The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28
THE HOMEOPATIIS.

The 53rd annual meeting of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical society
came to an end ON Thursday after an
enjoyable and profitable two days ses-
sion. The attendance was not as
large as usual owing to the fact that
an error was made in the original
notice of the meeting and the date
was afterwards changed The morn
ing session was devoted to the read
ing and discussion of the following
papers: Double Sarcoma of the
Head, Face and Neck" by DR.. H.
S. Boardman of Montpelier and
Homeopathic Remedies in Pyaemia"
by DR., O. e. Libbey of Danville A
committee composed of Drs. e. B.
Whitaker, J Fl. Shattuck and e. A.
Stanley. on the death of DR.. Julian
Henry Jones of Bradford were adopt
ed. The semi-annual meeting of the
society will be held in Rutland in
October, the date to be fixed by the
president and secretary.
Delegates to other societies were
appointed by President Steele as fol-
lows: American Institute of Homoe-
pathy-E. L. Wyman, @. A. Gale, E.
Kirkland New York-Sam Sparhawk
Maine w. H. Weeks; Connecticut
E. T. Smith; New Hampshire-W.
E. Locke Rhode Island-W. E. Put
nam; Massachustets-E. A. Stanley.
The various bureaus are made up as
follows: Materia medica-E. L. Wy
man, H. e. Jewell. A. f. Moore
clinical medicine-D. O. Noble, f. j.
Gale, f. II. Everett; Surgery-Sam
Sparhawk, E. E. Whitaker, w. B.
Mayo; obstetrics and gynaecology-
E. A. Stanley, f. Hamilton, F. D.
Sanborn; sanitary science-W. H.
Weeks, G. A. Gale, W. E. Locke;
psychological medicine-Charles E.
Prentiss. T. r. Waugh, S. H, Spar
hawk; electro therapeutics-H S.
Boardman, E. B. Cliff, N. L. Dow.
AT the afternoon session on Wednes-
day papers were read on the follow
ing subjects: Intestinal Antisepsis, -
DR.. G. /. Forbes of Burlington
"Some Evidences of Connection Be-
tween Plant Life and Tuberculosis, "
DR.. A. f. Moore of Woodstock Case
of Gall Stones" DR.. W. e. Putnam
of Bennington; digestive Disorders
of Infants,' DR.. F. E. Steele of Mont
pelier. Following each of these pa
pers there was a general discussion of
the subject, and after DR.. Moore's
paper, DR. H. d. Holton of Brattle-
boro, who was in the city to attend
the State board of health meeting gave
an informal talk on tuberculosis that
was greatly enjoyed. The business of
the convention was so we'll along that
the evening session was dispensed with
and the members attended the install
lation ceremonies of Mt. Zion Com
mandery, Knights Templar, by invita-
ton of DR.. f. E. Steele of this city.
During the afternoon the election of
officers was held. A nominating COM
LhiulNo OOhoiotluS VI LIS Il ~. ObS6l6
of Montpelier; j. S. Shattuck of Wells
River, and Edward Kirkland of Bel
lows Falls was appointed.
This committee reported the follow
ing list of officers who were elected :
President, Dr. +. E. Steele of Mont
pelier; vice. president, DR.. Sam Spar
hawk of Burlington; secretary, DR..
G. /. Forbes of Burlington; treasur-
er, DR.. J. F. Shattuck of Wells River !;
censor for three years, DR.. L. B. Whit
taker of Barre; legislative committee,
DIs. F. E. Steele, G.. 1. Forbes, w.
b Mayo, e. B. Whitaker and W. HI.
Weeks; auditors, Drs. E. S. Stanley
of Waterbury, F. j. Gale of East Cal
ais and F. Fl. Everett of Castleton.