Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18
PNEUMONIA IS THEIR Topic
Missouri Valley HOmsOpathI Spend the
Evening Discussing Disease.
VARIOUS PHASES CRITICALLY CONSIDERED
Not Dreaded as IL once was, the
Disease still Interests the Prac-
titIOner and Challenges
His skill.

eleventh annual meeting of the Missouri
Valley Homeopathic Medical association
at the Paxton hotel Tuesday afternoon and
necessitated material aporeyiation of the
program. At the evening session, held I'M
der the auspices Of the bureau OF medi-
cine and clinical medicine, most interest
ing program was given, which amply COM
pensated for any disappointments of the
afternoon.
The session was held in parlor B, and
was greeted by a large attendance. DR..
Freeda M. Lankton. president Of the as
ISOLATION. called the meeting to order and
announced All invocation, the absence of
the usual address of the president and
the turning over Of the meeting to the
bureau Of medicine and clinical medicine,
with Chairman H. v. Halbert, M. D.. OF
Chicago presiding.
Outline of Pneumonia.
DR.. Halbert said that he had been
booked for an address or paper on 'Pneu-
monia." but he must be excused from even
pretending to give paper on that theme
as the best he could essay to do would
be to give merely an informal talk on the
subject as a prelude to the papers of Dr.
| Cobb and DIT. Kahike. He said
! In considering pneumonia 1t is to be re-
| garded as an acute infection. Alcohonc
patients yield less to treatment than those
not predisposed to alcoholic sumulants. ~
! is liable to be complicated win pleuIlsiy
and bronchitis, endema of the lungs, peri
| carditls, endocarditis or meningitis, ana IN
| it's other phases of typhoid, malarlai or
migratory pneumonia; ana Una, may e nu Gases
require the most cautious treatment. Ihree
| conditions are manifest in pneumonia al
of impossibility Of cure; waiting for the
| specific cure that has not yet been touno
not executing prompt and energetic treat
| Pneumonia in Children.
The essential features of treatment OF
the infection is the bath, friction, the re.
| cumbent position in bed, a. well aired but
not too cool room, diuretics, needed ca
thartics and artificial sweats by heat, pre-
dgested foods Inhalation T Sf oxygen {STms 'o of
cases. but not in ali. The use Of local ca
R 1wever. these are but the incidental fea
lures of treatment. Our greatest pe ,hhtoh
treat the patient and not the name OF the
disease. The nervous phases OF the olseaee
sT1Ea s spSe tsatsd our fears regard
ing pneumonia and the homoeopathlc law
and remedy are regarded for only "hat
w. P. Cobb, NJ D., OF Chicago, read an
elaborate and extremely technical paper
upon the subject of pneumonia In children.
He said in part;
Pneumonia in children develops very much
like il does Ia adults It's severity a e9 aps
pears in modified form In children II
may appear at any age put Is rarely nd 10 na az
be found at any time after the age of 3
years 1t is likely 70 occur at any season season
by spells of vomiting, rise In temperature
dry, short painful cough moderate degree
81 yesTs Sf or over w~i is Indicated by pain in
the side, but in younger children py pains
in the abdomen. The rise In temperature
| io i,,ara r1nninR high 1857 TO
normal, 1t is difficult 70 distinguish .h be
dd T The accompanying bronchitis weak
ems the vocal chords. The pne1monic
festival gastritis re-,
The cerebral type Of pneumonia some ne
f ftts under years Of age. stupor follows
that Is liable to continue for several GAYS Gays.
with paralysis Of the facial MUSCLES ~ s, oni,y
: in children are necessarily fatal Ine
bronchial and catarrhal forms pS, Of pn TSo
bronchial type is not single, but mixed
type. Pleuro pneumonia In children OF q
ssSmes 'S s Reetuous or cE9npous
The respiration may go to 90 or even as as
a asgn Or a 30 With incidental vomitn appear
ing after the first week, after which tolloWs
loss OF appetite and rritablity: The NOR
tality rate at this stage will run to 10 per
i its going as high as 90 per cent The
ute rest, oxygen, plenty OF fresh air, not
nolIuted or heated air, for l have learned
in tla such cases. Avoid the use of anything
on the body that will interfere with respira-
tioa.
surgical Phases of the Disease.
1.-THE Surgical Phases of Pneumonia" was
the theme OF the address of C. e. Kahike
9 NJ. D., OF Chicago. His address treated
/ principally of surgical cases that aamf
S under his personal observation and expert
z ence. and the materials used, He said ir
s part:
\ The needles to be used for exploration
: purposes should be medium sized, and steri
v fixed water Is better than alcohol Loca
y anaesthetics are 10 be preferred oyer gen
q eral anaesthetcs, such as ether ana chloro
form. NITROUS oxide is not desiranie' A r1f
y | watching and dressing. Lung ekpahsloh'
!, are also TO be very carefully watched
4 Following the addresses the evening wal
a gwen over to general discussion partic
. n,arlv as relating to the inhalation of oxy
= gen and the use Of cardiac stimulants j
:. was generally agreed that the great harm
resulting from the use OF stimulants is tina
!, they are used before they were needed. DR.
;, | IJaIbert was Of the opinion that there is M
safer average remedy than strychnine. III
said further that the chief thing to con
=, slider is the careful diagnosis of cases. HI
!. also advised that temperatures should b
reduced in the rooms OF pneumonia patients
The use Of cold water drinking and salin'
" solutions would bring help to such patients
" Alcoholic stimulants should only be used a
- a last resort.
The general consensus OF opinion was tina
pneumopia Is not the hopeless disease It wa
once thought TO be, and that homeopathic
remedies were gradually conquering tn
ia disease.
IN Sessions for To-day.
Z The regular business sessions will he re
g sumed this morning at parlor B in the Pax
"a ton hotel, with the following program 70
the forenoon:
: $50 a. m.-Bureau OF Gynecology, F. !
" Becker, NJ. D.. chairman, Iowa City, Il
'Tuherculosis OF Uterine Adnexa, DR..
n A. Foote, Omaha: THE Commonplaces Q
Gynecology," DR.. ]. l.: Hanchett Slou
City; surgical Gynecology." Or. Williar
r. Welsh, Denver; Uterine Ftbro-Myoma'
Dr. f. ]. Becker Iowa CITY,. ,,,-. =,
II a. m Surgery, James c. Gilchrist,
Nv D., chairman, Iowa city, la. Appendlclu
a. and Its Relation to Diseases or the Oyarle
IN and Tubes" G: F. shears N. D., Ch1leenS ,s
r Hernia and Its RADICAL Cure, villa liza
ne Davis Foster, NJ, D., Kansas CitX;
. Recurrence" James @. Gilehrist M
IL Iowa City
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