertains to
the great field of medical learning is his by
tradition, by inheritance, by right" A plea
was made for broader tolerance between
members of the different schools, but the
abandonment of any of the distinctive char
not advised The following papers were
read and discussed under their respective
bureaus; pneumonia" DR.. E. F. Larkin
on. of Tipton: Headaches Dr. F. L.
Davis, of Evansville; Scarlet Fever" G.
c. Dunlevey, Evansville: ultraviolet
plerentlaf biasnoss' en0 Dr. OF L. HS w. Jor:
dan, of Wabash; Effects of Different
Lights. Dr. d; w. Weaver. of Green's
6aTg The Mentality " Of Fla pr
Single Remedy" DR.. Charles K. Kern, Of
d dhis rs Hahne sI1s Theory Ten.
Patholosv a Tvnb aISic SaHsr Of
laxis. DR.. o. E. Maddox. of Rockville;
Clinical Course" Dr. J. 3. Wehrman, Of
Harrell, of Noblesville.
THE VIOLET RAY.
One Of the interesting and instructive
papers was by DR.. E. B. Grosvenor, of Rich
mond. on the use of the ultraviolet ray
in the treatment of skin affections. The
Finsen method was described in detail
and the light treatment commended Dr.
Grosvenor reported cases of lupus acne
hematomata cured by the Finsen method
but in neuralgias and other painful affec-
tions the treatment was ineffective in his
hands. The failure of red rays to prevent
pitting In smallpox was declared to be due
to the use of glass in which there is a trace
of yellow or blue as well as the red color.
One of the topics that excited special in
terest was the paper on DR.. John N. Tay-
lor, of Charlottesville. who discussed AN
Impending Epidemic" 1t was a warning
against the growing tendency toward the
practice of surgery by many physicians
without adequate preparation He declares
the chief cause of overstimulation along
surgical lines is recklessness regarding the
responsibility. 1.-THE man of the pill is
waning" he said. while the man of the
knife is waxing Sa, . fat and posing in the
In his judgment this condition Of things
has been largely brought about by the
establishment of postgraduate schools of
medicine in very many of the large cities
which prefer to exhibit to their students
all kinds of surgical operations and teach
them to perform the same in the short
space of six weeks. The diagnostic skill
the judgment, the experience, the delicacy
of touch. must all be afterward acquired
by the student unguided.
Last night the physicians attended a
banquet at the Columbia Club. at which
eighty-fve covers were laid. DR.. w. B.
Stewart, Of Indianapolis. was toastmas-
THE Physicians Opportunity" DR.. H. H.
Baker of Muncie; "The Inspiration of the
Moment" DR.. F. L. Davis, of Evansville;
Profit and Loss" DR.. o. s. Runnels, Of
DR.. F: H: Huron. of panville: Gender in
Medicine" DR.. Carrie B. Banning, of Fort
Wayne; Consultations" DIR. Rebecca r.
George. of Indianapolis; .'Selfishness.' Dr.
A. w. Holcombe. of Kokomo; Equitable
Compensation" DR.. J; H. Baldwin. of
furnished music while the dinner was
In progress.