Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-07-02
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, June so.-- The second
meeting Of the Davis County Medical
association since its recent organ
ization was held at the court house
on wednesday, the session being well
attended. The meeting was called TO
order by the president, pr. 9. g.
Heady and the minutes OF tne last
sens were Teung Tssd he qussea sssie1'rS
holding quarterly meetings was dis
cussed and the matter was decided by
the motion that the organization con-
tinue to meet emi-annually about the
first of the months of June and and
October. The motion carried. The
motion that non-residents of the
county desiring to become members
Of the organization be admitted FOR
ent was made and carried. Through
the report of the board of censors DR..
Stevens, Of Floris, DR.. Will Ware, OF
Moulton, Dr. R. o. Shelton, of this
city and DR.. Bernard Shelton, OF Pu-
lask were admitted to membership.
The opening session was short and
only one paper was read, the dag
nosis of Typhoid Fever by DR.. J. ".
Young. of West Grove. Following the
reading of the paper the disease and
symptoms of the same were freely
discussed. The session adjourned at
11:45 and repaired to the Elam hotel,
where banquet was served to the
physicians and their wives The at
ternoon session opened with q report
of case by DR.. w, L. Downing, Of
Moulton. The case was that OF an In
fant and the child was examined and
the case diagnosed by DR.. Bernard
Shelton, of Pulaski. The diseased
condition was discussed at length,
each physician present giving his
opinion of the case. The subject of
eczema by DR.. Clara Kembel, retained
placenta, by DR.. T. B. Jennings, of
Drakeville, and medical evidence by
DR.. r. o. Shelton were presented in
papers followed by discussion. In ad-
dition to the prescribed program a
paper was read by DR.. VIII Ware. OF
Moulton. Davis county has about
thirtay practicing physicians and as
the meetings held by the organization
are instructive and profitable it is
hoped that the membership will grow
until the whole number are embraced.
Miss Kate Messer, who has been
spending the past few years in Nc
Pherson, Kansas. returned Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Faith and children, of
Kansas City arrived Monday and are
spending a week at the parental j, II.
Plank home. Miss Elva will remain
with her grandparents until school
opens in the fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Johnson. of Quincy,
Mo-, are visiting Mrs. Johnson's broth
err Claude c. Mccain and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hill. Mrs. EfIie
Roop and Miss Della Saunders spent
Tuesday in Moulton, where they We're
called by the death of VIM. Holmes,
whose funeral services occurred Tues
day.
tumwa, arrived Wednesday, evening to
spend a few days with relatives.
Mrs. M. r. Deal, while attending the
Gilbert-Bell wedding at the NJ. E.
church Tuesday evening, returned to
find that some miscreant had entered
her private room and had, upturned
things generally. in search of valu-
ables. Sixty-five dollars in gold was
the most valuable thing Mrs. Deal
found missing. The clue as to who
thier was, is not yet obtain
ed. The loss is severe one to
Mrs. Deal, and 1t is to be hoped that
she may be able to not only have the
thief identified, but that she may be
able to recover the precious pieces of