Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-19
OFFICERS ELECTED
Closing Session Of Annual Meeting
of Vermont Medical Society.
Efforts 10 Induce Members 10 DlscOn
Cor Less Than the usunI Fee
9Nhnnks to senator Proctor.

9'hnnks 10 senator Proctor.
The closing SESSION Of the a2nd annual
meeting of the Vermont Medical society
came Friday morning. when the re-
port OF the House of Delegates, which
went into secret session Thursday after
noon was made public. The most inter-
csting feature of the proceedings of the
House of Delegates was the report of the
motion introduced by Dr. A. l.. Miner
OF Bellows Falls to make as n bylaw
OF the society, the discontinuancc by MEM
bcrs OF the society doing contract incdi-
cal work or giving professional services
to societies. lodges, corporations, etc, for
loss than the usual fee.
The Introduction of this question was
the occasion Of considerable discussion
by several members as to whether it was
constitutional for the House of Delegates
t" act for tin" society in such II matter
and also as to the effect such action
might have on different members of tho
society and the profession. 1t was finally
moved and the motion was carried that
the original motion, as read, be treated
as an amendment to the constitutions.
ana that it he laid on the table for one
year. \ committee, consisting of DIR.
Q. G. Stickncy OF Barre. DR. A.. l.. Miner
of Bellows Falls and DR.. G. ". Bcechor
of this city. was appointed to confer with
other societies, schools, etc, with refer
cncc TO the matter.
NEW OFFICERS.
The report of the election Of officers
was as follows:
Prcsidcnt-Dr NJ. l.. Chandler of Barre.
Nicc-prcsident-Dr. Il. $. Albcc of Bel
lows Falls.
Socretary-Dr. George IL. Gorham of
Bellows Falls.
Trcasurcr-Dr p. ". Stone of this city.
Auditor-Dr. J. II. Blodgctt of SaXtons
River.
Executive committcc-Dr. NJ. J.. Chand-
Ter of Barre. DIR. George II. Gorham Of
Bellows Falls and DIR. II. c. Tinkham Of
this city.
Committee on publications-Dr. George
-. Gorhdm of Bellows Falls and DR.. q.
X. Anderson OF BrattleborO.
Committee on legislation-Dr. A.. Il.
l;isbec of Montpelier. DIR. n. ID. Ilolton
of Brattleboro and Or. l.. II. Campbell Of
Bellows Falls.
Anniversary chairman-Dr. Walter
Ravens of Chester.
Delegate to the a. NJ. a. for two years
DR.. c. =. Ross of Rutland.
Drs. w. n. Bryant of Ludlow, J. b.
Wheeler of this city and NJ. +. Mcclure
of Montpelier were appointed to select
delegates to the various societies. col
lcgcs. ETC., and their report was as fol-
lows:
massachusetts, Medical socicty-Dr. G.
Il. Anderson of BrattlehorO and DR.. +.
l.. Osgood of Saxtons River.
Maine Medical society-Dr. II. II. Lee
of Wells River and DR.. w. J. .Aldrich
of st. Johnsbury.
New York s~ociety-Dr. w. s. Bryant
of Ludlow and DR.. J. Il. Wheeler of this
city.
White River valley-Dr. c. W. Ray Of
Chester and DIR. c. II. Beechcr OF this
city.
Dartmouth Collcgc-Dr. e. s. Cavcr-
~ of Rutland: DR.. w. +. Hasselton
Of Bellows Falls.
A motion was made and carried that
tho transactions Of tho Vermont Mcdi-
cal society be published monthly by
the Vermont Medical Montnly Cor its
successor) and that each member re-
ccivc the magazine each month and
as many reprints of articles desired
free of charge in consideration of $500
a year.
1t was decided to hold the next an
nual meeting in Barre.
THANKS TO SENATOR PROCTOR.
AT the conclusion of the report of
the transactions of the House of Dele
gates. DIR. Il. II. Campbell of Bellows
Falls introduced the following resOlu-
tions which were unanimously adopt
ed. The resolutions are as follows:
"Wnereas. the Hon. Redtield Proc
tor, the senior senator from Vermont,
has recently presented to the people
of this state a munificent gift Of $780,
600 for the establishment of a sani-
tarium for incipient tuberculosis. n
part to be used TO erect and equip such
an institution. the remainder to be
held as an endowment fund, the in
tcrcst only to be applied to it's sup
port:
Resolved by the Vermont state Med
ical society,
That our thanks. both as physicians
and citizens. are due to the Hon. Red
field Proctor for having thus placed
vermont IN lHc front TdHk VI Stdt's
now striving. both by modern treat
ment and educational influence, to
stamp out the great white plague"
Resolved, That he be requested to
allow his name to be connected with
the sanitarium as we'll as to bear the
name of the state. as suggested in his
recently published letter.
Resolved, Tnat a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to the Hon. Red
field Proctor by tne secretary OF the
society.
CONCLUDING PAPERS.
The presentation of the following pa
rcrs brought the last session of the meet
ing TO a close:
'Organic and Idiopathic Epilepsy DIR.
D.. A. Shirres Of Montreal.
'Cercbro Spinal Meningitis. with Re-
port OF Cases. DR.. w. .. Phillips of Ar
limgton. Thu discussion Of this paper was
opened by DIR. G. s. Saverly of Rutland
and DIR. l.. A. Rushlow of Randolph.
General Principles of Alkaloidal Medi-
cation" Dr W. c. Abbott Of Chicago.
"Puerperal Eciampsia." DR.. c. W. Bart
lett of North Bennington. This paper was
discussed by DIR. Il. y. Lunderville OF
Richford and DR.. J. II. Rudden Of Bel